Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” “Two of the most common vulnerabilities exploited by actors using Netwalker are Pulse Secure VPN (CVE-2019-11510) and Telerik UI (CVE-2019-18935).” ” reads the alert.

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IT Governance

JULY 31, 2019

Maitland, FL, dentist says five months of patient records encrypted by ransomware (unknown). Maryland Department of Education left students’ and teachers’ personal details on unencrypted database (1.6 Tennessee high school students at risk after data breach at Higher Education Commission vendor (unknown).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2022

The Zeppelin ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in November 2019 when experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 31, 2020

The attacker also obtained free encryption certificates for escrow.com from Let’s Encrypt. We have taken steps across our technology, processes and employee education, to help prevent these types of attacks in the future.” 49 (that domain is hobbled here because it is currently flagged as hosting a phishing site).

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The malicious software encrypts victims’ systems and forces them to pay money in return for the safe return of the data. Ransomware is a type of cyber attack in which criminal hackers plant malicious code on the victim’s systems, which cripples services and encrypts files. Then came the rise in ransomware.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

According to the experts, the SockDetour backdoor has been in the wild since at least July 2019. The attackers successfully compromised more than a dozen organizations across multiple industries, including technology, energy, healthcare, education, finance and defense. based defense contractors. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 27, 2020

Unlike other ransomware strains that don’t encrypt victims in Russia and other CIS countries, Shade also targets computers in Russia and Ukraine. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. txt through README10.txt,

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In March, the FBI issued an alert to warn about an increase in PYSA ransomware attacks against education institutions in the United States and the United Kingdom. According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 6, 2020

Last September, a ransomware purveyor succeeded in encrypting access to the computer systems of 22 small South Texas towns, demanding ransoms for a decryption key. More than 70 state and local governments were hit by a ransomware attack in 2019, according to IT security company Barracuda Networks.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

19, Apex was alerted that its systems had been infected with a destructive strain of ransomware that encrypts computer files and demands payment for a digital key needed to unscramble the data. “When they encrypt the data, that happens really fast,” he said. Roswell, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb. More than a week later on Jan.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2019

And as our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Europe Edition recently revealed, many of these businesses become extremely vulnerable during digital transformation, with those in Europe being no different. Encryption, encryption, encryption. The financial and reputational damage could prove to be severe. The GDPR effect.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 9, 2019

Cellebrite recently conducted an industry trends survey targeting Law Enforcement and reported the results in their 2019 Report on Industry Trends for Law Enforcement (link to download the free report available here , hat tip to Rob Robinson’s Complex Discovery site for the reference ).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The malware has been active at least since August 2019, over the months the NetWalker ransomware was made available through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model attracting criminal affiliates. “Since 2019, NetWalker ransomware has reached a vast number of different targets, mostly based in western European countries and the US.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. LockBit is a prominent ransomware operation that first emerged in September 2019. The free decryptor for the Lockbit ransomware can be downloaded from the website of the ‘No More Ransom’ initiative.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

“This leaves organizations vulnerable to exploitation from threat actors and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups who often target publicly known vulnerabilities.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

The malware has been active at least since August 2019, over the months the NetWalker ransomware was made available through a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) model attracting criminal affiliates. “Since 2019, NetWalker ransomware has reached a vast number of different targets, mostly based in western European countries and the US.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. FireEye Mandiant M-Trends 2020 report: 500+ new Malware strains in 2019. Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices. ISS reveals malware attack impacted parts of the IT environment.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. LockBit is a prominent ransomware operation that first emerged in September 2019. This NCA-led investigation is a ground-breaking disruption of the world’s most harmful cyber crime group.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

In December 2019, Maastricht University (UM) announced that ransomware infected almost all of its Windows systems on December 23. It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. The attacker focused on encrypting data files in the Windows domain.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2021

Online and contactless payments were substantial drivers of this growth, with eight out of 10 UK adults using contactless payments in 2019. Also, the number of contactless payments made in the UK increased by 16% in 2019 to 8.6 billion payments. The rise in card payments has seen more users turn to online banking as well.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 30, 2020

Certainly a motivating factor may have occurred when hackers hit Baltimore, Maryland’s largest city, with a RobbinHood ransomware attack on May 7, 2019. And, as I told you on Wednesday, we will be conducting another NineForum education series of TED-talk discussions from our booth, so please check that out as well!

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2019

The Shade infections increased during October 2018, keeping a constant trend until the second half of December 2018, taking a break around Christmas, and then resuming in mid-January 2019 doubled in size. Moth of the victims belongs to high-tech, wholesale and education sectors. All the important files on your disks were encrypted.

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Data Matters

OCTOBER 15, 2019

On 22 August 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) announced the implementation of the Online Protection of Children’s Personal Data Regulation (????????????), (“the Regulation”) which came into force on 1 October 2019. Other Characteristics.

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IT Governance

JUNE 1, 2023

One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems. More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Reports suggest that the group is stealing the data rather than encrypting the organisations’ systems and holding them to ransom.

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eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2019

According to the American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center’s ABA TechReport 2019, they are “failing at cybersecurity”. The survey found that the most popular security measure being used by 35% of respondents was secure socket layers (SSL), which encrypt computer communications, including web traffic.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

de Groot pointed out that the software skimmer was heavily obfuscated and uses encryption, these features suggest that the attack was carried out by crooks familiar with e-skimming attacks. pic.twitter.com/HAc7UunK5n — Willem de Groot (@gwillem) October 25, 2019. Educate employees about safe cyber practices.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The incidence of ransomware attacks has continued to climb, over 700% by some estimates in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with phishing emails being the primary vector. Use end-to-end encryption. Individuals, businesses and organizations alike need to tread carefully.

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KnowBe4

MAY 29, 2019

According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report , ransomware persisted as the second-most common type of malware reported, accounting for nearly 24% of incidents where malicious code was used. Hackers break in and rely on the malware to encrypt vital files or render machines useless. A Persistent Threat.

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Preservica

JANUARY 22, 2020

A recent sign of the times was the December 31, 2019 deadline for federal agencies to manage all permanent electronic records appraised for eventual transfer and accessioning by NARA in an electronic format. If you’re doing any of those things, you need to be finding a way to document and keep those records for request.”.

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Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

With the initial Collibra implementation having proved a success, ATB made the decision in 2019 to modernize its data infrastructure. Everything is encrypted. A key part of that process is to ensure enough education, training and support is available to help in that process. . Infrastructure modernization.

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

Finding this odd, you turn to your firm receptionist who tells you that the firm was hit with a ransomware attack overnight, and that if you turn on your computer all of your files will be immediately encrypted, subject to a bitcoin ransom.”. An article written by Anton Janik, Jr.

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Info Source

JANUARY 21, 2019

MALVERN, PA, January 21, 2019 – Ricoh today announced its first series of intelligent multifunction printers (MFPs) built with innovative technologies to meet the constantly changing needs of digital workplaces – today and in the future. Ease-of-use and Customization.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Zeppelin ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in November 2019 when experts from BlackBerry Cylance found a new variant of the Vega RaaS, dubbed Zeppelin. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2019

July 3, 2019) , Arkansas District Judge P.K. After the August production, Martin installed the application Signal (which allows users to send and receive encrypted text messages accessible only to sender and recipient, and to change settings to automatically delete these messages after a short period of time) on his phone. In Herzig v.

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

At Appellant’s apartment, after the agents discovered a single computer, an HP Envy 700 desktop, which was encrypted with TrueCrypt, Appellant informed the agents that he lived alone, that he was the sole user of the computer, and that only he knew the password to his computer. In Commonwealth v. 56 MAP 2018 (Pa.

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Data Matters

MAY 17, 2022

19, 2022, President Biden signed the National Security Memorandum, which implemented requirements from EO 14028 by setting out specific cyber requirements for government agencies and contractors, such as multifactor authentication, encryption, cloud technologies, and endpoint detection services. 11, 2019)). 19, 2022).

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