Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2022

Upon executing the Omicron Stats.exe, it unpacks resources encrypted with triple DES using ciphermode ECB and padding mode PKCS7. ” Experts speculate RedLine Stealer will continue to take advantage of the ongoing COVID pandemic and the stolen information will continue to fuel underground cybercrime marketplaces. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 15, 2023

Compromised organizations operate in different business verticals, including manufacturing, wealth management, insurance providers, and pharmaceuticals. The ransomware supports intermittent encryption to speed up the encryption process. This process encrypts only a certain part of the source file’s contents, not the entire file.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“According to Vladimir Kononovich, some manufacturers rely on security through obscurity, with proprietary protocols that are poorly studied and the goal of making it difficult for attackers to procure equipment to find vulnerabilities in such devices. Wincor is currently owned by ATM manufacturer giant Diebold Nixdorf.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. com is currently selling security cameras made by the Chinese manufacturer Hikvision , via an Internet address based in Hong Kong. The real Privnote, at privnote.com. com include privnode[.]com

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Malwarebytes

MAY 24, 2023

Entry for Rheinmetall on BlackBasta leak site Rheinmetall’s main activities are in the automobile industry and weapons manufacturing, and it descibes itself as one of the world’s largest manufacturers of military vehicles and ammunition. After the data is copied, the ransomware encrypts files and gives them the ".basta"

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Encryption and data backup. Data encryption is a protection strategy that renders data useless even when an intruder accesses it. Encrypting all your company’s sensitive data and private information ensures that it’s protected from data breaches.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

RansomExx operation has been active since 2018, the list of its victims includes government agencies, the computer manufacturer and distributor GIGABYTE , and the Italian luxury brand Zegna. The ransomware iterates through the specified directories, enumerating and encrypting files. ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The global rise of ransomware attacks over the last several years has become an urgent concern, as cybercriminals relentlessly target organizations and individuals, demanding exorbitant ransoms for the release of vital encrypted data. Stephen Gates , Principal Security SME at Horizon3.ai, Their livelihoods have been at stake.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak sitewhere it will publish data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system. Japan-headquartered Olympus manufactures optical and digital reprography technology for the medical and life sciences industries.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three plants after a cyber attack, experts believe it was the victim of a ransomware attack. The French electronics manufacturer Lacroix Group shut down three facilities in France, Germany, and Tunisia in response to a cyber attack. ” reported Yahoo Finance.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2021

The name of the sportswear manufacturer Puma appeared on the dark web marketplace of stolen data Marketo, threat actors claim to have stolen 1 GB of data from the company. The ad on Marketo claims to have about 1GB of data stolen from the company that are now auctioned to the highest bidder. .

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Malwarebytes

MAY 11, 2021

Both the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued warnings about an ongoing cybercrime campaign that is using Avaddon ransomware. Avaddon ransomware performs an encryption in offline mode using AES-256 + RSA-2048 to encrypt files. Free decryptor.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2022

Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company Delta Electronics was hit by the Conti ransomware that took place this week. According to CTWANT , which cited an undisclosed information security company, Delta Electronics was hit by Conti ransomware that asked Delta to pay a $15 million ransom to restore encrypted files and avoid their leak.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

“According to this and other leaked documents, the Department of Defence purchased technology for the Air Force’s encrypted communications. . “The leaked documents include a contract between the Swiss Department of Defence and the US company for almost $5 million (CHF 4.28 ” reported the SwissInfo website.

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SecureList

JULY 20, 2022

The encryption scheme it uses, however, is not so typical, as it involves x25519 and AES, a combination not often encountered in ransomware schemes. Black Basta supports the command line argument “-forcepath” that is used to encrypt only files in a specified directory. Command line options available in Luna. Conclusion.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. The Royal ransomware can either fully or partially encrypt a file depending on its size and the ‘-ep’ parameter.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 9, 2023

North Korea's cyber program poses a sophisticated and agile espionage, cybercrime, and attack threat. Iran's growing expertise and willingness to conduct aggressive cyber operations make it a major threat to the security of U.S. and allied networks and data. Thank you, Col. Frost, for the handy synopsis.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The attackers first create a user in the administrator group, then use it to encrypt the content of the NAS. The ransomware, tracked by Intezer as “ QNAPCrypt ” and “ eCh0raix ” by Anomali, is written in the Go programming language and uses AES encryption to encrypt files. TXTT” extension. 024 ($1,200) up to.06

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DEV-0950 group used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the Raspberry Robin worm. The experts noticed that threat actors tracked as DEV-0950 used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the worm.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2021

. “The FBI has identified, as of early November 2021 that Cuba ransomware actors have compromised at least 49 entities in five critical infrastructure sectors, including but not limited to the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology sectors.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2023

The group has been active since March 2022, it focused on small and medium-size businesses in multiple industries, including finance, manufacturing, business services, and IT. The experts observed a massive spike in activity associated with this threat actor between May and June 2023. and Brazil.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. The Royal ransomware is written in C++, it infected Windows systems and deletes all Volume Shadow Copies to prevent data recovery.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 8, 2023

By utilizing deceptive techniques, clever encoding, and encryption, this malware challenges traditional security measures, making it increasingly challenging to detect and mitigate. PowerDrop's distinctiveness lies in its ability to operate undetected by employing an arsenal of advanced evasion tactics.

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Identity IQ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The methods used by cybercriminals in 2023 varied with cyberattacks, physical attacks, and system errors targeting everything from critical infrastructure to manufacturing to healthcare databases. This signals a new era of cybercrime where private data becomes prized currency, putting every email address and credit card number at risk.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2021

Good news for the victims of the Avaddon ransomware gang , the cybercrime group has shut down its operations and provided the decryption keys to BleepingComputer website. “The Avaddon ransomware encrypts victim’s files using AES-256 and RSA-2048, and appends a random extension.” ” states Emsisoft.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2023

Once inside the system, this malicious variant stealthily extracts sensitive information and proceeds to encrypt the compromised files.” Threat actors used reputable LinkedIn pages to target victims, including the Philippines Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Company and multiple organizations in Brazil.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 3, 2023

It adds the extension.play to the encrypted files and leaves a note with the word PLAY and an email address for contact, according to cybersecurity firm Avertium. The cyber gang uses a combination of encryption algorithms to lock the files, making them impossible to recover without the decryption key.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2021

You’ve likely heard the benefits of using a VPN: You can watch TV shows restricted to certain countries, you can encrypt your web traffic on public WiFi networks, and, importantly, you can obscure your Internet activity from your Internet Service Provider, which may use that activity for advertising. Source: ComputerWeekly).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2020

The Maze ransomware gang has released 14GB of files that they claim were stolen from one of its victims, the Southwire cable manufacturer. The victims of the Maze Ransomware are facing another risk, after having their data encrypted now crooks are threatening to publish their data online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2021

NAS servers are a privileged target for hackers because they normally store large amounts of data.The ransomware was targeting poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by QNAP, threat actors exploited known vulnerabilities or carried out brute-force attacks.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The ransomware encrypted files and renamed their filenames by adding the “ easy2lock” extension, this extension was previously associated with recent WastedLocker ransomware infections. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. Today, additional criminal charges against Kondratyev were unsealed in the Northern District of California related to his deployment in 2020 of ransomware against a victim located in California.”

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you are already familiar with the evolving cyber threat landscape in your home country, you’ll know that humans are often the most exploited attack vector for cybercrime, and how frequently small businesses are breached. This secure information should be safeguarded in impenetrable servers with valid encryption protocols enabled.

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Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2023

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. The Royal ransomware is written in C++, it infected Windows systems and deletes all Volume Shadow Copies to prevent data recovery.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 22, 2021

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