Schneier on Security

AUGUST 12, 2019

The first concern was over high numbers: in both 2016 and 2017, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued 40 orders for collection, but the NSA collected hundreds of millions of CDRs, and the agency provided little clarification for the high numbers. For a time, the new program seemed to be functioning well.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The surveillance tool family has been active since 2017, the experts highlighted that it requires physical access to the target device to initiate operations. “Early samples indicate the surveillance tool has been operational since at least 2017, with development continued into late 2024.” ” concludes the report.

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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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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In one recent engagement, a client of Nick’s said they’d reached out to an investor from Switzerland — The Private Office of John Bernard — whose name was included on a list of angel investors focused on technology startups. ” Mr. Bernard’s investment firm did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

[no description provided] Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. I talked with Jonathan Sander, Chief Technology Officer with STEALTHbits Technologies , about this at Black Hat USA 2018. Ransomware “is encrypting files, unstructured data.” Smart steps.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

That includes the iPhone X, a model that Forbes has learned was successfully raided for data by the Department for Homeland Security back in November 2017, most likely with Cellebrite technology. [.]. It does not allow engineers to move the encrypted data off the phone and run an offline password cracker.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In another news related to cyber attack, France Cyber Security authorities have detected that the United States SolarWinds cyber attack could have been launched on its infrastructure in 2017 that remained undetected till 2020 or until security firm FireEye revealed it to the world.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 LW: Will any of the big initiatives we heard about at RSA 2021 and Black Hat 2021 – such as advanced encryption, advanced application security and advanced cloud-security frameworks – ultimately remove much of the responsibility for data security from the individual consumer?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Like all ransomware, this is a type of malware that, once introduced into an organization, encrypts the data and then requires the victim to pay a ransom in order to decrypt it. Encrypted file structure ransomware BlackCat / ALPHV: [ORIGINAL_FILENAME].[ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different Black The LockBit 3.0 ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different

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SecureList

OCTOBER 15, 2024

RTF exploit RTF files were specifically crafted by the attacker to exploit CVE-2017-11882, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office software. APP_DLL_URL URL used to download the encrypted payload. LOAD_DLL_URL_X86 URL used to download the malicious library for 32-bit systems.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2017

As 2017 draws to a close, the trends and innovations that will shape the technology industry over the coming weeks, months and years were brought into sharper focus over the course of the last twelve months. Collective appetite for this enterprization will definitely be a hot topic on the digital transformation agenda.

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SC Magazine

JULY 7, 2021

Unfortunately, security leaders have to rely on outdated detection-based technologies and solutions. A 2017 survey found that hackers strike every 39 seconds. Contrary to public perception, there’s no shortage of technology available that can prevent all types of threats from infiltrating corporate networks.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 19, 2021

CipherTrust Data Security Platform now allows users to control encryption keys for data processed by Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing. The Thales partnership with Google Cloud takes a huge step forward with the announcement of Google Cloud ubiquitous data encryption. Data encrypted with the DEK is uploaded to Google Cloud.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 13, 2022

This is beneficial because 2G uses weak encryption between the tower and device that can be cracked in real time by an attacker to intercept calls or text messages. 2G was set up in 1991 and in 2017 some providers started closing down their 2G networks. What is 2G? Why should I not use 2G?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But are still concerned about how well the CSP will protect their data against hacks and data breaches, although it allows users to encrypt it to the core. Here’s what Microsharding Technology comes to their rescue. And as the information pieces are very small, no single piece of data can lead the hackers to sensitive information.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2018

November 2017 saw one of Australia’s biggest ever data breaches, in which sensitive personal information regarding almost 50,000 consumers and 5,000 public servants was exposed online. Here then, as with the breaches mentioned above, we can see the importance of an “encrypt everything” strategy, as referred to in my previous post.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After encryption, the contents of the folders look as follows: the cybercriminals’ e-mail address and the victim’s ID are added to the beginning of each file, followed by the original name and extension, and then the extension added by the ransomware. Encrypted files and a note from the attackers. Phobos/Eking.

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Adam Shostack

JULY 17, 2018

Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption. Read the full announcement here ). I’m pleased to have joined in this effort by Accessnow, and you can sign, too, at [link].

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key. CVE-2017-0144 : Similar to CVE-2017-0145.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm. In 2016 and 2017, the hacking group The Shadow Brokers l eaked a bunch of data allegedly stolen from the Equation Group, including many hacking tools and exploits.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

And it’s certainly not for lack of technology; just visit the vast exhibitors’ floor at RSA Conference or Black Hat USA. We discussed how SecurityFirst set out three years ago to begin commercially distributing something called cryptographic splitting technology. At each storage location, yet another layer of encryption is added.

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Adam Levin

MAY 19, 2021

An undergraduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology named Bill Demirkapi discovered the most recent security failure. Equifax, 2017: A data breach impacted almost 150 million Equifax customers, who subsequently reported identity-related crimes using that data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). The group is also the author of the NotPetya ransomware that hit hundreds of companies worldwide in June 2017, causing billions worth of damage.

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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 Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The group operated under the control of the GRU’s Main Centre of Special Technologies (aka ‘GTsST’ or field post number 74455). Starting in 2017 and continuing into 2018, the APT28 group returned to covert intelligence gathering operations in Europe and South America.

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SecureList

APRIL 17, 2025

At that time, we identified this backdoor as related to the IronHusky APT, a Chinese-speaking threat actor operating since at least 2017. This file is encrypted with a single-byte XOR and is loaded at runtime. We discovered it back in 2021, when we were investigating the CVE-2021-40449 zero-day vulnerability.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2023

As the maritime sector has become extremely dependent on technology tools, it is also attracting the attention of cyber criminals who are finding it as a lucrative target to mint money. Adding fuel to this are the vulnerabilities being observed in the system visibility tools that are being deployed because of OT/IT convergence.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers, Censornet was a Niche Player in 2017 and 2018. Forcepoint has added to its CASB offerings with technology acquisitions from Imperva and Bitglass. Security functionality for DLP, discovery, encryption, and digital rights management. Recognition for Censornet.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

In May 2017, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) implemented its Cyber Security Framework mandating prescriptive measures, including a requirement to containerize data in all computing formats. You now actually have to prove the data is encrypted, both at rest and in transit.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 18, 2021

CipherTrust Data Security Platform now allows users to control encryption keys for data processed by Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing. Google implements Ubiquitous Data Encryption for EKM. CCKM delivered support for Google Cloud Platform Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for the first time in 2020. Tue, 10/19/2021 - 06:19.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Rather than doors, locks and vaults, IT departments rely on a combination of strategies, technologies, and user awareness training to protect an enterprise against cybersecurity attacks that can compromise systems, steal data and other valuable company information, and damage an enterprise’s reputation. Advanced Encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 Those objects are real Encrypted Ole Objects where the Encrypted payload sits on “EncryptedPackage” section and information on how to decrypt it are available on “EncryptionInfo” xml descriptor. Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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SecureList

MAY 25, 2021

From the massive outbreaks of 2017, such as WannaCry , NotPetya , and Bad Rabbit , a lot of ransomware actors have moved to the covert but highly profitable tactic of “big-game hunting” News of ransomware causing an outage of some global corporation’s services has now become commonplace. Encryption flaws.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

As a leading VC, BVP offers budding companies plenty to consider, with a set of roadmaps and tools for today’s technologies and market complexities. Notable cybersecurity exits for the company include AVG Technologies, Cognitive Security, OpenDNS, and Carbon Black. Also read : Addressing Remote Desktop Attacks and Security.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

As part of my role as Service Architect here at SpecterOps, one of the things Im tasked with is exploring all kinds of technologies to help those on assessments with advancing their engagement. One of the things that I love about this job is getting to dig into various technologies and seeing the resulting research being used in real-time.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This approach also protects the integrity of the entire voting process, from casting to tallying, by allowing independent verification of results through a public bulletin board that contains anonymous encrypted votes. Each vote is encrypted when cast, and the encrypted votes are combined using the homomorphic properties.

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