Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

The group also targeted a smaller subset of telecommunications firms in Africa and at least one charity organization in the Middle East. The attack chain starts with exploits for vulnerable internet-exposed systems such as web servers and management interfaces for networking equipment. . ” concludes ESET.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 27, 2023

” Since then the group has expanded its range of activities to include targeting organizations providing cable telecommunications, email, and tech services, and partnering with the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. Stop malicious encryption. The service is used by criminal gangs called affiliates who actually carry out attacks.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 14, 2020

Since the internet, especially the "internet of things," is expected to rely heavily on 5G infrastructure, potential Chinese infiltration is a serious national security threat. To be sure, there are significant security improvements in 5G over 4G­in encryption, authentication, integrity protection, privacy, and network availability.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2023

However, simple actions like adopting multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting sensitive data everywhere should be exercised throughout the year and not just during that month. The threat of attacks against Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) – energy, utilities, telecommunications, and transportation – is a top priority.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service. ” continues the Russian Watchdog.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The messages you send are encrypted on the client side so the content is visible only by you and the recipient intended to read it. The features that are coming soon include: SSO, MFA, templates, real time secure communication, dedicated portal, option to choose your own encryption module, monitoring, real time authorization and more.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since then the group has expanded its range of activities to include targeting organizations providing cable telecommunications, email, and tech services, and partnering with the ALPHV ransomware group. Create a plan for patching vulnerabilities in internet-facing systems quickly; and disable or harden remote access like RDP and VPNs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. ” reads the warning published by Microsoft.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 29, 2024

Quantum computers could break cryptographic algorithms, posing a significant threat to modern telecommunications networks. The 3GPP mobile comms standardization body is currently waiting on work by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) workgroups to update their standardized protocols before integrating them into future 5G releases.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Check Point has also observed the sharing of open VPN servers for the purpose of bypassing censorship, as Iran has limited the use of internet and social media. The actors used their access to move laterally within the network, encrypt network devices with BitLocker, and hold the decryption keys for ransom.". "In police department.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 27, 2020

So there's a huge amount of very detailed data about people's browsing behavior sitting out there on various servers on the Internet. Because this is such sensitive information, in Mozilla's products we try to minimize how much of it is collected with features such as encrypted sync or enhanced tracking protection. Web tracking data 3.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.

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IT Security Guru

AUGUST 17, 2023

A nationwide loss of power could create a ripple effect, causing disruption to internet telecommunications, water, sewage, fuel and gas supplies. Great Britain is known to have one of the most reliable energy systems in the world, and as such, maintaining it efficiently and safely is a top priority.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

New York City based Sisense has more than 1,000 customers across a range of industry verticals, including financial services, telecommunications, healthcare and higher education. “If they are hosting customer data on a third-party system like Amazon, it better damn well be encrypted,” Weaver said.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

There is too much focus on the ransomware executable, or how to recover once an organization’s servers and data are already encrypted. Threat actors gained access to telecommunications providers, which then enabled them to access and monitor communications for customers of those providers. Predictions”.

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Pen Test Partners

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Additionally, any unique passwords generated for products must avoid simplicity, such as incremental counters or information easily linked to the device, unless encrypted or hashed using industry-recognised secure methods. What does non-compliance look like?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

There are many different ways to safeguard your organization’s sensitive data from a breach, including encryption, data erasure, data masking, and data resiliency. The technology and telecommunications industry is critical to modern society, enabling and driving communication, commerce, and innovation.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For instance, before making the first internet connection to its C2s, the Sunburst malware lies dormant for a long period, of up to two weeks, which prevents an easy detection of this behavior in sandboxes. The target’s UID is then encrypted, and the data is encoded with CreateSecureString. Low-level details. The problem.

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SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

It primarily goes after targets located in China, such as foreign diplomatic organizations established in the country, members of the academic community, or companies from the defense, logistics and telecommunications sectors. Layout of the encrypted data. x33x44”). Description. Sample value (in hex). Unknown static value.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

I'm like yo my credit cards and financial information your entering into this internet system isn't even fully encrypted. Here's the bigger issue that concerns me in both the Telstra and Optus cases: the security of our telecommunication accounts is increasingly paramount these days.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 3, 2022

The LAPSUS$ group is a relative newcomer to the ransomware scene, but it has made a name for itself by bringing down big targets like Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal, Brazil’s Ministry of Health, and Brazilian telecommunications operator Claro. Hacked back?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Limited tests can focus on narrower targets such as networks, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, physical security, cloud security, web applications, or other system components. Known as black , white , and gray box pentests, these differ in how much information is provided to the pentester before running the simulated attacks.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 24, 2022

KA-SAT, run in cooperation with French satellite operator EUTELSAT, supplies Europe and the Mediterranean with satellite internet connection and, due to its independence from terrestrial infrastructure, connects endpoints in remote areas. Viasat Inc., One such beam is located over Kyiv. It is unknown how Lapsus$ obtains initial access.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The contemporary world has witnessed the rise of the Internet and global communication, and collaboration technologies, including mobile data use and the culture of bring your own device [BYOD]. VoIP phishing and impersonation also victimized millions of corporate employees across the world , contributing to an even greater cyber threat.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2019

Security experts at FireEye uncovered a DNS hijacking campaign that is targeting government agencies, ISPs and other telecommunications providers, Internet infrastructure entities, and sensitive commercial organizations in the Middle East, North Africa, North America and Europe. ” reads the report published by FireEye.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 25, 2020

Justice Department today criminally charged a Canadian and a Northern Ireland man for allegedly conspiring to build botnets that enslaved hundreds of thousands of routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices for use in large-scale distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. telecommunications provider TalkTalk.

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SecureList

MAY 12, 2021

To ensure that their ability to restore encrypted files would never be questioned, they cultivated an online presence, wrote press releases and generally made sure their name would be known to all potential victims. They interact with each other through internet handles, paying for services with cryptocurrency. Access sellers.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2022

Now, the mobile app required for all attendees of the games, MY2022, has been found to have a "simple but devastating flaw" in its encryption protecting the user's personal information, according to a report from CitizenLab. We found that MY2022 transmits non-encrypted data to 'tmail.beijing2022.cn' Vulnerabilities in the Olympics app.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

These events can occur accidentally and even within a corporate network; however, intentional attacks on internet-facing resources are far more common. Extra protection should be applied to protect exposed or critical resources such as application servers exposed to the internet or DNS servers and services. Harden infrastructure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Technological developments, like the adoption of cloud computing and the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT), are disrupting traditional business models and bring new challenges to areas such as law, communication and business development practices. Australia requires health data to be stored locally).

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. EnterpriseDB.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Maltese Internet service provider Melita was also hit by ransomware: a showcase DDoS attack disrupted services. At the same time, ransomware operators, having already started to steal victims’ data before encryption, also turned their eyes on DDoS as an extortion tool.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Now, I’m certain that the credit is encoded (and probably encrypted) in the blocks 8 and 9. An example of easier card: Some vendor has more easier approach by using the MIFARE “Value block” to store the credit without obfuscation or encryption. The card was fully functional with the previous credit stored in that dump.

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

This tactic refers to when ransomware operators exfiltrate data before encryption, and then threaten to publish the data on a publicly available data leaks site as an additional layer of extortion. This has the double pronged effect of crippling an organization, whilst also resulting in the significant impact that accompanies a data breach.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 28, 2021

These include CarrierEdge for telecommunications service providers, MicroEdge for the IoT industry and CloudEdge for enterprises. What’s impressive about this startup is SpiderSilk’s proprietary internet scanner. Privafy received $22 million in funding in 2020. SentinelOne also made our list of top EDR vendors. SpiderSilk.

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