Security Affairs
MAY 29, 2023
Experts warn of phishing attacks that are combining the use of compromised Microsoft 365 accounts and.rpmsg encrypted emails. Trustwave researchers have observed threat actors using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.
CyberSecurity Insiders
DECEMBER 21, 2021
Furthermore, it is crucial to understand how they are accessing information because misconfigured devices and open networks are other common ways hackers sneak in through employee accounts. Encryption has become fundamental for data destinations and in passage. Records also exist in transit.
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Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 26, 2022
The threat actor was also able to copy a backup of customer vault data from the encrypted storage container which is stored in a proprietary binary format that contains both unencrypted data, such as website URLs, as well as fully-encrypted sensitive fields such as website usernames and passwords, secure notes, and form-filled data.
Security Affairs
APRIL 21, 2024
The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it. Earlier versions of the ransomware were written in C++ and the malware added the.akira extension to the encrypted files. In some attacks, threat actors created an administrative account named itadm.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 13, 2021
Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report notes that the energy industry faces “significant cybersecurity risks” because “threat actors are becoming increasingly capable of carrying out attacks.”. Encryption. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 09:42. A recent U.S.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 19, 2022
The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. The Rust variant has also been seen using intermittent encryption, one of the emerging tactics that threat actors use today for faster encryption and detection evasion.”
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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