Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 3, 2024

Navigating the Future: Strategic Insights on Identity Verification and Digital Banking in 2024 madhav Thu, 01/04/2024 - 05:32 As we embark on 2024, the digital landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, especially in identity verification and digital banking. The need for enhanced security and user convenience drives this change.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 6, 2021

If anyone wants their online activity to be secure and private, password usage helps them in doing so; as it blocks unauthorized access to a service and access to personal information. So, all the data that is moving to & from the website to the servers is encrypted, making it tough for the hackers get is a sniff of what is going on.

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SecureList

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2023, for instance, there was a significant rise in posts offering login credentials and passwords for various personal and work accounts. The ongoing evolution of loaders on dark markets is likely to see the introduction of new versions written in modern programming languages like Golang and Rust in 2024.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

9, 2024, U.S. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. 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. According to an Aug.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Despite advance warnings that a root certificate provided by Let’s Encrypt would expire on September 30, users reported issues with a variety of services and websites once that deadline hit. An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates a website’s identity and enables an encrypted connection. So what happened?

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

That's not unprecedented, but this is: password: "$2y$10$B0EhY/bQsa5zUYXQ6J.NkunGvUfYeVOH8JM1nZwHyLPBagbVzpEM2", No way! Is that genuinely a bcrypt hash of my own password? Yep, that's exactly what it is : The Spoutible API enabled any user to retrieve the bcrypt hash of any other user's password.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Today, Malwarebytes released its 2024 State of Malware report, detailing six cyberthreats that resource-constrained IT teams should pay attention to in 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. READ THE REPORT

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 1, 2024

Sality is known for its ability to evade detection by antivirus software through encryption and obfuscation techniques. Recognized for its ability to bypass detection, it collects data like usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal details from a host of applications, including web browsers.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

February 19, 2024 Microsoft Exchange Servers Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation Attacks Type of vulnerability: Critical severity privilege escalation vulnerability. The problem: CVE-2024-21410 allows remote attackers to carry out NTLM relay attacks on Microsoft Exchange Servers, providing them with privileged access.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2024

Generally, when you adhere to the cloud security best practices , such as strong authentication, data encryption, and continuous monitoring, the cloud can be extremely safe. Encrypt data: Ensure that data is encrypted at rest and in transit. This is why you need continuous vigilance and risk management.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 13, 2024

May 5, 2024 Tinyproxy Vulnerability Potentially Exposes 50,000+ Hosts Type of vulnerability: Use after free. May 8, 2024 Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 The problem: As disclosed in the April 22nd vulnerability recap , PuTTY didn’t generate sufficiently random numbers for encryption keys. Both flaws rate CVSSv3 7.5

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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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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 10, 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. Some samples from crack websites made their way to VirusTotal around that time frame, followed by a malvertising campaign we observed in January 2024.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 10, 2024

The Compliance Countdown – A Roadmap Through Phases 1 & 2 madhav Thu, 04/11/2024 - 05:17 While compliance mandates can sometimes feel burdensome, PCI DSS 4.0 Let's break down the key steps you should be taking right now to meet the 31 March 2024 deadline and explore ways to streamline your compliance efforts for the long term.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2024

A researcher who goes online with the moniker ‘Netsecfish’ disclosed a new arbitrary command injection and hardcoded backdoor flaw, tracked as , tracked as CVE-2024-3273 , that impacts multiple end-of-life D-Link Network Attached Storage (NAS) device models. This trick allows attackers to obtain bypass authentication.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 10, 2024

The Compliance Countdown – A Roadmap Through Phases 1 & 2 madhav Thu, 04/11/2024 - 05:17 While compliance mandates can sometimes feel burdensome, PCI DSS 4.0 Let's break down the key steps you should be taking right now to meet the 31 March 2024 deadline and explore ways to streamline your compliance efforts for the long term.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 22, 2024

April 13, 2024 Delinea Secret Server Patched After Researcher’s Public Disclosure Type of vulnerability: Authentication bypass. Widely-used PuTTY Utility Allows Recovery of Encryption Secret Keys Type of vulnerability: Deterministic cryptographic number generation. and revoke all existing encryption keys.

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IT Security Guru

APRIL 5, 2024

billion in 2024 , and GenAI plays a significant part in boosting it. It can generate complex and unique passwords and boost your encryption software. The Future of Cybersecurity and AI The thing about Generative AI is just as hackers can use it, so can companies. The cybersecurity market is estimated to be worth around $182.84

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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. This encompasses everything from protecting your passwords to being vigilant against phishing scams and online fraud.

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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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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

These sessions should cover critical topics like phishing, which tricks you into giving out sensitive information, and password security to protect your data. These steps dramatically reduce the risk of unauthorised access, even if a perpetrator compromises a password.

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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. In keeping with the overall theme, these phishing domains appear focused on stealing usernames and passwords to some of the cybercrime underground’s busiest shops, including Brian’s Club.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 13, 2024

madhav Tue, 05/14/2024 - 05:47 Thales and Microsoft: a long partnership in Identity Security Thales and Microsoft recently celebrated their long-term partnership at the Microsoft Security Excellence Award Ceremony during RSA Conference 2024, as Thales won the Identity Trailblazer Award. markets.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

used the password 225948. 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. The ransomware encrypts files in parts in various places: the larger the file size, the more parts there are. and admin@stairwell.ru

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Stop malicious encryption. Further on, CISA urges software manufacturers to implement secure by design rules in their software, to reduce the prevalence of weak default configurations and passwords, recognize the need for low or no-cost enhanced logging, and other exploitable issues identified in the guide.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Coyote does not implement any code obfuscation and only uses string obfuscation with AES encryption. Encrypted string table building To retrieve a specific string, it calls a decryption method with the string index as a parameter. The decryption method works by creating a table of base64-encoded data.

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Banking Encryption Malware Technology 109

Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Security requirements unpacked The regulations lay down explicit security mandates, from unique product passwords to transparent reporting mechanisms for security issues, alongside clear directives on security update commitments. Each product must either have a unique password or allow the user to set a secure password upon initial setup.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

” In February 2024, a court order allowed US authorities to neutralize the Moobot botnet, a network of hundreds of small office/home office (SOHO) routers under the control of the Russia-linked group APT28. Communication to and from the EdgeRouters involved encryption using a randomly generated 16-character AES key.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 15, 2024

These questionnaires vary by service, but may collect information such as: name address email phone number employer information Account creation generally and at minimum requires user email and a password, which is indeed routine. Note: Apple Privacy Labels in the App Store are self-reported by the developers of the app.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 31, 2023

In these attack scenarios, the attackers send out repeated targeted phishing attacks to employees until someone gets tired of the notifications and gives up their credentials and the one-time password token. The OMB mandate also has a deadline – all federal agencies should implement phishing-resistant MFA by the end of the fiscal year 2024.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

2024 looks like it will only increase the number of affected individuals considering the scale of ransomware attacks from the first half of the year in the USA, Canada, and Australia. million for the first three quarters of FY 2024. Ascension might try to blame financial troubles for lack of preparation. Ascension lost $2.66

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant found the compromised 3CX software would download malware that sought out new instructions by consulting encrypted icon files hosted on GitHub. The double supply chain compromise that led to malware being pushed out to some 3CX customers. .”

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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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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 17, 2023

in March of 2024. Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters HARDEN YOUR SYSTEMS AND IMPLEMENT SYSTEM CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT A basic requirement across information security, using default passwords is a big no-no! Important Note: PCI DSS current version, Version 3.2.1,

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Passwords Computers and Electronics Software Risk 52