The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware.

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Hunton Privacy

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

FINRA alleged that when LFS began storing records on cloud-based servers in 2011, LFS failed to ensure that the third-party vendor retained to configure the cloud system properly installed antivirus software or data encryption for the confidential information, and that this failure led to the 2012 hack.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

The malware encrypts all the data with a key that is unique for each sample and sends it along with a sample identifier to the C2 server located at the domain name youbot[.]solutions. Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing site that was founded in 2011. ” “The business listing has a logo of an eye in a red circle.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2023

Despite not being the true LockBit Locker group, these micro criminals were still able to cause significant damage by encrypting a large number of internal files. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2018

Over in the APAC region, South Korea has had a regulation in place since 2011. The only true way to protect data is to encrypt it. Encryption is key when it comes to protecting data. Many of the data privacy mandates state that by encrypting the data, you avoid the breach notifications requirements.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

By 2011 or so, it was clear the BYOD trend was unstoppable, and companies began to impose much tighter security constraints. Leveraging habits SyncDog sought to take a fresh approach by deploying robust encryption to mission-critical apps and sensitive company data. Encryption is the mainstay of our approach,” Egenrieder says. “We

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 3, 2021

VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Founded in 2011, CyberGhost VPN is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, and boasts over 30 million global customers. Also Read: Tokenization vs. Encryption: Pros and Cons. Encrypt.me.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The xPack backdoor is a.NET loader that fetches and executes AES-encrypted payloads, it supports multiple commands. Symantec speculates Antlion is has been active since at least 2011, its TTP overlaps the ones associated with China-linked nation-state actors. ” concludes the report that includes IoCs and Yara Rules.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

This file is encrypted with a hardcoded [XOR encryption] function. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. Encrypting malicious payload is a very old malware trick that has been used by. since at least 2011. back in 2011.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

This file is encrypted with a hardcoded [XOR encryption] function. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. Encrypting malicious payload is a very old malware trick that has been used by. since at least 2011. back in 2011.

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Data Protection Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

2010-2011 reporting period. Only 20 RROSH cases were reported in the 2010-2011 reporting year so numbers are unlikely to be statistically significant. [6] While the report includes statistics for each of the ten years, we have included the first year and most recent year for the sake of comparison. By the Numbers [5]. . Notification.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Their operations are based on the human operator ransomware practice where most of the intrusion is handled by hands-on keyboard criminals, even in the encryption stage. He is a former member of the ANeSeC CTF team, one of the firsts Italian cyber wargame teams born back in 2011.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The president of the National Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center said, “Ransomware will continue to be a threat and evolve, not to just encrypting data, but also to blackmailing data owners based on the content of the data”. Number of records breached. 174 million. 44 million. 822 million. 700 million. 736 million.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The jailbreak works with all Apple products released between 2011 and 2017, including iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X. Encrypt or decrypt hex data on a connected device in pwned DFU Mode using its GID or UID key. Checkm8 leverages vulnerabilities in the Apple Bootrom (secure boot ROM) to achieve full control over their device.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 15, 2023

It is crucial to ensure that leaked keys are in longer bit-lengths and encoded using secure encryption/hashing algorithms. As reported in 2011, the company fell victim to two cyberattacks, which are suspected to be part of an espionage attempt. Safran has already been targeted by threat actors.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 27, 2012

MPI”), a property management firm, executed an Assurance of Discontinuance and agreed to pay $15,000 in civil penalties following an October 2011 theft of an unencrypted company-issued laptop. On March 21, 2012, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that Maloney Properties Inc. (“MPI”),

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 29, 2012

The Guidance offers merchants practical advice for partnering with a Point-to-Point Encryption (“P2PE”) solution provider and satisfying their PCI Data Security Standard compliance requirements in the context of mobile payment acceptance. In June 2011 , we reported on the PCI SSC’s cloud compliance guidelines.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2018

Ramnit is one of the most popular banking malware families in existence today, it was first spotted in 2010 as a worm, in 2011, its authors improved it starting from the leaked Zeus source code turning the malware into a banking Trojan. The second STAGE-1 C&C server is used for controlling malware via an encrypted connection.

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IT Governance

APRIL 9, 2020

For example, The Intercept reported that video calls are not end-to-end encrypted, despite the company’s claims that they are. Originally founded in 2011 for corporate clients, Zoom’s software is now being used in situations it was never designed for.”. What are people’s concerns about Zoom?

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 25, 2017

In 2011, MAPFRE, which underwrites group health insurance plans, submitted a breach report to OCR indicating that it had suffered a breach when a USB data storage device was stolen from the company’s IT Department. submit annual compliance reports for a period of three years.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 26, 2011

According to a complaint submitted to the Federal Trade Commission on May 11, 2011, the popular cloud-based data storage provider Dropbox, Inc. The allegations concern the folders designated as private, which are touted as being protected by encryption. All files stored on Dropbox servers are encrypted (AES-256).”.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 28, 2011

On April 26, 2011, Sony Computer Entertainment America (“Sony”) disclosed an information security breach that may affect up to 77 million consumers. On April 27, 2011, a PlayStation Network user filed a nationwide class action lawsuit in the U.S.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 24, 2013

Since 2011, telecom operators and ISPs have been operating under an obligation of the revised e-Privacy Directive to notify national authorities and subscribers in the event of a breach of personal data. In conjunction with ENISA , the Commission will also publish an indicative list of technical safeguards, such as encryption techniques.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This variant of fraud has been around since at least 2011, when an Australian Broadcasting Corporation employee with high-level IT access privileges hijacked company computers to mine Bitcoin.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 20, 2014

Gameover Zeus, a sophisticated type of malware that first emerged in 2011, is designed to steal banking and other credentials from the computers it infects. Cryptolocker, which first appeared in 2013, encrypts the computer files of its victims and forces victims to pay a ransom to unlock the files.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

On the other hand, WhatsApp -- purchased by Facebook in 2014 -- provides users with end-to-end encrypted messaging. If Facebook were doing a convincing job of controlling fake news without end-to-end encryption, then we would expect to hear how it could use patterns in metadata to handle encrypted fake news.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 2, 2011

On March 2, 2011, the German Federal government adopted a draft law revising certain sector-specific data protection provisions in the German Telecommunications Act.

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Hunton Privacy

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Encryption. Update : On November 4, 2011, the CNIL released the English version of the Guidance. Security of internal networks. Security of servers and software applications. Data processors. Electronic archiving. Disclosure of personal data to third parties. Privacy by design. Anonymization.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 22, 2011

On April 11, 2011, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California declined to dismiss four of the nine claims in a class action lawsuit filed against RockYou, Inc. The plaintiff asserted nine causes of action against RockYou, five of which were dismissed in the April 11, 2011 order.

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 15, 2011

On April 5, 2011, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on the current EU personal data breach framework and recommendations for future policy developments (the “Opinion”). Current Status of Implementation. Most of the Member States have prepared draft bills, but none of the bills have been enacted into law.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Additionally, it offered several advantages in Craig’s mind to an iCloud backup, primarily that it took less time and you could choose not to encrypt the backup. Started with some basic services in 2011, TakeOut expanded to include Gmail and Google Calendar in 2013.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. And this happens over and over until you leave the web site and break the encrypted channel and establish a new one on another website.

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ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. And this happens over and over until you leave the web site and break the encrypted channel and establish a new one on another website.

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Hunton Privacy

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

We’ll be asking about the adequacy of encryption, the firewall, the training of staff and why that information was so public facing.” Update: On May 10, 2011, the ICO announced that it was fining the data controller of the former law firm £1,000 for failing to implement adequate security measures.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 27, 2018

Sidenote: she's an avid 1Password user and has been since 2011, this password dated back a couple of decades when, like most people still do today, she had reused it extensively). I'm like yo my credit cards and financial information your entering into this internet system isn't even fully encrypted.

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 22, 2016

failed to encrypt ePHI or implement an equivalent mechanism. The resolution agreement requires Feinstein Institute to pay $3.9 million to HHS and institute a corrective action plan to settle charges that its security management processes were limited in scope, incomplete and insufficient.

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