Schneier on Security
AUGUST 22, 2022
“Turns out the [AES] encryption key in that script is the first AES 128-bit CBC example key listed in the NIST document SP800-38A [PDF]” […]. The search results pointed to a common public key that shows up in online tutorials like “ RSA Encryption & Decryption Example with OpenSSL in C.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 14, 2020
Malware would encrypt the data on your computer, and demand a ransom for the encryption key. Now ransomware is increasingly involving both encryption and exfiltration. The company refused to pay, so the criminals leaked documents and data belonging to Visser Precision, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, SpaceX, the US Navy, and others.
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Penetration Testing
JANUARY 25, 2024
This malicious software, designed to encrypt files on a victim’s computer, demands a ransom in exchange for the decryption key,... The post FAUST Ransomware Strikes: The Hidden Dangers Inside Office Documents appeared first on Penetration Testing.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
North Korea-linked Konni APT group used Russian-language Microsoft Word documents to deliver malware. FortiGuard Labs researchers observed the North Korea-linked Konni APT group using a weaponized Russian-language Word document in an ongoing phishing campaign. The Word document seems to be in the Russian language.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 21, 2021
And this is why DigiCert recently introduced DigiCert® Document Signing Manager (DSM) – an advanced hosted service designed to increase the level of assurance of the identities of persons signing documents digitally. And PKI , of course, is the behind-the-scenes authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 24, 2023
The ex-NSA employee had Top Secret clearance that give him access to top secret documents. All three documents from which the excerpts were taken contain NDI, are classified as Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and were obtained by Dalke during his employment with the NSA.”
Schneier on Security
APRIL 23, 2019
Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm. Both are ways of weakening encryption.
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