Robert's Db2

JUNE 30, 2020

Just last week, a person on the Db2 for z/OS team at an organization asked me for some guidance regarding data encryption in a Db2 context. The categories of Db2 for z/OS data encryption I will address herein are as follows: Application-transparent encryption of Db2 data "at rest" (i.e.,

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Security Affairs

JUNE 4, 2023

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2024

Upon downloading and opening the archive, a JScript file is dropped onto the system. “The JScript file then drops a Base64-encrypted file and a batch file. The Base64-encrypted file is decoded with the certutil -f decode command, resulting in the creation of a Portable Executable (PE) DLL file.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In this blog, I take it a step further with a discussion about the options available for securing data. Not all types of encryption give you the coverage and flexibility you need. One of the most common and most effective approaches to protecting data is encryption. Application.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2023

The malware and infrastructure employed in the campaign are linked to the ones observed in Operation ChattyGoblin attributed by the security firm ESET to China-linked threat actors. Then the loaders retrieve a second-stage payload stored in password-protected ZIP archive from Alibaba buckets. IP-based geolocation service.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2023

Researchers from security firm Uptycs reported that threat actors linked to the Cyclops ransomware are offering a Go-based information stealer. The ransomware supports a complex encryption process “The encryption is complex; all functions statically implemented using a combination of asymmetric and symmetric encryptions.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

While many companies have deployed extra measures to secure employees’ remote access to corporate resources and apps, it is important to think of all the necessary security measures to be taken in protecting sensitive data. Encrypt all sensitive data. Securely store your keys. Discover and classify your data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group were spotted using new KandyKorn macOS malware in attacks against blockchain engineers, reported Elastic Security Labs. It utilizes reflective loading, a direct-memory form of execution that may bypass detections,” notes Elastic Security, which identified and analyzed the threat.”

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2021

While many cybersecurity vendors approach zero trust from the perspective of microsegmentation , shrinking the network as much as possible, one startup thinks security needs to be as close to the data as possible and is thus focused on data storage. Secure file server stops attacks.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2024

On April 3rd, the attacker updated the code in one of their repositories, linking to a new URL that downloads a different encrypted.7z The archive contained an executable named feedbackAPI.exe. The malware maintains persistence by creating a scheduled task that runs the executable every day at 4AM without user confirmation.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Archive files are now the most common file type used to deliver malware – eclipsing Microsoft Office files for the first time – according to HP Wolf Security’s Q3 2022 Quarterly Threat Insights Report. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

“Some Numando variants store these images in an encrypted ZIP archive inside their.rsrc sections, while others utilize a separate Delphi DLL just for this storage. The installer contains a CAB archive with a legitimate application, an injector, and an encrypted Numando banking trojan DLL. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 21, 2023

Here’s a roundup of the week’s major vulnerabilities that security teams should mitigate or patch. Organizations may need to quarantine.rar,zip and other archival file formats until the update is installed. Rarlab released an updated version (6.23) of the software, which should be updated as soon as possible.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

The availability of the master decryption key allows the victims to recover their encrypted files for free. Experts who tested the decryption tool confirmed that it works and allows to recover encrypted files for free. Unfortunately, at the time of writing the RAR archive is not available. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

National Security Agency (NSA) Equation Group. The name “ Bvp47 ” comes form numerous references to the string “Bvp” and the numerical value “0x47” used in the encryption algorithm. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, backdoor).

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

That makes a reliable and secure hosting environment critically important. It was created to enable businesses to grow their websites in a secure environment. The cloud technology allows users to get the most of their server resources and further improve their security. All information is archived and can be accessed easily.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2023

The availability of the archive was reported by the data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned , which notified Zecks. The company attempted to downplay the security breach by telling Have I Been Pwned that threat actors only had access to encrypted passwords.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2022

The attackers were delivering the malware using archive files and Microsoft Office documents exploiting the Follina Windows flaw ( CVE-2022-30190 ). “The earliest versions of this Rat was typically archived into a zip file pretending to be a document specific to a Russian group. . Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2023

The ransomware appends the.buthi extension to the encrypted files. and then store them in a compressed.ZIP archive. “The tool can be configured via command-line arguments to specify both the directory to search for files of interest in and the name of the output archive. ” reads the post published by Symantec.

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The Texas Record

MAY 18, 2018

The first known case of police attempting to use a deceased person’s fingerprints to move past bio-metric security protections was not successful however, where that attempt failed, others have since succeeded. “How to move a 120 TB web archive to the cloud in two weeks” — The National Archives. The outcome?

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

The Conti ransomware gang hit infected the systems of industrial automation and Industrial IoT (IIoT) chip maker Advantech and is demanding over $13 million ransom (roughly 750 BTC) to avoid leaking stolen files and to provide a key to restore the encrypted files. billion in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Advantech).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2020

Security experts uncovered an ongoing campaign delivering Nemty Ransomware via emails disguised as messages from secret lovers. All the spam messages used a ZIP archive as attachment with a filename with a specific format ( ‘LOVE_YOU_######_2020. Secret lover malspam delivers #Nemty #ransomware Nemty: 92.63.197[.]190/nnn.exe

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Last month’s $125 million Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) fine combined with the $75 million U.S. Many of these instant messaging platforms are secure, even offering end-to-end encryption, so the lack of security is not necessarily in the apps themselves. Related: Why third-party risks are on the rise.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

Security vendor SonicWall has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting both its on-premises and hosted Email Security products. SonicWall is warning its customers to update their hosted and on-premises email security products to address three zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild.

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Armstrong Archives

MARCH 13, 2024

Medical records scanning solutions from providers like Armstrong Archives can help organizations bridge the gap between their existing physical documents and EHR data. By investing in medical document scanning, businesses can simplify records storage protocols, increase information security, and promote accessibility.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2020

Expert discovered an Elasticsearch instance belonging to a security firm containing over 5 billion records of data leaked in previous incidents. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. ” wrote Security Discovery’s researcher Bob Diachenko. SecurityAffairs – Security firm, data leak).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2023

Researchers believe that threat actors use spear phishing as an initial attack vector, the messages include an URL pointing to a ZIP archive hosted on a web server under the control of the attackers. The archive contained two files, a decoy document (i.e. pdf.lnk) used to start the infection and deploy the PowerMagic backdoor.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2023

The new ransomware strain outstands for the use of encryption to protect the ransomware binary. The binary is deployed using a specific flag that allows its execution, while the ZIP archive is removed. This technique allows the encryptor to avoid detection. This technique allows the encryptor to avoid detection. We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The leaked archive includes a Microsoft Visual Studio project that can be used to create the HelloKitty ransomware and the related decryptor. The HelloKitty ransomware group, like other ransomware gangs, implements a double extortion model, stealing sensitive documents from victims before encrypting them. ” said kapuchin0.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

Accenture security researchers published an analysis of the latest Hades campaign, which is ongoing since at least December 2020. . Then the malware perform a scan in local directories and network shares for content to encrypt. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here.

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Everteam

JULY 11, 2019

Having this value and playing this massive role, data must be well managed and highly secured, especially that today’s data is digitized and stored in virtual repositories that might become vulnerable and risky with the fast evolvement of technology. Cyber Attacks and Cyber Security Threats . Everteam Security .

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

The spear-phishing message appears as a benign conversation lure masquerading as a senior fellow with the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) to the public media contact for a nuclear security expert at a US-based think tank focused on foreign affairs. The.rar archive contained a dropper named “Abraham Accords & MENA.pdf.lnk.”

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 31, 2023

John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool that can be used to perform brute-force attacks using different encryption technologies and helpful wordlists. That’s why experts often say these kinds of attacks are about time and calculation power, but if you don’t secure your passwords, they will be found at the speed of light.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week a Hensholdt spokesperson confirmed the security breach to BleepingComputer explaining that a small number of mobile devices in its UK subsidiary has been affected. Hensoldt AG focuses on sensor technologies for protection and surveillance missions in the defence, security and aerospace sectors. billion euros in 2020.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

In the recent campaign, the malware is included in RAR archive files. Once opened the archive, it will displays a Windows shortcut (LNK) file that masquerades as a document. The archive also includes a hidden folder that contains the malware, embedded eight levels deep in a sequence of hidden folders named with special characters.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

-based PerCSoft is a cloud management provider for Digital Dental Record (DDR), which operates an online data backup service called DDS Safe that archives medical records, charts, insurance documents and other personal information for various dental offices across the United States. PercSoft did not respond to requests for comment.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

The threat actor also accessed a subset of email addresses and other contact information, as well as encrypted and/or hashed and salted credentials. “ We have no evidence that the threat actor accessed email or archive content held by us on behalf of our customers.” ” reads the incident report published by mimecast.

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