Joseph Steinberg

JANUARY 22, 2024

As the publisher of the original English version of Hacking for Dummies explained when the seventh edition of the book was released in 2022: Your smartphone, laptop, and desktop computer are more important to your life and business than ever before.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever. Hackers are constantly finding new ways to access data, and encrypting your data makes it much more difficult for them to do so. There are many different ways to encrypt your data, so you should choose the method that best suits your needs.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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SecureList

MAY 8, 2024

Ransomware landscape: rise in targeted groups and attacks Kaspersky collected data on targeted ransomware groups and their attacks from multiple relevant public sources, for the years 2022 and 2023, filtered and validated it. The reason for its remarkable activity may be its builder leak in 2022.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. The Onyx ransomware group doesn’t bother with encryption. Only small files lower than 2MB are encrypted. In encrypt mode, small files encrypted, others overwritten.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In some cases, the arbitrary shellcode is encrypted.” The attackers also leverage these legitimate software packages to deploy additional tools (credential dumping tools, network scanning tools such as NBTScan, TCPing, FastReverseProxy, and FScan, and the Ladon penetration testing framework), which are used to perform lateral movement.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 19, 2022

As hacks and extortion become more and more frequent, to truly minimize the risk of potential extortion and lost clear text data, a data security platform, specifically data-in-use encryption, also referred to as encryption-in-use, is the only option for complete protection and peace of mind. ” Tim Prendergrast, CEO, strongDM.

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

builder leaked in 2022. They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. Revisiting the LockBit 3.0

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Following the Cybernews responsible disclosure procedure, we first informed the developer of the app about the issue in August, 2022. Cybernews researchers recently discovered two instances where threat actors encrypted data found in open datasets and asked for a ransom. We’ve received no official response to any of our emails.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2023

It begins by embracing the principle of least privilege, enforcing strict input validation, and conducting regular code reviews, penetration testing, and developer security training, thereby setting up a robust proactive defense wall. The timing and nature of the announcement is interesting.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2022

Indeed, the tool can assess vulnerabilities and run penetration tests , while most tools on the market cannot do both. Also read: 13 Best Vulnerability Scanner Tools for 2022. Also read: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions for 2022. Read next: Best SIEM Tools & Software for 2022.

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Google Security

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The certification not only requires chip hardware to resist invasive penetration testing, but also mandates audits of the chip design and manufacturing process itself. And even your device backups to the cloud are end-to-end encrypted using Titan in the cloud. This process took us more than three years to complete.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Within the United States alone, nearly 300,000 commercial pilot licenses have been issued as of 2022, compared to nearly 1 million individual drones that have been registered with the Federal Aviation Authority(FAA) per weight and commercial compliance rules2. that require registration with local or federal authorities. Danger Drone platform.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

According to research conducted by IBM, the average cost to companies of a data breach in 2022 is US$ 4.35 And this often happens when the hacker, the so-called threat actor, starts encrypting the computer systems. On a similar topic, you can read the article “ ENISA 2022 ransomware report gives insights on recent changes “.

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NetSpi Technical

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Push-OutputBinding -Name Response -Value ([HttpResponseContext]@{ StatusCode = [HttpStatusCode]::OK Body = $body }) At a high-level, this PowerShell code takes in the environmental variable for the SAS tokened URL and gathers the encrypted context to a variable.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 13, 2025

Encryption Sensitive data must be encrypted, whether in transit or at rest. Saying it Like it Is: Encryption sounds intimidating, but with modern tools, its more accessible than ever. NYDFS proposed amendments to the cybersecurity regulation in late 2022 to address the evolving threat landscape.

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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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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A look back on the year 2022 and what to expect in 2023. This report assesses how accurately we predicted the developments in the financial threats landscape in 2022 and ponder at what to expect in 2023. Analysis of forecasts for 2022. Also of note in 2022 are campaigns impersonating well-known software brands like Notepad++.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

Encryption will regularly be used to protect the data from interception. Often auditing will be performed through the review of networking logs, but penetration testing and vulnerability scanning can also be used to check for proper implementation and configuration. of their network.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Table of Contents Toggle Recent Healthcare Attacks & Breaches 5 Key Cybersecurity Management Lessons to Learn Bottom Line: Learn Healthcare’s Lessons Before Suffering Pain Recent Healthcare Attacks & Breaches Large breaches affected over 88 million individuals in the USA in 2023, a 60% increase from 2022. Ascension lost $2.66

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

The recent Hive infrastructure takedown as well as other major gangs dissolution such as Conti in 2022, is making room in the cybercrime business The Lockbit locker leaked a few months ago in the underground, is increasing its popularity and adoption among micro-criminal actors.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The acquisition of open-source intelligence company Debricked in March 2022 further solidifies Micro Focus’ commitment to offering DevSecOps solutions that address the software supply chain. ZAP is a flexible person-in-the-middle proxy offering penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, and code review for web applications.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files. Remcos Remcos is marketed as a legitimate software tool for remote management and penetration testing.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Ransomware & Data Theft Organizations worldwide continue to feel the pain of ransomware attacks, although many ransomware gangs may be shifting to extortion over data theft instead of encrypted data. Secure remote access : Enables encrypted connections between internal network resources and remote users using a variety of methods.

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

In a survey, it was found that 26% of businesses suffered some form of data loss in 2022, bringing to light worrisome statistics and further stressing the need for organizations to simply be more proactive in protecting their data. Use encryption to protect sensitive data. They pose a significant threat to data security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Invoice fraud is a serious concern; in 2022, Forbes reported that among the 2,750 surveyed businesses, more than 34,000 cases of invoice fraud were found in a single year. This could potentially allow criminals to manipulate or send fraudulent invoices to the customers of Really Simple Systems.

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Digital Shadows

JANUARY 27, 2025

AI-Enhanced Pentesting Tools: Threat actors are using AI to boost the capabilities of penetration testing (pentesting) tools, allowing them to identify flaws in victim systems faster. As competition grows between ransomware groups, so does the need to scale and outpace defenders.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It was the most widely used ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) in 2022, by far. Stop malicious encryption. The leak brings weeks of negotiations to a close, leaving Royal Mail without a decryptor, and LockBit without a payday. Malwarebytes regards LockBit as one of the five most serious cyberthreats facing businesses in 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Once the documentation is in place, IT security managers need to test the controls to verify that they meet the standards and that the controls truly mitigate the risk. This can be satisfied through periodic vulnerability scans, penetration tests, and asset-recovery exercises.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 7, 2023

While this may seem unlikely, statistics reveal that more than half of these businesses experienced some form of cyber-attack in 2022. Statistics also reveal that only 17% of small businesses encrypt their data, which is alarming. Small businesses are more vulnerable to cyber-attacks since hackers view them as easy victims to target.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Swor: A simple penetration testing tool whose author tried to make it immune to removal by security solutions. We were able to source different implementations of encrypted web shells in.NET and ASPX scripts from the same server. The output is directed to a text file, which is used later for lateral movement.

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NetSpi Executives

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Use Strong Passwords and a Password Manager In 2022, threat actors leaked more than 721 million passwords. Passwords are stored in an encrypted database to ensure protection and when a user is logged into the password manager, credentials can be retrieved so unique passwords don’t need to be remembered for each individual account. .”

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NopSec

AUGUST 30, 2022

When remediation isn’t possible within standard SLA timeframes, the Vulnerability Management team should choose to either accept the risk, find another way to mitigate against it (ex, Data at Rest Encryption, port disabling, etc) or introduce a compensating control (ex, turning on Malicious Traffic Blocking Policy on the EDR agent.).

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 11, 2022

This article looks at the top 40 cybersecurity startups to watch in 2022 based on their innovations in new and emerging technologies, length of operation, early funding rounds, scalability, and more. Read more: Top Enterprise Network Security Tools for 2022. Also read: Top Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) Solutions for 2022.

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Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. A fresh start in March 2013. Stability If we were going to be using Debian, it is best to follow their rules.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 20, 2022

Unless security best practices are followed, snoopers can gain access from outside, and hackers can install rogue APIs (application programming interfaces) or crack security encryption with the help of sophisticated hardware sniffers. The post Best Wi-Fi Security & Performance Testing Tools for 2022 appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.

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