Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Court documents obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool that allows accessing private Signal messages on iPhones. Court documents related to a recent gun-trafficking case in New York and obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool to access private Signal messages. ” states Forbes.

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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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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 11, 2019

UK, and Australia: Weak Encryption Puts Billions of Internet Users at Risk. The Identity Project has extensive documentation , and I generally concur with their recommendations. The Open Technology Institute has an Open Letter to Law Enforcement in the U.S., press release , letter.) I am pleased to be one of the signers.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. It’s a surreal experience, paging through hundreds of top-secret NSA documents. I didn’t know either of them, but I have been writing about cryptography, security, and privacy for decades.

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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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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

AUGUST 7, 2020

The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled as “confidential” or “restricted secret.” ” The hackers shared the documents on the file-sharing site MEGA. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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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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Centraleyes

APRIL 18, 2024

The Vital Role of Audit Evidence Audit evidence is the backbone of any audit process, offering tangible documentation and proof of an organization’s adherence to established cybersecurity measures. The audit ensures that the organization has implemented a robust ISMS and is committed to managing information security risks effectively.

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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 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

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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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

MAY 22, 2024

“On September 30, 2023, OVT became aware of a security incident that resulted in the encryption of certain OVT systems by an unauthorized third party. As proof of the data breach, the extortion group published data samples, including passport images, NDAs, contracts, and other documents.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. Look for the “https” in the website’s URL—it means there’s some level of encryption.

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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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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

APRIL 16, 2024

LightSpy can steal files from multiple popular applications like Telegram, QQ, and WeChat, as well as personal documents and media stored on the device. “The Loader initiates the process by loading both the encrypted and subsequently decrypted LightSpy kernel. ” reads the report published by BlackBerry.

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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

MARCH 25, 2024

The malware StrelaStealer is an email credential stealer that DCSO_CyTec first documented in November 2022. “The JScript file then drops a Base64-encrypted file and a batch file. The Base64-encrypted file is decoded with the certutil -f decode command, resulting in the creation of a Portable Executable (PE) DLL file.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

The attackers were delivering the malware using archive files and Microsoft Office documents exploiting the Follina Windows flaw ( CVE-2022-30190 ). “The earliest versions of this Rat was typically archived into a zip file pretending to be a document specific to a Russian group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The gang also published several pictures of passports and company documents as proof of the hack. Cactus uses the Rclone tool for data exfiltration and used a PowerShell script called TotalExec, which was used in the past by BlackBasta ransomware operators, to automate the deployment of the encryption process.

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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

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

APRIL 10, 2024

“The attacker attempted to encrypt GHC-SCW’s system but was unsuccessful.” “On February 9, 2024, during our investigation, we discovered indications that the attacker had copied some of GHC-SCW’s data, which included protected health information (PHI).”

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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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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2023

Security experts noticed that the Go-based ransomware was able to encrypt files at high speeds. Upon its execution, BianLian searches all available disk drives (from A: to Z:) and all files to encrypt. Once encrypted a file, the ransomware appends the.bianlian extension and drops a ransom note (instruction.txt) into each folder.

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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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Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

The ZIP archives contain a compressed executable payload that, if executed, will start the encryption process with LockBit Black ransomware. Subject lines included “your document” and “photo of you???”. The emails sent in the April campaign contain ZIP attachments and were sent by the same addresses, “JennyBrown3422[@]gmail[.]com,”

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

. “The campaign leverages HTML Smuggling, a technique in which attackers hide malicious payloads inside HTML documents.” Opening these malicious HTML documents the embedded payload within the code is decoded and saved to a JavaScript blob. Additional countries referenced in lure documents are France and Sweden.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2024

They could try to encrypt critical government data, demanding a ransom for its release or threatening to leak sensitive information publicly,” our researchers said. file leaked several types of database credentials, mail credentials, and data encryption keys. What MIM data was exposed? The exposed env. The now closed env.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

To prevent unauthorized users from getting into a vital call, ensure the video conferencing tool has end-to-end encryption. This feature will protect video conferences and guarantee those conversations are secure. The key is ensuring workers use a solution that provides enhanced security. The key is end-to-end encryption.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2021

“GIGABYTE released a major message stating that the information security team has cooperated with technical experts from a number of external information security companies to jointly handle this cyber attack on a small number of servers of GIGABYTE, and has notified the abnormal network conditions it has detected.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The attacks frequently targeted small and tribal casinos, encrypting servers and the personally identifying information (PII) of employees and patrons.” The FBI also recommends reviewing the security posture of third-party vendors. ” reported the PIN.

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Duo's Security Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

WebAuthn Public Key Cryptography allows a merchant or customer to send a 'secret' encrypted message using a public key and only the owner of that public key can decrypt it with their private key. Using concepts from Public Key Cryptography WebAuthn was born to verify identity securely. So, we began with the use of passwords.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

On September 24th, researchers discovered that the NLP platform was exposing sensitive credentials, secrets, and encryption keys via publicly available JS files. The buckets contained the personal data of workers, marine crew, invoices, and internal documents. This poses a grave danger of ransomware attacks. Image by SecurityDiscovery.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2021

The attackers used invoice-themed XLS.HTML attachments, Microsoft reported that they changed obfuscation and encryption mechanisms every 37 days on average, a circumstance that demonstrates high motivation and the threat actors’ abilities to constantly evade detection. com , or api[.]statvoo[.]com

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