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Tech Republic Security
APRIL 14, 2021
From remote work and social media to ergonomics and encryption, TechRepublic has dozens of ready-made, downloadable IT policy templates.
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Tech Republic Security
APRIL 14, 2021
From remote work and social media to ergonomics and encryption, TechRepublic has dozens of ready-made, downloadable IT policy templates.
SecureBlitz
AUGUST 3, 2021
Will a VPN prevent my ISP from seeing what I download? A VPN can prevent your ISP from seeing what you download by encrypting the data leaving your device. What your VPN sees is scrambled data with no way of knowing or seeing what you’re downloading, the website you’re downloading from, and the. Absolutely yes!
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SecureList
APRIL 18, 2022
Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 6, 2021
Upon analysis, the obfuscated PowerShell downloader initiated a chain of infection leading to a lesser-known malware called Saint Bot. Saint Bot is a downloader that appeared quite recently, and slowly is getting momentum. Use Electrum to download & save it on your side [link] Password is: privatemoney9999999usd Thank you.
Security Boulevard
JANUARY 3, 2022
This lawsuit settlement with Zoom begs the question how much Facebook users should get, given similar false claims of end-to-end encryption. Zoom misrepresented its end-to-end encryption Strangely, the lawsuit excludes large customers who may have suffered the most egregious violations of trust.
Malwarebytes
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
New encryption routine Victims have reported a new variant of the encryptor that no longer leaves large chunks of data unencrypted. The decryption tool uses the large and therefore mostly non-encrypted flat files, where the virtual machine's disk data is stored, to recover the VMs. This makes recovery next to impossible.
Malwarebytes
APRIL 6, 2023
contains encrypted malicious code—meaning it cannot be read plainly. also contains two hard-coded download URLs, both served on the malicious domain infoamanewonliag[.]online. The same IP also hosts the illicit domain the payloads were downloaded from. Its purpose is to load another JS script called update.js
Security Boulevard
JULY 28, 2022
The key observations are: Obfuscated Excel macros used to download and run the Emotet loader. Encrypted Emotet payload embedded in loader’s.rsrc section. Macro Downloads and Executes Emotet Loader. It then tries to execute the downloaded Emotet loader using regsvr32.exe Encrypted Emotet payload in the PE.rsrc section.
Security Boulevard
JANUARY 21, 2022
In October 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader and some significant improvements were introduced, especially related to the command and control (C2) network encryption. Download and execute additional binaries. In this blog post, we perform a detailed analysis of Xloader’s C2 network encryption and communication protocol.
Security Affairs
APRIL 29, 2023
xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” continues the report.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Royal Ransomware operators added support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The Royal Ransomware gang is the latest extortion group in order of time to add support for encrypting Linux devices and target VMware ESXi virtual machines. The malware changes the extension of the encrypted files to ‘.royal’.
SecureList
APRIL 18, 2022
Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. Geography of the Yanluowang attacks, December 4th, 2021 – April 8th, 2022 ( download ). The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.
CyberSecurity Insiders
JULY 20, 2021
Telegram made it official that it has offered a security fix to non-encrypted chats that were previously vulnerable to cyber attacks through manipulated bots. Although all messages are encrypted on Telegram, the MTProto encryption is not available by default, as users need to opt-in for the end-to-end encryption.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 2, 2018
While HTTPS has made the web at large a much safe place, Apple has chosen to forgo it for iTunes and App Store downloads.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
ESET researchers discovered a new downloader, dubbed DePriMon, that used new “Port Monitor” methods in attacks in the wild. . The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 23, 2021
When the ATM is no longer in use, the skimming device remains dormant, storing the stolen data in an encrypted format. ” Investigators wanted to look at the data stored on the shimmer, but it was encrypted. But the data dump from the shimmer was just encrypted gibberish.” THE DOWNLOAD CARDS.
Schneier on Security
MAY 23, 2022
This file is encrypted using AES-256-CBC encryption combined with Base64 encoding. A 4-digit application PIN (which gets set during the initial onboarding when a user first instals the application) is the encryption password used to protect or encrypt the licence data.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently. And though you likely cannot calculate exactly how much data your organization holds; you know it is going to be a big and costly problem to “Encrypt Everything.”. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth. Thu, 11/11/2021 - 09:30.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
Downloads of files like images may be banned if they use HTTP connections - even if they are available from an HTTPS website.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
“What we discovered is that TeamTNT has been scanning for a misconfigured Docker Daemon and deploying alpine, a vanilla container image, with a command line to download a shell script (k.sh) to a C2 server (domain: whatwill[.]be “Breaking the cryptographic encryption is considered “Mission: Impossible”. be on IP 93[.]95[.]229[.]203).”
Security Boulevard
MARCH 26, 2022
Open Source Sabotage and Encryption Efficacy Emerge as Tactics in Ukraine Resistance. As a dependency, node-ipc is automatically downloaded and incorporated into other libraries, including ones that have over one million weekly downloads, according to Ars Technica. Ukrainians get serious about encryption. brooke.crothers.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 4, 2021
percent of all malware detected on networks of WatchGuard Technologies customers in the second quarter came over encrypted connections, raising the security risk for the 80 percent of such organizations that lack processes for decrypting and scanning HTTPS traffic for threats. Malware in Encrypted Traffic. A surprising 91.5
SiteLock
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
If you happen to visit a website that’s been compromised, your computer can quickly be infected by cyber criminals implementing a popular drive-by download attack. Here, we’ll look at what a drive-by download is, types of attacks, and how to stay protected this holiday season. What Is A Drive-By Download? Ransomware.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT remote access trojan masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT RAT masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. in) used by the attackers. Pierluigi Paganini.
Schneier on Security
JULY 22, 2021
If exploited, cyberattackers could bypass security products; install programs; view, change, encrypt or delete data; or create new accounts with more extensive user rights. Look for your printer here , and download the patch if there is one. It carries an 8.8 out of 10 rating on the CVSS scale, making it high-severity.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
APRIL 1, 2021
Protecting Sensitive Data with Luna Key Broker for Microsoft Double Key Encryption. Thales has integrated its Luna HSMs with DKE for Microsoft 365, which work together to enable organizations to protect their most sensitive data while maintaining full control of their encryption keys. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 14:04.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 29, 2019
In the last weeks, the Cybaze -Yoroi ZLAB investigated a new APT28 campaign leveraging the Zepakab Downloader. Sha256 e6e93c7744d20e2cac2c2b257868686c861d43c6cf3de146b8812778c8283f7d Threat Zepakab/Zebrocy Downloader ssdeep 12288:QYV6MorX7qzuC3QHO9FQVHPF51jgcSj2EtPo/V7I6R+Lqaw8i6hG0:vBXu9HGaVHh4Po/VU6RkqaQ6F. Pierluigi Paganini.
NetSpi Technical
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
The aim is to bypass traditional detections for file downloads on the wire, such as a HTTP(S) GET request to an external domain for /maliciousmacro.doc. The file now formatted back into its original and executable form, is presented to the user as though it was an ordinary file download. Golang is very easy to compile to Wasm.
Troy Hunt
DECEMBER 25, 2022
Hope yours has been amazing too, see you from home next week 😊 References LastPass has added an update re their recent security incident (if keychains have been downloaded - even fully encrypted ones - that's bad news) Personally, I quite like the public view count on all tweets (if you dislike it just purely because it was introduced (..)
SecureList
OCTOBER 26, 2023
That is because the JS validator implements its own layer of encryption for C2 communications, using the NaCl library. The encryption algorithm used is based on public-key cryptography. Thus, to obtain the malicious attachment file, we had to retrieve two components: The ciphertext of the attachment; The AES key used to encrypt it.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Xamalicious relies on social engineering to gain accessibility privileges, then it connects to C2 to evaluate whether or not to download a second-stage payload. The authors also implemented different obfuscation techniques and custom encryption to avoid detection.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 21, 2022
China is mandating that athletes download and use a health and travel app when they attend the Winter Olympics next month. Citizen Lab examined the app and found it riddled with security holes.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 15, 2023
Simply download Dropblock today from the App Store or from the Google Play Store to get 5GB of secure blockchain storage for free. Dropblock uses patented data encryption and artificial intelligence (AI) technology, developed by Web3 data storage specialists, OmniIndex. How does Dropblock’s secure blockchain storage work?
Security Affairs
MARCH 26, 2019
The Hacked Ransomware was first spotted in 2017, it appends.hacked extension to the encrypted files and includes ransom notes in Italian, English, Spanish, and Turkish. In 2018, the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie discovered a weakness in the encryption process that allowed the expert to create a decryption tool.
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. IF YOU DO, YOUR FILES MAY BE UNRECOVERABLE.
Security Affairs
MARCH 11, 2019
. “When we first covered the DJVU variant of the STOP Ransomware being distributed by fake software cracks in January, we noted that when the malware was executed it would download various components that are used to perform different tasks on a victim’s computer.” ” reads a blog post published by Bleepingcomputer.
The Hacker News
JANUARY 23, 2024
Two malicious packages discovered on the npm package registry have been found to leverage GitHub to store Base64-encrypted SSH keys stolen from developer systems on which they were installed.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 1, 2023
“If we download the archive and unzip it, we find it contains files (prefixed with “TurtleRansom”) that appear to be compiled for common platforms, including, Windows, Linux, and yes, macOS” reads the analysis published by Wardle. The malware adds the extension “ TURTLERANSv0 ” to the filenames of encrypted files.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 3, 2018
Large data scale breaches have led an increasing number of companies to embrace comprehensive encryption strategies to protect their assets. According to our 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study , 43% of respondents report that their organization has an encryption strategy they apply across the enterprise, compared with 15% in 2005.
The Hacker News
MAY 19, 2023
The packages – named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent – were collectively downloaded approximately 1,200 times and were available for more than two months before they were identified and taken down. ReversingLabs, which broke
Security Boulevard
MARCH 31, 2023
This then downloads the valid signed Malicious 3CX MSI installer and the Affected 3CX MAC Application as required in the form of an update package on the victim's machine as shown in the screenshot below. dll which contains the encrypted second stage payload. dll which contains a second stage encrypted payload.
Security Affairs
MAY 19, 2023
ReversingLabs discovered two malicious packages, respectively named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent, in the npm package repository containing an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. The nodejs-encrypt-agent was discovered due to name and version discrepancies noticed by the researchers while scanning the repository.
Security Affairs
MARCH 25, 2024
Upon downloading and opening the archive, a JScript file is dropped onto the system. “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.”
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2021
The attack chain starts with a downloader module on a victim’s server in the form of a standalone executable format and a DLL. The DLL downloader is run by the Exchange IIS worker process w3wp.exe. Attackers used a modified EfsPotato exploit to target proxyshell and PetitPotam flaws as an initial downloader.
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