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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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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

Some indirect evidence that links the attacks to a China-linked group is the use of hacking utilities that are popular in China, the use of a second-stage CnC server located in China, and the fact that the CnC server registration information includes an email address in the Chinese domain 163.com

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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

JULY 4, 2021

The investigation is still ongoing, according to security firm Huntress Labs at least 1000 organizations have been impacted, making this incident, one of the largest ransomware attacks in history. link] — Victor Gevers (@0xDUDE) July 4, 2021. ” reported Huntress Labs. “So ransomware can push itself to systems.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

released in mid-2021), and LockBit. ” By protecting the code with encryption, the latest LockBit version can avoid the detection of signature-based anti-malware solutions. It also supports a Safe Mode feature to bypass endpoint antivirus and detection. ransomware appeared first on Security Affairs. The LockBit 3.0

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2022

The victims’ data is encrypted and sent to the C2 server geolocated in Russia. The URL available on the email templates downloads an HTML file called “ Dividas 2021.html At this moment, the infection chain is able to bypass the antivirus detection, with the latter EXE ( WpfApp14.exe Phishing wave.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443. Install and regularly update antivirus and anti-malware software on all hosts. Disable hyperlinks in received emails.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American Javali trojan weaponizing Avira antivirus legitimate injector to implant malware. Next, the trojan collects information from web-browsers (8) searching for target tabs opened related to hardcoded banking/financing portals and starts the malicious overlay activity presenting fake windows to victims ( 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 ).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2021

The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. ” The sample analyzed by Kaspersky was uploaded to VirusTotal on 2021-02-24 21:06:05, unlike the sample analyzed by Trend Micro, this variant contains the above hash or a module named “metald”, the name of the executable file.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Under-resourced Information Security Managers were not performing their business as usual role (including a NIST-based cybersecurity review of systems) but were working on evaluating security controls for the COVID-19 vaccination system. The antivirus server was later encrypted in the attack).

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

The actors then exploited the Windows Print Spooler vulnerability “PrintNightmare” (CVE-2021-34527) to run arbitrary code and to move laterally in the target environment. The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) issued a warning about the use of Kaspersky products. [ link] (accessed Mar. 16, 2022). “[MàJ]

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Under-resourced Information Security Managers were not performing their business as usual role (including a NIST-based cybersecurity review of systems) but were working on evaluating security controls for the COVID-19 vaccination system. The antivirus server was later encrypted in the attack).

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Here are the top Twitter accounts to follow for the latest commentary, research, and much-needed humor in the ever-evolving information security space. Russian software engineer Eugene Kaspersky’s frustration with the malware of the 80s and 90s led to the founding of antivirus and cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky Lab.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 11, 2021

Thu, 08/12/2021 - 05:19. Be it health care or information security, it reasonably attempts to take actions in advance. Too many businesses cannot continue their activities until they recover the data encrypted by ransomware. Many collaborative platforms can help you recover the data encrypted by ransomware.

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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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SecureList

MAY 11, 2023

attempted ransomware attacks which was 20% more than in 2021 (61.7M). In fact, this was the number-one challenge they faced, although the share of ransomware in 2022 decreased slightly from 2021, going from 51.9% In 2022, Kaspersky solutions detected over 74.2M

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 30, 2020

To ease these burdens, SECaaS and SOCaaS vendors have emerged as cloud-based security as a service that can collect, analyze, and correlate your information from diverse systems and applications — turning former headaches into actionable information security intelligence. Security as a Service (SECaaS) .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 21, 2021

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 06:36. The information technology landscape is evolving at a feverish pace. Based on the notion of “never trust, always verify”, Zero Trust has given enterprises some guiding principles to build a new security stack that is better suited for the modern-day organization. Encryption. Data security.

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SecureList

APRIL 24, 2023

Introduction We introduced Tomiris to the world in September 2021, following our investigation of a DNS-hijack against a government organization in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In the grander scheme of things, this investigation reveals the pitfalls that the information security industry faces when working on cyberattacks.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

And, the system must be intuitive and convenient, so executives remain within its workflows and processes without straying to other systems and creating security gaps. Jon Clemenson, director of information security, TokenEx. Increasingly, traditional sandboxing and antivirus software aren’t enough.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Hanslovan: So we noticed it was a trend like all things cat and mouse base and hackers were really getting ticked off that their malicious payloads were getting caught by the antivirus. Why don't I use the trusted ones that I'll get by antivirus. It's sort of a rerun of CVE 2021 40444. This is being exploited in the wild.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

Information security products , services, and professionals have never been in higher demand, making for a world of opportunities for cybersecurity startups. Investors recognize the potential too, as funding for cybersecurity ventures more than doubled from previous years to almost $22 billion in 2021. BluBracket.

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