Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

FBI is warning private industry partners of a surge in Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a flash alert (MU-000140-MW) to warn private industry partners of an increase of the Ragnar Locker ransomware activity following a confirmed attack from April 2020.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The helicopter maker Kopter was hit by LockBit ransomware, the attackers compromised its internal network and encrypted the company’s files. Kopter Group is Switzerland-based company that was founded in 2007 that was acquired by Leonardo in April 2020. ” reported ZDNet.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2020

The crew has published images of the data they claim to have stolen before encrypting the systems at the company. pic.twitter.com/0gykQl53Ft — Under the Breach (@underthebreach) April 23, 2020. . pic.twitter.com/0gykQl53Ft — Under the Breach (@underthebreach) April 23, 2020. – The company is traded on NASDAQ.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Example 2: Using a VPN. A lot of people are confused about VPNs. They think it’s giving them security that it isn’t because they haven’t properly understood the tech and haven’t considered the attack scenarios. If you log in at the end website you’ve identified yourself to them, regardless of VPN.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant found the earliest evidence of compromise uncovered within 3CX’s network was through the VPN using the employee’s corporate credentials, two days after the employee’s personal computer was compromised. Microsoft Corp.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

Accenture security researchers published an analysis of the latest Hades campaign, which is ongoing since at least December 2020. . The attack chain begins with attacks to internet-facing systems via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) or Virtual Private Network (VPN) using legitimate credentials. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

1/2 — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. (2/2) 2/2) Please be assured that there is no compromise of customer payment details which are encrypted and tokenized. — NOOK (@nookBN) October 14, 2020. Please be assured that there is no compromise of customer payment details, which are encrypted and tokenized.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, SeaChange International, revealed that a ransomware attack disrupted its operations in Q1 2020. SeaChange International, a US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, revealed that a ransomware attack has disrupted its operations during the first quarter of 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The ransomware encrypted most of the company servers and workstations. Información de Prensa pic.twitter.com/gupHjabSgX — BancoEstado (@BancoEstado) September 6, 2020. Información importante sobre nuestra red de atención pic.twitter.com/CfFeb9tCzK — BancoEstado (@BancoEstado) September 7, 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

“Cyber criminal threat actors exploit network vulnerabilities to exfiltrate data and encrypt systems in a sector that is increasingly reliant on smart technologies, industrial control systems, and internet-based automation systems. Only use secure networks and avoid using public Wi-Fi networks. ” reads the FBI’s PIN.

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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. Focus on awareness and training.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

Stolen data included the personal information for volunteers who surnames begin with D, G, I, or J. “On Saturday 14 March 2020, HMR was subjected to a targeted and sophisticated attack by cyber criminals. We took immediate action to stop the attack, but not before the attackers had stolen copies of some of our files.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

Metropolitan Police Department attack in April, has shifted its strategy from data encryption to data theft. Today’s columnist, Jane Adams of Secureworks, offers insights on what these changing strategies mean to security teams. It claimed to have accessed the police system using a zero-day vulnerability in a VPN.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

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. Files are encrypted with a combination of AES-256 and RSA-4096 via the Microsoft CryptoAPI , as per CrowdStrike. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

The Darkside ransomware gang first emerged in the threat landscape in August 2020, in recent months the group was very active and targeted organizations worldwide. other than VPN gateways, mail ports, web ports). The alert comes after the disruptive attack that hit Colonial Pipeline that caused chaos and disruption.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The ransomware attack hit the Düsseldorf University Hospital in early September 2020 and shut down its network. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) says the attack occurred through a Citrix VPN vulnerability that has been known about since last year. Here are three things you should know: 1.

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Security Affairs

MAY 3, 2021

If you look at Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report, you can find some of the most common causes of data breaches. However, you will also be surprised to learn that most breaches result from inadequate data security measures. A security recommendation is to use a Virtual Private Network. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. The Russian government asks all Internet service providers and VPN providers operating in the country to provide information about their users. “On

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Here are five significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities with IoT in 2020. A hacker managed to identify a weak spot in a security camera model. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. It can be prevented through the use of an online VPN.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Never use them without proper security measures such as using a VPN. A VPN removes all traces leading back to your original IP address and encrypts your connection to allow safe and private browsing. Software updates often come with releases that patch bugs and security vulnerabilities upon discovery.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

According to Pew, 64 percent of Americans have “at least one online account that holds their health, financial or other sensitive personal information,” while the exact same proportion of respondents have “experienced or been notified of a significant data breach pertaining to their personal data or accounts.”.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered several vulnerabilities Zyxel Cloud CNM SecuManager software that could expose users to cyber attacks. This allows an attacker to MITM and decrypt the encrypted traffic.” log escape sequence injection xmppCnrSender.py

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Back in 2020, unknown cybercriminals launched a series of so-called ‘Meow’ attacks that wiped all the data stored on thousands of unsecured databases – without any explanation or even a ransom demand – leaving shocked owners with only an empty folder with files named ‘meow’ as the signature of the attacker.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cybersecurity researchers from Kookmin University and the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) discovered an implementation vulnerability in the source code of the Rhysida ransomware. Rhysida ransomware employed a secure random number generator to generate the encryption key and subsequently encrypt the data.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2021

Below the list of the top stories of 2020. While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. BleepingComputer researchers confirmed that Garmin has received the decryption key to recover their files encrypted with the WastedLocker Ransomware.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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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

MAY 12, 2021

Along with the rise of big-game hunting in 2020, we saw the emergence of a number of high-profile groups in the ransomware world. An optional role here is the packer developer, who may add protection layers to the ransomware program and make it harder for security products to detect for the few hours it needs to encrypt the whole network.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Group-IB , a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has presented its annual Hi-Tech Crime Trends 2020/2021 report. In the report, the company examines key shifts in the cybercrime world internationally between H2 2019 and H1 2020 and gives forecasts for the coming year.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

2020 is a case in point. So they have high-security practices in all ends. Monero is the cryptocurrency of choice, instead, and all communications must be PGP encrypted. If you must log in to an account of any kind while on public WiFi, use a VPN for encrypting all your internet traffic. Hackers love it.

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