eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new year brought few new vulnerabilities, and only Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) and Kyber, the quantum resistant encryption algorithm, publicized new vulnerabilities or fixes. and older of the Perl Spreadsheet::ParseExcel library ( CVE-2023-7101 ) contain a RCE vulnerability exploited by Chinese hackers, as noted on December 24th.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JANUARY 10, 2022

EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency The EU’s police agency, Europol, will be forced to delete much of a vast store of personal data that it has been found to have amassed unlawfully by the bloc’s data protection watchdog.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2024

DinodasRAT (aka XDealer ) is written in C++ and supports a broad range of capabilities to spy on users and steal sensitive data from a target’s system. The researchers noticed that unlike other RAT, the attackers do not collect any user-specific data to generate this UID. The C2 domain is hard-coded into the binary.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2018

One of the long standing challenges with security applications that involve data encryption has been key management. Vormetric Application Encryption. Today’s Vormetric Application Encryption provides a library that provides the PKCS #11 interface as a dynamically loadable library (.DLL) RESTful VAE.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2023

Avast released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can allow victims to recover their data without paying the ransom. Cybersecurity firm Avast released a free decryptor for the Akira ransomware that can allow victims to recover their data without paying the ransom. Files are encrypted by Chacha 2008 ( D.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2019

Tavis Ormandy, a white hat hacker Google Project Zero announced to have found a zero-day flaw in the SymCrypt cryptographic library of Microsoft’s operating system. The flaw could be exploited by malicious programs trigger a denial of service condition by interrupting the encryption service for other programs. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

Hertzbleed attack: Researchers discovered a new vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD chips that could allow attackers to steal encryption keys. The principle behind the Hertzbleed attack is that, under certain circumstances, the dynamic frequency scaling of modern x86 processors depends on the data being processed. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The encryption and decryption are not robust and the ransomware lack features like Windows Shadow Copy removal, File unlocking for a more thorough impact, Anti-analysis, and Defensive evasion (AMSI bypass, disabling event logging, etc.). At this point in this ransomware, the encryption process has already finished.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leave s a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. The Apple expert Bob Gendler discovered that the Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leaves a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. ” continues the post.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Hive ransomware gang, which claimed the responsibility for the Tata Power data breach, started leaking data. Stolen data include contracts, financial and business documents, engineering projects, and employees’ personally identifiable information (PII), including Aadhar card numbers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. What Makes an Encryption Algorithm Strong?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The age of Big Data is upon us. And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. Protecting the confidentiality and integrity and of warehoused data and ensuring that access is controlled is vital to keeping that data secure. respondents.”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Vladimir Soukharev, InfoSec Global The advent of quantum computers poses a substantial threat to various industries due to their potential to compromise standard encryption methods that protect global data, communications, and transactions. This vulnerability could expose sensitive enterprise information to risk. In the U.S.,

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

One of the most important capabilities of ransomware is the capability of targeting specific files to encrypt. FileCoder and MacRansom use the Linux find utility to search for selected files to encrypt. . However, these same ransomware families differ in encryption logic. ” reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

CISA: hackers breached a state government organization Russia-linked Turla APT uses new TinyTurla-NG backdoor to spy on Polish NGOs US Gov dismantled the Moobot botnet controlled by Russia-linked APT28 A cyberattack halted operations at Varta production plants North Korea-linked actors breached the emails of a Presidential Office member Nation-state (..)

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

It matches reported vulnerabilities to the open source libraries in code, reducing the number of alerts. By reviewing connection-level information as well and the constituents of data packets, it highlights their characteristics, origin, destination, and more. Encryption is automatic and is done in real time. John the Ripper.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2023

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The Operation CuckooBees had been operating under the radar since at least 2019, threat actors conducted multiple attacks to steal intellectual property and other sensitive data from victims. Spyder Loader loads AES-encrypted blobs to create the wlbsctrl.dll which acts as a next-stage loader that executes the content.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code based on public Python libraries. The malicious code appended the extension .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Danish Agency for Development and Simplification has discovered the data leak that involved the TastSelv Borger service, which is managed by the US company DXC Technology. Data, including CPR numbers, have been exposed for almost five years before the data leak was discovered. SecurityAffairs – Data leak, CPR numbers).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2021

According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. CERT-FR’s alert states that the Pysa ransomware code is based on public Python libraries. The malicious code appended the extension.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

EventBot is a mobile banking trojan and infostealer that abuses Android’s accessibility features to steal user data from financial applications, read user SMS messages, and steal SMS messages to allow the malware to bypass two-factor authentication.” ” reads the analysis published by Cybereason. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 10, 2022

After that, they were able to spread a digitally-signed Cobalt Strike module to exfiltrate sensitive data. The system uses DLL (Dynamic Link Library) files to store some resources the application needs and will load automatically. If it does not find one, the encrypted shell code is written in 8KB chunks in the event logs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 30, 2023

It contains the IronCAP library for post-quantum cryptography, serving as an extension to legacy cryptography support within the Luna FM. Data Security Robert Masterson | Senior Partner Marketing Manager More About This Author > Schema IronCAP-FM resides in the Luna Network HSM. IronCAP’s PKCS#11 interface resides in the client system.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 2, 2022

Y2k22 bug in Microsoft Exchange causes failure in email delivery Security Affairs most-read cyber stories of 2021 PulseTV discloses potential credit card breach The Have I Been Pwned service now includes 441K accounts stolen by RedLine malware Multiple flaws in Netgear Nighthawk R6700v3 router are still unpatched How to implant a malware in hidden (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Multiple supply chains potentially impacted Bulgaria hit by a cyber attack originating from Russia Interpol arrested 75 members of the cybercrime ring Black Axe 45,654 VMware ESXi servers reached End of Life on Oct.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2022

DEV-0950 group used Clop ransomware to encrypt the network of organizations previously infected with the Raspberry Robin worm. Data collected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint shows that nearly 3,000 devices in almost 1,000 organizations have seen at least one RaspberryRobin payload-related alert in the last 30 days.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2022

defense contractors , financial services firms, and a national data center in Central Asia. The attacks aimed at stealing sensitive data from the victims and attempted to launch supply chain attacks targeting their customers. It is designed to load malicious DLLs and encrypt payloads.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

With dedicated container security tools and processes, your organization can ensure that containers stay up and running and continue to protect the applications and data they host with minimal disruption. Some common examples of container registries include Docker Hub, Azure Container Registry, and Amazon ECR.

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AIIM

JULY 24, 2018

Data Privacy and Open Data: Secondary Uses under GDPR. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. GDPR and Cross Border Data Flows between the EU and the US: Current State of the Law. GDPR Compliance Starts with Data Discovery. Three Critical Steps for GDPR Compliance.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Hackers abuse Plex Media servers for DDoS amplification attacks TeamTNT group uses Hildegard Malware to target Kubernetes Systems Experts found critical flaws in Realtek Wi-Fi Module Packaging giant WestRock is still working to resume after recent Ransomware Attack Watch out!

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

Their main purpose is to protect applications from unauthorized access, data breaches, and malicious attacks. These tools play a vital role in ensuring the security, integrity, and confidentiality of sensitive information, such as personal data and financial records.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The Mac version uses the same AES key and IV as the Linux variant to encrypt and decrypt the config file.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 10, 2021

Connectivity enables powerful, revenue-generating capabilities…from data telemetry and runtime analytics, to effectively predicting and maintenance requirements. The problem becomes – how do we make sure we’re securing these “driving data centers” against the risks and threats that lurk on the Internet? Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Dynamic-link library (DLL) side-loading takes advantage of how Microsoft Windows applications handle DLL files. The attackers use a simple XOR encryption algorithm with the string “Hapenexx is very bad” as a key. In these attacks, the encryption key used is the string “HELLO_USA_PRISIDENT.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2022

To control the browser, the malware uses a library called Rod. 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. “Someone always has a way of monetizing data.

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