IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Many are addressing this via building accelerators that could be customized for enterprise consumption that helps accelerate specific areas of modernization and one such example from IBM is IBM Consulting Cloud Accelerators. We will explore key areas of acceleration with an example in this article.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

“It’s not uncommon for attackers to download legitimate third-party tools onto infected machines (for example, PsExec is often abused to run other tools or commands).” ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft. based payload, and a bunch of encrypted files.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

This post provides an in-depth analysis of the inner workings of Gooligan, the infamous Android OAuth stealing botnet. This file is encrypted with a hardcoded [XOR encryption] function. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. first post.

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Elie

MARCH 17, 2018

This post provides an in-depth analysis of the inner workings of Gooligan, the infamous Android OAuth stealing botnet. This file is encrypted with a hardcoded [XOR encryption] function. This encryption is used to escape the signatures that detect the code that Gooligan borrows from previous malware. first post.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

” reads the analysis published by ESET. “For example, the attackers use long execution chains, crafted by combining malicious shellcode with legitimate tools and vulnerable executables. This allows the InvisiMole group to devise creative ways to operate under the radar.”

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Definition, How it Works, & Examples. their significance, and their pros and cons.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Technical Analysis. The dropped file payload is a.NET executable embedding some anti-analysis tricks. This way, the control flow is switched to the delegated method which actually points to a DLL containing the anti-analysis logic. Figure 6: Example of the enumeration of the Hypervisors. Load()” method.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Guido Vranken returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss his CryptoFuzz tool on GitHub, as well as his experience fuzzing and finding vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries and also within cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum. exchanges in which you can exchange for example, Bitcoin against Aetherium and a completely decentralized way.

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Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

and the analysis of. The second post provides an in-depth analysis of Gooligan’s inner workings and an analysis of its network infrastructure. For example, you can use an OAuth token to only allow an app to read your Twitter timeline, while preventing it from changing your settings or posting on your behalf.

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Elie

MARCH 10, 2018

and the analysis of. provides an in-depth analysis of Gooligan’s inner workings and an analysis of its network infrastructure. For example, you can use an OAuth token to only allow an app to read your Twitter timeline, while preventing it from changing your settings or posting on your behalf. mail delivery security.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Technical Analysis. The malware tries to connect to the remote host 149.154.157.104 (EDIS-IT IT) through an encrypted SSL channel, then it downloads other components and deletes itself from the filesystem. Example of execution of the malware. Registry key created by malware. Figure 2: Complete malware implant folder.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This is a blog post for advanced users with binary analysis experience. Non-glibc C standard library. Example: Netgear N300 a.k.a. Uses uClibc instead of glibc C standard library. Extracting firmware can sometimes be difficult due to custom firmware layouts and encryption. Prerequisites. Is a MIPS Linux firmware.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 15, 2020

This is a blog post for advanced users with binary analysis experience. Non-glibc C standard library. Example: Netgear N300 a.k.a. Uses uClibc instead of glibc C standard library. Extracting firmware can sometimes be difficult due to custom firmware layouts and encryption. Prerequisites. Is a MIPS Linux firmware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

That file was delivered via malscam campaigns around the world and its source-code is obfuscated in order to evade antivirus detection and complicate its analysis. For example, it uses VM-protection techniques, debug-protection, virtual machine emulation, anti-monitors techniques, anti-memory patching (see all Themida features here ).

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

The Uptycs threat research team has been observing over 90% of macOS malware in our daily analysis and customer telemetry alerts using shell scripts. An example of one such DMG file with bash scripts is shown below (see Figure 1). Bash scripts invoking encrypted Zip file. Figure 4: Bash script invoking encrypted zip file.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 15, 2024

Examples include covertly inserting malware or manipulating unprotected code-signing keys. This may include open source, third party, and various libraries – in addition to possible multiple components from internal and external DevOps and Continuous Integration/Delivery (CI/CD) teams. How can organizations protect their data?

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The malicious code also leverages other techniques to avoid detection, for example it modifies the system DNS resolvers and uses Google’s public DNS servers to bypass DNS monitoring tools. It also hides malicious processes using library injection and encrypts the malicious payload.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Latin American trojans share the same modus operandi and even modules and blocks of code observed during the analysis of several malware samples. dll: Windows legitimate DLL for runtime dependencies – MICROSOFT® C RUNTIME LIBRARY. dll: Windows legitimate DLL for runtime dependencies – MICROSOFT® C RUNTIME LIBRARY.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2021

This piece of malware is focused on stealing banking credentials and victim’s secrets using different techniques tactics and procedures (TTP) which have evolved over the years, including its delivery mechanisms, C2 techniques, and anti-analysis and reversing features. In detail, the Excel spreadsheet contains hidden spreadsheets – Excel 4.0

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 10, 2021

For example, input fields for email addresses can be filtered to allow only the characters in an email address, such as a required “@” character. For SQLi purposes, this means keeping all web application software components, including database server software, frameworks, libraries, plug-ins, and web server software, up to date. .

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Krebs on Security

MAY 17, 2021

In Russia, for example, authorities there generally will not initiate a cybercrime investigation against one of their own unless a company or individual within the country’s borders files an official complaint as a victim. . “Being a virtual machine doesn’t stop malware like it used to,” James said.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The recent security exploit perpetrated on the Cybersecurity software company SolarWinds is a dramatic example of how bad and ugly it can actually get. Falco is an open source library, a kernel module for Linux systems that intercepts the traffic between userspace and kernel space, detecting unexpected application and OS behaviour at runtime.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Here are some examples: Quantum. Q: If a ransomware attack happens on your system(s) and all the data is encrypted, is it possible that the hacker has total control of your system(s), meaning administrative privileges? Since all the system data is encrypted, the hackers have admin/root privileges. Iron Mountain. Spectra Logic.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In Symantec’s analysis, they noted three examples of how Raindrop behaved: Enabled the malware to access network computers via the management software, and later extract a copy of the Directory Services Internals. Encryption. Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). Secure email gateway.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

For example it’s hard to have Intrusion Prevention Systems, proxies, advanced threat protection, automated sandbox and again advanced end-point protections letting personal devices more vulnerable to be attacked. The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. OCX VT coverage.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

My example of hitting random keys and forcing the password manger to pop open illustrates the topic of this episode. Computer viruses for example have to spread by humans--via email attachments. Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. What’s a worm?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

My example of hitting random keys and forcing the password manger to pop open illustrates the topic of this episode. Computer viruses for example have to spread by humans--via email attachments. Not only do I get a much faster time to market, I don’t have to worry about rolling my own encryption. What’s a worm?

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. When we travel, for example, to a different country, we have this thing called a passport, you know, this physical thing that we hold in our hands. Lewis: Good. Other: Wait. I must have the password.

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Info Source

MARCH 5, 2018

In addition to secure access to print devices and pull-printing, YSoft SafeQ encrypts communications within YSoft SafeQ and communications to other systems (for example, 3 rd party document repositories, shared network folders and email services) and will provide the corresponding tools to our customers in order for them to be fully GDPR compliant.

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Data Protector

OCTOBER 11, 2017

It will ensure that libraries can continue to archive material, that journalists can continue to enjoy the freedoms that we cherish in this country, and that the criminal justice system can continue to keep us safe. I will highlight, rather at random, some other examples which need reflection.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Thales CipherTrust Data Discovery and Classification helps your organization get complete visibility into your sensitive data with efficient data discovery, classification, and risk analysis across heterogeneous data stores--the cloud, big data, and traditional environments--in your enterprise. This hack included US Government networks.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2019

Technical Analysis. Once run, it starts the encryption of all the victim’s files, except for the system and programs folders: “Program Files” , “Program Files (x86)” , “Windows”. Example of ciphered file with empty original file. Actions during encryption phase. Example of HTTP request to retrieve the BTC address.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

” Also read: Cybersecurity Analysts Using ChatGPT for Malicious Code Analysis, Threat Prediction Understanding AI Auto Coding Systems For some time, IDEs or Integrated Development Environments, have had smart systems to improve coding. For example, one concern is that there could be potential intellectual property violations.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2021

As the presidential election unfolded in the fall, for example, there were revelations about how mobile apps used by political candidates were rife with security flaws that played right into the hands of propagandists and conspiracy theorists. For example, SSL certificate pinning was not implemented by either app.

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