Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Antivirus firm Avast released a free decryptor for the BianLian ransomware family that allows victims to recover locked files. The BianLian ransomware emerged in August 2022, the malware was employed in attacks against organizations in various industries, including manufactoring, media and entertainment, and healthcare.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. “FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.”

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2022

Reports are in that the servers of Flood Monitoring System were hit by the file-encrypting malware on June 21st,2022 and the hackers are demanding BTC in double-digit figures to free data from encryption.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 17, 2023

From the report: "This machine was compromised on December 16, 2022. The malware was not detected by our antivirus software. A customer alerted the company to "suspicious GitHub OAuth activity" on December 29, 2022, leading to the conclusion that this customer's OAuth token had been compromised.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Antivirus company Bitdefender has released a free decryptor for the recently discovered ransomware family MortalKombat. Good news for the victims of the recently discovered MortalKombat ransomware , the antivirus firm Bitdefender has released a free decryptor that will allow them to recover their file without paying the ransom.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2022

This issue was reported by an independent security researcher and disclosed to Slack on 17 July 2022. The company states that the bug affected all users who created or revoked shared invitation links between 17 April 2017 and 17 July 2022. Slack announced that it is resetting passwords for about 0.5% Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

The new ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary. CACTUS essentially encrypts itself, making it harder to detect and helping it evade antivirus and network monitoring tools,” Laurie Iacono, Associate Managing Director for Cyber Risk at Kroll, told Bleeping Computer.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2022

The security researcher John Page aka ( hyp3rlinx ) discovered that malware from multiple ransomware operations, including Conti , REvil , LockBit , AvosLocker , and Black Basta, are affected by flaws that could be exploited block file encryption. “Conti looks for and executes DLLs in its current directory.

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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. 2/4 — Emsisoft (@emsisoft) July 7, 2022. a-z0-9]{4} extension. a-z0-9]{4} extension, and they released a total of 3 keys.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 25, 2022

In late January 2022, ThreatLabz identified an updated version of Conti ransomware as part of the global ransomware tracking efforts. This update was released prior to the massive leak of Conti source code and chat logs on Februrary 27, 2022. Start encryption using the specified path as the root directory. Technical Analysis.

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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. This joint CSA updates the advisory published by the US Government on March 17, 2022.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

. “When launched, BATLOADER uses MSI Custom Actions to launch malicious PowerShell activity or run batch scripts to aid in disabling security solutions and lead to the delivery of various encrypted malware payloads that is decrypted and launched with PowerShell commands.” anydeskos[.]com

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

The hospital is not able to report the services performed in December 2022 and for this reason, it cannot receive payment for the medical services provided. “The hackers entered the system and encrypted the December database. The threat actors demanded a ransom of 3 Bitcoin to decrypt the data on the infected systems. .

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 29, 2024

Cybercriminals can then exploit the compromised device for various purposes, such as stealing personal information, conducting financial fraud, recruiting it into a botnet, or encrypting data and holding it for ransom. This interference is a major catalyst for double extortion that involves both a breach and data encryption.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

The human-operated Royal ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in September 2022, it has demanded ransoms up to millions of dollars. FBI and CISA believe this variant, which uses its own custom-made file encryption program, evolved from earlier iterations that used “Zeon” as a loader.” reads the alert.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4

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Fox IT

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

After we discovered in February 2022 the SharkBotDropper in Google Play posing as a fake Android antivirus and cleaner, now we have detected a new version of this dropper active in the Google Play and dropping a new version of Sharkbot. The body of the request is encrypted using RC4 and a hard coded key. Introduction.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The actors used their access to move laterally within the network, encrypt network devices with BitLocker, and hold the decryption keys for ransom.". "In The actors used their access to move laterally within the network, encrypt network devices with BitLocker, and hold the decryption keys for ransom. Use Antivirus Programs.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 31, 2023

Executive summary SeroXen is a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that showed up in late 2022 and is becoming more popular in 2023. This new RAT first showed up on a Twitter account, established in September 2022. In December 2022, a specific domain was registered to market/sell the tool, seroxen[.]com.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 9, 2022

On April 19th of 2022, the FBI Cyber Division released a flash bulletin regarding the Blackcat ransomware-for-hire. It targets Active Directory to spread via GPO, primarily working with Windows administrative tools for spread, outside connection, and disabling security features like antivirus. Blackcat Ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Wed, 09/07/2022 - 17:00. Trusted applications will not be stopped by antivirus or anti-malware technologies. PKI is an asymmetric system, using two keys to encrypt communications; public and private keys. A Public key is used to encrypt data, whether that be on the user’s browser, data, or part of a message to be sent.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. Simplistically, suppose the sensitive data is already encrypted. To learn more, contact an encryption specialist. What is Double Extortion Ransomware?

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Fox IT

MARCH 3, 2022

Because of the fact of being distributed via the Google Play Store as a fake Antivirus, we found that they have to include the usage of infected devices in order to spread the malicious app. This feature is used to automatically send reply notification with a message to download the fake Antivirus app.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Council gathered input from 200+ organizations and announced the updated requirements in March 2022, which will become mandatory on March 31, 2024. Requirement 4: Less specificity on the type of encryption used means your organization is freer to follow industry best practices. The current version, PCI DSS v3.2.1, and PCI v4.0:

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. China-linked threat actors targeted dozens of industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Also read: Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2022. The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2022

At the time of publication, this particular file is undetected by all antivirus vendors according to VirusTotal” The Base64 encoded payload, once decrypted, is a Windows 64-bit executable (1.7MB) called “msdllupdate.exe.”. “This technique works by sending an encrypted string appended to the DNS query set as a subdomain.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

ransomware (aka LockBit Black ) was launched in June 2022 and is a continuation of previous versions of the ransomware, LockBit 2.0 ” By protecting the code with encryption, the latest LockBit version can avoid the detection of signature-based anti-malware solutions. The LockBit 3.0 released in mid-2021), and LockBit.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to a new study, phishing attacks rose 61 percent in 2022, with cryptocurrency fraud increasing 257 percent year-over-year. To prevent malicious scams, companies should do the following: •Install high-quality antivirus software and spam filters. Encrypt all sensitive information and documentation.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 19, 2022

The complaint alleged Zagala bragged that Thanos was “nearly undetected” by antivirus software. After encrypting all files, Thanos also deletes itself, making detection and recovery “almost impossible” for the victim. Zagala used the PayPal account of this relative to receive his illicit ransomware earnings.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR 2022: Cyberattacks Reported At High Frequency. 3 ] The emails redirected victims to a website delivering fake antivirus updates that eventually downloaded Cobalt Strike beacons, or two custom Go malware variants named GraphSteel and GrimPlant. The UA-Cert attributes the activity to UAC-0056. link] (accessed Mar.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The HardBit ransomware group first appeared on the threat landscape in October 2022, but unlike other ransomware operations, it doesn’t use a double extortion model at this time. The researchers noticed that the malware encrypts many files, potentially causing errors when Windows is restarted.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 26, 2021

The online gaming industry has exploded in recent years and is expected to generate close to $200 billion in revenue by 2022. Antivirus software can scan for known viruses and prompt the user to take action once it finds a threat. It is worth noting that antivirus software will only prevent against known threats.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 27, 2022

At the end of September 2022, we observed new BlueNoroff malware in our telemetry. The victim received a document file named “Shamjit Client Details Form.doc” on September 2, 2022. At the time of analysis, this.vhd sample wasn’t detected by any antivirus. Background. slideLayouts/slideLayout1.xml"/></Relationships>

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2022

If it does not find one, the encrypted shell code is written in 8KB chunks in the event logs. According to the researches, the most unusual and innovative aspect of the SilentBreak campaign is the “Encrypted shellcode divided into 8 KB blocks and saved in the binary part of event log.”. Also read: How Hackers Evade Detection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 5, 2023

It’s more frequent within the older part of the population, who find even straightforward tasks, like running an antivirus scan, quite tedious. After extensive research by IBM in the year 2022, it is evident that, on average, a total of 4.35 million is the cost of a data breach representing an increase of 2.6%

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

CVE-2022-4886 (Path Sanitization Bypass): This 8.8-level Exploiting these issues might result in unauthorized command execution, exposing NAS systems to data theft, encryption, or ransomware attacks. The Problem: Three flaws discovered by the Kubernetes security community carry CVSS severity scores of 7.6

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