Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. Filename: FT.FATURA.EKFUHLWS+LUVPBC0DGZUWISOAPDK.msi MD5 : 70aa68c29622df360dea76daa4255835 Creation time: 2/5/2021 7:10:49 AM. From here, the malware executes a new thread when specific and hardcoded web-browsers are opened.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. ESET Protect Advanced complies with data regulation thanks to full disk encryption capabilities on Windows and macOS. Get started today! Learn more about ESET PROTECT Advanced. Visit website.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 6, 2022

Norton 360 , one of the most popular antivirus products on the market today, has installed a cryptocurrency mining program on its customers’ computers. “The key to the wallet is encrypted and stored securely in the cloud. “Norton creates a secure digital Ethereum wallet for each user,” the FAQ reads.

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

On March 2, Microsoft released out-of-band patches for four zero-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server that are being actively exploited in the wild (CVE-2021-26855, CVE-2021-26857, CVE-2021-26858 and CVE-2021-27065). Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. It then downloads and installs the miner.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. EnterpriseDB.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 10, 2022

Back in July 2021, NortonLifeLock announced Norton Crypto, a feature made available in the popular antivirus product Norton 360, which allows users to mine cryptocurrency while their PC is idle. Norton "Antivirus" now sneakily installs cryptomining software on your computer, and then SKIMS A COMMISSION. January 4, 2022.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

IT threat evolution Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. IT threat evolution in Q3 2021. While tracking this threat actor in spring 2021, we discovered a newer version. Targeted attacks exploiting CVE-2021-40444. PC statistics. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks. WildPressure targets macOS.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

Web content filtering and VPN aren’t offered, and for encryption it merely reports on the status of Windows BitLocker, but none of those features are widely offered enough to be considered a standard EDR feature. Cons: Missing features: full-disk encryption, VPN, mobile support, web content filtering. SentinelOne Ratings.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

According to Kaspersky Security Network, in Q1 2021: Kaspersky solutions blocked 2,023,556,082 attacks launched from online resources across the globe. At the end of last year, the number of users attacked by malware designed to steal money from bank accounts gradually decreased, a trend that continued in Q1 2021. Quarterly figures.

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SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2021. In parallel, Volexity also reported the same Exchange zero-days being in use in early 2021. The contents are disguised as GIF image files, but contain encrypted commands from the C2 server and command execution results.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing details on the top malware strains of 2021. The top malware strains in 2021 included remote access Trojans (RATs), banking Trojans, information stealers, and ransomware.

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SecureList

APRIL 7, 2025

sys driver, which contains the CVE-2021-36276 vulnerability. Our analysis of the tool code found that the data in the payload file is encrypted using AES-128. Snippet of code for determining the encryption algorithm The decryption key is in the first 32 bytes of the payload file, followed by the encrypted data block.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. ” SEPTEMBER. million user accounts earlier this year.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The Clearswift solution incorporates inbound threat protection (Avira, Sophos or Kaspersky antivirus ), an optional sandbox feature, data loss prevention technology to remove threats from messages and files, a multi-layer spam defence mechanism (including SPF, DKIM, DMARC), multiple encryption options, and advanced content filtering features.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

In July 2021, the Swedish supermarket chain Coop was the first company to disclose the impact of the supply chain ransomware attack that hit Kaseya. Visma confirmed they were affected by the Kaseya cyber attack that allowed the REvil ransomware to encrypt their customers’ systems. Threat actors have published ID cards as proof of hack.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Antivirus software triggered numerous alerts after detecting Cobalt Strike activity but these were not escalated. The antivirus server was later encrypted in the attack). The post On the Irish Health Services Executive Hack appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Its parameters are also encrypted — they are decrypted once dropped by the first stage. The target DLL is loaded via a malicious shellcode and encrypted with AES-128 in the same way as described earlier in the initial stage. The decryption of later versions is also implemented with AES-NI instructions.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Germany-based G Data CyberDefense released software designed to trick the STOP ransomware variant into believing that a targeted system has already been compromised and keeping it from encrypting files after the device has been infected. But STOP ransomware will not encrypt files anymore if the system has the vaccine.”.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

The security firm states that the AstraLocker decryptor works for ransomware versions based on the Babuk malware that appends the.Astra or.babyk extensions to the name of the encrypted files. “Be sure to quarantine the malware from your system first, or it may repeatedly lock your system or encrypt files. a-z0-9]{4} extension.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2021

This ransomware encrypts data from victims with AES-256 + RSA-8192 and then demands a ~ 2 BTC ransom to get the files back. mike [link] pic.twitter.com/fkU2USEZis — Swisscom CSIRT (@swisscom_csirt) January 26, 2021. CRING a new strain deployed by human operated ransomware actors. ” reads the post published by Kaspersky.

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SecureList

MARCH 10, 2021

Back then, cybercriminals distributed malware under the guise of the Malwarebytes antivirus installer. Some of the lines in the executable file, including the line with the C&C server address, are encrypted to make static detection more difficult. Updater.exe code snippet containing the encrypted address. Patched.netyyk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 19, 2023

By Aaron Sandeen, CEO and co-founder at Securin Since June 2021, Hive Ransomware has been dominating the ransomware scene. Since June 2021, Hive has targeted an average of three companies per day. Bad actors like Hive may also use CVE-2021-33558, the newly discovered Boa vulnerability, to access a victim’s network.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

On January 25, 2021, researchers at 360 netlab detected a suspicious ELF file, initially attributed to Mirai , but that later revealed his nature, a new bot tracked as Matryosh. “On January 25, 2021, 360 netlab BotMon system labeled a suspicious ELF file as Mirai, but the network traffic did not match Mirai’s characteristics.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Leverage antivirus software. Protect yourself from malware by purchasing, updating, and upgrading antivirus software. VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. SSLs ensure all data is encrypted. Browse online using secure networks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

PYSA and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs in the threat landscape in November 2021, researchers from NCC Group report. Security researchers from NCC Group reported an increase in ransomware attacks in November 2021 over the past month, and PYSA (aka Mespinoza) and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The web antivirus reacted to 113.5 The file antivirus blocked over 27 million malicious and unwanted objects. Ransomware Quarterly trends and highlights Law enforcement successes In April 2024, a criminal who developed a packer that was allegedly used by the Conti and Lockbit groups to evade antivirus detection was arrested in Kyiv.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The government says Snatch used a customized ransomware variant notable for rebooting Microsoft Windows devices into Safe Mode — enabling the ransomware to circumvent detection by antivirus or endpoint protection — and then encrypting files when few services are running.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2021

Mark Loman, a Sophos malware analyst, who is investigating the incident explained that the REvil ransomware operator disables antivirus software to deploy a fake Windows Defender app that runs ransomware binary. — Mark Loman @ (@markloman) July 2, 2021. — Mark Loman @ (@markloman) July 2, 2021.

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Webroot

MAY 3, 2022

The average cost of a data breach in 2021 rose to over 4 million dollars , increasing 10% from 2020. Included in Webroot’s SecureAnywhere Internet Security Plus antivirus solution is access to LastPass®, a reliable and secure password management tool. Discover Webroot’s antivirus solutions and learn more about LastPass.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The group of threat actors has been observed exploiting known vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiOS and Microsoft Exchange servers since early 2021 to gain access to a wide range of targeted entities. Use Antivirus Programs. They have also been known to exploit VMware Horizon Log4j vulnerabilities. police department. police department.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 25, 2021

It works: one of the victims has already paid over $200,000 in Bitcoin, setting a dangerous precedent of companies giving into the demands of cyber criminals to prevent a possible data leak and damage to their reputation and loss of operations due to crippled IT services after important file encryption. You can check it. KEY: –. !!!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. bat) scripts [T1059.003] for lateral movement, privilege escalation, and disabling antivirus software.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2021

“We are tracking ~30 MSPs across the US, AUS, EU, and LATAM where Kaseya VSA was used to encrypt well over 1,000 businesses and are working in collaboration with many of them. link] — Victor Gevers (@0xDUDE) July 4, 2021. ” reported Huntress Labs. “So ransomware can push itself to systems.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

The AvosLocker ransomware-as-a-service emerged in the threat landscape in September 2021, since January the group expanded its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers. Install and regularly update antivirus software on all hosts, and enable real time detection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 24, 2022

And studies have revealed that the newly developed file-encrypting malware is using an Open-source password management library for encryption and is having capabilities of remaining anonymous, ex-filtrate data, and having abilities to give control to remote servers. The third is something astonishing to read!

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” Install and regularly update antivirus software on all hosts, and enable real time detection.

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