Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2020

“To establish an encrypted connection, two Bluetooth devices must pair with each other using a link key. To establish an encrypted connection, two Bluetooth devices must pair with each other using a link key, aka long term key. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2020

Then the malware encrypts the files on the system, skipping Windows system files and folders. a file named invoice.doc is encrypted and renamed like invoice.docIksrt. The experts noticed that the malware appends the ‘ EKANS ‘ file marker to each encrypted file. ” reads the report published by SentinelOne.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The malware also downloads the Command-and-control (C2) URLs, C2 communication is encrypted using Base64, RC4, and Curve25519. . With each new version, the malware adds new features like dynamic library loading, encryption, and adjustments to different locales and manufacturers.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

And part of the information system would have been encrypted.” The list of the victims of the Ryuk ransomware is very long and includes the US government contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) , US railroad company Railworks , Croatian petrol station chain INA Group , and parts manufacturer Visser Precision.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 12, 2020

The Maze ransomware gang has released 14GB of files that they claim were stolen from one of its victims, the Southwire cable manufacturer. The victims of the Maze Ransomware are facing another risk, after having their data encrypted now crooks are threatening to publish their data online. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 11, 2019

The ransomware targets poorly protected or vulnerable NAS servers manufactured by Taiwan-based QNAP Systems, attackers exploits known vulnerabilities or carry out brute-force attacks. encrypt extension to filenames of encrypted files. encrypt extension to filenames of encrypted files. The malicious code appends.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2020

The ATM manufacturer giants, Diebold Nixdorf and NCR, have released software updates to fix a flaw that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. The ATM manufacturers Diebold Nixdorf and NCR have addressed a bug that could have been exploited for ‘deposit forgery’ attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The ransomware encrypted files and renamed their filenames by adding the “ easy2lock” extension, this extension was previously associated with recent WastedLocker ransomware infections. Most of the victims belong to the manufacturing industry, followed by IT and media and telecommunications sectors. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2019

TechCrunch spoke to one of the hackers, who didn’t identify his or her name, through an encrypted chat late Friday. “We We hacked more than 1,000 sites,” the hacker told TechCrunch through an encrypted chat. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 7, 2020

Upon the installation, the malicious app registers itself as a foreground service and extracts an encrypted payload that gathers information about the victim’s device (android_id, manufacturer, model, firmware version, etc.) Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

Industrial control systems used in many industries, including the energy sector, critical manufacturing, and transportation, continues to be an element of concern for security experts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ” reads the security advisory published by the ICS-CERT.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Incident details: The company found that data on its network had been encrypted without its knowledge. Breached organisation: D-Link Corporation, Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer. Incident details: Ransomware attack that encrypted files and took systems, including critical ones, offline. The attackers demanded $1.9

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. In the classic case of a human user clicking to a website, CAs, like DigiCert, verify the authenticity of the website and encrypt the data at both ends.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

Since at least 2014, experts at FireEye have observed APT32 targeting foreign corporations with an interest in Vietnam’s manufacturing, consumer products, and hospitality sectors. “ Threat actors used a custom steganography algorithm to hide the encrypted payload within PNG images to to avoid detection.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . ” The spam messages contain URLs to.ZIP files that serve VBS content designed to download the payload from one of six hardcoded encrypted URLs. . .

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The Zombieload 2 attack only affects CPU supporting the Intel TSX instruction-set extension, a condition that is true in all Intel CPUs manufactured since 2013. An attacker could exploit the flaw to steal sensitive data, including passwords and encryption keys. ” reads the security advisory published by Intel.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The malicious code specifically targets QNAP NAS devices manufactured by Taiwanese company QNAP, it already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. These are encrypted with the actor’s public key and sent to their infrastructure over HTTPS. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

At the time of the first attack, the security breach caused the disruption of manufacturing processes and customer service. Lion did not share technical details of the attack, but REvil ransomware operators claim to have hacked the company and to have stolen its data before encrypting its systems. reads the message. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

.” The configuration of the ActionSpy is encrypted by DES and the decryption key is generated in native code, it includes the C&C server address. The traffic between C&C and ActionSpy is encrypted by RSA and transferred via HTTP. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2019

Security firm Clever Security discovered that heart defibrillators manufactured by Medtronic are affected by two serious vulnerabilities. “The Conexus telemetry protocol utilized within this ecosystem does not implement encryption. The Conexus telemetry protocol doesn’t implement encryption to secure communications.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2020

However, they can still be useful with encrypted phones because investigators often manage to get the passcode during their investigation. Manufacturers use those taps to test their circuit boards, but by soldering wires onto them, forensic investigators can extract data from the chips. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2020

The security duo, composed of Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres, disclosed seven vulnerabilities in the firmware of FTTH OLT devices manufactured by C-Data. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. C-Data was not immediately available for comment.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The experts only observed a few different camera brands as a number of camera manufacturers OEM HiSilicon DVR/NVR Soc device. The bot uses two different layers of encryption and decryption codes to prevent the code from being analyzed. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – newsletter, hacking).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The malicious code specifically targets QNAP NAS devices manufactured by Taiwanese company QNAP, it already infected over 62,000 QNAP NAS devices. These are encrypted with the actor’s public key and sent to their infrastructure over HTTPS. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

A new piece of malware dubbed QSnatch is infecting thousands of NAS devices manufactured by the Taiwanese vendor QNAP. The ransomware, tracked by Intezer as “ QNAPCrypt ” and “ eCh0raix ” by Anomali, is written in the Go programming language and uses AES encryption to encrypt files. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

. “Between October 16 and November 12, 2019, Proofpoint researchers observed the actor sending malicious email messages to organizations in Germany, Italy, and the United States, targeting no particular vertical but with recipients that were heavily weighted towards business and IT services, manufacturing, and healthcare.”

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2019

APT15 has been active since at least 2010, it conducted cyber espionage campaigns against targets worldwide in several industries, including the defense, high tech, energy, government, aerospace, and manufacturing. Experts discovered that since December 2016, the APT15 group has been using the previously undocumented backdoor dubbed Okrum.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Security experts from security firm SEC Consult have identified over 100 companies that buy and re-brand video surveillance equipment (surveillance cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs), and network video recorders (NVRs)) manufactured by the Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co., Xiongmai hereinafter) that are open to hack.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

private encryption keys, passwords, payment card credentials) and offers a separate secure environment for executing Trusted Applications. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Since March, the attackers have been trying to conduct multistage attacks on large corporate networks of medical labs, banks, manufacturers, and software developers in Russia. The operators use a suite of custom tools with the ultimate goal of encrypting files in the infected system and holding it for a ransom of about $50,000.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 16, 2019

This kind of threat, previously analyzed by third party firms, contains similarities with the infamous BlackEnergy malware, used in the attacks against the Ukrainian energy industry back in 2015. The remote destination ends to the 217.12.204.100 IP address, owned by an Ukrainian contractor and manufacturer company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

Even so, the car manufacturers carved out large groups of codes. Since then, car manufacturers have improved on this. Certainly no one uses 40 bit encryption anymore. So the thing was that one major German car manufacturer had the standard pin of 1234. It wasn't very robust. It was a mere 40 bit key length.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2019

Recently, our monitoring operations discovered an interesting attack wave leveraging this technique, especially due to the particular impersonification the attacker was trying: he/they was mimicking an important Italian Manufacturing company. Encrypted payload, stored in Resource section. Technical Analysis. Phishing email content.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The year started with the revelation of Spectre and Meltdown – major security flaws affecting processors manufactured by Intel, ARM and AMD. Information including their names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords may have been compromised. For more information on each story, simply follow the links in the transcript on our blog.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2020

Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Qualcomm and MediaTek are impacted by vulnerabilities similar to the Kr00k issue disclosed early this year. Earlier this year, experts from ESET disclosed the Kr00k , a new high-severity hardware vulnerability, that affects Wi-Fi chips manufactured by Broadcom and Cypress. Pierluigi Paganini.

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