eSecurity Planet

APRIL 9, 2024

This framework guarantees that appropriate authentication measures, encryption techniques, data retention policies, and backup procedures are in place. Is data encrypted in transit and at rest? Assess the physical security measures: Evaluate access controls, surveillance systems, and environmental controls.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Twitter confirmed that a security incident publicly exposed Circle tweets FBI seized other domains used by the shadow eBook library Z-Library WordPress Advanced Custom Fields plugin XSS exposes +2M sites to attacks Fortinet fixed two severe issues in FortiADC and FortiOS Pro-Russia group NoName took down multiple France sites, including the French (..)

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 5, 2019

This story is about how crooks increasingly are abusing third-party financial aggregation services like Mint , Plaid , Yodlee , YNAB and others to surveil and drain consumer accounts online. “If the account is active, hackers then can go to the next stage for 2FA phishing or social engineering, or linking the accounts with another.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2021

“we will have a look at how a simple phishing attack through an Android messaging application could result in the direct leakage of data found in External Storage ( /sdcard ). or greater on the Android platform, as previous versions are vulnerable to the aforementioned bugs and may allow for remote user surveillance.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla. ‘Twas a simple phishing scam that brought Twitter down! And here’s another shocking fact.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns. Organizations can accomplish this task by using a sophisticated security platform to encrypt data handled by IoT devices. Choose your partners wisely.

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IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Healthcare 122

SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2022

Also known as Gozi, Ursnif has evolved over the years to include a persistence mechanism, methods to avoid sandboxes and virtual machines, and search capability for disk encryption software to attempt key extraction for unencrypting files. Ursnif Ursnif is a banking Trojan that steals financial information.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. User files were encrypted, with the device’s interface displaying a ransom note demanding payment of 0.03 BTC to recover the data. Therefore, we did not issue a certificate.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2019

During the last month, our Threat Intelligence surveillance team spotted increasing evidence of an operation intensification against the Banking sector. The interesting thing about the communication with the C2 is the fact that there is no encryption: the data harvested are sent to the C2 in JSON format. Introduction. Conclusion.

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Banking Malware Surveillance Retail 70

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2021

The Cyber-attack resulted in a large volume of data to be encrypted including database servers and backup data. In December 2020, Symrise AG confirmed that they were the target of Clop Ransomware attack, when 500GB of their data from over 1000 infected devices was encrypted by cyber criminals. 4securitas.com ).

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

However, instead of encrypting the data, it purposefully destroyed it in the affected systems. A creative avenue for threat actors is to expand their surveillance efforts to include devices such as smart home cameras, connected car systems and beyond. They attribute the wiper, named SwiftSlicer, to Sandworm (aka Hades).

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SecureList

MAY 31, 2021

Lazarus made use of COVID-19 themes in its spear-phishing emails, embellishing them with personal information gathered using publicly available sources. Ransomware encrypting virtual hard disks. Ransomware gangs are exploiting vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi to target virtual hard disks and encrypt the data stored on them.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Access encrypted chats from third-party apps. Pegasus is the creation of the NSO Group , an Israeli firm that licenses it to governments to perform surveillance. While ransomware and APT groups may conduct surveillance on their targets before launching an attack, they are seldom concerned with individuals. Access emails.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The most remarkable findings In early 2023, we discovered an ongoing attack targeting government entities in the APAC region by compromising a specific type of a secure USB drive, which provides hardware encryption. This strategic shift signals its intent to intensify its surveillance capabilities and expand its range of targets.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

On the other hand, while passkeys may do much to stop email phishing , as biometrics won’t be an easy target, cyber criminals can turn to other malware to remotely hack and unlock a phone. Identity, citizenship, and surveillance are all societal concerns. These types of attacks are expected to increase. Awaiting the future.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2022

One of the most dangerous kinds of malware for businesses, ransomware can slip into a network or device and encrypt sensitive files or lock down the entire device unless the victims pay the hacker a usually-sizable fee to unlock it – and even then, decryption fails most of the time. Your browser’s homepage changing without your permission.

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Spinone

JANUARY 5, 2021

But generally, popular cloud storage providers like Azure or AWS protect your data using the following practices: Encryption. In case a piece of data gets stolen, it will be impossible to read without an encryption key. Phishing emails. It is a way of encoding information, so only authorized users can read it.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Talos reported that these DNS hijacks also paved the way for the attackers to obtain SSL encryption certificates for the targeted domains (e.g. Woodcock said domain records for the targeted Middle East TLDs it managed were altered after the DNSpionage hackers phished credentials that Key-Systems uses to make domain changes for their clients.

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Spinone

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Phishing Simulations from Cyber Aware Phishing simulation is a program designed for business owners and employers to train their staff to identify phishing scams. Given that phishing accounts for 90% of data breaches , this simulation must be a part of every company’s security education.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Taking healthcare as a use case, Rubin said healthcare data for about 300 million Americans is encrypted and riding on the back of a Thales protection plan. That encryption is absolutely critical. Technical surveillance countermeasures are an important tool in the fight to keep executives safe.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The attackers obtain initial access to a system by sending a spear-phishing email to the victim containing a Dropbox download link. The attack is estimated to have resulted in the encryption of files belonging to around 60 Kaseya customers using the on-premises version of the platform. FinSpy: analysis of current capabilities.

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