Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 16, 2024

Stop Ransomware in its Tracks With CipherTrust Transparent Encryption Ransomware Protection madhav Wed, 04/17/2024 - 05:22 Our last blog Ransomware Attacks: The Constant and Evolving Cybersecurity Threat described the ever dangerous and evolving cybersecurity threat of ransomware. Because ransomware does not care about your data.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 30, 2023

Mimic uses Everything API, a file search tool for Windows, to search for files to encrypt. As a sophisticated malware, […] The post New Mimic Ransomware Uses Windows Search Engine to Find and Encrypt Files appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

A new ransomware strain named Rorschach ransomware supports the fastest file-encrypting routine observed to date. The researchers conducted five separate encryption speed tests in a controlled environment (with 6 CPUs, 8192MB RAM, SSD, and 220000 files to be encrypted), limited to local drive encryption only.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 16, 2024

Stop Ransomware in its Tracks With CipherTrust Transparent Encryption Ransomware Protection madhav Wed, 04/17/2024 - 05:22 Our last blog Ransomware Attacks: The Constant and Evolving Cybersecurity Threat described the ever dangerous and evolving cybersecurity threat of ransomware. Because ransomware does not care about your data.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

GravityRAT, a Remote Access Trojan, is being spread in the wild once more, this time disguised as SoSafe Chat, an end-to-end encrypted chat application. GravityRAT is a spyware-type of malware that enables threat actors to steal data from compromised machines. The trojan has […].

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Webroot

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Our annual analysis of the most notorious malware has arrived. As always, it covers the trends, malware groups, and tips for how to protect yourself and your organization. Their tactics have evolved significantly over the years, with ransomware now the malware of choice for cybercriminals. Who made this year’s malware list?

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Kaspersky has a detailed blog post about a new piece of sophisticated malware that it's calling Reductor. Based on these similarities, we're quite sure the new malware was developed by the COMPfun authors. The COMpfun malware was initially documented by G-DATA in 2014.

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Heimadal Security

APRIL 29, 2022

Bumblebee, a freshly uncovered malware loader, is most probably the Conti syndicate’s latest creation, aimed to replace the BazarLoader backdoor leveraged for ransomware payloads delivery purposes. The post Conti’s BazarLoader Replaced with Bumblebee Malware appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.

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SecureList

JANUARY 16, 2024

Introduction In the ever-evolving landscape of mobile security, hunting for malware in the iOS ecosystem is akin to navigating a labyrinth with invisible walls. Imagine having a digital compass that not only guides you through this maze, but also reveals the hidden mechanisms of iOS malware previously shrouded in mystery.

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Heimadal Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Researchers established that Azov Ransomware, although pretends to encrypt data, is a data wiper that destroys all the data from an infected device and corrupts other programs. The malware is distributed through the Smokeloader botnet found in cracks and pirated software.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

Facebook discovered a new information-stealing malware, dubbed ‘NodeStealer,’ that is being distributed on Meta. NodeStealer is a new information-stealing malware distributed on Meta that allows stealing browser cookies to hijack accounts on multiple platforms, including Facebook, Gmail, and Outlook. environment.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Mitigating Ransomware Attacks – Decoupling Encryption Keys From Encrypted Data. Once the hackers gain an inside entry in an organisation’s IT systems, they deploy a file-encrypting malware known as ransomware. Some ransomware selectively seeks out sensitive data and will only encrypt those files.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi. In this blog post, we will analyze Woody Rat’s distribution methods, capabilities as well as communication protocol. Before initialization, the malware effectively suppresses all error reporting by calling SetErrorMode with 0x8007 as parameter. main function.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

A large portion of growth in TLS use by malware operators is attributed to increased use of legitimate web and cloud services protected by TLS, including Discord, Pastebin, Github and Google’s cloud services. Setting up TLS for any application – including malware – has become very easy,” Jones said. Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images).

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Cisco Security

MARCH 16, 2021

In fact, 63% of threats detected by Cisco Stealthwatch in 2019 were in encrypted traffic. The European Union is concerned enough that it drafted a resolution in November 2020 to ban end-to-end encryption, prompting outcry from privacy advocates. I’ve linked to couple of excellent short articles on this topic at the end of this blog.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Recently, Avanan released a blog post mentioning the interest of adversaries in Microsoft Teams as a launchpad for their malicious attacks. Attackers have always targeted online collaboration tools like Slack and Discord for malware distribution and phishing. Malware protection. Background. W32/Trojan.BEIE-5677. Trojan.Wincen.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2021

Multiple threat actors have recently started using the Ezuri memory loader as a loader to executes malware directly into the victims’ memory. According to researchers from AT&T’s Alien Labs, malware authors are choosing the Ezuri memory loader for their malicious codes. ” concludes the report.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 26, 2022

Open Source Sabotage and Encryption Efficacy Emerge as Tactics in Ukraine Resistance. The protest began as a benign “peace” message when installing the popular npm package node-ipc but then quickly morphed into malware in later versions, as first reported by Bleeping Computer. The malware targeted users based in Russia and Belarus.

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Hot for Security

JUNE 2, 2021

In the early days of ransomware things were fairly simple: malware would infect your company’s infrastructure, encrypting your valuable data with a secret key that was only known to your attackers. If you had shown the foresight of making secure backups in advance, you could get back up and running again.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2023

Researchers at Mandiant have identified a malware campaign targeting SonicWall SMA 100 Series appliances, thought to be of Chinese origin. The malware was likely deployed in 2021, and was able to persist on the appliances tenaciously, even surviving firmware upgrades. or higher, which includes hardening enhancements.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2021

The threat actors behind the SolarWinds attack used malware dubbed Raindrop for lateral movement and deploying additional payloads. Security experts from Symantec revealed that threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack leveraged a malware named Raindrop for lateral movement and deploying additional payloads.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The analysis discovered that the threat actors behind the campaign leverage extortion without malware-based encryption, have significantly invested in call centers and infrastructure unique to attack targets, and are evolving their tactics over time. Luna Moth removes malware portion of phishing callback attack.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The popular encrypted email service Tutanota was hit with a series of DDoS attacks this week targeting its website fist and its DNS providers later. Encrypted email service, Tutanota suffered a series of DDoS attacks that initially targeted the website and later its DNS providers. ” reads a blog post published by Tutanota.

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Graham Cluley

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A group of South Korean security researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in the infamous Rhysida ransomware that provides a way for encrypted files to be unscrambled. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2022

Experts spotted a malware campaign that is the first one using a technique of hiding a shellcode into Windows event logs. The experts discovered that the attackers are hiding encrypted shellcode containing the next-stage malware as 8KB pieces in event logs. The code is quite unique, with no similarities to known malware.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” Then came the unlikely call from an FBI agent. “Don’t pay,” the agent said.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The Diffie-Helman Exchange (DHE) allows two parties – a browser and server in our case – to exchange prime numbers in a secure manner which are then used to create a shared secret used to encrypt a session. Could HTTPS Encryption Be Compromised? Stay tuned to the SiteLock Blog for the latest security developments.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The developers of the file-encrypting malware were secretly working on a project dubbed LockBit-NG-Dev, believed to be the 4.0 The Ransomware Operation’s Secret Project appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog. A new version of the LockBit ransomware seems to be on the horizon. version of the tool.

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Heimadal Security

JANUARY 4, 2024

Security research and consulting firm SRLabs exploited a vulnerability in the encryption algorithm of a specific strain of Black Basta ransomware to develop and release a decryptor tool named Black Basta Buster. This tool, released in response to the activities of a prolific cybercriminal gang, can decrypt files affected by the malware.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 3, 2022

This blog post was authored by Ankur Saini and Hossein Jazi. In this blog post, we will analyze Woody Rat's distribution methods, capabilities as well as communication protocol. Before initialization, the malware effectively suppresses all error reporting by calling SetErrorMode with 0x8007 as parameter. Distribution methods.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 7, 2021

In the process of doing so, I encountered a small snag: The FSB’s website said in order to communicate with them securely, I needed to download and install an encryption and virtual private networking (VPN) appliance that is flagged by at least 20 antivirus products as malware. The FSB headquarters at Lubyanka Square, Moscow.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 18, 2022

However, threat actors continue to evolve their tactics and are able to successfully upload dangerous apps laced with malware on the Google play store. Recently, the Zscaler ThreatLabz team discovered apps involving multiple instances of the Joker, Facestealer, and Coper malware families spreading in the virtual marketplace.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2022

Threat actors have replaced the BazaLoader and IcedID malware with a new loader called Bumblebee in their campaigns. Cybercriminal groups that were previously using the BazaLoader and IcedID as part of their malware campaigns seem to have adopted a new loader called Bumblebee. It is used by multiple cybercrime threat actors.”

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Graham Cluley

APRIL 11, 2024

The East Central University (ECU) of Ada, Oklahoma, has revealed that a ransomware gang launched an attack against its systems that left some computers and servers encrypted and may have also seen sensitive information stolen. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. The same rings true for encryption and authentication. Asymmetric encryption may require too much processing power for certain devices, making symmetric keys the only option. weak cryptography, software bugs, malware, etc.). What’s driving the security of IoT? Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

The STOP Ransomware was first spotted in January when he was being distributed by fake software cracks in January, The popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie observed that some recent variants of the ransomare were generating traffic to infrastructure previously associated with the Azorul infection. exe and executed it. .

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