Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” Experts warn of active exploitation of the CVE-2018-13379 , a security bug heavily exploited by LockBit to breach networks. ransomware. This activity has occurred across multiple industry sectors.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

That’s why your small business should make database security a top priority in 2020. This database security assessment checklist can be your go-to list for ensuring your data stays protected: 1. In order to create an encrypted layer between your server and visitors’ browsers, we recommend employing a Secure Sockets Layer.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to decrypt its files after being encrypted by the infamous Sodinokibi ransomware. “As part of this attack, the operators behind the Sodinokibi ransomware told BleepingComputer that they had encrypted the company’s entire network, deleted backup files, and copied more than 5GB of personal data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have published a joint advisory to warn of Zeppelin ransomware attacks. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 24, 2019

“Since January 2019, LockerGoga ransomware has targeted large corporations and organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Norway, and the Netherlands. Feds remind that both ransomware implements a secure encryption algorithm that means it impossible to decrypt the files without paying the ransom.

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SC Magazine

MAY 25, 2021

Most cryptographers believe that the sheer power of quantum computing will be capable of tearing through many of the existing public key encryption algorithms, like RSA or Diffie-Hellman, that underpin most computer hardware and software today. It could also threaten some symmetric key algorithms, though not to nearly the same extent. .”

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

Nefilim will encrypt a file using AES-128 encryption, then the AES encryption key is encrypted using an RSA-2048 public key that is embedded in the ransomware executable. The encrypted AES key will be included in the contents of each encrypted file. ” reads the statement published by the company.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. The attackers implement a double extortion model using the PYSA ransomware to exfiltrate data from victims prior to encrypting their files.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 26, 2019

The name of the ransomware comes after the extension it adds to the encrypted file names, the malicious code also deletes their shadow copies to make in impossible any recovery procedure. Below the ransom note dropped by the Nemty ransomware after the encryption process is completed. ” continues BleepingComputer.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

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.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

Despite not being the true LockBit Locker group, these micro criminals were still able to cause significant damage by encrypting a large number of internal files. However, the company was able to restore its network from backups and no client workstations were affected during the intrusions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

A series of messages published on Barnes & Noble’s Nook social media accounts state that it had suffered a system failure and is working to restore operations by restoring their server backups. 2/2) Please be assured that there is no compromise of customer payment details which are encrypted and tokenized.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

The threat actors are actively exploiting the following vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS: CVE-2018-13379 ; CVE-2020-12812 ; CVE-2019-5591. The joint alert also states that attackers scanning also enumerated devices for the CVE-2020-12812 and CVE-2019-5591 flaws. Implement network segmentation. Disable hyperlinks in received emails.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. The attacker focused on encrypting data files in the Windows domain.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

Information security leaders at these two districts shared their war stories last week at the K-12 Cybersecurity Leadership Symposium, hosted by the K12 Security Information Exchange (K12 SIX) – the first-ever ISAC specifically created with local school districts in mind. Rockingham County, North Carolina.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

The first is Ransom.Sodinokibi , which Malwarebytes has already profiled and has been detecting since 2019.). The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

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McAfee

JANUARY 7, 2021

For those who are not familiar with it, the ISO 27701 is the industry leading certification for information security & privacy management. The ISO 27701 Standard has been published in August 2019, and all companies, whether vendors or customers, should look into it. And reaching the ISO 27701 enshrines all of these values.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2021

In all the attacks the ransomware encrypting files on the infected systems and in one of the security incidents threat actors compromised a system used to control the SCADA industrial equipment. The ransomware affected the victim’s SCADA system and backup systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

According to Talos, the threat actor has been active at least since late 2018, experts observed intermittent activity towards the end of 2019 and through early 2020. The json string is encrypted. The group resurfaced in April 2021, the malvertising campaigns targeted users in Canada, the U.S., Australia, Italy, Spain, and Norway.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The patient records encrypted in the attack include names and certain dental or cardiac images. ” “Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York has announced that a security breach occurred in late July 2019 that resulted in malware being installed on some of the hospital’s servers.” ” reads the notice.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

Upon discovery, Prominence reset all user credentials and secured the impacted environment, launching an investigation and data restoration processes from its backup systems. But the insurer is notifying all 45,000 members from the 2019 to 2020 timeframe, as a precaution. To date, no instances have been found.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2019

At the time of writing, experts at Wandera were not able to crack encrypted communications made by the apps with the C&C server. “Command & Control enables bad apps to bypass security checks because it activates a communication channel directly with the attacker that is not within Apple’s view.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The cybersecurity firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor to allow LockerGoga ransomware victims to recover their encrypted files without paying a ransom. “We’re pleased to announce the availability of a new decryptor for LockerGoga, a strain of ransomware that rose to fame in 2019 with the attack of the Norsk Hydro company.”

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Malwarebytes

MAY 23, 2022

The data accessed by criminals, stretching from 2015 to 2019, included a variety of information potentially including: Name School CPS email Employee ID number Battelle for Kids username. The notification breach says that home addresses, health/financial information, and social security numbers were not exposed.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

“Cyber Security is so much more than a matter of IT.” ” ― Stephane Nappo The amount of compromised data in August 2019 composed 114,686,290 breached records. Network Security: In this module, you will learn more about how to secure network: firewalls, password managers, and more.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

To ensure that their ability to restore encrypted files would never be questioned, they cultivated an online presence, wrote press releases and generally made sure their name would be known to all potential victims. Since 2019, this ransomware has been advertised on underground forums and has a strong reputation as a RaaS operator.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 28, 2021

Ransomware: Encryption, Exfiltration, and Extortion. Ransomware perpetrators of the past presented a problem of availability through encryption. Nickels suggests organizations follow this guidance: Also Read: How Zero Trust Security Can Protect Against Ransomware. Detect Focus on encryption Assume exfiltration.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Roopy then creates its working directory (%AppData%/Microsoft/OneDrive) where it stores the list of already uploaded files (as upload.dat) and a copy of documents waiting to be uploaded (in the backup subfolder). As we have already established, TunnusSched and KopiLuwak are part of similar toolsets (starting from 2019 at least).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2023

Travnichek accessed the computer system of the Public Water System on or about March 27, 2019, without authorization. In all the attacks the ransomware encrypted files on the infected systems and in one of the security incidents threat actors compromised a system used to control the SCADA industrial equipment.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2023

Travnichek accessed the computer system of the Public Water System on or about March 27, 2019, without authorization. In all the attacks the ransomware encrypted files on the infected systems and in one of the security incidents threat actors compromised a system used to control the SCADA industrial equipment.

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McAfee

AUGUST 24, 2021

From the 1960’s to 2000 infusion pumps were mostly electromechanical devices with some embedded electronics, but the turn of the century delivered “smarter” devices with better safety mechanisms and the possibility to program them, which slowly opened the door to information security challenges.

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