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New RA Group ransomware gang is the latest group using leaked Babuk source code

Security Affairs

Compromised organizations operate in different business verticals, including manufacturing, wealth management, insurance providers, and pharmaceuticals. The ransomware supports intermittent encryption to speed up the encryption process. This process encrypts only a certain part of the source file’s contents, not the entire file.”

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

The blog post examines a typical Hancitor and Cuba kill chain, the threat actors’ TTPs, detailed recommendations, and mitigation techniques. Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV. The keys are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm. Usually, Hancitor is distributed via spam campaigns.

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The Value of Data Governance and How to Quantify It

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For example, one global pharmaceutical giant reduced cost by 70 percent and generated 95 percent of production code with “zero touch.” Identify regulatory risks and guide the fortification of network and encryption security standards and policies by understanding where all personally identifiable information is stored, processed and used.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in April 2023 – 4.3 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. Million Records Breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. The crooks were able to download nightly backups of the complete database, which contained all public forum posts, team forum posts and direct messages.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed.

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Understanding Blockchain and its Impact on Legal Technology, Part Two

eDiscovery Daily

Now, Tom has written another terrific overview regarding blockchain and legal technology titled Understanding Blockchain and its Impact on Legal Technology that we’re happy to share on the eDiscovery Daily blog. The audit trail itself is visible to all participants yet allows encryption of individual transactions. How Blockchain Works.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024

IT Governance

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. Subscribe now The post The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 26 February – 3 March 2024 appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93