Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Technology giant Olympus announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack and is currently investigating the extent of the incident. Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak sitewhere it will publish data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Customers of Tyler Technologies are reporting finding suspicious logins and previously unseen remote access tools on their infrastructure. Tyler Technologies, Inc. The ransomware attack took place on September 23, the threat actors breached the network of the company and deployed the malware. ” continues the statement.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Like all ransomware, this is a type of malware that, once introduced into an organization, encrypts the data and then requires the victim to pay a ransom in order to decrypt it. Encrypted file structure ransomware BlackCat / ALPHV: [ORIGINAL_FILENAME].[ORIGINAL_extension].specific/different Black The LockBit 3.0

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

OmniVision Technologies is a company that specializes in developing advanced digital imaging solutions. OmniVision Technologies Inc. “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.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance once again call for tech firms to engineer backdoors into end-to-end and device encryption. The statements reinforce the importance of the encryption in protecting data, privacy, and IP, but highlights the risks of abusing it for criminal and terrorist purposes. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

The operators of the SFile ransomware (aka Escal) have developed a Linux version of their malware to expand their operations. Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. as the suffix name. as the suffix name. ” reported The Record. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Dr. Robert Byer, professor of applied physics at Stanford University, and a leading expert in laser science and technology, for instance, signed on as a distinguished scientist to advance basic research in the use of light waves to streamline quantum computing. More about these paradigm shifters below. Treasury, the U.S. Fortune 500.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

The campaign is notable for its utilization of the BatCloak malware obfuscation engine and ScrubCrypt to distribute the malware through obfuscated batch scripts. BatCloak is a fully undetectable (FUD) malware obfuscation engine used by threat actors to stealthily deliver their malware since September 2022.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2019

Croatia government agencies have been targeted by unknown hackers with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. A mysterious group of hackers carried out a series of cyber attacks against Croatian government agencies, infecting employees with a new piece of malware tracked as SilentTrinity. ” reads one of the alerts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

As the world is slowly returning to pre-pandemic conditions, the underlying trends that have always driven information security, such as new technologies, greater compliance mandates and more severe security incidents, continue to be significant change agents. These perceptions were consistent across all geographies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 3, 2023

By: Craig Debban , Chief Information Security Officer, QuSecure, Inc. As you may have noticed, daily headlines around quantum computing and its impact on technologies are becoming commonplace. Most likely his data is protected using current encryption algorithms and keys. That is a true statement today.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 22, 2020

“The county’s technology staff were immediately notified and coordinated recovery efforts with library staff,” reads the official statement. The library did not disclose the family of malware that infected its system, but experts believe that the computers were infected with ransomware. ” Source BleepingComputer. .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” continues the alert.

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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.” ” states the alert.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2021

The new variant was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. Upon execution, the ransomware enumerates files on all drives and network shares and attempt to encrypt them, experts noticed that the encryption algorithm used is the same as the one of the other Vega variants.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

And when malware, ransomware, or other cyber threats get in the way, the focus shifts from forward progress to focused co-operation. A security strategy should clear obstacles and enable every part of a business operation to run smoothly. Business initiatives demand faster, more efficient outcomes and technology responds.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 4, 2023

Its malware is specifically geared toward ESXi hosts, as it contains two related commands. Both asymmetric and symmetric encryption make it impossible to decrypt files without the attacker's private key." Can the encrypted files be decrypted without the attacker's private key? Its initial access vector remains unknown.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

While the malware written in.NET is new, its deployment is similar to previous attacks attributed to #Sandworm. Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 26, 2024

In particular, ransomware, which encrypts users’ data and demands a cryptocurrency ransom for their release or to avoid a dataleak, is becoming increasingly prevalent, causing financial and operational damage to individuals and businesses worldwide. Compromised websites and malware are often at the root of these types of attacks.

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Security Affairs

MAY 30, 2024

Since 2011, Wang and his co-conspirators had been distributing malware through malicious VPN applications, including MaskVPN, DewVPN, PaladinVPN, ProxyGate, ShieldVPN, and ShineVPN. The FBI has published information at fbi.gov/911S5 to help identify and remove 911 S5’s VPN applications from your devices or machines.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The attacks detailed by Cybereason targeted technology and manufacturing companies primarily located in East Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Symantec observed the attackers deploying a custom malware called Spyder Loader on the target networks. exe for the execution of the malware loader.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Microsoft researchers observed a campaign delivering malware, dubbed Nodersok, relying on advanced techniques and elusive network infrastructure. Microsoft experts observed a malware campaign, tracked as Nodersok, relying on advanced techniques and elusive network infrastructure. based payload, and a bunch of encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2022

The malware was first spotted on February 9, 2022, when 360Netlab’s honeypot system captured an unknown ELF file that was spreading by exploiting the Log4J vulnerability. The name B1txor20 is based on the file name “b1t” used for the propagation and the XOR encryption algorithm, and the RC4 algorithm key length of 20 bytes.

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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. The final-stage malware was the Clop ransomware.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

RansomExx ransomware operators are expanding their operations by developing a Linux version of their malware. The recently discovered Linux version of the RansomExx ransomware is built as an ELF executable named ‘svc-new’ that encrypts the target’s server.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Xplain hack impacted the Swiss cantonal police and Fedpol Zyxel published guidance for protecting devices from ongoing attacks Kimsuky APT poses as journalists and broadcast writers in its attacks New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware CISA adds Progress MOVEit Transfer zero-day to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm. The Bvp47 backdoor was first discovered in 2013 while conducting a forensic investigation into a security breach suffered by a Chinese government organization.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Today, technological advances have seen a rise in cyber security threats globally. Even with high-level security measures, no one is safe from such threats. That is why most companies hire professional information security services to mitigate the risks arising from data breaches. Security Systems.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Ransomware attackers often spend weeks or months inside of a target’s network before attempting to deploy malware across the network that encrypts servers and desktop systems unless and until a ransom demand is met. In some cases, this allows the intruders to profit even if their malware somehow fails to do its job.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

Most of the recent ransomware attack resulted in data breaches for the victims, threat actors implemented a double-extortion schema threatening the victims to data stolen before encrypting them on compromised systems. The post US CISA releases guidance on how to prevent ransomware data breaches appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Positive Technologies researchers Vladimir Kononovich and Alexey Stennikov have discovered security flaws Wincor Cineo ATMs that could be exploited to bypass Black-Box attack protections and withdraw cash. The vulnerabilities discovered by the security duo impacts the Wincor Cineo ATMs with the RM3 and CMD-V5 dispensers.

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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. In addition, they should avoid opening email attachments without scanning them with an anti-malware or anti-viral tool.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Experts warn that the recent attack on building automation giant Johnson Controls may have exposed data of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Johnson Controls International plc is a multinational conglomerate with a diversified portfolio of products and services primarily focused on building technologies and solutions.

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SC Magazine

MARCH 15, 2021

The school districts of Rockford, Illinois and Rockingham County, North Carolina learned some very valuable lessons in transparency and communication, timely incident response, access management, data redundancy and disaster recovery after each experienced a debilitating malware attack years ago. Rockingham County, North Carolina.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Microsoft discovered new custom malware, dubbed FoggyWeb, used by the Nobelium cyberespionage group to implant backdoor in Windows domains. “Once NOBELIUM obtains credentials and successfully compromises a server, the actor relies on that access to maintain persistence and deepen its infiltration using sophisticated malware and tools.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2023

As we rely increasingly on digital technologies for our work, communication, entertainment, and education, we also expose ourselves to more and more cyber risks. Cyberattacks can devastate individuals, businesses, and even nations, affecting our privacy, security, and economy. How prepared are we to deal with them? million by 2022.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2024

The healthcare organization notified law enforcement and hired third-party forensic and information technology experts to assist. It also announced additional security measures to protect its infrastructure. “We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care.

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