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North Korea-linked Lazarus APT uses a Mac variant of the Dacls RAT

Security Affairs

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The Mac version uses the same AES key and IV as the Linux variant to encrypt and decrypt the config file.

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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Billions of FBS Records Exposed in Online Trading Broker Data Leak

Security Affairs

Despite containing very sensitive financial data, the server was left open without any password protection or encryption. Founded in 2009, FBS is an international online forex broker with more than 400,000 partners and 16 million traders spanning over 190 countries. The breach is a danger to both FBS and its customers. Who is FBS.

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Key aerospace player Safran Group leaks sensitive data

Security Affairs

The leak also included the JWT secret key, another type of token, which is usually used for authentication. It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms. Knowing them, a threat actor could be able to hijack the session and therefore the account.

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Massachusetts Revises Information Security Regulations and Extends Deadline for Compliance

Hunton Privacy

On August 17, 2009, Massachusetts announced revisions to its information security regulations and extended the deadline for compliance with those regulations. ” Previously, only encryption was subject to the technical feasibility qualification.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken. Wilde: Now, for me the storyline was interesting right so when it was reported I think in late January, it was completely open right like this is right no authentication at all because well we didn't tell anybody about it.