SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

While quantum power poses risks to traditional encryption, it also opens the door to revolutionary cybersecurity advancements that could redefine how we protect data, detect threats, and secure critical infrastructure.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 31, 2022

multiple encryption for C2 communication with ancient crypto algorithm. The encryption function used to send data was also modified, making it even more complicated. The second key is used by the Vigenere cipher to encrypt the base64 encoded header (url-safe replaced padding from “=” to “ ”). and v0.6.5,

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2025

The cyberthreat landscape of 2024 was rife with increasingly sophisticated threats, and encryption played a pivotal rolea staggering 87.2% billion attempted encrypted attacks, a clear demonstration of the growing risk posed by cybercriminals leveraging encryption to evade detection. of threats were hidden in TLS/SSL traffic.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 15, 2024

If the file is present on the system, it terminates execution. Specifically, they collect: Current username; Processor names and number of cores; Physical disk name and size; The values of the TotalVirtualMemorySize and TotalVisibleMemorySize properties; Current hostname; Local IP address; Installed OS; Architecture.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

This memo analyzes the video, presents internal analysis, and offers strategies for response to the Trade Federation. Finding 4.2: "Data at rest not encrypted." As such, it decrypted the data, and sent it over an encrypted tunnel to the endpoint. The pen testers misunderstand our network architecture, again.

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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.”

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

Attackers are not only encrypting data but also engaging in "double extortion," stealing sensitive patient information to demand higher ransoms. This reality is driving demand for IoT security solutions, cloud security posture management, and zero-trust network architectures to secure an ever-widening perimeter.

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SecureList

APRIL 17, 2025

This file is encrypted with a single-byte XOR and is loaded at runtime. Its malicious DLL, which is deployed by the intermediary backdoor, is designed to load a payload encrypted with RC4 and XOR, and stored inside a file named attach.dat. Allows reading files, managing services, and spawning new processes.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2024

ESG Research Unearths Critical Insights for Future-Proofing Encryption and Key Management madhav Thu, 02/01/2024 - 05:14 Encryption and key management are critical defenses against data breaches and cyber threats in the evolving digital landscape. This trend underscores the growing reliance on encryption as a primary safeguard.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2025

This divergence presents a significant challenge for global businesses, which must navigate complex regulatory environments while safeguarding sensitive data from cyber threats. One of the most effective PETs is encryption, which secures data during transmission and storage, preventing unauthorized access.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2024

ESG Research Unearths Critical Insights for Future-Proofing Encryption and Key Management madhav Thu, 02/01/2024 - 05:14 Encryption and key management are critical defenses against data breaches and cyber threats in the evolving digital landscape. This trend underscores the growing reliance on encryption as a primary safeguard.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 3, 2018

Large data scale breaches have led an increasing number of companies to embrace comprehensive encryption strategies to protect their assets. According to our 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study , 43% of respondents report that their organization has an encryption strategy they apply across the enterprise, compared with 15% in 2005.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. For example, a sample with the MD5 hash sum 914e49921c19fffd7443deee6ee161a4 contains two architectures: x86_64 and ARM64.” states the report published by Kaspersky.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2019

Now the threat is evolving, the Sodinokibi ransomware includes fresh code to elevate its privileges on a target machine by exploiting a vulnerability in the Win32k component present on Windows 7 through 10 and Server editions. Once encrypted the files, Sodinokibi will append a random extension that is different for each computer it infects.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The answer, based on a couple of presentations at the conference, is that patching is incredibly difficult to get right, requiring way more attention than most companies can afford to give it. Google’s cloud security is well regarded (and the company has shared some documentation of its security architecture and practices too).

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Here are a few other snippets from her presentation, but you'll have to register and join to hear her full insightful talk and take in the rest of both days' great speaker lineup. "We Don't miss Kathleen Moriarty's complete presentation, as well as those of other cybersecurity leaders, at our upcoming digital events.

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SecureList

APRIL 25, 2025

The modular architecture of the malware gives attackers virtually unlimited control over the system, enabling them to tailor functionality to specific applications. The file is not present in a reference Android version. Neither payload is encrypted. oat ) located in the same directory.

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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

AUGUST 8, 2023

This vulnerability, discovered by Google research scientist Daniel Moghimi , threatens to expose encryption keys, passwords, private messages, and more from billions of Intel CPUs produced over the years. Moghimi is set to present his research at the annual Black Hat USA cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas this week.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2024

Authors/Presenters: Renjie Xie, Jiahao Cao, Enhuan Dong, Mingwei Xu, Kun Sun, Qi Li, Licheng Shen, Menghao Zhang Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 23, 2022

And reports are in that Ragnar Locker Gang is demanding $12 million to free up data from encryption. DESFA released a press statement that it became a victim of a ransomware attack on Saturday last week and assured that its business continuity plan will surely bail them out of the present situation, without paying a penny.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2022

With the arrival of 5G and the evolution to cloud architectures, managing subscriber data and services efficiently is essential to ensuring an operator’s business profitability. HPE addresses these challenges through stateless Network Functions (NF) on a common service-based architecture. Data Security. More About This Author >.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

then) and confirmed that all the previously rejected vulnerabilities were still present in the version 2.2.2 The following vulnerabilities, discovered by the security researcher Pierre Barre , impact all versions up to 2.3.0 The following vulnerabilities, discovered by the security researcher Pierre Barre , impact all versions up to 2.3.0

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

"Preparing for a Post-Quantum World" is the topic of a panel presentation at SecureWorld Denver on September 19, and with good reason. Quantum computing poses a potential threat to current cybersecurity practices, which are based on encryption algorithms that can be broken by quantum computers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

After DarkSide actors gained access to the victim’s network, they deployed ransomware to encrypt victim data and—as a secondary form of extortion—exfiltrated the data before threatening to publish it to further pressure victims into paying the ransom demand. ” reads the joint alert.

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Centraleyes

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Implement Strong Data Encryption Practices Data encryption is a fundamental practice in protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access. By converting data into an unreadable format (ciphertext), encryption ensures that it remains secure even if data is intercepted.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

ZHtrap supports multiple architectures, including x86, ARM, and MIPS. ZHtrap prapagates using the following Nday vulnerability: JAWS_DVR_RCE NETGEAR CCTV_DVR_RCE CVE-2014-8361.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

A variant discovered last year was leveraging an open-source project to target multiple architectures, including ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, and x86. Experts observed attacks against WePresent WiPG-1000 Wireless Presentation systems and LG Supersign TVs, both families of devices intended for use within business environments.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 12, 2022

Traditional networking and infrastructure solutions continue to pose challenges, as they may lack the necessary automation and visibility, present availability issues, and are limited in scalability. This helps lower costs and provides improved visibility and control over application delivery.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The document presents itself as a request for a DSOP FUND (Defence Services Officers Provident Fund ). release () architectures = platform. architecture ()[0] def main (): try: runsameagain () except Exception as e: print str (e) def runsameagain (): global bitstream3 binstr = bytearray (binascii. system () releases = platform.

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SecureList

APRIL 21, 2025

Fake CAPTCHA page Users are presented with a pop-up page that looks like a standard CAPTCHA verification, prompting them to click I’m not a robot / Verify / Copy or some similar button. The encrypted payload To decrypt the payload independently, we wrote a custom Python script that you can see in the screenshot below.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The payload fetched by the PowerShell targets 64-bit architecture systems, it is a long script consisting of three components: Tater (Hot Potato – privilege escalation) PowerSploit Embedded exploit bundle binary (privilege escalation). . Most of the servers are located in China and belong to the infrastructure of the PurpleFox botnet.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Along with these evolutionary changes in behavior and process, the security component of digital transformation presents new challenges. Digital transformation involves entire infrastructure and architectural modifications. Encryption. Cloud Storage Encryption. Entire technology roadmaps must be redrawn. Cloud security.

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Cisco Security

MAY 17, 2021

Presenting dynamic attributes with Threat Defense 7.0, Snort 3’s new architecture lets you maintain performance while running more rules, improving your threat defense. Competing firewalls break your Layer 7 policies with encrypted TLS 1.3 Also, it dynamically scales with your throughput requirements. The new Snort 3 IPS.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

The same issues, or even worse, will be faced in the near future if businesses, organizations and agencies fail to be proactive in establishing concise and comprehensive policies and practices for migrating to a post-quantum encryption regime. Prepare a quantum-safe architecture now. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 7, 2024

It covers encryption, identity and access management, network segmentation, and intrusion detection systems. Presentation layer: Utilizes encryption and data formatting standards to ensure data confidentiality and integrity throughout processing and storage.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 12, 2023

Zero Trust is an effective strategy for dealing with AI threats for the following reasons: Zero Trust architecture: Design granular access controls based on least privilege principles. Data encryption : It is crucial to encrypt sensitive data both at rest and in transit using robust encryption algorithms and secure key management practices.

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