Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Once executed, the info-stealer deobfuscates all its RC4-encrypted and base64-encoded strings and performs anti-analysis checks to avoid being executed in a sandbox or a virtual environment. Attackers use YouTube videos to distribute the malware. The victims are tricked into downloading malware-laced software from this site.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2021

Upon opening the attachment, ToxicEye installs itself on the victim’s device and performs some operations in background such as: stealing data deleting or transferring files killing processes on the PC hijacking the PC’s microphone and camera to record audio and video encrypting files for ransom purposes. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

The malware encrypts all the data with a key that is unique for each sample and sends it along with a sample identifier to the C2 server located at the domain name youbot[.]solutions. Aparat is an Iranian video-sharing site that was founded in 2011. ” “The business listing has a logo of an eye in a red circle.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

” reads hte analysis published by Trend Micro. ” Experts warn of its ability to bypass static analysis methods due to the combined use of Inno Setup Installer and PyInstaller. “ PyLocky is configured to encrypt a hardcoded list of file extensions, as shown in Figure 4. ” states the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2021

” states the analysis published by Zimperium. The malware exfiltrates data from the infected devices in the form of an encrypted ZIP file. . “The “System Update” app was identified by zLabs researchers who noticed an Android application being detected by the z9 malware engine powering zIPS on-device detection.

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Hunton Privacy

JUNE 29, 2022

Covered entities should identify, assess and address any risks and vulnerabilities posed by such technologies as part of its required risk analysis and management process.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2021

This is the system that controls what resources applications have access to, such as granting video collaboration software access to the webcam and microphone, in order to participate in virtual meetings.” The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

The hackers used the Windows drive encryption tool BitLocker to lock the servers. “Earlier this year, Security Joes and Profero responded to an incident involving ransomware and the encryption of several core servers. ” reads the joint report from Profero and Security Joes. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Researchers discovered a new strain of the Snatch ransomware that reboots computers it infects into Safe Mode to bypass resident security solutions and encrypt files on the system. ” reads an analysis published by Sophos. ” reads an analysis published by Sophos. ” continues the analysis.

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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 : emails, social media posts, customer feedback, audio and video files, images, and documents. Use encryption to protect sensitive data. Establish access controls and permissions.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

” reads the analysis published by the researchers. The experts explained that using a machine learning algorithm against the time information it is possible to perform a keystroke timing analysis to discover the words typed by a victim. “Now, humans have distinct typing patterns. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 10, 2020

We’ll tell our card tune to this one, and treat it as a digital video broadcasting for satellite feed. The feed are transmitted in MPEG video streaming format or the generic stream encapsulation (GSE) protocols. Pavel explained that attackers could also collect information even when the traffic is encrypted.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 9, 2019

” reads the analysis published by Cylance. As part of the PyXie attacks, legitimate LogMeIn and Google binaries were used to sideload the first stage DLL, which then locates its encrypted payload. ” continues the analysis. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

” reads the analysis published by SAM Seamless Network. An attacker can re-route the traffic to his server, display his own certificate, and then decrypt the traffic, below a video PoC of the attack. “In this video you can how we decrypt the traffic of the Fortinet SSL-VPN client and extract the user’s password and OTP.

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IT Governance

APRIL 11, 2023

The revenue comes through advertising, with YouTube inserting commercials in their videos. The message contains the subject line “Changes in YouTube rules and policies | Check the description”, and includes a video that has been shared with the user. YouTube has said its team are investigating the phishing campaign. “We’re

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Adam Shostack

JULY 1, 2021

Missing boundaries may be a flaw in the design of 5G, rather than a flaw in the analysis. However, that should be called out by the people doing the analysis, rather than the person writing this meta-analysis. ” The 5G folks are clearly in the complexity camp, and that complexity dogs this analysis.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Technical Analysis. At the analysis time, the file is not detected by most antiviruses: Figure 7. info with an URI path that looks like a path to a file video (.avi). The server responds to this request sending encrypted data, as show in the following figure. Part of network traffic containing some encrypted data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2019

This report is meant for incident response or Linux forensics purpose, TO HELP admin & IR folks ”, with this the very beginning sentence starts the new analysis of one of the most talented reverser of the worldwide extended security community, the head of MalwareMustDie team, Mr. unixfreaxjp. Non-Technical-Premise. The new Malware.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 16, 2019

Scranos is a powerful cross-platform rootkit-enabled spyware discovered while investigating malware posing as legitimate software like video players, drivers and even anti-virus products. Browsing History Stealer Payload — This payload collects Chrome’s browsing history and sends it to the C&C in an encrypted form.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

“Per our analysis, the leaked files contained Intel intellectual property respective to the internal design of various chipsets. The engineering received the files from an anonymous hacker who claimed to have hacked the company earlier this year, the experts believe that this leak is just a first lot on a larger collection.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 26, 2019

iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders. iLnkP2p is bundled with millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including security cameras and Webcams, baby monitors, smart doorbells, and digital video recorders.

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IoT Manufacturing Passwords Computer and Electronics 258

Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The spyware leverages a sequence of iOS exploits in the wild since 2016 , since April 2020 ActionSpy is being spread via several pages distributed in the wild via phishing emails disguised as a download page of an Android video application that is popular in Tibet. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2021

” reads the analysis published by the researchers. In the below video experts initially shows the pump under normal operation, then they modify the configuration remotely chaining the above issues and illustrates the effect on the pump when administering medication. “Could this attack take place over the internet?

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

.” states the post published by the expert, who shared the following video PoC. The expert focused his analysis in PTP layer that supports 148 commands, 38 of them receive an input buffer. The expert was able to access the keys for verifying the authenticity of the firmware and for encrypting it.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

His news analysis columns, podcasts, and videos are crafted to foster a useful understanding of complex privacy and cybersecurity developments for company decision-makers and individual citizens — for the greater good. Byron is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Last Watchdog on Privacy & Security.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In cybersecurity, steganography mainly consists of hiding malicious payloads or secret information inside seemingly harmless files such as images, PDFs, audios, videos, and many other document types. Thanks to an encryption algorithm, the message or the malware is embedded in the image by altering only specific pixels.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

“During recent analysis we discovered Platinum using a new backdoor that we call Titanium (named after a password to one of the self-executable archives). ” reads the analysis publisjed by Kaspersky. This C2 encrypts data with the same key as the C&C requests. ” continues the analys i s.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

” This week, Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) also warned of North Korea-linked hackers targeting security researchers through social media. io ), to share videos of their claimed exploits, and for amplifying and retweeting posts from other accounts under their control.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

” reads the analysis published by CheckPoint. The tool used by the experts is an extension of the Burp Suite penetration testing software that allows users manipulating the actual WhatsApp communication using their own encryption keys. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

” reads the analysis published by ESET. The SMInit exploit chain exploits a vulnerability in the legitimate Total Video Player software. The activity of the group is characterized by the heavy use of legitimate tools and per-victim encryption in the early stages of the attack chains.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2020

The supplier of a popular video conferencing tool has been scrambling to issue a series of security patches after white hat researchers showed how the Zoom platform used weak authentication — making it possible for uninvited parties to join an active call. Take Zoom, for instance.

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ARMA International

JUNE 13, 2022

Ingested digital files: Password protection, encryption, integrity issues, format compliance issues, proprietary formats, security restrictions. Page-by-page video QC : A video is taken showing each and every page before scanning. An example of page-by-page video QC. Lookup tables: Crosscheck against user-supplied data.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2019

” A malicious app installed on the recipient’s device can intercept and manipulate media files, including photos, documents, or videos stored on the external storage, that are exchanged between users. Encryption: Strive to encrypt sensitive files, as is usually done for text messages in modern IM solutions.

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Encryption Metadata Access Security 58

The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 1, 2019

Not even doing this YouTube video apology was enough to save Smith his job. In addition, sensitive data was not encrypted at rest, and no one was auditing access logs. Many more lawsuits, as well as federal probes and Congressional hearings, are sure to follow. This was the Perfect Storm.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 27, 2023

A technical analysis of NullMixer malware operation revealed Italy and France are the favorite European countries from the attackers’ perspective. Filename: Driver Easy Pro Crack.exe MD5: 324db70fad161852fb9a12b202b6c8ad Investigations end up in a series of Youtube videos promoting cracks for such programs.

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Encryption Communications IoT Marketing 87

IT Governance

AUGUST 2, 2019

Conduct a detailed gap analysis. Conducting a GDPR gap analysis will help you assess your current workflows, processes and procedures to identify the gaps that you need to fill. The Regulation doesn’t clarify how you should assess and quantify those risks, so you should consider using the methodology outlined in ISO 27001.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

Conduct risk analysis. In any case, risk analysis is the smart thing to do. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal. intelligence community and other government organizations.

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