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Homomorphic Encryption Makes Real-World Gains, Pushed by Google, IBM, Microsoft

eSecurity Planet

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. Since then, interest in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) has increased, largely paralleling the rise of cloud computing.

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Deadglyph, a very sophisticated and unknown backdoor targets the Middle East

Security Affairs

In January 2019, Reuters published a report into Project Raven, a campaign allegedly conducted by former NSA operatives and aiming at the same types of targets as Stealth Falcon. The authors used different languages to hinder analysis, researchers explained. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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China-linked APT41 group targets Hong Kong with Spyder Loader

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The Operation CuckooBees had been operating under the radar since at least 2019, threat actors conducted multiple attacks to steal intellectual property and other sensitive data from victims. ” reads the analysis published by Symantec. dll, which includes the malicious export sqlite3_prepare_v4.

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CVE-2019-13720 flaw in Chrome exploited in Operation WizardOpium attacks

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One of the two flaws in Chrome addressed by Google, CVE-2019-13720, was exploited in a campaign that experts attribute to Korea-linked threat actors. Reported by banananapenguin on 2019-10-12[$TBD][ 1019226 ] High CVE-2019-13720: Use-after-free in audio. ” continues the analysis.

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EventBot, a new Android mobile targets financial institutions across Europe

Security Affairs

” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. 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.”

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Strong Encryption Explained: 6 Encryption Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. What Makes an Encryption Algorithm Strong?

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New enhanced Joker Malware samples appear in the threat landscape

Security Affairs

Since 2019 experts found many Joker apps on Google Play store, in September 2019 security experts at Google removed from the store 24 apps. The developers are embedding Joker as a payload that can be encrypted in different ways, either a.dex file xored or encrypted with a number, or through the same. dex file as before.