Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

” reads the analysis published by ESET. To avoid detection of malicious functionalities, the authors encrypted all suspicious-looking strings with the Corrected Block TEA (XXTEA) cipher and then running Base64 encoding. “Interestingly, the password from the configuration file is stored encrypted.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 10, 2024

A comprehensive understanding of your cardholder data environment (CDE) is crucial for later risk analysis and targeted control implementation. Encryption Reassessment : Ensure your encryption protocols and key management practices for data in transit and at rest adhere to the latest, most robust standards.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 15, 2021

assembly that is intended to be loaded as a module within an IIS web server that also exposes Exchange’s Outlook Web Access (OWA),” reads the analysis published by Kaspersky. ” Attackers designed the Owowa module to inspect HTTP requests and responses by hooking the PreSendRequestContent event. .

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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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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Encryption: This protects sensitive data by converting it into a coded form that can only be accessed or decrypted with the appropriate key. Encryption ensures that data remains confidential and secure, even if intercepted or accessed by unauthorized parties.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The list of victims includes manufacturing organizations, banks, schools, and event and meeting planning companies. The Holy Ghost ransomware appends the file extension.h0lyenc to filenames of encrypted files. The analysis of the attackers’ wallet transactions shows that they failed to extort ransom payments from their victims.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

.’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) Internationally, there is no doubt that this predominantly serves to facilitate the detection and blocking of topics sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party, such as the events of June 4, 1989, in Tiananmen Square.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Requirements The Amendment includes a new requirement to report to the superintendent of NYDFS when a ransomware event has been deployed in a material part of the covered entity’s information system (500.1(g)(3)). c)) regardless of the impact of the underlying cybersecurity event.

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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. In the event of a breach, the last thing the tech team will want to do is figure out how to make a report.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Effective encryption has long been critical for protecting sensitive enterprise data, but as hackers increasingly leverage encrypted channels to access and traverse enterprise networks, secure traffic decryption is also key to assessing potential threats. Managing Encryption and Decryption at Scale. Today, TLS 1.3

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Once opened, the email appears as a legitimate email communication from American Express, while the content instructs the cardholder on how to view the secure, encrypted message attached. ” reads the analysis published by the Armorblox. ” reads the analysis published by the Armorblox.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 7, 2023

The PowerShell-based malware uses advanced techniques to evade detection, including deception, encoding, and encryption. ” reads the analysis published by Adlumin. . ” reads the analysis published by Adlumin. aerospace sector. ” continues the report.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

If your business is taking an ‘encrypt everything’ approach, data discovery with risk analysis will help prioritize where to deploy data security solutions first. Encrypt all sensitive data. Data discovery, classification and risk analysis helps set priorities for data security implementation. Securely store your keys.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

” reads the analysis published by ESET. To avoid detection of malicious functionalities, the authors encrypted all suspicious-looking strings with the Corrected Block TEA (XXTEA) cipher and then running Base64 encoding. “Interestingly, the password from the configuration file is stored encrypted.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security. Network Segmentation: To reduce possible exposure in the event of a breach, isolate remote access systems from crucial and unneeded internal resources via network segmentation.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The analysis of attacks where Egregor has been deployed revealed that the TTPs used by the threat actors are almost identical to the ones used by the ProLock operators, whose campaigns have been described in Group-IB blog post in May. Egregor operators use the combination of ChaCha8 stream cipher and RSA-2048 for file encryption.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

client that can connect and brute force any SSH server that supports Diffie-Hellmann key exchange with 768-bit or 2048-bit keys and data encryption using AES128-CTR.” ” reads the analysis published by FortiGuard Labs. The bulk of the malware code contains an implementation of an SSH 2.0 ” . .

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The good news is that in the event of a ransomware attack, there are basic steps any organization can follow to help contain the attack, protect sensitive information, and ensure business continuity by minimizing downtime. Don’t restart affected devices When dealing with ransomware, avoid restarting infected devices.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

NIS2 includes a list of seven elements that all companies must address or implement as part of the security measures they take: Risk analysis and information system security policies. The use of cryptography and encryption. the use of cryptography and encryption” [Article 18(2g)]. Why Cryptography and Encryption?

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Larger security teams will send the alerts to a Security Operations Center (SOC) or a Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tool to provide context for other alerts and provide information about the health of the network or system protected by the IDS/IPS. The most significant barrier to visibility is encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2021

Being so close to the storage also lets RackTop preserve an “immutable backup” so data can be rolled back quickly in event of a ransomware attack. It supports file, block and object storage, works with AWS and Azure, encrypts data at rest and in motion, and offers compliance and metadata intelligence.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 29, 2024

Review Data in Real-Time DLP solutions perform instant analysis of data packets or files as they’re observed. Facilitate Incident Response In the event of a security incident or breach, the DLP solution monitors and reports on data access and movement. The 10 steps outlined below show how data loss prevention works.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 13, 2022

Regarding the encryption of the personal data, the CNIL finds that it is not efficient since Google LLC proceeds to the encryption and must provide access to the data under its custody as well as to the encryption keys necessary to access the data in the clear.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

There are hardware elements such as having a redundant data center, where the enterprise can fail over during an event. In the event of ransomware, the enterprise needs to have access to an uncorrupted copy of its data, so it can refuse to submit to cyber criminals’ demands. Also see the Best Business Continuity Solutions.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2023

ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million ransom Dragon Breath APT uses double-dip DLL sideloading strategy International Press Cybercrime San Bernardino County pays $1.1-million

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

” reads the analysis published by the researchers. The experts explained that using a machine learning algorithm against the time information it is possible to perform a keystroke timing analysis to discover the words typed by a victim. “Now, humans have distinct typing patterns. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

CLFS can be used for both data logging as well as for event logging. ” reads the analysis published by Mandiant. “Rules to detect CLFS containers matching PRIVATELOG structures or containing encrypted data are also provided. Binary Log File(s) created from CLFS can not be viewed by any integrated Windows tool.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2020

doesn’t actually encrypt the files on the devices but only inhibits the access to the phone. For example, in 2017 ESET experts observed the DoubleLocker that was both encrypting user data and changing PIN Lock and that abused the Accessibility service to re-activate itself after users pressed the Home button.

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erwin

MARCH 25, 2021

Specifically, 80 percent of data professionals’ time is spent on data discovery, preparation and protection, and only 20 percent on analysis leading to insights. How likely is a specific event to happen? What is the impact or damage if this event happens? According to Pörschmann, risk management asks two main questions.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

CWPP implements the following approaches to prevent, detect, and respond to security events: Visibility and Continuous Monitoring CWPP provides full system supervision, monitoring PCs, virtual machines, containers , and serverless configurations. Integrating with SIEM allows for the centralization of discovered malware and events.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 8, 2022

From the foreword of the report, all the way to the end, the analysis indicates that mobile devices pose a greater risk to organizations. When seriously contemplated, it is easy to see the factors that are influencing these events. Todd Moore | VP, Encryption Products. A primary means of communication. Data Security.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 9, 2019

Because of the quick reaction we had, we were able to contain the encryption part” to roughly 50 percent of customer systems, he said. “It’s one thing to prepare for these sorts of events but it’s an entirely different experience to deal with first hand.”

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur.

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Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2021

The statement reveals that one of the two hacking groups was a China-linked cyber espionage group, the analysis of internal data confirmed that UNC2630 group was operating under the control of the China-linked APT5. UNC2630 CLEANPULSE CLEANPULSE is a memory patching utility that may be used to prevent certain log events from occurring.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

“There seems to be a resurgence of activity from the group, and recent events show how their tools and techniques have evolved. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. Msadoz<n> dll (detected by Trend Micro as BKDR64_BINLODR.ZNFJ-A) – encrypted backdoor.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The news of the shutdown comes after two major events that have taken place over the past two weeks. The advisory provides information on tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with the ransomware gang that were obtained from the analysis of a sample of BlackMatter ransomware as well from trusted third-party reporting.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 16, 2021

Many organizations deploy solutions to help protect data using encryption, tokenization or data access management, but this approach is like finding a needle in a haystack. The data visibility process is not a one-time event. The following step is to take a remediation action based on the risk analysis performed.

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