Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

“On May 28, 2024 we discovered a vulnerability in Security Gateways with IPsec VPN in Remote Access VPN community and the Mobile Access software blade (CVE-2024-24919). locked extension to the filenames of encrypted files. The malware uses asymmetric encryption algorithm AES-256-CTR. The ransomware appends the .

Healthcare 85

Healthcare Ransomware VPN Malware 85

SecureWorld News

JUNE 9, 2025

Global data reveals that cyberattacks rose by 131% between 2022 and 2023 across the aviation industry, with a 74 percent increase since 2020, underscoring the profundity of this threat. A cyberattack on any link, be it a ground-handling contractor or a software provider, can trigger cascading failures.

Cybersecurity 120

Cybersecurity Social Engineering Computers and Electronics Risk 120

SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This type of cyberextortion predated Trojans, which encrypt the victim’s files. In 2020 — 2023, one of them was an active cyberextortionist who attacked organizations in several countries, causing a total of at least $1.9 Reveton was among the most notorious PC screen lockers. million in damage. million in damage.

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Mobile Adware Ransomware Malware 105

SecureList

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. Earlier in 2024, a secure USB drive was found to be compromised and malicious code was injected into the access management software installed on the USB drive.

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Malware Government Software Spyware 115

SecureWorld News

MARCH 10, 2025

There are 300% more remote opportunities now compared to 2020 , and many organizations are still unable to deal with this. In fact, it even makes it easier to get valuable information that's often not even encrypted. This access increases the potential impact of an insider threat.

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Risk Cybersecurity Healthcare Data breaches 88

Digital Shadows

MARCH 17, 2025

VPN Infrastructures Allure for Threat Actors PNs have become a fundamental part of network security for organizations worldwide, enabling secure remote access to systems, encrypting sensitive data during transmission, and protecting internal networks from unauthorized access. Rated CVSS 9.8,

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VPN Authentication Ransomware Risk 133

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. The Backdoor loader module has been observed since 2020, we covered it in our private APT reports.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2024

has charged a Chinese national for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. has charged the Chinese national Guan Tianfeng (aka gbigmao and gxiaomao) for hacking thousands of Sophos firewall devices worldwide in 2020. The malware stole data and encrypted files to block remediation attempts.

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Firewall Hacking Malware Encryption 75

SecureList

MAY 13, 2025

Exploit prevention stops threat actors from taking advantage of vulnerabilities in installed software and the OS itself. The feature was introduced and popularized in 2020 by the developers of the Cobalt Strike framework. The translation container handles the encryption and decryption of network traffic.

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Penetration Testing Architecture Technology Encryption 69

eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 Known for strong next-generation firewalls (NGFW) and endpoint detection and response (EDR) products, it also ranks for network security tools , zero trust , extended detection and response (XDR), IoT security , software-defined wide area network ( SD-WAN ), and secure access service edge (SASE).

Cybersecurity 64

Cybersecurity Firewall Marketing Encryption 64

Security Boulevard

APRIL 18, 2025

NIST first published the PFW in 2020, with the goal of helping organizations mitigate the privacy risks associated with the processing of personal data in their computer systems. However, in many cases, the software packages the generative AI tools mention dont exist. draft is open for public comment until June 13, 2025. (on-demand

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Risk Cybersecurity Data privacy Software 57

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 22, 2025

Misconfiguration of cloud environments (services or software) remained a significant security gap. As I said in other THR blogs, the main news here is that there is no news; a lot of cloud security problems in 2025 are 2020 problems, at best. Initial access vectors didnt change all that much. P.S. Coming soon! Trend analysis ofTHR111!

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Passwords Social Engineering Accountability Encryption 65

Krebs on Security

MARCH 19, 2025

In security terms, that’s the equivalent of encrypting sensitive data while also attaching the secret key needed to view the information. A review of domain names registered by Stanley shows he went by the nickname enKrypt, and was the former owner of a pirated software and hacking forum called error33[.]net

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NetSpi Executives

MARCH 11, 2025

– Thomas Cumberland, Tier 3 Senior Analyst at Cyber Sainik Since the beginning of 2020, the external attack surface has become the primary exposure point for all organizations. We’ve actually helped customers find shadow IT, misconfigured clouds, exposed dev systems, and unpatched software.

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Risk CISO Technology Firewall 40

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. 14, the first Patch Tuesday of 2020. 14, the first Patch Tuesday of 2020. Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Microsoft Corp.

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Internet Internet Software Encryption 287

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Related: Pushing the fly-by-wire envelope This is especially true because systems are more interconnected and use more complex commercial software than ever before, meaning a vulnerability in one system could lead to a malicious actor gaining access to more important systems. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since.

Software 264

Software Risk Artificial Intelligence Cyber Attacks 264

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Incident response analyst report provides insights into incident investigation services conducted by Kaspersky in 2020. In 2020, the pandemic forced companies to restructure their information security practices, accommodating a work-from-home (WFH) approach. Geography of incident responses by region, 2020.

Social Engineering 144

Social Engineering Healthcare Ransomware Government 144

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. ” they wrote.

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Ransomware Encryption Backups Manufacturing 363

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. 10, 2020, Citrix disclosed additional details about the incident. 13, 2018 and Mar.

VPN 363

VPN Passwords Telecommunications Software 363

Adam Levin

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The personal information of 540,000 sports referees, league officials, and school representatives has been compromised following a ransomware attack targeting a software vendor for the athletics industry.

Identity Theft 246

Identity Theft Backups Passwords Encryption 246

Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%

Engineering 141

Engineering VPN Accountability Software 141

SecureList

MARCH 1, 2021

In 2020, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected: 5,683,694 malicious installation packages, 156,710 new mobile banking Trojans, 20,708 new mobile ransomware Trojans. It just so happened that the year 2020 gave hackers a large number of powerful news topics, with the COVID-19 pandemic as the biggest of these.

Mobile 145

Mobile Malware Adware Banking 145

Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

We learned some remarkable new details this week about the recent supply-chain attack on VoIP software provider 3CX. “This is the first time Mandiant has seen a software supply chain attack lead to another software supply chain attack,” reads the April 20 Mandiant report. Microsoft Corp.

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Malware Software Technology Accountability 345

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. They outlined why something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, has emerged as the basis for a new form of agile cryptography that we will need in order to kick digital transformation into high gear.

Encryption 176

Encryption Artificial Intelligence IoT Data collection 176

SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The state of stalkerware in 2020 (PDF). Kaspersky’s data shows that the scale of the stalkerware issue has not improved much in 2020 compared to the last year: The number of people affected is still high. In total, 53,870 of our mobile users were affected globally by stalkerware in 2020. Main findings.

Surveillance 127

Surveillance Mobile Software Technology 127

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And there is a lesson in that similarity: the complex mathematical attacks make for good academic papers, but we mustn’t lose sight of the fact that insecure software will be the likely attack vector for most ML systems. Systems can only match images with human-provided labels, so the software would never notice the switch.

Encryption 270

Encryption Hacking Software Social Engineering 270

Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. Taylor Monahan is founder and CEO of MetaMask , a popular software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain.

Cryptocurrency 363

Cryptocurrency Passwords Encryption Accountability 363

Krebs on Security

JUNE 15, 2024

Among those was the encrypted messaging app Signal , which said the breach could have let attackers re-register the phone number on another device for about 1,900 users. LastPass said criminal hackers had stolen encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

Hacking 356

Hacking Cybercrime Phishing Passwords 356

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

For everything from minor network infractions to devastating cyberattacks and data privacy troubles , digital forensics software can help clean up the mess and get to the root of what happened. This article looks at the top digital forensic software tools of 2021 and what customers should consider when buying or acquiring a DSF tool.

Software 139

Software Computers and Electronics Marketing Mobile 139

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Four encryption and authentication issues in Modicon M221 PLCs were reported by Trustwave, three of which have been independently found by the security firm Claroty. The M221 is configured using Machine Expert – Basic software.” “Schneider Electric is aware of multiple vulnerabilities in its Modicon M221 product.

Encryption 131

Encryption Passwords Authentication Software 131

Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

Traditional payment cards encode cardholder account data in plain text on a magnetic stripe, which can be read and recorded by skimming devices or malicious software surreptitiously installed in payment terminals. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

Banking 364

Banking Malware Encryption Accountability 364

The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur.

Cyber Risk 173

Cyber Risk Risk Firewall Surveillance 173

The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

The epidemic went truly mainstream with the release of CryptoLocker back in 2013, and it has since transformed into a major dark web economy spawning the likes of Sodinokibi, Ryuk, and Maze lineages that are targeting the enterprise on a huge scale in 2020. File encryption 2013 – 2015. pharma giant ExecuPharm. About the essayist.

Ransomware 243

Ransomware Hacking Encryption Penetration Testing 243

Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. The initial attack vector is typically a software crack, an activator or a patcher, or a key generator (keygen).

Encryption 98

Encryption Malware Cryptocurrency Software 98

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 12, 2024

Highlights of what I learned: Coding level The continual monitoring and hardening of business software as it is being rapidly developed, tested and deployed in the field has become a foundational best practice. AppSec technology security-hardens software at the coding level. San Jose, Calif.-based

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Software Technology System Administration Mobile 290

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Good news for the victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware, they can recover their encrypted files for free. The victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware victims can recover their encrypted files without needing to pay the ransom due to the availability of a free decryptor. macOS ransomware #decryptor ( #EvilQuest )!

Ransomware 142

Ransomware Encryption Malware InfoSec 142

eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

For example, Illumio was named a Leader by Forrester Research in The Forrester Wave: Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Platform Providers, Q3 2020. DxOdyssey (DxO) is a Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) solution that enables secure, available, per-application connectivity between remote users, edge devices, sites, and clouds.

Software 130

Software Architecture Technology Risk 130