Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2019
According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. The analysis of the encrypted files used in the second stage revealed a previously undiscovered backdoor associated with the Platinum group.
eSecurity Planet
MAY 25, 2022
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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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2019
According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. “ BITS Downloader – This component is used to download encrypted files from the C&C server then decrypt and launch them.”
Security Affairs
AUGUST 23, 2018
. “These organizations are the latest known additions to the list of victims of this APT group that has been targeting governments, state officials, diplomats, and military authorities since at least 2008.” ” The Turla backdoor has been used since at least 2009 and was continuously improved across the years.
Data Matters
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
As from September 9, 2021, Regulation (EU) 2021/821 ( EU Dual-Use Regulation Recast ) replaces the existing Council Regulation (EC) 428/2009 setting up the European Union (EU) regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering, and transit of “dual-use” items ( EU Dual-Use Regulation ). New controls on technical assistance.
IT Governance
DECEMBER 13, 2018
In August, Yale University announced that it had discovered a log revealing a ten-year-old data breach on its systems , in which personal information relating to people affiliated with the university before February 2009 was compromised. Information including their names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords may have been compromised.
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 27, 2023
and Israel, 2005 – 2010,) Operation Aurora (China, 2009,) the Sony Pictures hack (North Korea, 2015,) and WannaCry (North Korea, 2017.) The good news is that AI is coming into play across the board — in cybersecurity innovations to harden software code, manage cloud access and even make encryption more flexible and resilient.
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