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Compromising the Secure Boot Process

Schneier on Security

The cause: a cryptographic key underpinning Secure Boot on those models that was compromised in 2022. The repository included the private portion of the platform key in encrypted form. The repository was located at [link] and it’s not clear when it was taken down.

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Quantum Threats and How to Protect Your Data

SecureWorld News

Recent progress has sparked discussions, but current capabilities are still far from threatening encryption standards like 2048-bit RSA. It is essential to understand the risks posed by quantum computing, as future advancements could compromise today's encrypted data, opening new opportunities for threat actors.

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Barracuda Urges Replacing — Not Patching — Its Email Security Gateways

Krebs on Security

More alarmingly, the company said it appears attackers first started exploiting the flaw in October 2022. “One of the goals of malware is to be hard to remove, and this suggests the malware compromised the firmware itself to make it really hard to remove and really stealthy,” Weaver said.

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Cybersecurity in Aviation: Rising Threats and Modernization Efforts

SecureWorld News

Global data reveals that cyberattacks rose by 131% between 2022 and 2023 across the aviation industry, with a 74 percent increase since 2020, underscoring the profundity of this threat. An orchestrated DDoS campaign by the pro-Russia group Killnet in 2022 rendered the public websites of more than a dozen U.S.

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China-linked APT Mustang Panda targets TP-Link routers with a custom firmware implant

Security Affairs

China-linked APT group Mustang Panda employed a custom firmware implant targeting TP-Link routers in targeted attacks since January 2023. In 2022 campaigns, threat actors used European Union reports on the conflict in Ukraine and Ukrainian government reports as lures. SOCKS tunneling — Relay communication between different clients.

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APT trends report Q2 2022

SecureList

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q2 2022. We identified a Windows variant of this sample using the same string encryption algorithm, internal modules, and functionalities. They are designed to highlight the significant events and findings that we feel people should be aware of.

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),