Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2020

Experts spotted recent samples of the Snake ransomware that were isolating the infected systems while encrypting files to avoid interference. The Snake ransomware kills processes from a predefined list, including ICS-related processes, to encrypt associated files. ” continues the analysis. ” concludes the report.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” Then came the unlikely call from an FBI agent. “Don’t pay,” the agent said.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The bad news is it doesn’t work most of the time: Paid ransom decryption tools and keys don’t always work. Free decryption tools don’t always work. Paid decryption tools don’t always work. How Does Ransomware Encryption Work? Ransomware encryption works like any other encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) technologies – often combined as intrusion detection and prevention (IDPS) – have been in use for decades, yet they remain important cybersecurity tools even in the face of today’s rapidly changing cyber threats and complex IT environments. IDS vs. IPS.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

Wintriage is a live response tool that extracts Windows artifacts, it allows to extract the most artifacts as possible, but in a selective way. Those tools are great, but the extracted info is not always enough. So, in 2019 I decided to start writing my own tool. Wintriage is a live response tool that extracts Windows artifacts.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

Nearly half of EDR tools and organizations are vulnerable to Clop ransomware gang tactics, according to tests by a cybersecurity company. Encrypt backup data to ensure the data infrastructure’s immutability and coverage. To identify suspicious activity and malware traversal, use network monitoring tools.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 4, 2023

The Security Challenges of Generative AI Tools: Can a Loose Prompt Sink Your Ship? Fast forward to 2023, and this adage finds new meaning in the context of generative AI tools, like OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Microsoft Copilot. What are generative AI tools? These AI tools are based on Large Language Models (LLM).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 28, 2018

Cloud providers have done a good job of integrating default encryption services within their core infrastructure. However, as discussed in previous blogs , the encryption service is only as secure as the keys that are used to encrypt the data. Which data within cloud workloads is encrypted. Key access information.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

These tools saved 2.5 Examples of AI chatbot platforms include: •Dialogflow: Developed by Google, Dialogflow is renowned for its comprehension capabilities. Microsoft Bot Framework: Microsoft’s offering is a robust platform providing bot development, deployment and management tools. per interaction. Using MFA can prevent 99.9%

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Here are a few examples of demographic data that in combination with sensitive data makes it Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Information security involves using the appropriate controls, tools, and processes to prevent or mitigate attacks, minimize or eliminate threats, and reduce vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 22, 2021

Cellebrite mobile forensics tool Ufed contains multiple flaws that allow arbitrary code execution on the device, SIGNAL creator warns. Cellebrite develops forensics tools for law enforcement and intelligence agencies that allow automating physically extracting and indexing data from mobile devices. ” concludes the expert.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices 3 Real Examples of DLP Best Practices in Action How to Implement a Data Loss Prevention Strategy in 5 Steps Bottom Line: Secure Your Operations with Data Loss Prevention Best Practices When Should You Incorporate a DLP Strategy? Table of Contents Toggle When Should You Incorporate a DLP Strategy?

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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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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

These techniques also attempt to mask the attackers’ actions by, for example, concealing or manipulating system data to try to hinder forensic investigations. And whenever we see changes in the tools, techniques and procedures threat actors are using, cyber security and forensics professionals must keep up.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The security firm discovered a bug in the encryption process implemented by the Hades ransomware that can be used to recover the files encrypted by some variants. “We discovered a vulnerability in the encryption schema that allows some of the variants to be decrypted without paying the ransom.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 1, 2018

Researchers at Princeton University have released IoT Inspector , a tool that analyzes the security and privacy of IoT devices by examining the data they send across the Internet. They've already used the tool to study a bunch of different IoT devices. Some examples include: Samsung Smart TV. No surprises there. Boingboing post.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Pervasive encryption: Most application and Internet traffic is now encrypted by default, making it much harder to secure the network from malicious traffic. Inspecting encrypted traffic adds significant latency—sometimes cutting application performance literally in half. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do something about it.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Container security is the combination of cybersecurity tools, strategies, and best practices that are used to protect container ecosystems and the applications and other components they house. Examples of container networking and virtualization tools include VMWare NSX and HAProxy.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management. Key Management as a Service (KMaaS) allows companies to manage encryption keys more effectively through a cloud-based solution instead of running the service on physical, on-premises hardware.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Researchers at Emsisoft firm has released a new free tool to decrypt files encrypted by the Paradise ransomware. Security experts at Emsisoft have developed a tool to decrypt files encrypted by the Paradise ransomware. Below an example of a ransom note shared by the experts at Emsisoft. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A retired threat actor has returned with new attacks aimed at the cloud, containers – and encryption keys. However, the researchers are convinced the threat actor is back, as their honeypots identified TeamTNT signatures and tools in a series of three attacks during the first week of September. format(len(targets)).

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Data Matters

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

After supporters and opponents of mandated government access to encrypted communications publicly feuded for much of 2016, reprising arguments they’ve had since at least the days of the “Clipper Chip,” these “encryption debates” seemed to quiet down for much of last year. See, e.g., here.)

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 19, 2022

Ransomware groups also harvest cookies and “their activities may not be detected by simple anti-malware defenses because of their abuse of legitimate executables, both already present and brought along as tools.” Also read: How Cobalt Strike Became a Favorite Tool of Hackers. How Users Can Protect Access.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

See the Top Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Tools. The FTC, for example, has an extremely broad regulatory reach (sometimes having overlapping jurisdiction with other agencies) and enforces many laws not mentioned here that affect data practices. Automating IT Compliance with Security Compliance Tools. In the U.S.,

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Symantec researchers are warning that a BlackByte ransomware affiliate has begun using a custom data exfiltration tool, Infostealer.Exbyte, to steal data from victims’ networks as part of their attacks. BlackByte Exfiltration Tool. Exfiltration to Replace Ransomware Encryption?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 31, 2023

John the Ripper is a popular password cracking tool that can be used to perform brute-force attacks using different encryption technologies and helpful wordlists. John the Ripper can demonstrate how easy it is to reveal weak passwords (and the seemingly more sophisticated ones) using a leaked database and a free tool.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Cybersecurity vaccines are emerging as a new tool to defend against threats like ransomware and zero-day vulnerabilities. The vaccine doesn’t prevent the ransomware – also known as STOP/DJVU – from infecting the system but stops it from encrypting the files and data, they wrote in a note on GitHub. Vaccines Target Variants.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

An example of a security.txt file. For example, just this morning a trusted source forwarded me the VPN credentials for a major clothing retailer that were stolen by malware and made available to cybercriminals. Image: Securitytxt.org. well-known/security.txt.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

It extends beyond the Deep & Dark Web to: unindexed Web forums, messaging boards, and marketplaces, encrypted messaging systems, and code repositories. Once vetted and accepted, threat hunters will go into these message boards and communities and search for anything connected to your business, for example: •Corporate login credentials.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

Hackers know this might be your first instinct, and some types of ransomware notice restart attempts and cause additional harm, like damaging Windows or deleting encrypted files. Determine the attack variant Several free tools can help identify the type of ransomware infecting your devices.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

At a high level, DKIM enables an organization to provide encryption hash values for key parts of an email. Using public-private encryption key pairs, receiving email servers can compare the received email hash value against the received hash value to validate if any alterations took place in transit. For example the filename nashville._domainkey.exampledomain.com

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 21, 2021

Data privacy regulations like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) can be hard to navigate for businesses of any size, but GRC tools can simplify and streamline compliance with all of the requirements. Contents: Top GRC tools comparison. Top GRC tools comparison.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

However, those tools are not flawless. For example, they can only spot known types of malware, and according to the AV-Test Institute , almost half a million new types of malware are detected each day. Ransomware spreads through a target’s systems, encrypting files as it goes. But how exactly does malware work? What is malware?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Most of the similarities between the two malicious codes relate to the encryption scheme. “Both use Salsa20 and Curve25519 for file encryption, and there are very few differences in the layout of the encryption routine besides the structure of the internal type structs.” ” continues the report. ” . .

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

A researcher published a PoC tool to retrieve the master password from KeePass by exploiting the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability. Security researcher Vdohney released a PoC tool called KeePass 2.X The tool exploits the unpatched KeePass vulnerability, tracked CVE-2023-32784 , to retrieve the master password from the memory of KeePass 2.x

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

To help clarify DNSSEC, we will explore both the DNSSEC features and benefits and compare it against DNS Security, DNS Crypt, and Encrypted DNS. DNSSEC adds data origin authentication and data integrity protection through the publishing of public encryption keys along with the IP address and URL directory.

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