SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

Also, we have previously reported on cryptocurrency-focused BlueNoroff attacks. It appears that BlueNoroff shifted focus from hitting banks and SWIFT-connected servers to solely cryptocurrency businesses as the main source of the group’s illegal income. Malware infection. PROCESS_ID. #. DLL_FILE_SIZE. DLL_FILE_DATA.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

Technology giant IBM has debuted a new set of tools and capabilities designed as an end-to-end, quantum-safe solution to secure organizations and governmental agencies as they head toward the post-quantum computing era. To read this article in full, please click here

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

With many of these transformations, it is not just the premise of keeping up that drives the huge levels of investment we see organisations making – but also the promise of what’s possible, if the right technologies and approaches can be harnessed to disrupt or differentiate in the face of fierce competition. Blockchain.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If we define ransomware as malware that encrypts files to extort the owner of the system, then the first malware that could be classified as ransomware is the 1989 AIDS Trojan. However, while it encrypted file(name)s and asked for a ransom, it was far from effective. Today's ransomware is the scourge of many organizations.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 5, 2018

A few years ago, the term cryptocurrency was only used among the tech elite and the only type available for purchase was Bitcoin. Fast forward to 2018 when the average consumer is able to invest and has a pick of over 1,800 different kinds of cryptocurrencies to choose from. dollars via crypto hacks and scams.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 4, 2018

Quantum principles are set to transform the next generation of Internet security, with new quantum-based technologies on tap to improve encryption and data communication which researchers believe could solve some of the limitations with current technology. Read the whole entry. »

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

The Exfiltration Phase of The Kill Chain of a Cryptocurrency-Based Attack Provides the Greatest Opportunity to Identify Cybercriminals. Cryptocurrency gained through illicit means is less useable than other assets due to the way cryptocurrency systems currently do not fully protect owner identity and allow for only limited liquidity.

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 9, 2022

VPN technologies deliver two major benefits to Russian citizens. Furthermore, bans on VPNs are hard to enforce – and technologically-savvy Russians have spread the word that such is the case. times as high as it was prior to the war! They allow Russians to access banned sites, and they help protect users from government surveillance.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A couple of years ago, the company got into a strategic partnership agreement with Microsoft to develop testing lab software based on the technology of Artificial Intelligence. Note 3- Ransomware is a kind of malware that encrypts a database until a ransom is paid.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. technology companies during the summer of 2022. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. On July 28 and again on Aug.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JULY 21, 2021

Oil Company Saudi Aramco that produces oil and fossil fuel through drilling technologies has confirmed that a ransomware group infiltrated the servers of one of its contractors last month and got hold of over 1TB data that is now on the dark web for sale. Note- Usually, a ransomware gang encrypts data until a ransom is paid.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The quantum cybersecurity threat will increase data breaches of sensitive health and financial personal data, challenge the integrity of digital documents, and break certain cryptocurrency encryption. Quantum computing will also render most current popular encryption methods unsafe except for AES 256.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In our increasingly digital world, a greater proportion of businesses across different sectors are trying to integrate new technologies into their processes. Technologies such as IoT, cloud computing, edge computing, and AI have the ability to drastically improve the service and operations of any business. Untapped potential.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 15, 2021

G7 that comprises countries like the USA, UK, Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, and France has decided to launch a committed fight against the spread of ransomware that was being facilitated by the price rise in Cryptocurrency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 5, 2022

Some technology enthusiasts predict that it could take years for the Apache software foundation to fix the error logging software as it is used worldwide on millions of PCs. Usually, such gangs steal data and then encrypt a database until a ransom is paid in Cryptocurrency.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ransomware is a kind of malware that allows the hacker to steal data and then encrypt a database until a ransom is paid. NOTE- Australian government is planning to impose a ban on cryptocurrency as it will help curb the spread of ransomware crime certainly. And might increase the ransom from $60m per target to $145m.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

Today’s announcement sends a clear message that the Criminal Division and its law enforcement partners are firm in their resolve to disrupt the most technologically sophisticated criminal tools and hold wrongdoers to account.” Cybercriminals should take note. The 911 S5 client software, hosted on U.S. export laws. ” continues DoJ.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Persistent ransomware threats, increasing risk to critical infrastructure, state-sponsored activity, more bad actors, and new, disruptive technologies are the five cyber threat narratives noted in the National Cyber Threat Assessment 2023-2024 recently released by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 19, 2022

Interestingly, nearly half of the victims have set up cryptocurrency wallets to pay ransom for the future. The figure reveals us the mindset of most of the CIOs, CTOs and the business heads of technology companies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Perhaps this is supposed to be the first company related to metals and mining that was hit a by a file encrypting malware in the European nation and believably first from the west. News is out that the world’s second largest producer’s IT systems were hit by a ransomware attack disrupting the digital infrastructure to the core.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 27, 2023

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced that it has successfully taken down the HIVE ransomware network, an international cybercrime ring that had been responsible for stealing and encrypting the data of more than 1,500 companies from 80 different countries.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2022

The estimated value of greater Decentralized Finance and cryptocurrencies surpassed half a trillion dollars in market capitalization in 2018, and then one trillion for the first time in 2021 ( 1 ). Since then, cryptocurrency values reached new records during the pandemic. Cryptocurrencies Are Established Via Blockchain Security.

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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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SecureList

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. Apart from cryptocurrency theft they extort digital money or illicitly mine it using victim’s devices instead of their own. Cryptocurrency mining is a painstaking and costly process, and not as rewarding as when the prices were high.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 19, 2022

VPNLab had been around since 2008 and had built its service around the OpenVPN technology, used strong encryption, and provided double VPN, with servers located in many different countries. We set a special encrypted channel between your computer and our foreign servers. Upon reaching the server it is encrypted again.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2023

Cybersecurity Insiders have resources data from its sources that the attack led to info leak related to companies in cryptocurrency and finance business fields. Thus, it clearly suggests that the business of spreading file encrypting malware is not lucrative anymore.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

As we rely increasingly on digital technologies for our work, communication, entertainment, and education, we also expose ourselves to more and more cyber risks. Ransomware is malware that encrypts the victim's data and demands a ransom for its decryption. Cryptocurrency and the Metaverse pose new cybersecurity threats.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In reality, the [link] part of the address (also called “ Secure Sockets Layer ” or SSL ) merely signifies the data being transmitted back and forth between your browser and the site is encrypted and can’t be read by third parties.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency targeted attacks. The cryptocurrency business continues to grow, and people continue to invest their money in this market because it’s a digital asset and all transactions occur online. More cryptocurrency-related threats: fake hardware wallets, smart contract attacks, DeFi hacks, and more.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. The problem is that almost no policymakers are discussing this policy issue from a technologically informed perspective, and very few technologists truly understand the policy contours of the debate.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Alphabet Inc, subsidiary has also assured that it will introduce a data storage algorithm soon that will disallow users from uploading files contained plain text, and encrypted information in text or images that can only be accessed with password inputs. The post Details on VirusTotal Hacking appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In a security blog about Octo Tempest Microsoft states: “Octo Tempest monetized their intrusions in 2022 by selling SIM swaps to other criminals and performing account takeovers of high-net-worth individuals to steal their cryptocurrency.” Stop malicious encryption.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

1) One primary design of Godfather malware is to harvest login credentials for various financial applications, including cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. Figure 10 – Example of C2 URLs stored as encrypted format to increase anti malware evasion. Initial variants were reported beginning of March 2021. (1) 26/ hxxps[://]t[.]me/nutkomterposekcons

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. The problem is that almost no policymakers are discussing this policy issue from a technologically informed perspective, and very few technologists truly understand the policy contours of the debate.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In one recent engagement, a client of Nick’s said they’d reached out to an investor from Switzerland — The Private Office of John Bernard — whose name was included on a list of angel investors focused on technology startups. ” Mr. Bernard’s investment firm did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining.

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