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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Ransomware Password Management Passwords Hacking 90

The Security Ledger

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Terry is a former NSA employee who specializes in firmware security. Congress has been aggressive in calling out the Chinese threat to domestic businesses. To understand the threat that software and hardware from China poses to organizations here in the U.S. we invited Terry Dunlap of the firm ReFirm Labs back into the Security Ledger studio.

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Risk Surveillance Firmware Technology 40

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. Low-level details. The sample we’ll be analyzing is 2c4a910a1299cdae2a4e55988a2f102e. domain name part(0x683D2C991E01711D)=ov.

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DNS Telecommunications Malware Encryption 74

Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2021

As with many inventions of the 20th century, the internet has drastically changed using the phone. Once a vital necessity in every building, PBX boxes are driven towards extinction by devices supporting Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). However, as with everything connected to the internet, beware of vulnerabilities.

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Manufacturing Internet Internet Firmware 71

SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to the same article, another such attack took place in the late 1990s when the American military attacked a Serbian telecommunications network. The Viasat “cyberevent” On the 24 th of February , Europeans who relied on the ViaSat-owned “ KA-SAT ” satellite faced major Internet access disruptions.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

After the attacks came to light, the manufacturer promptly released a firmware update for configuring verification of incoming requests. In October, telecommunications firm Telenor Norway was another to fall victim. Consequently, the victims received reply packets several times larger in size.

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SecureList

MAY 10, 2021

Vulnerable devices were either misconfigured or missing the latest firmware version with the required settings. Maltese Internet service provider Melita was also hit by ransomware: a showcase DDoS attack disrupted services. In particular, DDoS ransomware continued to attack organizations worldwide at the start of the year.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

From a different angle, reporting from The Intercept revealed mobile surveillance capabilities available to Iran for the purposes of domestic investigations that leverage direct access to (and cooperation of) local telecommunication companies. The first one, in January, was MoonBounce ; the other was CosmicStrand in July 2022.

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