Data Breach Today

JULY 26, 2019

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers a deep dive on the debate about whether law enforcement officials should have a "backdoor" to circumvent encryption. Also featured: An analysis of Equifax's settlement with the FTC and a discussion of a new report on the cost of data breaches.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Malwarebytes: New Method Eases Theft of Information From Ecommerce Sites Some fraudsters are now using the encrypted instant messaging app Telegram as a fast and easy way to steal payment card data from ecommerce sites, according to an analysis from Malwarebytes.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Researchers discovered a flaw in the encryption algorithm used by Hive ransomware that allowed them to decrypt data. Researchers discovered a flaw in the encryption algorithm used by Hive ransomware that allowed them to decrypt data without knowing the private key used by the gang to encrypt files.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Data loss prevention (DLP) best practices are principles that help prevent intentional or unintentional data erasure. By following these guidelines, organizations can reduce the detrimental impact of data loss and quickly resume operations after an incident. Proofpoint’s 2024 data loss landscape report reveals 84.7%

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten) is abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence researchers reported that Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 ( Nemesis Kitten ) has been abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently. The volume of confidential documents created daily is, frankly, incalculable, and the volume of “everything” distributed across multiple data centers around the world is much, much more. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Successful assaults can lead to locked up data and systems, as well as stolen and leaked data, bringing chaos to the targeted companies. The malware encrypts files and spreads to the entire system to maximize damage, which forces companies to lock down the whole network to stop the propagation. Encryption is the Key.

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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. .

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 10, 2020

Also featured: the controversy over enabling law enforcement to circumvent encryption; the cyberattack risks posed by IoT devices. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses "Orwellian" surveillance activity in 2020 via the ToTok app.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 10, 2020

Also featured: the controversy over enabling law enforcement to circumvent encryption; the cyberattack risks posed by IoT devices. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses "Orwellian" surveillance activity in 2020 via the ToTok app.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

An analysis of a crackdown on criminals' use of encrypted communications leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also: a preview of ISMG's Healthcare Security and Legal & Compliance summits, including expert insights on vendor risk management.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. ” reads the analysis published by Cleafy. The malware encrypts the files inside the infected devices using an AES algorithm and renaming them with the extension “.enc”.

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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. The data is protected against cybercriminals as well as others who are not supposed to see it.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 5, 2019

Other topics: filling the DevSecOps skills gap and the repercussions of Australia's encryption-busting law. The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report offers an in-depth look at the ever-changing ransomware threat.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

Researchers conducted a new analysis of the Diavol ransomware and found new evidence of the link with the gang behind the TrickBot botnet. However, Fortinet researchers that analyzed the malware discovered that ransomware operators have yet to implement data-stealing capabilities. reads the analysis published by Fortinet.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2019

For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. In recent years, we’ve seen a sharp rise in reporting and analysis of data breaches – arguably both a stimulant and a symptom of cyber-security taking its place on the board agenda. Enter encryption.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 12, 2018

An analysis of FBI Director Christopher Wray's comments about how encryption poses complications for law enforcement officials leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: The former CISO of the state of Michigan sizes up cybersecurity forecasts.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. However, over the past 20 years the practice of analyzing user data hasn’t advanced much beyond serving the business models of these tech giants. That could be about to change.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” Then came the unlikely call from an FBI agent. This is not an idle concern.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Data lineage is the visualization and tracking of data as it moves through various stages of its lifecycle. In an age where data drives decisions and fuels innovation, understanding the journey of data from its inception to its final destination is paramount. Data lineage provides this understanding.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The popular cyber security researcher Patrick Wardle published a detailed analysis of the new macOS ransomware Turtle. The Turtle ransomware reads files into memory, encrypt them with AES (in CTR mode), rename the files, then overwrites the original contents of the files with the encrypted data. concludes the analysis.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S. Healthcare Data Privacy Laws.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT remote access trojan masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT RAT masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. in) used by the attackers. Change or modify system settings.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

” reads the analysis published by AquaSec. ” The Pollard’s Kangaroo interval ECDLP solver algorithm appears to be an attempt to break the SECP256K1 encryption which is used by Bitcoin to implement its public key cryptography. “Breaking the cryptographic encryption is considered “Mission: Impossible”.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 12, 2022

New analysis of cyberattacks shows that organizations aren’t able to properly detect ransomware attacks, resulting in a majority of victims paying the ransom to retrieve data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2024

From securing everyday personal messages and the authentication of digital signatures to protecting payment information for online shopping and even guarding top-secret government data and communications—cryptography makes digital privacy possible. This ciphertext is then transmitted to a recipient.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2024

BIFROSE has data stealing capability, but it is mostly popular for its keylogging routines. ” reads the analysis published by Unit 42. ” reads the analysis published by Unit 42. The recent sample of Linux variants of BIFROSE employes RC4 encryption to encrypt the collected victim data.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

Zacks is the leading investment research firm focusing on stock research, analysis, and recommendations. The availability of the archive was reported by the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned , which notified Zecks. “In December 2022, the investment research company Zacks announced a data breach.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader , but in 8Base campaigns, it has the ransomware component embedded in its encrypted payloads. 8base” file extension for encrypted documents, a circumstance that suggested a possible link to the 8Base group or the use of the same code-base for their ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Black Basta ransomware group added Southern Water to the list of victims on its Tor data leak site and threatened to leak the stolen data on February 29, 2024. SRLabs analyzed the encryption algorithm used by the ransomware and discovered a specific weakness in the variant used by the gang around April 2023.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 11, 2021

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of lawmakers' grilling of Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount over his handling of the DarkSide ransomware attack. Also featured: How the FBI helped trick criminals into using an encrypted communications service that it was able to monitor.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2020

Related: Why cybersecurity should reflect societal values An emerging approach, called Network Traffic Analysis , is gaining traction as, in effect, a catch-all network security framework positioned at the highest layer of the networking stack. The attackers are trying to get their hands on files and exfiltrate data.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 5, 2020

Company Says 'Temporary Limitations' on Services Continue Garmin, a fitness tracker and navigation device firm, apparently paid a ransom to recover from a July 23 security incident that encrypted several of its systems, according to two news reports as well as expert analysis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Ransomware encrypts from virtual machines to evade antivirus. Ragnar Locker deploys Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files, the trick allows to evaded detection from security software. ” continues the analysis. Mounting all the shared drives to encrypt.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. CyberChef is “a simple, intuitive web app for analyzing and decoding data without having to deal with complex tools or programming languages.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As we’ve seen with major attacks like Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline, cybercriminals have continued to innovate, developing new tools and tactics to encrypt and exfiltrate data. Whether a small or large organization, the need to secure data is critical as no organization is immune to the threat of data exfiltration.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In this blog, I take it a step further with a discussion about the options available for securing data. Not all types of encryption give you the coverage and flexibility you need. One of the most common and most effective approaches to protecting data is encryption. Application.

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