Advertising, Encryption and Penetration Testing

Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

Cybercrime

Cybercrime Malware VPN Ransomware

Red Cross Hack Linked to Iranian Influence Operation?

Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The same day the ICRC went public with its breach, someone using the nickname “ Sheriff ” on the English-language cybercrime forum RaidForums advertised the sale of data from the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This in turn allowed them to access the data, despite this data being encrypted.” com, sachtimes[.]com,

Hacking

Hacking Ransomware Media Accountability

CERT France – Pysa ransomware is targeting local governments

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. “On one of the compromised information systems, experts found encrypted files with the extension “ newversion.”

Government

Government Ransomware Encryption Penetration Testing

MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 Those objects are real Encrypted Ole Objects where the Encrypted payload sits on “EncryptedPackage” section and information on how to decrypt it are available on “EncryptionInfo” xml descriptor. Stage1: Encrypted Content.

Malware

Malware Computers and Electronics Encryption Penetration Testing

Hackers can add, remove cancer and other illnesses from Computer Tomography scans

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

The experts also discovered that medical imagery data are transmitted without encryption, an attacker can potentially run man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks to manipulate them. The experts conducted a penetration test in a radiology department of a hospital. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing Healthcare Advertising Malware

Step By Step Office Dropper Dissection

Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

From the recorded traffic it’s possible to see the following patterns: a HTTP GET request with some encrypted information to download plugin/additional stages and finally a HTTP POST to send victim’s data directly on the “attacker side”. The used variable holds a Base64 representation of encrypted data. Edited by Pierluigi Paganini.

Computers and Electronics

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Encryption

A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

L agarde warns that operational outages that encrypted or destroyed balance accounts at a major bank could trigger a liquidity crisis. “As The framework also includes the involvement of “red teams” for vulnerability assessments and penetration tests of systems used by companies in the financial sector. Pierluigi Paganini.

Cyber Attacks

Cyber Attacks Banking Marketing Penetration Testing

Is Emotet gang targeting companies with external SOC?

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

AV and plenty static traffic signatures confirm we are facing a new encrypted version of Emotet trojan. During my PhD program I worked for US Government (@ National Institute of Standards and Technology, Security Division) where I did intensive researches in Malware evasion techniques and penetration testing of electronic voting systems.

Computers and Electronics

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Advertising

Securing Your Organization's Digital Media Assets

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Transmission interception : Media files shared across the internet or company intranets may be intercepted or copied during transmission, particularly if the networks are not encrypted with sufficient protocols. Logs should be monitored regularly by appointed IT professionals for anomalies.

Media

Media Encryption Internet Internet

A WhatsApp bug could have allowed crashing of all group members

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The tool used by the experts is an extension of the Burp Suite penetration testing software that allows users manipulating the actual WhatsApp communication using their own encryption keys. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. in September. Pierluigi Paganini.

Penetration Testing

Penetration Testing Advertising Encryption Hacking

OilRig APT group: the evolution of attack techniques over time

Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

They begun development by introducing crafted communication protocol over DNS and later they added, to such a layer, encoding and encryption self build protocols. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems. Pierluigi Paganini.

Computers and Electronics

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing DNS Phishing

The ‘MartyMcFly’ investigation: Italian naval industry under attack

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The SSL certificate has been released by the “cPanel, Inc“ CA and is valid since 16th August 2018; this encryption certificate is likely related to the previously discussed HTTP 301 redirection due to the common name “ CN=wvpznpgahbtoobu.usa.cc ” found in the Issuer field. SSL Certificate details “wvpznpgahbtoobu.usa.cc”.

Computers and Electronics

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Phishing

After 1 Million of malware samples analyzed

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Many of them (almost 400k) hid a PE file compressed and/or encrypted into themselves. Many samples look like they open-up a local communication port which often hides a local proxy for encrypt communication between the malware and its command and control. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Malware

Malware Penetration Testing Banking Advertising

Exclusive: MalwareMustDie analyzes a new IoT malware dubbed Linux/ AirDropBot

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Odisseus – Independent Security Researcher involved in Italy and worldwide in topics related to hacking, penetration testing and development. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

IoT

IoT Malware Internet Internet

New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

About the Author: Odisseus – Independent Security Researcher involved in Italy and worldwide in topics related to hacking, penetration testing and development. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

DDOS

DDOS Malware Encryption Penetration Testing

Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

FormBook FormBook is an information stealer advertised in hacking forums. 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.

Malware

Malware Banking Penetration Testing Healthcare

Iran-linked APT34: Analyzing the webmask project

Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

Then a well-known Haproxy is used as High Availability service for assuring connections and finally certbot (Let’s Encrypt) is used to give valid certificate to squid3 (but it’s not a mandatory neither a suggested step). I’ve also been encharged of testing uVote voting system from the Italian Minister of homeland security.

DNS

DNS Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Government

Approaching the Reverse Engineering of a RFID/NFC Vending Machine

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2019

So, after spending all the credit, I have rewritten a previous dump on the card and I went to test it at the vending machine. Now, I’m certain that the credit is encoded (and probably encrypted) in the blocks 8 and 9. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

Engineering

Engineering Manufacturing Hacking Backups

2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

20% increase accesses of specific organizations advertised. 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. 583% increase in Kerberoasting [password hash cracking] attacks.

Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords

Malware researcher reverse engineered a threat that went undetected for at least 2 years

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2018

In this stage the JavaScript is loading an encrypted content from the original JAR, using a KEY decrypts such a content and finally loads it (Dynamic Class Loader) on memory in order to fire it up as a new Java code. I’ve also been encharged of testing uVote voting system from the Italian Minister of homeland security.

Engineering

Engineering Malware Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing

Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Many analyses over the past few years taught that attackers love re-used code and they prefer to modify, obfuscate and finally encrypt already known code rather than writing from scratch new “attacking modules”. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

Malware

Malware Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Cyber Attacks

IT threat evolution Q2 2022

SecureList

AUGUST 15, 2022

The attack starts by driving targets to a legitimate website and tricking them into downloading a compressed RAR file that is booby-trapped with the network penetration testing tools Cobalt Strike and SilentBreak. Yanluowang ransomware: how to recover encrypted files. BlackCat: a new ransomware gang.

Mobile

Mobile Ransomware Malware Encryption

Hacking The Hacker. Stopping a big botnet targeting USA, Canada and Italy

Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2018

Now I was able to see encrypted URLs coming from infected hosts. Among many URLs the analyst was able to figure out a “test” connection from the Attacker and focus to decrypt such a connection. I do have experience on security testing since I have been performing penetration testing on several US electronic voting systems.

Hacking

Hacking Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware

Calling Home, Get Your Callbacks Through RBI

Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

It is not generally advertised on the product pages that RBI affects C2 traffic, but we promise you it does. This can be due to encryption or even size. For example, Cloudflare Zero Trust blocks uploads and downloads of encrypted, password-protected files or files larger than 15MB by default because it cannot scan those files.

DNS

DNS Penetration Testing Passwords Encryption

A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang

Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.” ” heading of the ransomware program thread, the admin answers: An advertisement for the DarkSide ransomware group. The advertisement continued: “Network penetration testing.

Ransomware

Ransomware Advertising Healthcare Penetration Testing

Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People ?!

Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. The encryption is performed by a simple xor having as key the single byte 0 while the encoding procedure is a multi conversion routine which could be summarized as follows: chr(asc(chr(“&h”&mid(x,y,2)))). Pierluigi Paganini.

Computers and Electronics

Computers and Electronics Penetration Testing Malware Cyber Attacks

Vulnerability Patching: How to Prioritize and Apply Patches

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The first priority will be to collect the advertised vulnerabilities. Penetration testing and breach and attack simulations can also be used to actively locate vulnerabilities. However, every IT and cybersecurity team should designate specific people and processes to focus on detecting and managing vulnerabilities.

Firmware

Firmware Firewall Passwords Risk

Cyber Security Informer

Amid an Embarrassment of Riches, Ransom Gangs Increasingly Outsource Their Work

Red Cross Hack Linked to Iranian Influence Operation?

Trending Sources

CERT France – Pysa ransomware is targeting local governments

MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Hackers can add, remove cancer and other illnesses from Computer Tomography scans

Step By Step Office Dropper Dissection

A cyber-attack on major banks could trigger a liquidity crisis, ECB President Christine Lagarde warns

Is Emotet gang targeting companies with external SOC?

Securing Your Organization's Digital Media Assets

A WhatsApp bug could have allowed crashing of all group members

OilRig APT group: the evolution of attack techniques over time

The ‘MartyMcFly’ investigation: Italian naval industry under attack

After 1 Million of malware samples analyzed

Exclusive: MalwareMustDie analyzes a new IoT malware dubbed Linux/ AirDropBot

New Linux/DDosMan threat emerged from an evolution of the older Elknot

Top 10 Malware Strains of 2021

Iran-linked APT34: Analyzing the webmask project

Approaching the Reverse Engineering of a RFID/NFC Vending Machine

2024 State of Cybersecurity: Reports of More Threats & Prioritization Issues

Malware researcher reverse engineered a threat that went undetected for at least 2 years

Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware

IT threat evolution Q2 2022

Hacking The Hacker. Stopping a big botnet targeting USA, Canada and Italy

Calling Home, Get Your Callbacks Through RBI

A Closer Look at the DarkSide Ransomware Gang

Is APT27 Abusing COVID-19 To Attack People ?!

Vulnerability Patching: How to Prioritize and Apply Patches

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