eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The second piece – which your EDR vendor, for example, may already offer – is a ransomware removal tool that may be able to decrypt your data and remove the ransomware quickly, and possibly even block an attack before it gets anywhere. The focus is on recovering deleted and encrypted files as quickly as possible. Proven Data.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: " Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities " (summary here ). From the summary: Automation and connectivity are fundamental enablers of DOD's modern military capabilities.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Neither were any of the algorithm names I knew, not even algorithms I knew that the US government used. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. Probably not. Very probably.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” Screenshot example. Statistics.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Affecting big companies and small in virtually every vertical and hitting government institutions at the local, state and federal level, sensitive data is routinely exfiltrated, stolen and leveraged with shocking regularity. For example, are they encrypting their data? It’s sarcastic, it’s comical, but it’s also real.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 And why the attacker used an encrypted payload if the victim cannot open it? Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

According to Microsoft, the Platinum has been active since at least 2009, it was responsible for spear phishing attacks on ISPs, government organizations, intelligence agencies, and defense institutes. “ BITS Downloader – This component is used to download encrypted files from the C&C server then decrypt and launch them.”

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The nonprofit GDI Foundation has tracked close to 175,000 examples of misconfigured software and services on the cloud this year. On both occasions Uber left its encryption keys on GitHub, which in part led to the breach. This ensures that S3 data is encrypted and if a misconfiguration or breach occurs, only unusable data leaks.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border. Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

After Merck filed its $700 million claim, the pharmaceutical giant’s insurers argued that they were not required to cover the malware’s damage because the cyberattack was widely attributed to the Russian government and therefore was excluded from standard property and casualty insurance coverage as a “hostile or warlike act.”

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The HSE ultimately enlisted members of the Irish military to bring in laptops and PCs to help restore computer systems by hand. For example, it is unclear how much data would have been unrecoverable if a decryption key had not become available as the HSE’s backup infrastructure was only periodically backed up to offline tape.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

The Military Chinese General and Philosopher Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) wrote these tactics over two thousand years ago, and it is as applicable today as it ever was. The recent security exploit perpetrated on the Cybersecurity software company SolarWinds is a dramatic example of how bad and ugly it can actually get. Conclusion.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Increasingly, thought leaders, professional organizations, and government agencies are beginning to provide answers. Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Encrypting critical data assets. Creating an Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy. Managing digital identities.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 19, 2021

There is of course a lot of security around these digital releases, for example, there's watermarks, digital certificates, and even keys at the code, the encrypted copies of the films in specific theaters for specific periods of time. For example, Black Widow was not slated to run in China, at least not on the main screen.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. When we travel, for example, to a different country, we have this thing called a passport, you know, this physical thing that we hold in our hands. Lewis: Good. Other: Wait.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: So, finding registration files and election systems exposed online, this, this after a decade of warnings from security experts, from hackers and state governments warning -- where does that leave us today? For example, by only focusing on the machine that captures your vote -- that’s only a part of the picture.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Vamosi: So, finding registration files and election systems exposed online, this, this after a decade of warnings from security experts, from hackers and state governments warning -- where does that leave us today? For example, by only focusing on the machine that captures your vote -- that’s only a part of the picture.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 21, 2022

Vamosi: Perhaps Kyle can give us an example of how this works in the real world. My favorite example of how this works is it's not always additive, meaning they need to bring in their own complex payloads. Kyle was doing this for the government, doing this for the good of a nation. Vamosi: So it's interesting.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Vamosi: So, finding registration files and election systems exposed online, this, this after a decade of warnings from security experts, from hackers and state governments warning -- where does that leave us today? For example, by only focusing on the machine that captures your vote -- that’s only a part of the picture.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: With the Colonial Pipeline criminal attack, we’ve seen that ransomware is an urgent national security risk that threatens schools, hospitals, businesses, and governments across the globe. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin. Whoa, how cool is that.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 18, 2021

Vamosi: With the Colonial Pipeline criminal attack, we’ve seen that ransomware is an urgent national security risk that threatens schools, hospitals, businesses, and governments across the globe. Failure to pay, and your data is encrypted forever. Usually a certain amount of Bitcoin. Whoa, how cool is that.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In the case of double-extortion ransomware attacks, malware is used to not only encrypt the victim’s data but also exfiltrate sensitive files, such as customer information, which attackers then threaten to release publicly. Although Creeper is the first known example of a worm, it is not actually malware.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 6, 2022

Vamosi: So this is an example of what’s news and what’s not. Initially ransomware was targeting home users to encrypt your holiday pictures, pay us 200 bucks to get your pictures back. BBC: Well as Ukrainian military battles Russian troops on the ground there's another battle taking place. Dog bites man, not news.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Other examples of this sort of attack include fake apps in the Google Play store, and hacked replacement screens for your smartphone. This list includes governments, government contractors, IT companies, thinktanks, and NGOs — and it will certainly grow. It’s an increasingly common way to attack networks.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The chips were alleged to have spied on users of the devices and sent unspecified data back to the Chinese military. Government. That example gives a whole new meaning to the term “supply chain,” doesn’t it? In a nutshell, the Bloomberg story claims that San Jose, Calif. But the U.S. based firms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

So far in 2018, we’ve already seen a handful of government agency mishaps when it comes to security. citizens’ personal data being made available to the public, which has heightened awareness with government officials. government agencies worldwide experienced a breach this past year. Breaking barriers with encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2019

That May 10th air strike by the Israel Defense Force marked the first use of military force in direct retaliation for cyber spying. This comes as no surprise to anyone in the military or intelligence communities. Here are a few things everyone should know about the current state of government-backed cyber ops.

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