McAfee

DECEMBER 22, 2021

CVE-2021-44228 – Apache Releases Log4j Version 2.15.0 A full technical analysis can be found here: McAfee Advanced Threat Research: Log4Shell Vulnerability is the Coal in our Stocking for 2021. KB95091: McAfee Enterprise coverage for Apache Log4j CVE-2021-44228 Remote Code Execution. Attack Chain and Defensive Architecture.

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Malware Risk Internet Internet 98

CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

Encryption in transit & at rest. Additionally, the trade media awarded Cloudastructure with the following awards in 2021: Astor Award for Best Video Analytics by American Security Today. CIO Bulletin “10 Most Prestigious Companies 2021”. Facial clusters. Alerts and Notifications. Operational Alerts. Rule-based Alerts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Thu, 09/02/2021 - 07:09. During the 2021 Thales Crypto Summit , which brings together a group of experts to speak about cryptographic and key management to keep organizations secure, President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) was a key point of discussion. Executive Order About Cybersecurity Urging Zero Trust Adoption. How Thales Can Help.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Protect – Encrypt data at rest and in-flight without costly performance impact. MFA and Encryption. They also include AWS GovCloud and Azure U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

CSfC validates commercial IT products that have met the highest level of strict encryption standards and rigorous security requirements for both hardware and software solutions. Protect data at both hardware and the software layer for enhanced cyber-resilient data-centric security – a key component to zero-trust security architectures.

Encryption 52

Encryption Energy and Utilities Digital transformation Software 52

The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 According to the IBM Data Breach Report 2021 , data breaches in the United States reached $4.24 or higher) encryption protocol, because systems using an older version of TLS are a security risk. What can you do about it?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

MB in size, while the 64-bit ELF binary is compiled with gcc for the AMD64 architecture. In an attack observed by the experts, the ransomware successfully encrypted a CentOS host running a vulnerable version of IBM Aspera Faspex file server software. The ransomware encrypts files and appends the “.ifire” It is 2.18

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We investigated 200 cases for clients in Russia in 2020, and already over 300 in the first nine months of 2021. In 2021, browsers are much safer, with some of them updating automatically, without any user participation, while browser developers continually invest in vulnerabilities assessment. Vulnerabilities market got a remake.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 8, 2023

We are only human Nearly half (47%) of the survey respondents say that attacks are increasing in volume or severity, similar to numbers reported in 2021 and 2022. Digital sovereignty represents a significant strategic opportunity for enterprises to optimize their systems and architectures while better-serving stakeholders and citizens.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It includes integration of Glyptodon Enterprise into Keeper Security’s zero-trust and zero-knowledge security and encryption architecture, resulting in a highly-secure, agentless remote access platform, without the need of a virtual private network (VPN). “In Keeper is SOC-2, FIPS 140-2 and ISO 27001 Certified.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 25, 2021

In a research conducted by the firm in January through March 2021, it was discovered that over 45% of malware attacks were launched by tampering TLS Communication. Thus, it helps in thwarting cyber attacks by offering unmatched detection and protection capabilities at high speeds.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 26, 2021

Fri, 03/26/2021 - 14:46. Personally, I have been working in the field of encryption and cryptography for more than 25 years, and during this podcast, I really enjoyed discussing some of the more important ideas about how encryption in the cloud brings new challenges. Is the organization ready for an architectural change?

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2021

“Haron ransomware was first discovered in July 2021. When infected with this ransomware, the extension of the encrypted file is changed to the victim’s name. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak sitewhere it will publish data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 31, 2021

In 2021, we believe that it will take the #3 spot, overtaking user/employee errors. In 2021, we will not just be dealing with a growth in ransomware attacks, but also increased ransomware variants, extortion methods, and sophistication. Here, we listed the top 6 trends in ransomware to watch out for in 2021. #1:

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2021

Some of the victims have reportedly been compromised through a popular MSP software which led to encryption of their customers. The total number of encrypted businesses could run into thousands. agent.cer (encrypted agent.exe). Geography of attack attempts (based on KSN statistics). Indicators of Compromise.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 23, 2022

And reports are in that Ragnar Locker Gang is demanding $12 million to free up data from encryption. Ragnar Locker Ransomware gang has officially declared that they are responsible for the disruption of servers related to a Greece-based gas operator DESFA.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2021

Encrypting user files. For example, a sample with the MD5 hash sum 914e49921c19fffd7443deee6ee161a4 contains two architectures: x86_64 and ARM64. On the one hand, code that is compiled exclusively for the Apple Silicon platform cannot be natively executed on the Intel x86_64 architecture. Malware persistence. Yes, they can.

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Anton on Security

MAY 5, 2021

You cannot monitor encrypted data: as I discussed here , encryption for sure saps some of the value of network security monitoring, but it does not destroy it. Both layer 3 (flow) and layer 7 (rich metadata) observation have value for encrypted data whereas full packet capture perhaps does not. But you know what?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 20, 2022

For example, the study highlights that survey respondents report significant expansion in the use of multiple infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers, as the percentage of organizations using multiple IaaS providers increased from 51% in 2021 to 72% in 2022. Encryption and Key Management in the Cloud.

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Encryption Authentication Digital transformation Marketing 71

SecureList

MAY 23, 2022

This report includes an analysis of the ISaGRAF framework, its architecture, the IXL and SNCP protocols that are used to program and control ISaGRAF-based devices and to communicate with them. Since authentication data is encrypted with a preset symmetric key, the attacker could decrypt an intercepted target (device) password.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 2, 2022

Ransomware attacks increased by yet another 80% between February 2021 and March 2022, based on an analysis of ransomware payloads seen across the Zscaler cloud. Double-extortion attacks, which include data exfiltration in addition to encryption, are rising even faster at 117% year-over-year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 7, 2021

& HYDERABAD, India–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Analytics Insight has named ‘ The 10 Most Influential CISOs to Watch in 2021 ’ in its October magazine issue. Here is the list of the 10 most influential CISOs who are plotting extraordinary security roadmaps in 2021. SAN JOSE, Calif. & Read their inspiring stories here.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

. “Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” ” reads the joint alert.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2021

Tue, 06/22/2021 - 05:24. The research shows that only 9% of enterprises believe they have proactive cybersecurity strategies that address evolving threats and just 58% of organizations say they encrypt their data in motion. Isn’t it about time to get on, not off, to effective network data encryption security? Encryption.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. In March 2021, Kaspersky researchers discovered a new variant of XCSSET compiled for devices with M1 chips. For example, a sample with the MD5 hash sum 914e49921c19fffd7443deee6ee161a4 contains two architectures: x86_64 and ARM64.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2023

Upon executing the script, it would download and execute the proper bot clients for the specific Linux architectures: hxxp://185.225.74[.]251/armv4l ” The researchers pointed out that the Mirai variant like IZ1H9 and V3G4 will first initialize an encrypted string table and then retrieve the strings through an index.

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SecureList

MARCH 21, 2023

zip) 2021-09-22 13:47 ecb7af5771f4fe36a3065dc4d5516d84 (внесение_изменений_в_отдельные_законодательные_акты_рф.zip) 2022-04-28 07:36 765f45198cb8039079a28289eab761c5 (гражданин рб ( redacted ).zip) Files contained in attachment.msi The encrypted payload and the decoy document are written to the folder named %APPDATA%WinEventCom.

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SecureList

JANUARY 23, 2023

What threats security operations centers will face in 2023 Ransomware will increasingly destroy data instead of encrypting it Cyberspace reflects the global agenda, and geopolitical turbulence influences the attack surface. That’s why in 2023 we can expect the echoes of cyberwarfare to continue reverberating.

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Government Media Social Engineering Ransomware 97

Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

In October 2021, CrowdStrike uncovered a campaign after the investigation of a series of security incidents in multiple countries. The cybersecurity firm added that the threat actors show an in-depth knowledge of telecommunication network architectures. GTPDOOR also supports authentication and encryption mechanisms.

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Telecommunications Firewall Mobile Malware 127

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2021

The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. For example, a sample with the MD5 hash sum 914e49921c19fffd7443deee6ee161a4 contains two architectures: x86_64 and ARM64.” ” states the report published by Kaspersky. ” Kaspersky concludes.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

A key principle of a Zero Trust architecture, as defined in NIST SP 800-207 , is that no network is implicitly trusted. Hence, all network traffic “must be encrypted and authenticated as soon as practicable.” of all internet activity in 2021 , up from 40.8% Machine identity is key component of Zero Trust.

IoT 109

IoT Authentication Encryption Architecture 109

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

While implementation of security technologies such as multi-factor authentication and encryption have slightly increased, we have not yet reached the level where the majority of applications, data and operational technology are fully protected. Government Towards a Zero Trust Architecture dictate U.S. everywhere. Data security.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

This is so because a confluence of developments in 2021 has put API security in the spotlight, where it needs to be. Legacy security architectures just don’t fit this massively complex, highly dynamic environment. APIs have emerged as a go-to tool used by threat actors in the early phases of sophisticated, multi-stage network attacks.

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Digital transformation Hacking Architecture Cyber Risk 260

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 15, 2022

On May 12, 2021, the White House released an Executive Order (E.O.) The directive’s third section, entitled “Modernizing Federal Government Cybersecurity,” requires Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to begin moving to a zero trust architecture (ZTA). Tue, 03/15/2022 - 10:01. on improving U.S. cybersecurity.

Architecture 71

Architecture Government CSO Technology 71

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 9, 2022

From 2019 to 2021, the healthcare industry saw an increase in breaches and leaks of more than 50% , according to the Healthcare Cybersecurity Report by the Herjavec Group. They deploy Cobalt Strike for persistence, harvest credentials, and move laterally through the network until encrypting the files.

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SC Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

President Joe Biden salutes as he walks along the Colonnade of the White House on Friday, March 12, 2021, en route to the Oval Office. Regarding the government, it encourages federal systems to invest in secure cloud services, detection and zero-trust architecture, and mandates multifactor authentication, logging, and encryption.

Cybersecurity 94

Cybersecurity Government Architecture Software 94

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The payload fetched by the PowerShell targets 64-bit architecture systems, it is a long script consisting of three components: Tater (Hot Potato – privilege escalation) PowerSploit Embedded exploit bundle binary (privilege escalation). Most of the servers are located in China and belong to the infrastructure of the PurpleFox botnet.

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Encryption DNS Architecture Firewall 86