SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. Subsequent analysis revealed earlier instances of suspicious code dating back to 2017.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Despite all the emphasis around the shift from SHA-1 to SHA-2, 35% of websites were still utilizing SHA-1 certificates as of November 2016, according to research from Venafi in 2017. Challenges toward post-quantum cryptography: confidentiality and authentication. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced. SHA-1 Deprecation.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Sample access restriction from SolarWinds’ access rights management dashboard Encrypt Data This practice entails using data encryption tools to keep sensitive data confidential and safe from illegal access or exploitation, even if the device is lost or stolen.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

In April 2017, Wikileaks published some documents about the project, describing it as a sort of malware command and control infrastructure used by the US agency to control its malicious code and exfiltrate information from the target systems. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2016, for instance.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. In the classic case of a human user clicking to a website, CAs, like DigiCert, verify the authenticity of the website and encrypt the data at both ends.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. In 2017, Symantec speculated that at least 40 targets in 16 countries have been compromised by the threat actors. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Since then Portnox continued to add capabilities, launched the first cloud-native NAC in 2017, and now offers a NAC SaaS solution, Portnox Cloud. authentication to gather endpoint information for reporting and enforcement. Agents Portnox does not require an agent.

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Duo's Security Blog

AUGUST 16, 2021

“There are primarily three ways you can authenticate someone: with their username and password, with two-factor authentication, and with a company-supplied device that you can trace. Enforcing security requirements such as OS updates and disk encryption help organizations set a baseline for healthy and compliant devices.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cybersecurity firm Positive Technologies found 88 new IAB sales on dark web marketplaces in the first quarter of 2020, compared to just three in all of 2017. It’s far easier to steal and encrypt sensitive data when someone else manages the first and hardest step in the breach process. As IABs continue to grow, so will ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism. Since 2016, Microsoft is urging admins to stop using SMBv1, later versions of the protocol implemented security enhancements, such as encryption, pre- authentication integrity checks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks, and insecure guest authentication blocking.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 11, 2022

It affected all users who created or revoked shared invitation links between 17 April 2017 and 17 July 2022.". However, they weren't completely inaccessible, although seeing the exposed passwords required actively monitoring encrypted traffic from Slack’s servers. ” Slack warned that hashes are "secure, but not perfect."

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Encryption and communication As we have mentioned above, two modules (Crypton.dll and Internet.dll) are bundled with every installation of the CloudWizard framework. The Crypton module performs encryption and decryption of all communications. module execution results) is encrypted with a combination of AES and RSA.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2021

” In January 2018, the expert devised two attacks dubbed Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754) and Spectre (CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5715) , which could be conducted to steal sensitive data processed by the CPU. The Spectre proof of concept itself, leaking memory of your browser’s renderer process.”

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017. Other tips in the FBI advisory suggested that banks: -Implement separation of duties or dual authentication procedures for account balance or withdrawal increases above a specified threshold.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

Each module of the CommonMagic framework is used to perform a certain task, such as communicating with the C2 server, encrypting and decrypting C2 traffic, and executing plugins. Since 2017, there have been no traces of Groundbait and BugDrop operations. ” reads the new report published by Kaspersky.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It was active in the wild for at least for eight years—from 2009 to 2017—and targeted at least 20 civilian and military entities in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, Russia, Belarus, and the United Arab Emirates. The files were designed to be executed in a pre-defined order, and some of them were AES128-encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? What authentication methods does the provider support? Additionally, multi-factor authentication (MFA) can further reduce the risk of malicious actors gaining access to sensitive information, even if they manage to steal usernames and passwords.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

“APT28 has been known to access vulnerable routers by using default and weak SNMP community strings, and by exploiting CVE-2017-6742 (Cisco Bug ID: CSCve54313) as published by Cisco.” SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” ” continues the advisory.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This gives the perpetrator the access needed to launch the ransomware and lock the company out of its own infrastructure or encrypt files until the ransom is paid in cryptocurrency. Bolster your monitoring and email authentication capabilities. Victims have two equally unattractive choices to resolve the situation. Incident response.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Once the GuLoader malware has downloaded an encrypted file from [link] it will decrypt it and inject the malware into the legitimate Windows wininit.exe process. The final payload is the FormBook information-stealing Trojan, a malware that was first spotted by researchers at FireEye in October 2017.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2022

Though not inherently malicious, XMRig came into prominence after an increase in cryptojacking was recorded in mid-2017, most of which was attributed to XMRig activity maliciously mining Monero. Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your AWS root account. Encrypt your data. AWS has an encryption solution you can use.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

River City Media (RCM) is a US-based email marketing company that made headlines in March 2017 after exposing 1.4 The leaked data contained no highly sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers or Social Security numbers. Who is River City Media, and what information was exposed in the breach?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

TP-Link addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability ( CVE-2017-7405 ) in its TP-Link Archer routers that could be exploited by attackers to remotely take their control over LAN via a Telnet connection without authentication. ” explained IBM X-Force Red‘s Grzegorz Wypych (aka @horac341).

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 14, 2023

2017 Zyxel Vulnerability Under Active Attack Fortinet issued an alert about thousands of daily attacks looking to perform a command injection attack on end-of-life Zyxel routers. The vulnerability is nearly six years old, and Zyxel previously issued a security advisory about the Gafgyt malware in 2019 that exploited CVE-2017-18368.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

In 2017, Tesla sent an over-the-air update to their Model S and X vehicles to extend maximum battery capacity and driving range, which allowed owners to drive an extra 30 miles outside the evacuation area as Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida. The same rings true for encryption and authentication. Security isn’t static.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The first campaign likely began in early 2014 and continued until mid-2017, while the second started in late 2018 and was still active in late 2019. These are encrypted with the actor’s public key and sent to their infrastructure over HTTPS. CISA and NCSC have identified two campaigns of activity for QSnatch malware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The 2017 bill, the first of its kind, will be fully implemented as of March 1st, 2019. Leading up to that date, companies have had to meet several milestones including hiring a CISO, encrypting all its non-public consumer data and enabling multi-factor authentication.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

It's slightly different from a standard ransomware attack—encrypting a user's files is a secondary concern. Before leakware came doxware, which was popular in 2016 and 2017. These cybersecurity practices include using unique passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA), data backups, secure Wi-Fi networks, and anti-virus software.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Passwords are the most common authentication tool used by enterprises, yet they are notoriously insecure and easily hackable. At this point, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has permeated most applications, becoming a minimum safeguard against attacks. Jump to: What is multi-factor authentication? MFA can be hacked.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

According to the 2017 “Cost of Data Breach Study” by the Ponemon Institute, in partnership with IBM Security, healthcare is the most breached industry with nearly 60% of all leaks in 2017 at an estimated cost of $1.2 Our Healthcare Edition backs this up. Nearly half (48%) of U.S. Thales eSecurity Recommendations.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Windows XL or older; OS no longer supported) Firewalls to monitor and block malicious traffic Anti-virus programs and endpoint security Requiring t wo-factor authentication to gain access to certain files and systems Evaluating the governance structure to ensure checks and balances Limiting administrative privileges. Advanced Encryption.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

ComRAT v4 appeared in the threat landscape in 2017 and is still used by threat actors , recently a new variant was used in attacks against two Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Eastern Europe and a national parliament in the Caucasus region. Earlier versions of Agent.BTZ were used to compromise US military networks in the Middle East in 2008.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

In May, Malwarebytes researchers observed the Mac version of Dacls being distributed via a Trojanized two-factor authentication application for macOS called MinaOTP, mostly used by Chinese speakers. The Windows version of MATA orchestrator analyzed by Kaspersky can load 15 plugins at the same time. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

CGI password logger This installs a fake version of the device admin login page, logging successful authentications and passing them to the legitimate login page. These are encrypted with the actor’s public key and sent to their infrastructure over HTTPS.

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