2022 Analysis Encryption Libraries 
Security Affairs
JULY 6, 2022
Hive ransomware operators have improved their file-encrypting module by migrating to Rust language and adopting a more sophisticated encryption method. The most important change in the latest Hive variant is the encryption mechanism it adopts. ” reads the post published by Microsoft. ” continues Microsoft. .
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The OpenSSL project fixed two high-severity flaws in its cryptography library that can trigger a DoS condition or achieve remote code execution. The OpenSSL project has issued security updates to address a couple of high-severity vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2022-3602 and CVE-2022-3786 , in its cryptography library.
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Security Affairs
JUNE 15, 2022
Hertzbleed attack: Researchers discovered a new vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD chips that could allow attackers to steal encryption keys. The experts will present their findings at the 31st USENIX Security Symposium that will take place in Boston, 10–12 August 2022. ” reads the website set up to describe the attack.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The APT group was discovered in June 2022 by Kaspersky which linked it to a series of attacks aimed at high-profile entities in Europe and Asia since at least December 2020. “Our investigation started with an e-mail sent in September 2022 to a Vietnamese telecom company and was uploaded to VirusTotal.
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. ” reads the analysis published by Rising.AFR-6fyvilv #Sfile #Ransomware New Sample: 6E029B9B0A600CDC1E75A4F7228B332B pic.twitter.com/tB27dM8tjd — dnwls0719 (@fbgwls245) January 9, 2022.
Security Affairs
MAY 7, 2022
In February 2022 researchers from Kaspersky spotted a malicious campaign using a novel technique that consists of hiding the shellcode in Windows event logs. “In February 2022 we observed the technique of putting the shellcode into Windows event logs for the first time “in the wild” during the malicious campaign.
eSecurity Planet
MAY 10, 2022
The system uses DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files to store some resources the application needs and will load automatically. If it does not find one, the encrypted shell code is written in 8KB chunks in the event logs. The malware analysis by Kaspersky is quite remarkable and detailed. Also read: How Hackers Evade Detection.
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