Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2024

The cybersecurity world got really lucky last week. Anyone in possession of a predetermined encryption key could stash any code of their choice in an SSH login certificate, upload it, and execute it on the backdoored device. From ArsTehnica : Malicious code added to xz Utils versions 5.6.0 modified the way the software functions.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

But the 2021 Thales Global Cloud Security says differently. Most—a whopping 83%—have failed to encrypt even half the sensitive data they have tucked away. The post Companies Fail to Encrypt, Protect Data in the Cloud appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Now, cybersecurity may just be the most important aspect of financial technology (fintech) in the modern world. New users unfamiliar with cybersecurity concerns can inadvertently expose their data. Fintech Trends for 2021 and Beyond Even in the deluge of attacks on our digital systems, defender confidence has remained strong.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 20, 2021

Telegram made it official that it has offered a security fix to non-encrypted chats that were previously vulnerable to cyber attacks through manipulated bots. Although all messages are encrypted on Telegram, the MTProto encryption is not available by default, as users need to opt-in for the end-to-end encryption.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

As most of the students in United States are preparing to attend physical classes from September first week for the academic year 2021-2022, Sophos has issued some Cybersecurity tips for school and college students and those are follows-.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 4, 2021

percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. A surprising 91.5

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

New encryption routine Victims have reported a new variant of the encryptor that no longer leaves large chunks of data unencrypted. The decryption tool uses the large and therefore mostly non-encrypted flat files, where the virtual machine's disk data is stored, to recover the VMs. This makes recovery next to impossible.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A recently fixed WhatsApp security vulnerability that, if exploited, could cause data leakage underscores the fact that hackers can bypass end-to-end encryption with some machinations. The post WhatsApp Flaw Casts Doubt on End-to-End Encryption appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 18, 2022

Ireland Health Service (HSE) was cyber-attacked by CONTI Ransomware group in mid last year and news is now out that 80% of the data been stored on the servers of the healthcare services provider was encrypted by the said a gang of criminals. And the result on whether the information truly belonged to HSE is awaited! .

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

tag='></a> 2020 was a year of unprecedented challenge for anyone working in public sector cybersecurity. As well as juggling the usual trials and tribulations that come with working in cybersecurity, it was a year that brought a global pandemic. Increase Cybersecurity Awareness and Best Practices.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2022

Which are the cyber attacks of 2021 that had the major impact on organizations worldwide in terms of financial losses and disruption of the operations? The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) also issued the Emergency Directive 21-02 in response to the disclosure of zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Hive ransomware operators have developed a new variant of their malware that can encrypt Linux and FreeBSD. ESET researchers discovered a new Hive ransomware variant that was specifically developed to encrypt Linux and FreeBSD. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm believe that the new encryptors are still under development.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. Cybersecurity firms have released “vaccines” in recent days to protect against the widely used STOP ransomware strain and the new Apache Log4Shell vulnerability. Vaccines Target Variants.

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SecureList

MARCH 12, 2024

Profile of participants and applications We collected the data from a sample of the application security assessment projects our team completed in 2021–2023. SQL Injection Most high-risk vulnerabilities in 2021–2023 were associated with SQL Injection. More than a third (39%) used the microservice architecture.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Our thanks to Security BSides Delaware for publishing their well-crafted videos from the Security BSides Delaware 2021 conference on the Organization’s’ YouTube channel. The post Security BSides Delaware 2021 – Rob Slade’s ‘Homomorphic Encryption’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 27, 2021

Amazon Web Services, a business unit of Amazon Cloud, has made it official that it is going to acquire Wickr that offers encrypted communication certified by National Security Agency. But the deal is likely to complete by October 2021, provided all terms and conditions comply with the SEC stipulations. .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to a report released by SonicWall, over 300 million ransomware attacks were observed in the first half of 2021, surpassing 2020s total of 302.73 And the highlight of the find is that the month June 2021 alone witnessed a record new high of 78.4 million file encrypting malware than compared to April and May of this year.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 23, 2021

Channel Nine 9 cyber attack- Australian Television Network dubbed Channel Nine was targeted by a cyber attack on March 28th,2021 halting several news bulletins and morning shows for the day. Sources later confirmed that the hackers involved in the incident used Phoenix CryptoLocker Malware to encrypt the database of the insurance firm.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 30, 2022

Good news for the victims of the Hive ransomware , the South Korean cybersecurity agency KISA has released a free decryptor for versions from v1 till v4. The agency released an executable along with a user manual that provides step-by-step instructions to recover encrypted data for free.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Recently emerged LockFile ransomware family LockFile leverages a novel technique called intermittent encryption to speed up encryption. Sophos researchers discovered that the group is now leveraging a new technique called “intermittent encryption” to speed up the encryption process.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2021

ransomware is now able to encrypt Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. ransomware that encrypts Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. " @demonslay335 @VK_Intel pic.twitter.com/fYxFbVQ6gX — MalwareHunterTeam (@malwrhunterteam) July 17, 2021. A new variant of the LockBit 2.0

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

Cybersecurity fatigue is genuine, and hackers are benefiting from it. Cybercrime risk is rising, security vulnerabilities are increasing, and the cybersecurity industry is rapidly developing. After completing initial cybersecurity training, companies expect teams to keep educating themselves about the newest trends.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

CloudPassage’s 2021 AWS Cloud Security Report found that misconfiguration of cloud platforms (71 percent), exfiltration of sensitive data (59 percent), and insecure APIs (54 percent) are the top cloud security threats facing cybersecurity professionals. Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 10, 2022

Ragnar Locker Ransomware, notorious hacking group that spreads file encrypting malware to large-scale organizations, has hit a security firm this time and stole data to prove it’s worth. The post Ragnar Locker Ransomware strikes a cybersecurity firm appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 14, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Enterprises Prioritize Customer Data Protection But Continue to Leave it Exposed, Reveals Entrust 2021 Global Encryption Trends Study.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Executive Order About Cybersecurity Urging Zero Trust Adoption. 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.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. Some ransomware selectively seeks out sensitive data and will only encrypt those files. Wed, 11/25/2020 - 05:55.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As we’ve seen with major attacks like Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline, cybercriminals have continued to innovate, developing new tools and tactics to encrypt and exfiltrate data. On average, 80 percent of organizations are using up to 10 separate cybersecurity solutions, primarily anti-virus and anti-spam on devices and on-premise backup tools.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 09:42. Cybersecurity challenges. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report notes that the energy industry faces “significant cybersecurity risks” because “threat actors are becoming increasingly capable of carrying out attacks.”.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. Since then, interest in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) has increased, largely paralleling the rise of cloud computing.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2021

Experts warn of a 16-year-old vulnerability (CVE-2021-3438) in an HP, Xerox, and Samsung printers driver that an attacker could exploit to gain admin rights on systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3438 , is a buffer overflow that resides in the SSPORT.SYS driver which is used by some printer models. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2021

Threat actors are actively scanning the Internet for VMware vCenter servers affected by a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21985. The CVE-2021-21985 flaw is caused by the lack of input validation in the Virtual SAN ( vSAN ) Health Check plug-in, which is enabled by default in the vCenter Server.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

According to IBM’s 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report, data breaches cost companies an average of $4.2 The post Securing Your Business Despite the Cybersecurity Skills Gap appeared first on Security Boulevard. The post Securing Your Business Despite the Cybersecurity Skills Gap appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

CVE-2021-40847 flaw in Netgear SOHO routers could be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40847, resides in the source of a third-party component included in the firmware of many Netgear devices. ” concludes the report. ” concludes the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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