Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The activity of the TeamTNT group has been detailed by security firm Trend Micro, but in August 2020 experts from Cado Security discovered that botnet is also able to target misconfigured Kubernetes installations. ” reads the analysis published by AquaSec. be on IP 93[.]95[.]229[.]203).” ” continue the experts.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. Both regulations have profound implications for companies seeking to collect and apply aggregate statistical analysis to consumer data. That could be about to change.

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ARMA International

AUGUST 7, 2023

In 2023, we see six significant trends that considerably impact the legal industry. Trend #1: The Rise of AI Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology into legal practice is no longer a “new” frontier. This includes measures such as encryption, two-factor authentication, and regular security audits.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Health care relies on it for intelligent symptom analysis and health information dissemination. Secure communication channels: Ensure all communication channels between the chatbot and users are secure and encrypted, safeguarding sensitive data from potential breaches. Using MFA can prevent 99.9% of cyber security attacks.

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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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Researchers from Trend Micro, while monitoring the activity of the China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca , discovered an encrypted file hosted on a server under the control of the group. Additional analysis led to the discovery of a previously unknown Linux backdoor tracked as SprySOCKS. ” continues the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

Trend Micro researchers warn of a new ransomware family called Agenda, which has been used in attacks on organizations in Asia and Africa. Trend Micro researchers recently discovered a new piece of targeted ransomware, tracked as Agenda, that was written in the Go programming language. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

JULY 20, 2022

The encryption scheme is unusual because it combines x25519 and AES. “Luna confirms the trend for cross-platform ransomware: current ransomware gangs rely heavily on languages like Golang and Rust. In addition to that, cross-platform languages help to evade static analysis.” ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to Trend Micro, an announcement for LockBit Linux-ESXi Locker version 1.0 Trend Micro analyzed the Lockbit Linux-ESXi Locker version 1.0 which uses a combination of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms for data encryption. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

Researchers from Trend Micro have analyzed the BatCloak, a fully undetectable (FUD) malware obfuscation engine used by threat actors to stealthily deliver their malware since September 2022. The developers used AES encryption and implemented techniques to bypass the anti-malware scan interface (AMSI). ” concludes the report.

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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. Cyberattacks are on the rise, with cyber criminal trends and techniques becoming increasingly sophisticated and creative. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Backup and encryption.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

In an attack observed by the experts, the ransomware successfully encrypted a CentOS host running a vulnerable version of IBM Aspera Faspex file server software. The ransomware encrypts files and appends the “.ifire” IceFire doesn’t encrypt the files with “.sh” IceFire doesn’t encrypt the files with “.sh”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2024

In June 2023, Trend Micro researchers detailed the malware obfuscation engine BatCloak which multiple threat actors used. The developers used AES encryption and implemented techniques to bypass the anti-malware scan interface (AMSI).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

Then Trend Micro researchers initially analyzed a Windows 32-bit sample of the ransomware from Twitter. blacksuit extension to the name of the encrypted files, drops a ransom note into each directory containing the encrypted files, and adds the reference to its TOR chat site in the ransom note along with a unique ID for each of its victims.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

With a multi-layered approach to endpoint protection, the ESET PROTECT Advanced solution fits small to medium-sized businesses and offers advanced EPP capabilities, full disk encryption , and an automated sandbox for dynamic threat analysis. Full Disk Encryption. Read more: 19 Best Encryption Software & Tools of 2021.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2022

The ransomware encrypts files on the targeted systems using the “.cuba” Researchers from Trend Micro have reported a surge in Cuba ransomware gang activity in March and April 2022. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. Cuba ransomware has been active since at least January 2020. cuba” extension.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, we’ll consider situational analysis, how to assess what’s happening in the school and how to support staff to protect the data in their care. Situational analysis – understand what’s happening now. Introduce device encryption. There are several ways to reduce the likelihood and severity of data breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

See the Top Vulnerability Management Tools Trend Micro Cloud App Security Best for SaaS platform protection Trend Micro Cloud App Security focuses on securing cloud-based applications and services. Encryption ensures that data remains confidential and secure, even if intercepted or accessed by unauthorized parties.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2024

If successful, it initiates a self-forking mechanism, constituting the sole anti-debugging/anti-analysis measure incorporated into the malware. The malware uses AES encryption for C2 communication, however, depending on the transmitted data, RSA may also be utilized. . ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2020

According to Trend Micro, the threat allows to steal data associated with popular applications, including Evernote, Skype, Notes, QQ, WeChat, and Telegram. The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2022

. “When the user downloaded and opened this file, it spawned an obfuscated script which, through registry stuffing, installed a chunk of encrypted codes in the registry and added scheduled tasks for persistence. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. 13, which is a Cobalt Strike C2. .

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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

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Security experts from Trend Micro discovered a new malware tracked as Virobot that combines ransomware and botnet capabilities. Virobot encrypts files on infected machines and is also implements spam botnet abilities and leverages it target other systems. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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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

MAY 25, 2021

We, the members of the Jamf Protect detection team, discovered this bypass being actively exploited during additional analysis of the XCSSET malware, after noting a significant uptick of detected variants observed in the wild. The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Security experts from Trend Micro have spotted a new strain of ransomware involved in attacks in July and August, the malicious code was posing as the Locky ransomware. ” reads hte analysis published by Trend Micro. “ PyLocky is configured to encrypt a hardcoded list of file extensions, as shown in Figure 4.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 22, 2021

Trend Micro researchers spotted a new strain of ransomware, dubbed DarkRadiation, which is writted in Bash script and target Linux distributions (Red Hat/CentOS and Debian) and Docker cloud containers. The ransomware uses OpenSSL’s AES algorithm with CBC mode to encrypt files and leverages Telegram’s API for C2 communications.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Around February 1, 2023 – the group distributed an updated locker written in Rust for their affiliates supporting Windows, Linux and ESXi – this programming language has become a trend for ransomware developers these days (Blackcat, RansomExx2, Hive, Luna, Agenda).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

Experts from Trend Micro have uncovered a Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers that employed a re-engineered version of the XCSSET malware to support Apple’s new M1 chips. According to Trend Micro, the threat allows stealing data associated with popular applications, including Evernote, Skype, Notes, QQ, WeChat, and Telegram.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The second stage payload is a heavily obfuscated shellcode, the APT group used an encryption method different for each sample. ” continues the analysis. . ” continues the analysis. DTrack retrieves the payload by reading it from an offset within the file or by reading it from a resource within the PE binary.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

According to security reearchers at Trend Micro, the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America, Trend Micro experts reported. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. The above-mentioned AIDS Trojan hailing from the distant pre-Internet era was the progenitor of the trend, but its real-world impact was close to zero. pharma giant ExecuPharm.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Regulators, industry experts, and researchers provided insight into health privacy and security enforcement trends, emerging threats, and new tools at a recent conference focused on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPAA) regulatory framework. Enforcement Trends and Priorities. Emerging Trends in Breaches.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2019

Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted a new variant of AESDDoS botnet that is exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in the Atlassian collaborative software Confluence. “In our analysis, we saw that an attacker was able to exploit CVE-2019-3396 to infect machines with the AESDDoS botnet malware.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Running the systems into safe mode will allow the malware to encrypt victims’ files without any interference because endpoint security products do not run in Safe Mode. ” reads the analysis published by Sophos. ” continues the analysis.

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