The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Last Watchdog posed two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. What should I be most concerned about – and focus on – in 2024?

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Anton on Security

AUGUST 9, 2023

2020 Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2023 was originally published in Anton on Security on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Is Your Fate In the Cloud?”

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The Hacker News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A group of academics has disclosed a new "software fault attack" on AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) technology that could be potentially exploited by threat actors to infiltrate encrypted virtual machines (VMs) and even perform privilege escalation.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 2, 2024

The decryptor works for victims whose files were encrypted between November 2022 and December 2023. The decryptor, called Black Basta Buster, exploits a flaw in the encryption algorithm used in older versions of the Black Basta group’s ransomware. Stop malicious encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

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.),

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Totally expected, but still good to hear : Onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023, Meredith Whittaker, the president of the Signal Foundation, which maintains the nonprofit Signal messaging app, reaffirmed that Signal would leave the U.K. “We would leave the U.K. “And that’s never not true.” ” .

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Anton on Security

MAY 15, 2023

2020 Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2023 was originally published in Anton on Security on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story. Is Your Fate In the Cloud?”

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The attestation service is designed to allow data in confidential computing environments to interact with AI safely, as well as provide policy enforcements and audits.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 3, 2023

3, 2023 — Vaultree, a cybersecurity leader pioneering Fully Functional Data-In-Use Encryption (FFDUE), today announces a strategic integration with Tableau, a renowned platform for data visualization and business intelligence. Vaultree is also thrilled to announce its sponsorship at Black Hat USA 2023.

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The Hacker News

JANUARY 11, 2024

It looks like Atomic Stealer was updated around mid to late December 2023, where its developers introduced payload encryption in an effort to bypass detection rules,"

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2023

Our thanks to BSidesSF for publishing their presenter’s superlative BSidesSF 2023 content on the organizations’ YouTube channel. Permalink The post BSidesSF 2023 – Ehsan Asdar, Nishil Shah – Building Production-Grade End To End Encrypted Applications appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Rapid7 researchers warn of the suspected exploitation of a recently disclosed critical security flaw (CVE-2023-46604) in the Apache ActiveMQ. Cybersecurity researchers at Rapid7 are warning of the suspected exploitation of the recently disclosed critical vulnerability CVE-2023-46604 in the Apache ActiveMQ. before 5.18.3 before 5.17.6

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Big game attacks extort vast ransoms from organizations by holding their data hostage—either with encryption, the threat of damaging data leaks, or both. The report reveals that, awash with money, the number of known Big Game attacks surged by 68% in 2023, thanks to Ransomware-as-a-Service groups like LockBit and ALPHV.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In November there were 457 total ransomware victims, making it the most active month for ransomware gangs in 2023 so far besides May. The top stories of the month include ALPHV’s shutdown, an increased focus on the healthcare sector, and high-profile attacks on Toyota, Boeing, and more using a Citrix Bleed vulnerability (CVE-2023-4966).

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

In other news, both LockBit and the Akira ransomware gang, the latter of which has tallied 125 victims since we first began tracking them in April 2023, were confirmed last month to be exploiting a specific zero-day flaw ( CVE-2023-20269 ) in Cisco VPN appliances. Stop malicious encryption.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Cisco released security updates for an actively exploited zero-day flaw (CVE-2023-20109) that resides in the GET VPN feature of IOS and IOS XE software. Cisco warned customers to install security updates to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-20109 (CVS 6.6), that resides in IOS and IOS XE software.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 13, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by gang, June 2023 Comparing June to the earlier months of the year, we notice several shifts in ransomware activity. But while it was clear earlier on that attackers were actively exploiting CVE-2023-34362, it was only a few days later that it became clear that Cl0p was behind the attacks.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail web to its Workspace and education customers to protect emails sent using the web client. Google announced end-to-end encryption for Gmail (E2EE), with Gmail client-side encryption beta, users can send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside of their domain. .

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ransomware Trends Overview As ransomware’s fundamental nature shifts from encryption to data exfiltration, organizations’ data backup and recovery practices no longer protect them from attacks. The post Threat Spotlight: Data Extortion Ransomware: Key Trends in 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2023

Telegram has become an increasingly significant platform in the realm of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigations by 2023, providing valuable insights into cybercriminal activities and other threat indicators. The post Telegram and OSINT Investigations: An Essential Platform in 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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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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The Hacker News

AUGUST 23, 2023

Meta has once again reaffirmed its plans to roll out support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) by default for one-to-one friends and family chats on Messenger by the end of the year.

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The Hacker News

JULY 25, 2023

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in AMD's Zen 2 architecture-based processors that could be exploited to extract sensitive data such as encryption keys and passwords.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 11, 2023

The first Microsoft Patch Tuesday of 2023 is an important one to start of the year with. ended January 10, 2023. The actively exploited vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-21674. Another interesting one, albeit only for those that use BitLocker, is CVE-2023-21563 , a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Before this sudden increase in attacks, we had been observing an average decrease of 20 attacks a month from the group since April 2023. From April 2023 to July 2023, their median number of attacks was actually slightly higher than this at 69 attacks a month, making the decline seem less substantial. Stop malicious encryption.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

After eavesdropping on yet another encrypted messaging service for five months, law enforcement agencies decided to shut down the service that was popular among members of organized crime groups. That these claims were not entirely true can be concluded after 42 arrests on Friday February 3, 2023 In the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 3, 2023

Following criticism, Google has decided to bring end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to its Google Authenticator cloud backups. The search giant recently introduced a feature that allows users back up two-factor authentication ( 2FA ) tokens to the cloud, but the lack of encryption caused some commentators to warn people off using it.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

encryption and to contact vendors about possible issues and fixes for their encryption algorithms. The problem: The key vulnerability, CVE-2023-40044 , affects potentially thousands of WS_FTP servers worldwide with an RCE vulnerability in the Ad Hoc Transfer module. The problem: Vulnerability CVE-2023-42115 , rated critical (9.8

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

August 18 , 2023 Vulnerability Allows Code Execution When Opening WinRAR Archives Vulnerability CVE-2023-40477 in the popular WinRAR utility allows for arbitrary code execution (ACE) to automatically occur during the opening of the archive container. Organizations are urged to scan, remediate, and patch these NetScaler devices.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Formed around 2016 to defend Ukraine’s cyberspace against Russian interference, the UCA used a public exploit for CVE-2023-22515 to gain access to Trigona infrastructure. Stop malicious encryption. Trigona is responsible for at least 30 attacks across various sectors since first emerging in October 2022.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Analysis of samples exploiting CVE-2023-23397 vulnerability On March 14, Microsoft reported a critical Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) in the Outlook client. This feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2023-29324) was itself patched in May.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

2023 was an explosive year for ransomware. Through thec onsistenciess and evolutions over the last year, one fact remains clear: 2023 broke records with its total number of 4475 ransomware attacks, a 70% increase from 2022. Here are five key takeaways from the ransomware world in 2023.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 9, 2023

Known ransomware attacks by gang, May 2023 This isn't the first time this year a gang has overhauled LockBit and climbed to the top spot on our monthly charts. Let's jump right in with MalasLocker, who burst onto the scene last month with 171 total victims—beating out LockBit (76) by almost 100 known attacks. A new norm?

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Webroot

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Most notably, Akira ransomware targeted Cisco virtual private network (VPN) products to breach corporate networks, steal data, and encrypt it. A unique partial encryption approach allows the threat actor to choose a specific percentage of data in a file to encrypt. Lockbit 3.0,

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But in cybersecurity, dwell time is the time between bad actors’ initial break in and the attack itself, when target data is encrypted. Even bad actors abide by ROI Ransomware began purely from an encryption perspective. First, the modus operandi was to encrypt and hold data for ransom. Ready to step up your defensive game?

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