Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Indispensable Role of End-to-End Encryption in the Age of Mobile Wallets Mobile wallets and online transactions are now as commonplace as physical cash transactions. Today, using Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE) isn't just a luxury; it's a necessity. Governments: Look to global benchmarks. The benefits are twofold.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

government is recommending to ensure the operations of Critical National Infrastructure are not affected by ransomware attacks. Governments step up to protect all businesses. Government Towards a Zero Trust Architecture dictate U.S. Backup your systems and test regularly the effectiveness of your backups.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It is used by affiliates who breach organizations, steal valuable information, and then use ransomware to encrypt the organizations’ files—rendering them unusable. The analyses revealed a flaw in its code: The decryption/encryption key had been reused in multiple attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Data Encryption Public cloud providers implement strong encryption mechanisms to protect data at rest, and users should enable encryption for data in transit as well. Data encryption in transit guarantees that information stays private while being sent across networks.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

But it also requires software to orchestrate data movement, backup and restore technology to ensure a current copy of data is available, and the ability to recover systems and data rapidly. This type of backup and DR technology offers RPOs measured in hours. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

Ransomware Governance. Data Backup. Back up all data as well as “every nonstandard application and its supporting IT infrastructure,” and test the backup and recovery to ensure they can handle an attack. Be sure to use controls that prevent online backups from becoming encrypted by ransomware. Least Privilege.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2023

GMA News reports that PhilHealth confirmed that lack of antivirus on its news programme, 24 Oras: In Mark Salazar's report on "24 Oras" on Monday, PhilHealth confirmed that its antivirus software had expired on April 15, but that it had not been able to renew its subscription immediately due to complicated government procurement processes.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 28, 2021

According to a flash alert issued by the FBI , unknown cyber criminals using Ranzy Locker ransomware had compromised more than 30 US businesses as of July 2021, including victims in the construction, academic, government, IT, and transportation sectors. All encrypted files have extension: ranzy - How to restore my files? - Mitigation.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 30, 2022

They need to manage user authentication and access control, disk encryption, update planning and backup/restore. But there are high availability. The post High Availability and Security for Cloud-Based Systems appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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Zigrin Security

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Espionage and Political Motives In some cases, hackers may target organizations or governments for espionage or political reasons. State-sponsored hacking is a growing concern, with governments using cyberattacks to gather intelligence, disrupt infrastructure, or compromise national security.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure conducted by North Korea-linked hacker groups are used by the government of Pyongyang to fund its malicious cyber operations, U.S. The government agencies detailed TTPs associated with North Korean APT groups such as: Acquire Infrastructure [ T1583 ]. and South Korean agencies warn.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

attempts to encrypt any data saved to any local or remote device but skips files associated with core system functions.” Prior to encryption, Lockbit affiliates primarily use the Stealbit application obtained directly from the Lockbit panel to exfiltrate specific file types.” ” reads the flash alert.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

In addition to the encryption of data, victims have received threats that data stolen during the incidents will be published.” . “The ACSC has received reporting from a number of Australian organisations that have been impacted by LockBit 2.0 ransomware. This activity has occurred across multiple industry sectors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2022

. “AvosLocker is a Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) affiliate-based group that has targeted victims across multiple critical infrastructure sectors in the United States including, but not limited to, the Financial Services, Critical Manufacturing, and Government Facilities sectors. Use multifactor authentication where possible.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The United States government, in partnership with cyber authorities from Australia, Canada, and the U.K., The actors used their access to move laterally within the network, encrypt network devices with BitLocker, and hold the decryption keys for ransom.". "In government? government. police department. aerospace company.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These publications are a reaction to recent warnings about attacks on critical infrastructure by groups allegedly connected to the Chinese (PRC) government. Implement authentication and authorization controls for all human-to-software and software-to-software interactions regardless of network location. Stop malicious encryption.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 7, 2022

United States government agencies recently released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) providing information on how North Korean state-sponsored threat actors are actively using Maui ransomware to attack healthcare organizations. The only required argument is a folder path, which Maui will parse and encrypt identified files.".

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” Use double authentication when logging into accounts or services. ” reads the advisory.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Secret Service issued a detailed advisory on the BlackByte Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) group, which has attacked critical infrastructure industries in recent months, among them government, financial and food and agriculture targets. Further reading: Best Backup Products for Ransomware and Best Ransomware Removal and Recovery Services .

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2023

Ransomware attacks via email: Ransomware is a type of malware that encrypts an organization’s data, holding it hostage until a ransom is paid. Organizations must prioritize email security measures that block malicious attachments, educate employees about ransomware threats, and establish robust data backup and recovery processes.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 26, 2022

First spotted in June 2022, the DAIXIN Team quickly got the government's attention after executing multiple ransomware attacks against organizations in the health and public health sector. As is standard these days, the ransomware attacks involved both encrypting servers and stealing data.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 22, 2022

US government agencies warned that the Daixin Team cybercrime group is actively targeting the U.S. Require phishing-resistant MFA for as many services as possible—particularly for webmail, VPNs, accounts that access critical systems, and privileged accounts that manage backups. Healthcare and Public Health sector with ransomware.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Some APT attacks may even be government-funded and nation-state actors. Once network presence is established, hackers can compromise authentication credentials to gain administrator rights for even more access. Other best practices : Maintain backups! Encrypt remote connections whenever possible. Gain stranglehold.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Government has offered a $10 million reward for information on the threat actors. Lace Tempest (Storm-0950, overlaps w/ FIN11, TA505) authenticates as the user with the highest privileges to exfiltrate files,” Microsoft notes. Backup and Restoration: Keep offline backups of data and execute backup and restore on a regular basis.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 12, 2021

DarkSide also has a Linux version that is capable of targeting VMWare ESXi vulnerabilities, making virtual machines (VMs) susceptible to hijacking and encryption of virtual drives. They also use their time in the network to harvest data and upload to their servers, before they encrypt the victim’s copy.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

They can both encrypt data and hide an IP address by using a secure chain to shield network activity. Backup and recovery – according to FEMA , 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster. Secure wireless networks – if you have a Wi-Fi network in your workplace, ensure it is secure, encrypted, and hidden.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The government agencies have observed an increase in ransomware attacks occurring on holidays and weekends, the choice of these period is motivated by the lower level of defense due to the reduced presence of the personnel. The Joint report provides the following recommendations to the organizations: Making an offline backup of your data.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This is where developing a hyper-specific Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) framework becomes essential. The GRC framework: an overview Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) serve as the pillars of an effective cyber resilience strategy. As a result, good governance ensures everyone knows their role in maintaining cyber health.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 13, 2023

Some of these organizations are considered vital infrastructure such as local governments, financial companies, healthcare organizations, energy firms, and technology manufacturers. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2021

According to open-source reporting, since August 2020, DarkSide actors have been targeting multiple large, high-revenue organizations, resulting in the encryption and theft of sensitive data. Require multi-factor authentication for remote access to OT and IT networks. Implement regular data backup procedures .

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 30, 2022

Additionally, Government immigration services continue to be non-functional or afflicted with severe delays in processing. Heavily obfuscated JavaScript decrypts and deposits an encrypted binary and a malware loader (which loads up the binary), and creates a scheduled task to keep things constantly ticking over.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 4, 2022

It's slightly different from a standard ransomware attack—encrypting a user's files is a secondary concern. Essentially, leakware attacks demand victims pay a ransom to accomplish two things: recover their encrypted data and prevent confidential, sensitive information from being disseminated. What is leakware? According to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 2, 2021

In March 2021, government experts observed state sponsored hackers scanning the internet for servers vulnerable to the above flaws, the attackers were probing systems on ports 4443, 8443, and 10443. Attackers were exploiting the flaw in the attempt to access multiple government, commercial, and technology services networks.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Backup has in some sense always been about the security of data. In the event of a data loss or disaster, you could turn to your backup to retrieve the data. But these days, backup must do much more. “Or worse, what if your multiple copies or backups are also all bad?” Key Features of Ransomware Backup.

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