Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2023

Trigona is written in Delphi language, it encrypts files without distinguishing their extensions and appends the “._locked” _locked” extension to the filename of encrypted files. Once gained access to the server, the threat actors deploy malware that is tracked by cybersecurity firm AhnLab as CLR Shell. .

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

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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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

The investigation into the incident revealed that threat actor used a public-facing Citrix server as a point of entry, they likely used a valid account to access this server and perform lateral movements inside the victim’s network. The ransomware was employed in a targeted attack against one of the company’s customers.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, we’ll consider situational analysis, how to assess what’s happening in the school and how to support staff to protect the data in their care. Situational analysis – understand what’s happening now. The reality of how staff access, share and protect information has a bigger impact on this than simply updating policies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Once obtained access to the City’s network, the group performed reconnaissance and information-gathering activities using legitimate third-party remote management tools. The Royal group began reconnaissance activity in April 2023, and the analysis of system log data dates the beginning of the surveillance operations on April 7, 2023.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

M]uch of InfoSec management falls back on employee training and avoiding employee error – particularly with respect to phishing , spear phishing, and encryption lapses.”. After all, security and accessibility are exact opposites of each other; perfect security, by definition, means zero accessibility, and vice versa.

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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.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good. Byron: Companies often underestimate threats, neglect basic cyber hygiene, and fail to educate employees on cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

ToxicEye is a new Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that exploits the Telegram service as part of it command and control infrastructure. Telegram also allows attackers to use their mobile devices to access infected systems. ” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. ” concludes the report.

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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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IT Governance

OCTOBER 24, 2023

At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Incident details: An unauthorised party gained access to some employee email accounts and the information within them, including demographic, medical and financial information.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

This includes scanning data in transit between devices or networks, as well as data at rest stored on servers, endpoints, or in the cloud, to ensure comprehensive coverage for detecting and preventing potential data breaches or illegal access. The 10 steps outlined below show how data loss prevention works.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

. “A distinct group of espionage attackers who were formerly associated with the ShadowPad remote access Trojan (RAT) has adopted a new, diverse toolset to mount an ongoing campaign against a range of government and state-owned organizations in a number of Asian countries.” In some cases, the arbitrary shellcode is encrypted.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Cloud workload protection (CWP) is the process of monitoring and securing cloud workloads from threats, vulnerabilities, and unwanted access, and is typically accomplished via Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP). Workload settings, software inventories, network connections, and user access privileges are all visible using CWPP tools.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 5, 2022

An Oxford-educated mathematician working at the IBM San Jose Research Lab, Edgar “Ted” Codd, published a paper in 1970 showing how information stored in large databases could be accessed without knowing how the information was structured or where it resided in the database. They were expensive. Let’s keep it that way.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

iNSYNQ ultimately declined to pay the ransom demand, and it is still working to completely restore customer access to files. Because of the quick reaction we had, we were able to contain the encryption part” to roughly 50 percent of customer systems, he said. ” “They decided they were coming after us,” he said.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Experts at BlackBerry Cylance have spotted a new Python-based remote access Trojan (RAT) that has been used in campaigns targeting a wide range of industries. ” reads the analysis published by Cylance. ” continues the analysis. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

It covers seven security domains: security operations and administration; access controls ; risk identification, monitoring and analysis; incident response and recovery; cryptography ; network and communications security; and systems and application security. A variety of training options are available, both online and in person.

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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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Our analysis will then need to consider what it will take to prepare to meet that request and how to communicate it clearly, without technical jargon, to our executives, to the board, and possibly to a judge and jury. Establishing formal risk analysis and policies.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

For instance, it could monitor users’ keystrokes or encrypt the user’s files in a ransomware attack. Be cautious & don’t download/access any file if you get this email.” This connects to the attackers’ command and control channels, enabling the attackers to access the targeted system.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2022

Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus. Forensic analysis of the breach came to a quick conclusion – a phishing attempt had tricked a user with privileged access into clicking on a malicious link. The ransom demand was $3.6

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Recently the Netwalker ransomware operators were looking for new collaborators that can provide them with access to large enterprise networks. reads the alert. public health organization. continues the alert.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

UM is investigating if the cyber attackers have had access to this data.”. 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. Extra security measures have been taken to protect (scientific) data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

and foreign government organizations, education entities, private companies, and health agencies by unidentified cyber actors.” Recently the Netwalker ransomware operators were looking for new collaborators that can provide them with access to large enterprise networks. reads the alert. public health organization. continues the alert.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 17, 2019

failed to encrypt the sensitive ePHI. annually, for a period of five years, engage an independent third-party professional to conduct a current, comprehensive and thorough risk analysis of security risks to be reviewed by the Indiana Attorney General and shared with the 15 other states that were parties to the litigation.

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Collibra

MARCH 23, 2021

Total cost of ownership, stability and availability were all contributing factors, as were the variety of tools available to support data preparation and analysis. Everything is encrypted. Self-service access to trusted and governed data. Information security was also seen as a positive. Cloud has great auditing.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

The agent does the vulnerability scan and sends the results to a central server for analysis and remediation. To centrally launch vulnerability scans or establish an automatic schedule, this approach requires administrator-credentialed access. platform for analysis and vulnerability assessment. Tenable.io

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The report goes on to note: In addition to the massive Equifax breach that exposed personal information of 143 million individuals, other noted breaches last year included the education platform Edmodo (77 million records hacked); Verizon (14 million subscribers possibly hacked); and America’s JobLink (nearly 5 million records compromised).

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Uses advanced threat detection techniques like machine learning, behavior analysis , and anomaly detection to identify and eliminate complex threats such as zero-day attacks. Encrypts critical email exchanges to protect the security of information during transmission. Filters unwanted spam emails in an efficient manner.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Increased transparency over advertiser and app accesses to user data. In fact, a move from discussing "sharing" to discussing "transfers," "access to raw information," and "access to derived information" would be a visible improvement. Shutting down a feature based on internal security analysis would be a clear message.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This commonly starts with gathering information regarding the institution’s cybersecurity program through surveys and interviews on topics including corporate governance and controls, vulnerability management, access controls, encryption, endpoint monitoring, boundary defenses, incident response planning and third-party security policies.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

As the economy grows increasingly data-driven, and as cyber threats proliferate, business leaders recognize they must find a more effective approach to protecting their intellectual property, financial records, employee and customer information, and other sensitive data — while also ensuring their employees’ access to that data is not hindered.

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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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