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. “Don’t pay,” the agent said.

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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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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites. This article will provide an overview of DNS Security, common attacks, and how to use DNS security to prevent DNS attacks and manipulation. in the DNS cache for more efficient delivery of information to users.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Related: The security case for AR, VR AI chatbots use natural language processing, which enables them to understand and respond to human language and machine learning algorithms. Examples of AI chatbot platforms include: •Dialogflow: Developed by Google, Dialogflow is renowned for its comprehension capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Explore some real-world instances below and discover when and how to use DLP procedures for optimal data security. Industry-specific rules: Check relevant regulations on a regular basis to verify data security compliance , and use DLP to protect sensitive data and reduce regulatory risks.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Schneider Electric released security advisories for multiple vulnerabilities impacting various products, including four issues that can be exploited by attackers to take control of Modicon M221 programmable logic controllers (PLCs). ” states the analysis published by Claroty.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence team warns of four different ransomware families ( KeRanger , FileCoder , MacRansom , and EvilQuest ) that impact Apple macOS systems. One of the most important capabilities of ransomware is the capability of targeting specific files to encrypt. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The security firm discovered a bug in the encryption process implemented by the Hades ransomware that can be used to recover the files encrypted by some variants. “We discovered a vulnerability in the encryption schema that allows some of the variants to be decrypted without paying the ransom. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Recently, the Chinese security firm Rising detected a Linux variant of the SFile ransomware that uses the RSA+AES algorithm mode. as the suffix name. ” reported The Record. . ” reported The Record.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

The encryption scheme is unusual because it combines x25519 and AES. A notable example includes BlackCat and Hive. In addition to that, cross-platform languages help to evade static analysis.” The ransomware appends the.basta extension to the encrypted filenames and create ransom notes named readme.txt in each folder.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

GitHub has announced new features that could improve both developers’ experience and supply chain security. Maintainers will be able to receive reports and collaborate with security professionals and all other issuers to patch vulnerabilities. Also read: Software Supply Chain Security Guidance for Developers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

RedAlert is human-operated ransomware, the ransomware uses NTRUEncrypt public key encryption algorithm for encryption. crypt[Random number] ” extension to the filenames of encrypted files. lilith” extension to the filenames of encrypted files. ” reads the analysis published by Cyble. log), swap files(.vswp),

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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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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Yet, in bringing us here, APIs have also spawned a vast new tier of security holes. Yet, API security risks haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. It has become clear that API security needs to be prioritized as companies strive to mitigate modern-day cyber exposures. Thus security-proofing APIs has become a huge challenge.

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

After supporters and opponents of mandated government access to encrypted communications publicly feuded for much of 2016, reprising arguments they’ve had since at least the days of the “Clipper Chip,” these “encryption debates” seemed to quiet down for much of last year. device locking, secure messaging, etc.);

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Schneier on Security

MAY 29, 2020

The feature, which Facebook started rolling out on Android in March and is now bringing to iOS, uses machine learning analysis of communications across Facebook Messenger's billion-plus users to identify shady behaviors. Facebook has said it will eventually roll out that end-to-end encryption to all Messenger chats by default.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 12, 2018

alongside Tony Sager , senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security and a former bug hunter at the U.S. National Security Agency. Tony Sager, senior vice president and chief evangelist at the Center for Internet Security. BK: Right, the Trusted Foundry program I guess is a good example.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The Ransom Cartel operation was launched in December 2022, and security experts at MalawareHunterTeam were among the first research teams to speculate a possible link with Revil. The analysis of the decrypted REvil configuration revealed the use of the same JSON format, but the REvil configuration has more values than Ransom Cartel.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a horrible product due to lack of proper R&D and Threat Modeling. video below), I started looking around for more interesting and concerning (from a security point of view) NRF52-based products. known-plaintext attack).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2023

” reads the analysis published by the researchers. “As part of this simulation, Juan Manuel Fernandez and Sean Doherty carried out a detailed analysis of the software used to perform backups ( ArcServe UDP ). ” continues the post.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 16, 2021

Why Data Visibility is Important for Security. The shift to working from home over the past year, as reviewed in “ 451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise: Digital Pulse ” published on October 2020, identifies the “information security as the priority respondents cited most often as having become greater”. Enhanced security.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

. “In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC. “Observed targeting includes pen testers, private offensive security researchers, and employees at security and tech companies. ” states the report published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Security experts at Microsoft analyzed a new strain of cryptocurrency miner tracked as Dexphot that has been active since at least October 2018. “The Dexphot attack used a variety of sophisticated methods to evade security solutions. ”reads the analysis published by Microsoft. msiexec.exe, unzip.exe, rundll32.exe,

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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. Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

Security researcher Vdohney released a PoC tool called KeePass 2.X x before 2.54, it is possible to recover the cleartext master password from a memory dump, even when a workspace is locked or no longer running. ” KeePass is a free and open-source software used to securely manage passwords. x versions. “In KeePass 2.x

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Security Affairs

JULY 3, 2023

Structured data is highly valuable for generating reports, performing statistical analysis, and gaining insights into operational efficiency. Examples: Customer Personal Identifiable Information, transactional data, inventory records, and financial statements. Examples: XML files, JSON files, and log files.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 1, 2022

Reachable assertions are used in several different contexts, including verification of computer programs, security analysis, and network analysis. For example, consider a program that calculates the shortest path between two nodes in a graph. Reachable assertions can also be used in security analysis.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2020

I had the chance to sit down with Laurence Pitt, Juniper’s global security strategy director. A few key takeaways: Trust factor This is an exciting time in the world of network security, with the growth of 5G pushing industries into a world where virtually anything can be connected. He believes there is a trust element, however.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2023

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) released a joint advisory that provides indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with the notorious LockBit 3.0

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sourcing teams are automating processes like data analysis as well as supplier relationship management and transaction management. For example, the IBM Sterling Transaction Manager automates manual transactions between businesses and suppliers. In sourcing strategy, blockchain technology helps track orders, payments, accounts and more.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Germany-based G Data CyberDefense released software designed to trick the STOP ransomware variant into believing that a targeted system has already been compromised and keeping it from encrypting files after the device has been infected. But STOP ransomware will not encrypt files anymore if the system has the vaccine.”.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Resecurity® HUNTER (the threat research & intelligence team) published exclusive screenshots and details acquired as a direct result of the Nevada Ransomware affiliate network analysis. According to experts, similar to early versions of Petya Ransomware , the code has some ‘flaws’ allowing some encrypted files to be decrypted.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

However, experts reported that there are many examples of malware that are not obfuscated, their analysis can allow threat actors to access to the original code and create their own variants of LodaRAT. The list of processes also includes discontinued security software such as ByteHero, and Norman Virus Control.

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