Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The United States Department of Justice charged 4 Chinese military hackers with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax. The United States Department of Justice officially charged 4 members of the China’s PLA’s 54th Research Institute, a division of the Chinese military, with hacking into credit reporting agency Equifax.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2019

The Department of Justice wants access to encrypted consumer devices but promises not to infiltrate business products or affect critical infrastructure. They affect national security. Nor are we necessarily talking about the customized encryption used by large business enterprises to protect their operations.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2024

From securing everyday personal messages and the authentication of digital signatures to protecting payment information for online shopping and even guarding top-secret government data and communications—cryptography makes digital privacy possible. In modern times, cryptography has become a critical lynchpin of cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2023

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 25, 2022

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. CyberChef is “a simple, intuitive web app for analyzing and decoding data without having to deal with complex tools or programming languages.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The RAT was able to avoid detection due to continuous evolution, it is able to execute arbitrary code on the target systems and steal data. Upon enabling the macro, the embedded VBA displays a Russian article titled “Western Assessments of the Progress of the Special Military Operation.” ” concludes the report.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

To minimize their impact, implementing preventive security measures into these advanced systems is crucial. Businesses across all industries can function adequately without worrying about would-be hackers with malicious intent when they secure their networks. After the devastating blow of Pearl Harbor, U.S.

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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. Pangu Lab researchers discovered the Bvp47 backdoor within the data leaked by The Shadow Brokers.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2020

Maze ransomware operators published internal data from LG and Xerox after the company did not pay the ransom. Ransomware crews are very active during these months, Maze ransomware operators have published tens of GB of internal data allegedly stolen from IT giants LG and Xerox following failed extortion attempts. GB from Xerox.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 2, 2022

Protecting the Crown Jewels: The evolution of security strategies and asset protection. The intent of this tradition was to ensure trusted access to and physical security of the Tower, the most secure castle in the land, so that intruders would not be able to gain access. Security Practices and the Queen’s Jubilee.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Google sued by New Mexico attorney general for collecting student data through its Education Platform. Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts. Decathlon Spain data leak exposed Spanish employees’ data & more. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. National Security Agency (NSA) stating that NSA’s Director of Cybersecurity Anne Neuberger is slated to host a call on Jan.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 16, 2018

When I first wrote about Cloud Access Security Brokers in 2015, so-called CASBs were attracting venture capital by the truckloads — and winning stunning customer testimonials. CASBs (pronounced caz-bees) originally sought to resolve a fast rising security nightmare: Shadow IT. A synopsis of key takeaways: Misconfigurations.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Although there have still been a few surprises, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and blazing heatwaves across the UK to name but two, it was a familiar year in the cyber security landscape. Cyber criminals continued to wreak havoc, with the likes of Twitter , Uber and Neopets all reporting mammoth data breaches.

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IT Governance

APRIL 2, 2020

With organisations across the globe turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a worse time to suffer a data breach or cyber attack. Australia’s Defence Force Recruiting systems were taken offline after security breach (unknown). Wichita State University notifies students and staff of a security incident (1,762).

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), US Cyber Command, and international partners released a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that Russia-linked threat actors are using compromised Ubiquiti EdgeRouters (EdgeRouters) to evade detection in cyber operations worldwide.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Welcome to our October 2022 review of data breaches and cyber attacks. We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). For now, it’s unclear what damage the data could cause if exposed, so we’ve omitted the figure from our tally.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. ” Most threat actors have been focused on locking data, sometimes with innovative techniques to evade detection tools. .” Only small files lower than 2MB are encrypted.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The memo also reveals that the company has hired an external security firm to investigate the incident. According to the media outlet, the alleged incident resulted in the loss of data for users of their free 10GB storage feature. The post Did Maze ransomware operators steal 10 GB of data from Canon? Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2020

Xerox Corporation is the last victim of the Maze ransomware operators, hackers have encrypted its files and threaten of releasing them. Maze ransomware operators have breached the systems of the Xerox Corporation and stolen files before encrypting them. “The Cyble Research Team has identified and analyzed the proof.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Malware has been around for nearly 40 years, longer even than the World Wide Web, but ransomware is a different kind of threat, capable of crippling a company and damaging or destroying its critical data. Zero trust is an important new tool to add to all that, essentially walling off your most important data. Data backup.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Just a couple of months after that, World Rugby itself announced that one of its training websites had suffered a security breach that exposed subscribers’ account information. That’s why it announced it would pursue two measures designed to strengthen its national digital security posture ahead of these sporting events.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2020

Electronic Warfare Associates p rovides electronic equipment to the US government, the list of customers includes the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Evidence of the hack is still visible online because Google has cashed the ransom notes and encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2020

MAZE ransomware operators have stolen the data of the company before encrypting its systems and threaten to leak it in case the victim will not pay the ransom. The post Maze ransomware gang hacked M&A firm Threadstone Advisors LLP appeared first on Security Affairs. Cohen, Pittsburgh Brewing Co., Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 27, 2022

Each present a unique set of challenges and require equally powerful next-generation cyber security. Advanced computers, quantum being one, have the potential to wreak havoc on the data, systems, devices, and networks we rely on daily. But another, far more damaging, attack vector is looming – quantum attack. NATO, the U.S.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 7, 2020

and Secure Swiss Data Ltd (more on Secure Swiss data in a moment). government to secure Davies’ extradition, but he appears to have slipped away once again. In some cases, the victims had agreed to use Bernard’s Secure Swiss Data software and services to store documents for the due diligence process.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. The attackers breached dozens of enterprises and in some cases compromised their IT infrastructure, taking over systems used to manage security solutions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2023

The group focuses on military and government organizations to steal sensitive information, including confidential data and intellectual property. “The ISO file also contains a decoy Word document that has an XOR-encrypted section. The Dark Pink APT is active in the ASEAN region and has been active since at least mid-2021.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2021

Back in December, the SolarWinds supply chain attack made the headlines when a Russian cyber espionage group tampered with updates for SolarWinds’ Orion Network Management products that the IT company provides to government agencies, military, and intelligence offices. Upgraded encryption algorithm strength for all stored credentials.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 14, 2020

The memo also reveals that the company has hired an external security firm to investigate the incident. According to the media outlet, the incident resulted in the loss of data for users of their free 10GB storage feature. At the time the company only confirmed an internal investigation on a problem related to “10GB of data storage.”.

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