SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2022

So You Think You Are Protected With Cloud Native Encryption? Segregation of duties applies also to how you handle encryption and cryptographic key management for protecting your sensitive data stored in cloud storage such as the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes. Understanding encryption in Amazon EBS.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Ransomware attacks are strategically designed to either encrypt or delete critical data and system files, compelling organisations to meet the attackers’ financial demands. By keeping the encryption key on the infected device, ransomware may gradually encrypt files. How are victims of Ransomware exploited?

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 6, 2021

Ransomware comes in multiple flavors – sometimes involving far more than just the unauthorized encryption of data. Criminals may utilize all sorts of social engineering approaches, as well as technical exploits, in order to deliver their ransomware into their intended targets.

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Daniel Miessler

DECEMBER 24, 2022

After initiating an immediate investigation, we have seen no evidence that this incident involved any access to customer data or encrypted password vaults. I have friends on LastPass and other password manager company security teams, and I know them to be great engineers and great security teams. Actually, some data was lost.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Sample access restriction from SolarWinds’ access rights management dashboard Encrypt Data This practice entails using data encryption tools to keep sensitive data confidential and safe from illegal access or exploitation, even if the device is lost or stolen.

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IT Security Guru

MAY 20, 2024

Backup Data Regularly There are several effective backup methods to consider. It includes cloud backups, which offer scalability and remote access. Meanwhile, offsite backups provide additional security by storing data away from your central location. It ensures you stay one step ahead of potential security breaches.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Octo Tempest is believed to be a group of native English speaking cybercriminals that uses social engineering campaigns to compromise organizations all over the world. This can be done in a number of ways, but the most common ones involve social engineering attacks on the victim's carrier. Stop malicious encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 31, 2024

Encrypting data during transmissionwill prevent unauthorized access. Storing training data in encrypted containers or secure databases adds a further layer of security. Model encryption should be employed to protect against unauthorized access, tampering, or reverse engineering. Model Security.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Examining backups What we decided to do next was to use iTunes backups of the devices as a substitute for complete device images. We used the excellent tooling from libimobiledevice to acquire the backups, and inspected them by building a timeline of events with the Mobile Verification Toolkit. WIFI OUT: 0.0 - WWAN IN: 76281896.0,

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IT Security Guru

MAY 12, 2024

Implement HTTPS Using HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure) encrypts data transmitted between the user’s browser and the website. Data Encryption Encrypt sensitive data both in transit and at rest. Use strong encryption algorithms and manage encryption keys securely.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The best defense and the best option for recovery will always be the availability of sufficient, isolated data backups and a practiced restoration process. However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 1, 2023

In the January incident, the password manager’s parent, GoTo, said that in addition to stealing encrypted backups containing customer data, hackers nicked an encryption key last November. “An LastPass has followed news of last month’s breach with details on a second attack in which developers were phished for their credentials.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Tape vendors have been promoting themselves as a solution to the ransomware problem because of their ability to provide air-gapped data backup, but trying to recover terabytes of data from a tape drive can be a little like, well, running into red tape. Since all the system data is encrypted, the hackers have admin/root privileges.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Attackers exploit the geopolitical environment and use AI-powered tools to create convincing deepfakes, disinformation campaigns, and social engineering attacks. But the new model, social engineering, is also emerging, an approach that consists of deceiving victims in the physical world.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Cryptographic inventories need finalizing and quantum safe encryption needs to be adopted for sensitive communications and data. Consumers will begin to see their favorite applications touting “quantum-secure encryption.” CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

The problem: CVE-2024-4985 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that uses SAML single sign-on (SSO) with encrypted assertions. The vulnerabilities include a use-after-free flaw in Scheduling ( CVE-2024-5157 ) and a type confusion bug in the V8 engine ( CVE-2024-5158 ).They

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Spinone

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The heart of data protection, both in the enterprise and in the cloud, is backups. Backups allow organizations to protect their most valuable asset against all types of events or disaster recovery scenarios. In this post, we will take a look at the various aspects of engineering backup solutions in various environments.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Failure to enforce security regulations and implement appropriate encryption may result in accidental data exposure. 8 Common Cloud Storage Security Risks & Mitigations Cloud storage risks include misconfiguration, data breaches, insecure interfaces, DDoS attacks, malware, insider threats, encryption issues, and patching issues.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. The Onyx ransomware group doesn’t bother with encryption. Also read: Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. Only small files lower than 2MB are encrypted.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 3, 2024

Social engineering. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Users searching for software were directed to malicious landing pages via search ads mimicking legitimate vendors. Teams messages.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 18, 2024

Data Security & Recovery Measures Reliable CSPs provide high-level security and backup services; in the event of data loss, recovery is possible. Users have direct control over data security but are also responsible for backup procedures and permanently lost data in the event of device damage or loss.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Once the data has been safely moved to their Dropbox or Mega accounts, the ransomware is deployed to encrypt machines in the network. The latest ALPHV Blackcat update has the capability to encrypt both Windows and Linux devices, as well as VMWare instances. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 7, 2022

Reports are in that the servers of Flood Monitoring System were hit by the file-encrypting malware on June 21st,2022 and the hackers are demanding BTC in double-digit figures to free data from encryption. As the backup data is also compromised, the disaster recovery plan related to information is jeopardized.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The data blocks can be configured by the access conditions bits as: Read/Write blocks : fully arbitrary data, in arbitrary format Value blocks: fixed data format which permits native error detection and correction and a backup management. Now, I’m certain that the credit is encoded (and probably encrypted) in the blocks 8 and 9.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The announcement says Sony's data is for sale: Sony Group Corporation, formerly Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, and Sony Corporation, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan We have successfully compromissed [sic] all of sony systems. Stop malicious encryption.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 12, 2024

Clean up the sitemap If an attacker has tampered with your sitemap XML file, search engines are likely to notice the irregularity, potentially leading to your site being blacklisted. Next, inform search engines that your site is secure. Next, let's discuss the steps to take to recover from a hack.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Data backup. The first is high-integrity, air-gapped data backups , which is the quickest and cheapest way to recover from an attack. Determine recoverability assessment – engineers assess each situation to determine the safest and most cost-effective option for restoring files. Ransomware Protection and Recovery Steps.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

Third, it should provide options for file recovery (in case something does get encrypted). Robert Zamani, Regional Vice President, Americans Solutions Engineering at Malwarebytes: “Ransomware stems from the exploitation of trust. What’s needed is encapsulated in a principle called trust-but-verify!

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But in cybersecurity, dwell time is the time between bad actors’ initial break in and the attack itself, when target data is encrypted. Even bad actors abide by ROI Ransomware began purely from an encryption perspective. First, the modus operandi was to encrypt and hold data for ransom. It’s also a privacy issue.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

CISA and the FBI consider Scattered Spider to be experts that use multiple social engineering techniques, especially phishing, push bombing, and SIM swap attacks, to obtain credentials, install remote access tools, and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 30, 2024

Exposed Technical Issues & Other Consequences The initial information exposes the critical importance of using MFA to protect remote access systems and testing backup systems for disaster recovery. Companies should also use free tools available to them. Online trackers: Kaiser Permanente disclosed a HIPAA breach of 1.34

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SecureList

JUNE 22, 2023

According to the Kaspersky Threat Attribution Engine (KTAE), LockBit incorporates 25% of Conti code. KTAE shows similarities between LockBit Green and Conti Three pieces of adopted code really stand out: the ransomware note, the command line options and the encryption scheme. Also, the string encryption method was simple: one byte XOR.

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Hacker Combat

APRIL 1, 2021

Ransomware is malicious software used by hackers to access and encrypt computers and computer networks. As the owner of the device or computer network, the encryption locks you out until you pay the demanded ransom. However, social engineering is the most common. Backup Your Data To Protect From Ransomware.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In order to avoid a compromise, detection engineers should prioritize identifying signs of domain persistence in the environment. Detection engineers will need to pair this process access attempt with additional process context specific to the target process of LSASS.exe or the application that obtained the handle to the LSASS.exe process.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The attacker was able to access the DevOps engineer’s LastPass corporate vault. According to LastPass, once the attacker was inside the DevOps Engineer’s LastPass corporate vault, they were able to export all manner of potentially useful information. This is very much the definition of a targeted attack.

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