eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Most organizations express confidence in their current status and budgets, but also expect to experience at least one data breach in 2024. Company instructions to keep hands off internal network traffic leads to internet service provider (ISP) suppression of only 1% of the 100,000 monthly outgoing DDoS attacks. globally, +19.8%

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SecureList

MAY 9, 2024

This is our latest installment, focusing on activities that we observed during Q1 2024. The payloads were distinctively served, veiled as font files, in compressed and encrypted fashion. Recent threat hunting enabled us to gain an insight into campaigns run by Careto in 2024, 2022 and 2019.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

As we look to 2024, we believe that the consumer threat landscape will be heavily influenced by political, cultural, and technological events and trends. Unfortunately, this ambiguity sets the stage for an anticipated increase in charity-related scams in 2024. There are two main reasons for that: political pressure and DDoS attacks.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

Let's delve into the rewind of 2023, exploring five influential trends and threats that molded the cyberthreat landscape and are poised to resonate throughout enterprises in 2024. Ransomware gangs also got stealthier in 2023, with ThreatLabz observing an increase in encryption-less extortion attacks. The solution?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 20, 2023

2024 Tech and Cybersecurity Forecast: Navigating New Frontiers in Business madhav Thu, 12/21/2023 - 05:15 People always want to comprehend what the future brings. 2024 promises to be a pivotal year, bringing transformative advancements and new challenges in tech and cybersecurity. The same is true for today’s business leaders.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2024

I had an evocative discussion about this at RSAC 2024 with Dispersive CEO Rajiv Plimplaskar. Encryption gets applied across multiple planes and gets dynamically rotated, based on a predefined or policy-driven interval, he noted. For its next act, could spread spectrum undergird digital resiliency? For historical context, the U.S.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Released today, the Malwarebytes State of Malware 2024 report takes a deep dive into the latest developments in the world of cybercrime. It also acts as a reminder to be careful about what you share, even if you are under the impression that you are using the internet securely.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 11, 2024

On March 20, 2024, we reported how the data of over 70 million people was posted for sale on an online cybercrime forum. However, AT&T denied (both in 2021 and in March, 2024) that the data came from its systems. Weirdly enough, in the data breach notification, AT&T says the date of discovery of the breach was March 26, 2024.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2024

Follow HYAS on LinkedIn Follow HYAS on X Summary of Top ASNs and Malware Origins AS9318 - SK Broadband Co Ltd (South Korea) AS9318, also known as SK Broadband Co Ltd, is a significant Internet Service Provider (ISP) based in South Korea. AS7684 - Sakura Internet Inc. Japan) AS7684, managed by Sakura Internet Inc.,

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new year brought few new vulnerabilities, and only Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) and Kyber, the quantum resistant encryption algorithm, publicized new vulnerabilities or fixes. January 3, 2024 52% of Exposed SSH Servers Vulnerable to Terrapin Attack Type of attack: Secure Shell (SSH) vulnerability enables prefix truncation attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

According to DigiCert’s 2024 State of Digital Trust Survey results, released today , companies proactively pursuing digital trust are seeing boosts in revenue, innovation and productivity. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

The Rise of the Bad Bots madhav Tue, 04/23/2024 - 05:13 Imperva's annual Bad Bot Report is always a fascinating – albeit alarming – insight into the nature of non-human internet traffic. The 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report is no different, revealing that bots made up nearly half (49.6%) of all internet traffic last year.

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Centraleyes

MARCH 25, 2024

In a case like this, an administrator may unintentionally expose sensitive information to the public Internet by failing to implement proper access controls or encryption measures. The post Best 8 Vulnerability Management Tools for 2024 appeared first on Centraleyes.

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Security Affairs

MAY 20, 2024

The campaign shows how attackers exploit trusted internet services to carry out cyberattacks that steal personal information. Further analysis showed communications with a FileZilla server used as a dropper for infostealer variants like Lumma and Vidar, delivered through Python scripts and encrypted files with variable payloads.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 13, 2024

From the other end of the supply chain, many vendors build Cinterion Cellular Modems into their internet-of-things (IoT) or operations technology (OT) equipment such as sensors, meters, or even medical devices. May 5, 2024 Tinyproxy Vulnerability Potentially Exposes 50,000+ Hosts Type of vulnerability: Use after free.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2024

The group focuses on internet-facing services, in at least one instance the group exploited the vulnerability CVE-2024-21887 in Ivanti Connect Secure VPN. The malware uses AES encryption for C2 communication, however, depending on the transmitted data, RSA may also be utilized.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 11, 2023

To almost all who are familiar with ransomware attacks, it just means data encryption until a ransom is paid. However, in recent years, especially after the first lockdown, hackers involved in spreading this file-encrypting tactic have evolved or changed their tactics to create more seriousness among victims. Yes, you read it right!

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. Other Privnote phishing domains that also phoned home to the same Internet address as pirwnote[.]com The real Privnote, at privnote.com. And it doesn’t send or receive messages. com include privnode[.]com

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 4, 2024

On April 2, 2024, Jackson County tweeted that it had identified significant disruptions within its IT systems, “potentially attributable to a ransomware attack” Jackson County is one of 114 counties in Missouri, with a population of approximately 718,000 people, mostly in Kansas City. Stop malicious encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

The NIST contest began in 2016, with the goal of improving general encryption and digital signatures. The four new security standards selected by NIST will become part of a quantum-safe cryptography standard released as soon as 2024. Also read: Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The attack took place on February 11 and encrypted data in the production servers. “During the night of February 11 to 12, 2024, a massive cyber ransomware attack took place on the production servers on which the HIS IT system runs. As a result of the attack, the system is down, files and databases are encrypted.”

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

9, 2024, U.S. Among those was the encrypted messaging app Signal , which said the breach could have let attackers re-register the phone number on another device for about 1,900 users. LastPass said criminal hackers had stolen encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

If updates can’t be performed immediately, consider deploying additional security controls or at least disconnecting vulnerable devices from direct internet access. April 13, 2024 Delinea Secret Server Patched After Researcher’s Public Disclosure Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass. and revoke all existing encryption keys.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Here are my takeaways: Matter picks up steam Frustration with smart home devices should be much reduced in 2024. Matter works much the way website authentication and website traffic encryption gets executed. Another is S/MIME , which stands for “secure/multipurpose internet mail extensions. I’ll keep watch and keep reporting.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 5, 2024

Start by protecting yourself by removing your information from the internet. billion in 2024 , and GenAI plays a significant part in boosting it. It can generate complex and unique passwords and boost your encryption software. Still, with GenAI, there are increased threats to consider.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Stop malicious encryption. You can learn more about the threat of big game ransomware like LockBit and ALPHV in our 2024 State of Malware report. Prevent intrusions. READ THE REPORT

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

On Wednesday February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare—a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group—experienced serious system outages due to a cyberattack. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Stop malicious encryption. Prevent intrusions.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. Therefore, decryptors appear on the Internet, and with them the hope that files can be decrypted without paying a ransom. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 finds that pin@darktower.ru

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 22, 2024

January 16, 2024 Open-Source UEFI Implementation Sees 9 Vulnerabilities Type of vulnerability: Weaknesses in the network boot process of UEFI’s network implementation. Affected keys included some encryption keys and the GitHub commit signing key. If you have a GitHub instance, import all necessary new keys. NetScaler ADC 13.1-FIPS

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

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. In this article, we revisit the LockBit 3.0

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Persistent ransomware threats, increasing risk to critical infrastructure, state-sponsored activity, more bad actors, and new, disruptive technologies are the five cyber threat narratives noted in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 recently released by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 10, 2024

It was attacked on Wednesday February 21, 2024, by a criminal “affiliate” working with the ALPHV ransomware group, which led to huge disruptions in healthcare payments. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Prevent intrusions.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs. Stop malicious encryption. Living off the Land is one of six cyberthreats that resource-constrained IT teams need to be ready to combat in 2024, covered in our 2024 State of Malware report.

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Webroot

APRIL 3, 2024

Mark your calendars for April 9, 2024 The second Tuesday of April marks Identity Management Day — a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of safeguarding your digital identity. Update your Internet browser Browser updates often contain security patches that address known vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Ivanti released a patch which was immediately bypassed by two additional flaws (CVE-2024-21888 and CVE-2024-21893) that allows an attacker to perform privilege escalation and server-side request forgery exploits. and CVE-2024-21887(a command-injection vulnerability found into multiple web components with a CVSS score of 9.1)

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