The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2020

The Shamoon “wiper” virus , for instance, devastated Saudi oil company Aramaco, destroying the hard drives of more than 30,000 Aramaco computers and forcing a weeklong shutdown of the company’s internal network. A few months later the UAE stood up its National Electronic Security Authority (NESA) which proceeded to do much the same thing.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

This is not going to be a full path analysis so If you are interested in a more complete one, including dissection steps on final payloads, please refer to some of my previous analysis ( HERE , HERE , HERE ) or to Yoroi’s Blog. The used variable holds a Base64 representation of encrypted data. I am going to call this stage: stage1.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In this blog, we explain what you need to know and provide data loss prevention tips. Unlike desktop computers, laptops don’t have extra covers to protect them from water damage, which increases your risk of electronic components short circuiting. Computer viruses. appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

The group has targeted a variety of industries, including financial, government, energy, chemical, and telecommunications, and has largely focused its operations within the Middle East. The original post and other interesting analysis are published on the Marco Ramilli’s blog: [link].

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eDiscovery Daily

APRIL 7, 2019

Right inside the door, you see a handwritten notice on a big whiteboard which says: All network services are down, DO NOT turn on your computers! Of course, as you probably know by reading this blog, the DLA Piper situation isn’t unique. An article written by Anton Janik, Jr. No exceptions*. And, Model Rule 1.4

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2019

AV and plenty static traffic signatures confirm we are facing a new encrypted version of Emotet trojan. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background. I do have a MD in computer engineering and a PhD on computer security from University of Bologna. Conclusion. MITRE ATT&CK.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 30, 2021

” Users who click “Yes” are directed to Crypto Sheriff, a tool that matches available decryptors to the user’s encrypted files. Site visitors are greeted with a simple yes/no question: “Need help unlocking your digital life without paying your attackers?” ” Introducing BlackMatter.

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IT Governance

MARCH 1, 2019

That’s not true: they are distinct activities with their own requirements and purposes, which we explain in this blog. SAQ B-IP : For merchants that don’t store cardholder data in electronic form but use IP-connected point-of-interaction devices. SAQ P2PE : For merchants that use point-to-point encryption.

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 18, 2018

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview for Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. The government will usually get its ESI by consent or warrant. But first, a note about a new feature we’re adding to eDiscovery Daily: Our new eDiscovery Tech Tip of the Week !

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eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 16, 2018

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview for Understanding eDiscovery in Criminal Cases that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. Because more than 90 percent of documents today are generated in electronic format, ESI is becoming more and more prominent in criminal matters, especially white collar criminal cases.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 26, 2023

Cloud computing offers the potential to redefine and personalize customer relationships, transform and optimize operations, improve governance and transparency, and expand business agility and capability. In 2017, 94% of hospitals used electronic clinical data from their EHR.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Many analyses over the past few years taught that attackers love re-used code and they prefer to modify, obfuscate and finally encrypt already known code rather than writing from scratch new “attacking modules”. The original post is available on Marco Ramilli’s blog: Frequent VBA Macros used in Office Malware.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. This meant they weren’t encrypted, making them freely accessible to as many as 20,000 employees, most of whom had no legitimate reason to access the information. IT Governance released its final Weekly Podcast.

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eDiscovery Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

At Appellant’s apartment, after the agents discovered a single computer, an HP Envy 700 desktop, which was encrypted with TrueCrypt, Appellant informed the agents that he lived alone, that he was the sole user of the computer, and that only he knew the password to his computer.

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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. Today I want to contribute to such a blog-roll analyzing a new spreading variant that hit my observatory. The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

19 No longer are the proportionality considerations described as separate “limitations” on an inquiry governed solely by relevance.20 36 Computers are tangible things, after all, and many litigants over the years have sought to test, sample, or obtain copies of an opposing party’s computer or entire computer system.

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IT Governance

MAY 9, 2019

This blog has been updated to reflect industry updates. Malware is designed to disrupt and gain unauthorised access to a computer system. It is a type of malicious software that encrypts a victim’s files and demands a payment to release them. However, paying the ransom does not guarantee the recovery of all encrypted data. ?Staff

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Krebs wrote for The Washington Post between 1995 and 2009 before launching his current blog KrebsOnSecurity.com. Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp [link] — Schneier Blog (@schneierblog) August 1, 2019. Breaking: Mars becomes the second planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows. Denial-of-Suez attack.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2018

Since blogging is not my business, I do write on my personal blog to share knowledge on Cyber Security, I will describe some of the main steps that took me to own the attacker infrastructure. Now I was able to see encrypted URLs coming from infected hosts. I am a computer security scientist with an intensive hacking background.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. According to Bleeping Computer , Crimemarket “was the largest cybercrime market in the country and a hub for trading illegal drugs, narcotics, and cybercrime services, while it also hosted tutorials/guides for conducting various crimes”.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

Everybody's got their own little blog where they post stuff. And now it was like how can I contribute back to Tibet and put material out and help other people maybe join in the same way I did by not traditional means like, it wasn't really college or anything that got me into electronics. I noticed it seems like it's very fragmented.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

-based tech firm to secretly embed tiny computer chips into electronic devices purchased and used by almost 30 different companies. Amazon also penned a blog post that more emphatically stated their objections to the Bloomberg piece. Government. In a nutshell, the Bloomberg story claims that San Jose, Calif.

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