eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!! Statistics.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Thales at GITEX 2021 – An Exciting Time With Exciting News. Wed, 11/03/2021 - 07:29. The GITEX 2021 conference was met with high attendance along with safety protocols, and it lived up to its usual innovative expectations. Customers were interested in all the portfolios of encryption, MFA, data protection, and access management.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

For many, 2021 was a year to forget. You can read more about that attack, along with the year’s other biggest stories, in our 2021 cyber security review of the year. 2021 got off to an inauspicious start when cyber security researchers reported a huge leak of Brazilian residents’ data. First came the Colonial Pipeline hack.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 09:42. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report notes that the energy industry faces “significant cybersecurity risks” because “threat actors are becoming increasingly capable of carrying out attacks.”. Encryption. A recent U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

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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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2023

government announced up to a $10 million bounty for information linking the Clop ransomware gang to a foreign government. critical infrastructure to a foreign government. critical infrastructure to a foreign government? The bounty is covered by the U.S. Send us a tip. You could be eligible for a reward. reported Rapid7.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

Also known as vendor risk management (VRM), TPRM goes beyond the general risk management and governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions by specializing in the onboarding, risk assessment, and due diligence for organizations working with third parties. OneTrust made our list, see who else did in the Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

You would typically expect to see payment card details and health records either segregated in a database that’s available only to approved personnel, or else encrypted within the database. The post Catches of the month: Phishing scams for November 2021 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. Can you spot a scam? Get started.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 1, 2021

Protecting Sensitive Data with Luna Key Broker for Microsoft Double Key Encryption. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 14:04. Thales has integrated its Luna HSMs with DKE for Microsoft 365, which work together to enable organizations to protect their most sensitive data while maintaining full control of their encryption keys.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

The attacks against Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector organizations started in May 2021 and government experts observed multiple cases that involved the use of the Maui ransomware. This ransomware uses a combination of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), RSA, and XOR encryption to encrypt the files on the infected systems.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The AvosLocker ransomware operators released a free decryptor after they accidentally encrypted the system of US Government entity. The AvosLocker ransomware operation provided a free decryptor after they encrypted the systems of a US government agency. pancak3lullz) December 29, 2021.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2022

AvosLocker is the latest ransomware that implemented the capability to encrypt Linux systems including VMware ESXi servers. AvosLocker expands its targets by implementing the support for encrypting Linux systems, specifically VMware ESXi servers, Bleeping computed reported. ” reported BleepingComputer. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report. .

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OneHub

MAY 6, 2021

What exactly is data encryption? Data encryption is a complex facet of data security that consists of high-level mathematics and cryptography. Encryption protects data such as business files by making the information unreadable to unauthorized users. If a hacker intercepts encrypted data, it’s useless without the decryption key.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Researchers from Trend Micro, while monitoring the activity of the China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca , discovered an encrypted file hosted on a server under the control of the group. It consists of two components, the loader and the encrypted main payload. The backdoor uses AES-ECB encryption for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The Holy Ghost ransomware gang has been active since June 2021 and it conducted ransomware attacks against small businesses in multiple countries. The Holy Ghost ransomware appends the file extension.h0lyenc to filenames of encrypted files. The first possibility is that the North Korean government sponsors this activity.”

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. “The SFile ransomware uses the Mbed TLS library, RSA-2048 and AES-256 algorithms for file encryption. The ransomware was involved in targeted attacks against corporate and government networks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

” In May 2021, threat actors infected the servers of the medical center in the District of Kansas. The Kansas hospital opted to pay approximately a $100,000 ransom in Bitcoin to receive a decryptor e recover the encrypted files. . “The seized funds include ransoms paid by health care providers in Kansas and Colorado.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Thu, 09/02/2021 - 07:09. During the 2021 Thales Crypto Summit , which brings together a group of experts to speak about cryptographic and key management to keep organizations secure, President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) was a key point of discussion. Not just a government action.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2021

ransomware attacks against Australian organizations starting July 2021. ransomware attacks against Australian organizations in multiple industry sectors starting July 2021. The Australian agency also published 2021-006: ACSC Ransomware Profile – Lockbit 2.0 ransomware. . ransomware. in Australia since 2020.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

The continued high ranking of cloud as a target demonstrates a lack of maturity in cloud data security with limited use of encryption, perceived or experienced multi-cloud complexity and the rapid growth of enterprise data. 2021 Report. 2021 Report. 2021 Report. The quantum computing threat. 2022 Report. 2022 Report.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) software helps businesses manage all of the necessary documentation and processes for ensuring maximum productivity and preparedness. Third-party governance. IT governance and security. Privacy governance and management. Enterprise & operational risk management. Audit management.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

PYSA and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs in the threat landscape in November 2021, researchers from NCC Group report. Security researchers from NCC Group reported an increase in ransomware attacks in November 2021 over the past month, and PYSA (aka Mespinoza) and Lockbit were the most active ransomware gangs.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2022

(“Carnival”), the world’s largest cruise-ship operator, for violations of the Cybersecurity Regulation (23 NYCRR Part 500) in connection with four cybersecurity events between 2019 and 2021, including two ransomware events. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 1, 2022

The records also provide insight into how Conti has dealt with its own internal breaches and attacks from private security firms and foreign governments. Plus, he somehow encrypted the config, i.e. he had an encoder and a private key, plus uploaded it all to the admin panel. On Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

The CERT of Ukraine (CERT-UA) revealed that Russia-linked threat actors have compromised multiple government websites this week. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) said that Russia-linked threat actors have breached multiple government websites this week.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The attackers are attempting to exploit the CVE-2021–21974 vulnerability. The alert issued by the agency states that the Italian computer security incident response team Italy is aware of dozens of local organizations exposed to ransomware attacks exploiting the CVE-2021–21974 flaw in VMware ESXi servers. x and prior to 6.7.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. Protect – Encrypt data at rest and in-flight without costly performance impact. Government. MFA and Encryption. Tue, 05/17/2022 - 05:36.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

Ukrainian government attributes the recent attacks against tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151. The government of Kyiv attributes the defacement of tens of Ukrainian government websites to Belarusian APT group UNC1151 , the Reuters agency reported in exclusive.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The module was most likely compiled between late 2020 and April 2021. Then the result of the command is encrypted and returned to the operator. Most of the victims were government organizations in Malaysia, Mongolia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. ” concludes the analysis. ” concludes the analysis.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As of November 2021, BlackByte ransomware had compromised multiple US and foreign businesses, including entities in at least three US critical infrastructure sectors (government facilities, financial, and food & agriculture).” Secret Service (USSS) to provide information on BlackByte ransomware. ” reads the advisory.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

and Australia have published a joint advisory warning of an increased globalised threat of ransomware worldwide in 2021. Almost any sector was hit by sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks, including the Defense Industrial Base, Emergency Services, Food and Agriculture, Government Facilities, and Information Technology Sectors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Experts believe Yahoo was using outdated, easy-to-crack encryption, which led to the attack. The attack is a good reminder of how critical strong encryption is in protecting your website users. government agencies. In February 2021, several U.S. In February 2021, several U.S. SolarWinds attack on U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The BlackByte ransomware operation has been active since September 2021, in October 2021 researchers from Trustwave’s SpiderLabs released a decryptor that can allow victims of the BlackByte ransomware to restore their files for free. The experts spotted the BlackByte ransomware while investigating a recent malware incident.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Update November 8, 2021. The Hive gang has been active since June 2021, it implements a Ransomware-as-a-Service model and employs a wide variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). The Hive ransomware adds the.hive extension to the filename of encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The LockBit ransomware gang has been active since September 2019, in June 2021 the group announced the LockBit 2.0 attempts to encrypt any data saved to any local or remote device but skips files associated with core system functions.” The Australian agency also published 2021-006: ACSC Ransomware Profile – Lockbit 2.0

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Macaw Locker ransomware encrypts victims’ files and append the .macaw macaw extension to the file name of the encrypted files. The US Government announced sanctions for ransomware negotiation firms that will support victims of the Evil Corp group in the ransom payments. The group behind the attack is Evil Corp.

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