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.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

Zacks is the leading investment research firm focusing on stock research, analysis, and recommendations. According to HIBP, the records in the database contain names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, usernames, and passwords stored as unsalted SHA-256 hashes. ” reported HIBP.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

DeathRansom was considered fake ransomware due to the fact that it did not implement an effective encryption process, but now things are changing. DeathRansom is a ransomware family that was initially classified as a joke because it did not implement an effective encryption scheme. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2022

#Ransomware Hunt: "White Rabbit" with extension " scrypt", drops note for each encrypted file with "<filename> scrypt.txt" with victim-specific information: [link] "Follow the White Rabbit…" pic.twitter.com/lhzHi5t1KK — Michael Gillespie (@demonslay335) December 14, 2021. scrypt.txt.” .

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2021

Like other ransomware gangs, Lorenz operators also implement double-extortion model by stealing data before encrypting it and threatening them if the victim doesn’t pay the ransom. Lorenz sends the name of the infected system to a C2 before encrypting the file. Lorenz places a header before the encrypted file instead.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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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. The username, password, user’s IP address and current timestamp are stored in a file at C:WindowsTempaf397ef28e484961ba48646a5d38cf54.db.ses.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Four encryption and authentication issues in Modicon M221 PLCs were reported by Trustwave, three of which have been independently found by the security firm Claroty. According to the analysis published by Claroty the flaw could be triggered by an attacker with a foothold on the OT network.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2022

The security firm states that the AstraLocker decryptor works for ransomware versions based on the Babuk malware that appends the.Astra or.babyk extensions to the name of the encrypted files. “Be sure to quarantine the malware from your system first, or it may repeatedly lock your system or encrypt files. a-z0-9]{4} extension.

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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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Krebs on Security

MARCH 4, 2021

In two of the intrusions, the attackers made off with the forums’ user databases, including email and Internet addresses and hashed passwords. On Tuesday, someone dumped thousands of usernames, email addresses and obfuscated passwords on the dark web apparently pilfered from Mazafaka (a.k.a. ” On Feb.

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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) For organizations that have made that jump, sticking with a simple username and password to protect a globally accessible email server is far from good enough. Password leaks are commonplace.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2023

The malicious code also targets cryptocurrency wallets and can capture credentials, passwords, and even data from messaging apps like Telegram. Statc Stealer is written in C++, it supports filename discrepancy checks to avoid the execution in a sandbox and reverse engineering analysis.

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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

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Backed by a huge open source database of known exploits, it also provides IT with an analysis of pen testing results so remediation steps can be done efficiently. Read more: Metasploit: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis. Read more: Fiddler: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis. Security Onion. Aircrack-ng.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

The vulnerability is related to the possibility to launch a bruteforce attack to guess the seven-digit security code that is sent via email or SMS as a method of verification in password reset procedure. “Once we receive the 7 digit security code, we will have to enter it to reset the password. . ” the expert wrote.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

” reads the analysis published by Unit 42. “As a variant, MooBot inherits Mirai’s most significant feature – a data section with embedded default login credentials and botnet configuration – but instead of using Mirai’s encryption key, 0xDEADBEEF, MooBot encrypts its data with 0x22.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Password encryption keys key4.db db – Stores the master key to decrypt all passwords stored in logins.json. “Employing sophisticated anti-VM tactics, JaskaGO sidesteps automatic analysis, making it a formidable challenge for detection. Cookies: Files and folders – “Cookies”, “cookies.sqlite”, Network”.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

Our investigation showed that the samples had leaked accounts, customer passwords, and unique company IDs used as extensions of encrypted files.” ” The analysis published by Trend Micro details the commands supported by the ransomware, the malicious code is able to. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

In malspam attacks, attackers could encrypt the Excel file by setting up a password, then when the victims receive the email, hackers trick them into opening the attachment using a password included in the content of the message. ” reads the analysis published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

One of the modules analyzed by the experts, named GetMicInfo, implements an algorithm that allows operators to gather database passwords by decrypting them from Windows registry values. . ” reads the analysis published by ESET. ” continues the analysis. networking module is used for communication with C&C.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

The initial stage for the deployment of the malware is an EXE file larger than 250MB, a so large file size was used to avoid an automated sandbox or AV analysis. The SolarMarker backdoor communicates with the C2 server through the encrypted channel. ” reads the analysis published by PaloAlto Networks.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Then the loaders retrieve a second-stage payload stored in password-protected ZIP archive from Alibaba buckets. ” reads the analysis published by SentinelOne. “The [HUI] loader is executed through sideloading by legitimate executables vulnerable to DLL hijacking and stages a payload stored in an encrypted file.”

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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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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2023

” reads the analysis published by VulnCheck. The Mikrotik RouterOS operating system does not support brute force protection and the default “admin” user password was an empty string until October 2021. in October 2021, administrators were prompted to change the password. With the release of RouterOS 6.49

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

Keys, such as strong passwords, unique codes, or biometric scans, can be given to trusted individuals to access your resources from a distance. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security.

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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. Enhanced Access Security : Update your password policies to align with stronger standards. Risk Assessment Reevaluation : PCI DSS 4.0 stresses targeted, risk-based controls.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This 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. BlackMatter then remotely encrypts the hosts and shared drives as they are found.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2021

According to BleepingComputer , forum users reported an intensification of the attacks since December 20, the analysis of submissions to the ID ransomware service for this specific threat started to increase on December 19 and reached a peak on December 20. The malicious code appends.encrypt extension to filenames of encrypted files.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Breaking Encryption Encryption is a key security solution for both at-rest and in-transit data protection. Vulnerabilities in encryption techniques, on the other hand, or bad key management policies, might expose data to prospective intrusions. Attackers may try to exploit these flaws to decode and access sensitive data.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2020

All of them append.Try2Cry to encrypted files.” ” reads the analysis published by the expert. The malware uses the Rijndael alghorithm and the encryption password is hardcoded. The encryption key is created by calculating a SHA512 hash of the password and using the first 32 bits of this hash.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

The website was distributing a file named WSHSetup.exe, it is the downloader for both the CoronaVirus Ransomware and the Kpot password-stealer. Upon execution, the executable will attempt to download several files from a remote web site, at the time of the analysis, only a few of them were available. jpg ‘). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The skimmer loads dynamically to avoid static malware scanners and uses unique encryption parameters for each victim to obfuscate the malicious code.” The JavaScript URL is hardcoded in the loader script in encrypted format, experts observed that the attackers can change the URL for each victim.

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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. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

. “Unlike the majority of Mirai variants, which natively brute force Telnet servers using default or weak passwords, RapperBot exclusively scans and attempts to brute force SSH servers configured to accept password authentication. ” reads the analysis published by FortiGuard Labs.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 15, 2019

Here's the first, in footnote 1: We understand the word "password" to be synonymous with other terms that cell phone users may be familiar with, such as Personal Identification Number or "passcode." For simplicity, we use "password" throughout. See generally, Kerr & Schneier, Encryption Workarounds, 106 Geo.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Conduct content analysis to improve safety measures. Customize training materials to address these specific concerns, including data handling protocols, password management , and phishing attempt identification. Encrypt data at rest with encryption algorithms and secure storage techniques.

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