Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2019

The hackers targeting organizations across multiple industries and have also targeted foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists. “ Threat actors used a custom steganography algorithm to hide the encrypted payload within PNG images to to avoid detection. ” reads the report published by the experts.

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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. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 25, 2019

At least 23 Texas local governments targeted by coordinated ransomware attacks. Malware Analysis Sandboxes could expose sensitive data of your organization. A backdoor mechanism found in tens of Ruby libraries. million to allow towns to access encrypted data. Once again thank you! Texas attackers demand $2.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Malware researchers from ESET have conducted a new analysis of a backdoor used by the Russia-linked APT Turla in targeted espionage operations. The new analysis revealed a list of high-profile victims that was previously unknown. ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” reads the analysis published by ESET.

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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. That means it falls to you to protect your cryptocurrency. All of which speaks to the power of hacking.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 10, 2022

Speaking of government intervention on cyber attacks, the US government was forced to intervene after state-sponsored attackers targeted Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities in March. Additionally, the UK government website crashed – on the day that Britons aged 25–29 were invited to book their COVID-19 vaccines.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

So, Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab team decided to dive deep into technical analysis. Technical Analysis. The money is kept by the government and in return, a “non-permanent” profit officially titled as “interest” is given back to the officers at the end of each year. The Fund is financial planning for defense personnel. Conclusion.

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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. platform for analysis and vulnerability assessment. They look for possible vulnerabilities such as input validation errors, improper coding practices, and known susceptible libraries in the codebase. Tenable.io

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

China-linked APT group Cycldek is behind an advanced cyberespionage campaign targeting entities in the government and military sector in Vietnam. China-linked APT group LuckyMouse (aka Cycldek, Goblin Panda , Hellsing, APT 27, and Conimes) is targeting government and military organizations in Vietnam with spear-phishing.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Rapid7 conducted an analysis on three distinct infusion pump models: the Alaris PC 8015, the Baxter Sigma Spectrum model 35700BAX2 along with its associated Wireless Battery Module (WBM), and the Hospira Abbott PLUM A+ with MedNet. ” reads the analysis published by Rapid7. . ” reads the analysis published by Rapid7.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The top DevSecOps vendors offer a comprehensive suite of application security testing tools, including static application security testing (SAST), dynamic and interactive analysis testing (DAST and IAST), and software composition analysis (SCA). Aqua Security Features. Checkmarx Features. Contrast Security Features.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

A March 2020 software update of the SolarWinds Orion management platform gave malicious actors unhindered access to key government and enterprise networks. The problem: software can be mighty complex, made up of components, development frameworks, operating system features, libraries, and more. Encryption. Secure email gateway.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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. Will ransomware in the future attack tape libraries?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

While several open-source tools exist for disk and data capture, network analysis, and specific device forensics, a growing number of vendors are building off what’s publicly available. The Sleuth Kit enables administrators to analyze file system data via a library of command-line tools for investing disk images. Volatility.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Personal and Corporate data is now regularly targeted and traded by unscrupulous actors who use it to undermine Governments, destabilise markets, intimidate or threaten companies and individuals. and the library that is making that outbound connection is ‘post-receive’ within GitLab. government agencies and institutions).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

Governments are doing their best to mitigate such a virus while people are stuck home working remotely using their own equipment. The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. In that scenario, jackals are luring people using every dirty way to attack their private devices.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2020

Lampion was first documented in December 2019 , and it was distributed in Portugal via phishing emails using templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. VBS file leverages the Windows rundll32 library to inject the first DLL into memory (P-14-7.dll), More recently, in May 2020, a new variant of Lampion was observed.

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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. Perhaps the Government could respond on that point. change it substantially.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

So by that, I mean, if your developer libraries are available, it's easy to do. You know, I think many organizations certainly if you look at the consumer facing landscape where you are, you're pulling in identity information from consumers, citizens, customers, you're selling stuff for your government department doing things online.

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