Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

CERT France is warning of a new wave of attacks using Pysa ransomware (Mespinoza) that is targeting local governments. CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. locked to the filename of the encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leave s a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. The Apple expert Bob Gendler discovered that the Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leaves a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

” states the Government Agency. The good news is that according to the Agency, data was encrypted, it also added that Google and Adobe were not able to see the CP R numbers. “Google Hosted Libraries have been designed to remove all information that allows identifying users before logging on. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

PaloAlto Networks experts warn of malicious Coronavirus themed phishing campaigns targeting government and medical organizations. Recently organizations in healthcare, research, and government facilities have been hit by Coronavirus-themed attacks that deployed multiple malware families, including ransomware and information stealers (i.e.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

The hackers targeting organizations across multiple industries and have also targeted foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. “ Threat actors used a custom steganography algorithm to hide the encrypted payload within PNG images to to avoid detection. ” reads the report published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks. A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries. million to allow towns to access encrypted data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Once again thank you! Texas attackers demand $2.5

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The money is kept by the government and in return, a “non-permanent” profit officially titled as “interest” is given back to the officers at the end of each year. The two dll are legit windows library and are used in support of the malicious behaviour. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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