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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. We discussed why encrypted flash drives have become established as a must-have portable business tool in the digital age. Park: Exactly.

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Experts spotted a variant of the Agenda Ransomware written in Rust

Security Affairs

Trend Micro researchers have spotted a new variant of the Agenda ransomware (aka Qilin) that is written in Rust Language. The Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) group uses a double-extortion model, with most of the victims in the manufacturing and IT industries. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware

Security Affairs

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. Then Trend Micro researchers initially analyzed a Windows 32-bit sample of the ransomware from Twitter.

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Lazarus APT uses DTrack backdoor in attacks against LATAM and European orgs

Security Affairs

The second stage payload is a heavily obfuscated shellcode, the APT group used an encryption method different for each sample. “When the victimology is analyzed, it becomes clear that operations have expanded to Europe and Latin America, a trend we’re seeing more and more often.” ” continues the analysis.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

If you take a look at the global market for IoT, you can easily spot the trend. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. The Flaws in Manufacturing Process.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

Hancitor became another commodity malware which partnered with ransomware gangs to help them gain initial access to target networks – the increasing trend outlined by Group-IB researchers in the recent Ransomware Uncovered 2020/2021 report. Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV.

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Weekly Vulnerability Recap – November 6, 2023 – Windows Drivers and Exchange Flaws

eSecurity Planet

EoP exploit for AMD driver (PDFWKRNL.sys) on HVCI-enabled Windows 11 The fix: To address this issue, thorough action is required: Driver Patching: Developers and manufacturers of affected drivers must deliver patches and upgrades as soon as possible to address the reported vulnerabilities.