Security Affairs

MAY 4, 2025

“The ransomware either encrypted data from victims computer networks or claimed to take that data from the networks. Black Kingdom ransomware was first spotted in late February 2020 by security researcher GrujaRS , the ransomware encrypts files and appends the.DEMON extension to filenames of the encrypted documents.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems. What’s more, Syrén seemed to downplay the severity of the exposure.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2021

Trojan Shield operation: The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. The FBI and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2025

In Dark Web environments as well as on specialized forums, sellers are posting synthetic ads inviting potential buyers to contact them privately, often via Telegram, Session, and other encrypted messaging apps. Payments are mostly made in Bitcoin or Monero, to ensure confidentiality and irreversibility.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 16, 2024

“In at least two cases Amnesty International documented, the Cellebrite UFED product and associated exploits were used to covertly bypass phone security features, enabling Serbian authorities to infect the devices with NoviSpy spyware. ” reads the report published by Amnesty. ” reported the Associated Press.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2025

The ZIP pretended to be a document about export declarations and included a disguised LNK file and images of arthropods. Two of the images were fake, one of them contained an encrypted payload, the other a DLL used to decrypt and launch the malicious code when the victim clicked the link. ” continues the report.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Chances are strong that your corporate website uses a CMS, and perhaps you have a separate CMS for documents and other files shared by your employees, partners, and suppliers. Security is essential for a CMS. percent of CMS users worry about the security of their CMS—while 46.4 What can you do about it?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“They allegedly used the Phobos malware to encrypt information on the networks, blocking the companies from accessing the data unless a ransom was paid and a decryption key was provided by the gang. Generation of target list of extensions and folders to encrypt. ” reported the website Nation Thailand.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Experts warn of phishing attacks that are combining the use of compromised Microsoft 365 accounts and.rpmsg encrypted emails. Trustwave researchers have observed threat actors using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

It also resembles Trend Micros documented PlugX type 2 variant, also linked to Fireant. Both variants use the same RC4 encryption key (qwedfgx202211) and have similar configuration structures, reinforcing their connection to the espionage group. Evidence suggests the attacker may have prior ransomware involvement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2025

3 cyberattack led to unauthorized access, file withdrawals, and encryption of critical applications. “Preliminary investigations indicate that threat actors unlawfully accessed the Companys network, encrypted critical applications, and exfiltrated certain files. The company reported to the SEC that a Feb.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

Mandiant concluded that the 3CX attack was orchestrated by the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as Lazarus , a determination that was independently reached earlier by researchers at Kaspersky Lab and Elastic Security. The malware was found inside of a document that offered an employment contract at the multinational bank HSBC.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2025

” Threat actor distributes LNK files compressed inside ZIP archives as part of the recent phishing campaign, usually disguising the file as an Office document and uses names related to the military invasion. This DLL acts as a loader, decrypting and executing the final Remcos payload from encrypted files within the ZIP.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Become familiar with the standards that affect your industry, such as GDPR, CCPA, SOX, HIPAA, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA). Assign roles and responsibilities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2025

BPFDoors Hidden Controller Used Against Asia, Middle East Targets Gorilla, a newly discovered Android malware Cascading Shadows: An Attack Chain Approach to Avoid Detection and Complicate Analysis IronHusky updates the forgotten MysterySnail RAT to target Russia and Mongolia Unmasking the new XorDDoS controller and infrastructure Byte Bandits: How (..)

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense announced it had breached the Russian Ministry of Defense servers as part of a special operation, and exfiltrated confidential documents. software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense to encrypt and protect its data.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2024

To implement effective anti-attack measures, it is vital to perform regular testing, updating and integration of security systems. A key factor in securing infrastructure is compliance with password-protection policies for access to the information security systems. In one of the incidents, C.A.S In the majority of C.A.S

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

Kaspersky first documented the operations of the group in 2016. Upon execution, the spyware retrieves an encrypted configuration from Firebase Firestore, controlling activation and the C2 server address. The configuration request, sent as an encrypted JSON, controls parameters like C2 ping frequency, plugin URLs, and victim messages.

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Centraleyes

MAY 5, 2025

This guide offers a comprehensive, step-by-step breakdown of the process, providing the depth and clarity youre looking for to build a rock-solid Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISO 27001 is a globally recognized standard for managing information security. What is ISO 27001? Why is ISO 27001 Important?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2024

To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needed GitHub Enterprise Server’s encrypted assertions feature enabled, direct network access, and a signed SAML response or metadata document. “Please note that encrypted assertions are not enabled by default. The flaw affects all versions of Enterprise Server prior to 3.15

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The backdoor spreads via weaponized Word documents (“ Apply Form.docm.”) The malicious document was uploaded from Jordan on August 25, 2022. . Upon opening the document and enabling the embedded macro, a PowerShell script is dropped on the victim’s machine. . The command is encrypted using AES-256 CBC.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) claims to have stolen info from the systems at the company before encrypting them. The hackers claim to have stolen 540Gb of technical and financial documents stolen form the company. “Absolutely all servers and working computers of the company are hacked and encrypted.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

With 12 top level controls ranging from securing the CDE, to keeping eyes on your third parties, theres a lot to think about. When it comes to compliance, the list of documentation and evidence pieces is broad. How to use this checklist Maintain organisation : Categorise documents by control group for easy access during assessments.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2020

Hackers have stolen confidential documents from the US military contractor Westech, which provides critical support for US Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. Threat actors first compromised the Westech’s network, then stole the documents before encrypting them. The LGM-30 Minuteman is a U.S.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The researchers analyzed multiple samples of the malware and gained access to internal documents obtained from open directories on attacker infrastructure. These documents suggest the existence of an iOS conversion of the spyware that has yet to be uncovered. The tool encrypts data before exfiltrate it to a command-and-control server.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 8, 2020

There’s an old adage in information security: “Every company gets penetration tested, whether or not they pay someone for the pleasure.” ” Many organizations that do hire professionals to test their network security posture unfortunately tend to focus on fixing vulnerabilities hackers could use to break in.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The attackers exploited the Log4Shell remote code execution vulnerability to download a.NET binary from a remote server that encrypts the files on the target machine and adds the extension.khonsari to each file. NOT MODIFY OR DELETE THIS FILE OR ANY ENCRYPTED FILES. NOT MODIFY OR DELETE THIS FILE OR ANY ENCRYPTED FILES.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2021

The spear-phishing messages used a malicious Rich Text File (RTF) document that included descriptions of an autonomous underwater vehicle. The RTF documents were uncovered by Cybereason Nocturnus Team while investigating recent developments in the RoyalRoad weaponizer, also known as the 8.t t Dropper/RTF exploit builder.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

uk @GossiTheDog @UK_Daniel_Card @SOSIntel @joetidy pic.twitter.com/erEvd0DtBT — Dominic Alvieri (@AlvieriD) January 22, 2024 The group claims to have stolen 750 gigabytes of sensitive data, including users’ personal documents and corporate documents. The position of the encrypted blocks is determined by the file size.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Black Kingdom ransomware was first spotted in late February 2020 by security researcher GrujaRS , the ransomware encrypts files and appends the.DEMON extension to filenames of the encrypted documents. It does indeed encrypt files. pic.twitter.com/POYlPYGjsz — MalwareTech (@MalwareTechBlog) March 21, 2021.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2024

The group uses social engineering techniques to persuade their targets to open documents or download malware. Once a relationship has been established, the target will receive a phishing link or a document containing such a link. These targets are approached in spear phishing attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

Documents belonging to the Swiss Air Force were leaked on the dark web as a result of cyberattack on a US security provider. Documents belonging to the Swiss Air Force were leaked on the dark web after the US security company Ultra Intelligence & Communications suffered a data breach.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2024

Recently, TAG has observed COLDRIVER delivering custom malware via phishing campaigns using PDFs as lure documents. In November 2022, TAG spotted COLDRIVER sending targets benign PDF documents from impersonation accounts. When the victims opens the PDF, an encrypted text is displayed. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

ui : Displays real-time progress and statistics of the encryption process, such as the number of files encrypted. no_vm_ss : Encrypts files on ESXi hosts without shutting down running virtual machines, using the esxicli terminal and deleting snapshots. The ransomware uses a function called encrypt_file to handle file encryption.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader , but in 8Base campaigns, it has the ransomware component embedded in its encrypted payloads. 8base” file extension for encrypted documents, a circumstance that suggested a possible link to the 8Base group or the use of the same code-base for their ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2022

All communication is end-to-end encrypted, and the app is open source. In future, the army will forbid its relatives from exchanging information with one another via Whats app, signal or telegram and from disseminating official instructions via these channels.” Source Property of the People.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2022

Experts discovered a feature in Microsoft 365 suite that could be abused to encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive and target cloud infrastructure. Researchers from Proofpoint reported that a feature in the in Microsoft 365 suite could be abused to encrypt files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive. ” continues the report.

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