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The Chinese government’s 2015 breach of OPM was a significant US security failure, and it illustrated how personnel data could be used to identify intelligence officers and compromise national security. Over at OPM, reports indicate that individuals associated with DOGE connected an unauthorized server into the network.
Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.
” FIN7is a Russian criminalgroup (aka Carbanak ) that has been active since mid-2015, it focuses on restaurants, gambling, and hospitality industries in the US to harvest financial information that was used in attacks or sold in cybercrime marketplaces.
Researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered multiple issues in several security products from Fortinet, including hardcoded key and encryption for communications. “The messages are encrypted using XOR “encryption” with a static key.” SecurityAffairs – Fortinet, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.
Experts spotted recent samples of the Snake ransomware that were isolating the infected systems while encrypting files to avoid interference. The Snake ransomware kills processes from a predefined list, including ICS-related processes, to encrypt associated files. SecurityAffairs – hacking, SNAKE ransomware).
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO (small office/home office) devices.
The REvil ransomware operators made the headlines again, this time the gang claims to have hacked the Gaming Partners International (GPI). The REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) claims to have stolen info from the systems at the company before encrypting them. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Gaming Partners International (GPI)).
In 2015, police departments worldwide started finding ATMs compromised with advanced new “shimming” devices made to steal data from chip card transactions. Secret Service for 12 years until 2015. As it happens, KrebsOnSecurity wrote about that particular shimmer back in August 2015. “MasterCard in the U.K.
The popular encrypted email service Tutanota was hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week targeting its website fist and its DNS providers later. Encrypted email service, Tutanota suffered a series of DDoS attacks that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Tutanota).
Let’s Encrypt is going to revoke over 3 million certificates today due to a flaw in the software used to verify users and their domains before issuing a certificate. A bug in Let’s Encrypt’s certificate authority (CA) software, dubbed Boulder, caused the correct validation for some certificates. Pierluigi Paganini.
Ransomware encrypts from virtual machines to evade antivirus. Ragnar Locker deploys Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files, the trick allows to evaded detection from security software. Mounting all the shared drives to encrypt. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.
A hacker has leaked the usernames and passwords of nearly 23 million players of Webkinz World on a well-known hacking forum. . “ZDNet has learned that details about the vulnerability have been circulating online before today’s leak for months, both on hacking forums and on online IM chat groups.” Pierluigi Paganini.
Asian media firm E27 has been hacked by a hacking group identifying themselves as “Korean Hackers” and “Team Johnwick”that asked for a “donation” to provide information on the vulnerabilities they have exploited in the attack. .” SecurityAffairs – hacking, E27). Pierluigi Paganini.
The Video conferencing platform Zoom announced the implementation of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and its availability starting next week. The popular Video conferencing platform Zoom announced the availability of the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) starting next week. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Zoom). Pierluigi Paganini.
The owner of a Swedish company behind a popular remote administration tool (RAT) implicated in thousands of malware attacks shares the same name as a Swedish man who pleaded guilty in 2015 to co-creating the Blackshades RAT , a similar product that was used to infect more than half a million computers with malware, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
versions are affected by the vulnerability dubbed BLURtooth which allows hackers to defeat Bluetooth encryption. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to overwrite or lower the strength of the pairing key, defeating the protocol encryption. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.
The source code of the infamous Dharma ransomware is now available for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. The source code of one of the most profitable ransomware families, the Dharma ransomware , is up for sale on two Russian-language hacking forums. ” concluded ZDNet. Pierluigi Paganini.
ShadowPad is a modular backdoor considered a hallmark of China-linked APT groupssince at least 2015. The NailaoLocker ransomware does not scan network shares, cannot stop services or processes that could prevent the encryption of certain important files, and does not control if it is being debugged. The ransomware appends the .
Australia, and elsewhere -- argue that the pervasive use of civilian encryption is hampering their ability to solve crimes and that they need the tech companies to make their systems susceptible to government eavesdropping. Levy and Robinson write: In a world of encrypted services, a potential solution could be to go back a few decades.
The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax.
Those stories prompted a flood of tips from Davies’ victims that paint a much clearer picture of this serial con man and his cohorts, including allegations of hacking, smuggling, bank fraud and murder. citizen who absconded from justice before being convicted on multiple counts of fraud in 2015. After eluding justice in the U.K.,
Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT remote access trojan masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT RAT masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. SecurityAffairs – hacking, GravityRAT). Pierluigi Paganini.
.” According to the company, attackers accessed personal details of the users, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and also encrypted passwords. The company confirmed that the an investigation into the hack is still ongoing. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LiveAuctioneers ). Pierluigi Paganini.
Russia-linked APT Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization according to Accenture. According to a report published by Accenture Cyber Threat Intelligence (ACTI), Russia-linked cyber-espionage group Turla has hacked into the systems of an undisclosed European government organization.
Researchers developed a decryptor for the ransomware after they have discovered a bug in the encryption process implemented by the threat. This decryptor can recover for free files encrypted by the current version of the ThunderX ransomware that appends the .tx_locked SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware). Pierluigi Paganini.
The threat of bad actors hacking into airplane systems mid-flight has become a major concern for airlines and operators worldwide. Back in 2015, a security researcher decided to make that very point when he claimed to have hacked a plane , accessed the thrust system, and made it fly higher than intended.
Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months.
On top of that, the attacker gained access to encrypted passwords (in technical terms: hashed and salted passwords).” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Albion Online). ” continues the German game maker. The game is believed to have more than 2.5
When the Ashley Madison data breach occurred in 2015, it made headline news around the world. Sidenote: there's a whole other discussion about active interception of encrypted communications that may also give an employer access to this.)
The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted by security experts at Trend Micro in 2015, when the threat actors targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Tropic Trooper). Pierluigi Paganini.
Some of the vulnerabilities exploited by the botnets are CVE-2015-2051 , CVE-2019-10891 , CVE-2022-37056 , and CVE-2024-33112. The malware’s configuration, including its C2 server domain and a unique string, is encrypted using the ChaCha20 algorithm. ” reads the report published by Fortinet.
Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. According to BleepingComputer, which cited a source informed on the event, Tyler Technologies paid a ransom of an unspecified amount to receive the decryption key and recover encrypted files.
The department received an email from the threat actors that notifies it that they had encrypted its servers and demanded the payment of a ransom to release them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Puerto Rico’s firefighting department). Pierluigi Paganini.
The popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal has been chosen by the European Commission for its communications. The European Commission has decided to adopt for its staff the popular cross-platform encrypted messaging service Signal for its communications. ” reported the Politico. ” reported the Politico.
The stated intent was to recruit “intelligent individuals” by presenting a series of puzzles to be solved; no new puzzles were published on January 4, 2015. ui : Displays real-time progress and statistics of the encryption process, such as the number of files encrypted. The third puzzle has not been solved yet.
The malicious code executes a small program, just before starting the encryption process, to disable security tools running on the infected systems that could detect its operations. These are encrypted under the suffix. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.
According to SAM Seamless Network , over 200,000 businesses are using Fortigate VPN with default settings, exposing them to the risk of a hack. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Fortigate VPN). ” reads the warning. Pierluigi Paganini.
Like other ransomware gangs, Lorenz operators also implement double-extortion model by stealing data before encrypting it and threatening them if the victim doesn’t pay the ransom. Lorenz sends the name of the infected system to a C2 before encrypting the file. Lorenz places a header before the encrypted file instead.
Maze Ransomware operators claim to have hacked the network of the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica Banco BCR and to have stolen internal data, including 11 million credit card credentials. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Banco BCR, hacking). Pierluigi Paganini.
Early May, Maze Ransomware operators claimed to have hacked the network of the state-owned Bank of Costa Rica Banco BCR and to have stolen internal data, including 11 million credit card credentials. cyber #cybersecurity #databreach #banking #Hacked @BleepinComputer pic.twitter.com/5Kh6LakkKF — Cyble (@AuCyble) May 22, 2020.
The attacker could exploit the Kr00k issue even when it is not connected to the victim’s wireless network, the vulnerability works against vulnerable devices using WPA2-Personal or WPA2-Enterprise protocols, with AES-CCMP encryption. Experts found a similar issue affecting MediaTek Wi-Fi chips that don’t use encryption at all.
Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators announced on Friday to have hacked Brown-Forman, one of the largest U.S. As a proof of the hack, Sodinokibi ransomware operators posted on their leak site multiple screenshots showing directories and files allegedly belonging to the company, and internal conversations between some employees.
A new ransomware gang named Mount Locker has started its operations stealing victims’ data before encrypting. According to the popular malware researchers Michael Gillespie , the Mount Locker uses ChaCha20 to encrypt the files and an embedded RSA-2048 public key to encrypt the encryption key. Pierluigi Paganini.
The new versions of FinSpy spyware were used by a new unknown hacking group, Amnesty International speculates the involvement of a nation-state actor that employed them since September 2019. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinSpy). Pierluigi Paganini.
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