IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

According to its analysis , 260 organisations in the UK fell victim to ransomware between January 2020 and June 2022, a figure that’s only exceeded by Canada (276) and – in a distant lead – the US (2,379). Across the UK, the education sector was the most frequently targeted, with 24 incidents.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV. About Group-IB.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As reported on the Hunton Insurance Recovery blog , on February 4, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”), which regulates the business of insurance in New York, has issued guidelines, in the Insurance Circular Letter No. Policyholders should take advantage of these services, which are often provided complimentary.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 6, 2023

Ransomware is a type of malicious program, or malware, that encrypts files, documents and images on a computer or server so that users cannot access the data. These keys are available to the attacker, and the encryption can only be decrypted using a private key. How Does Ransomware Work?

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

As just one measure, the number of data breaches in the first nine months of 2021 exceeded all those in 2020, a new record. Conduct risk analysis. In any case, risk analysis is the smart thing to do. Educate employees. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Mandiant researchers noticed that that FIN12 operators in most of the attacks did not spend time stealing information from victims’ systems before encrypting them. The attackers conduct hit-and-run operations, spending about 2,5 days within the victim’s network before encrypting the files. days in ransomware attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Dave Kennedy started as forensic analysis and cyber warfare specialist in the US Marine Corps before entering the enterprise space. In-depth technical analysis of a new method of extracting user cardholder data from compromised websites using legit Google Analytics protocol ? — Eva (@evacide) October 4, 2021.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

Thu, 05/06/2021 - 08:41. If you do it right, in a simple and engaging way, with standardised responses that enable analysis, answers will breathe life into context-lite diagrams, help to refine trust boundaries, and clarify where policy-driven rules should apply. Encryption Key Management. Encryption. Database Encryption.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

The recent campaign was observed between June 2020 and January 2021, threat actors used DLL side-loading to execute shellcode that decrypts a final payload tracked as “ FoundCore.” ” reads the technical analysis of the malware. the messages were dropping a variant of a malicious program named NewCore RAT.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Company officials also used the first week of October – which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – to remind users of the company’s plan to enable two-factor authentication by default to many accounts, and that it will enable it for 150 million accounts before the end of 2021. ‘Cybersecurity Is a Team Sport’ In an Oct.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2022

In March 2021, hackers gained access to a security company’s surveillance cameras and live-streamed those video feeds from hospitals, jails, schools, police stations, gyms, and even Tesla. A VPN router automatically connects to VPN servers, and any traffic will be automatically encrypted. Big Data storage systems have weaknesses.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

From today we introduce moderation and check each company that our partners want to encrypt to avoid social consequences in the future.” “Now our team and partners encrypt many companies that are trading on NASDAQ and other stock exchanges,” DarkSide explains. Image: Intel 471. The DarkSide ransomware note.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

In February 2021. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that. You have to create a special environment and isolated network to do the analysis, when you turn it on. Well, that's probably when we think about it most. Here's ABCs Good morning.

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