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Ransomware: 8 Things That You Must Know

Joseph Steinberg

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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Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Security Affairs

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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NASA warns of a significant increase in cyber attacks during Coronavirus outbreak

Security Affairs

NASA employees and contractors should be aware that nation-states and cyber criminals are actively using the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit and target NASA electronic devices, networks, and personal devices.” Refrain from opening your personal email or non-work related social media on your NASA computer systems/devices.

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Giant health insurer struck by ransomware didn't have antivirus protection

Malwarebytes

According to a recent post on its Facebook account, all of the corporation's public-facing applications have been back online since October 6, 2023, including "the website, Member Portal, eClaims for electronic submission of hospital claims, and EPRS for employer remittances." Stop malicious encryption.

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Lazarus APT Targeting Cryptocurrency, CISA Warns

SecureWorld News

The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems. They use the apps to gain access to the victim's computer and install malware across the network environment, stealing private keys and exploiting other security gaps.

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MY TAKE: COVID-19’s silver lining could turn out to be more rapid, wide adoption of cyber hygiene

The Last Watchdog

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

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.