Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

According to security reearchers at Trend Micro, the North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America. The North Korea-linked APT group Lazarus recently targeted banks in Latin America, Trend Micro experts reported. ” reads the analysis published by Trend Micro.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Ransomware groups are constantly devising new methods for infecting victims and convincing them to pay up, but a couple of strategies tested recently seem especially devious. Alex Holden is founder of Hold Security , a Milwaukee-based cybersecurity firm. “ TA505 “), and a newer ransom group known as Venus.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Vice Society ransomware group has adopted new custom ransomware, with a strong encryption scheme, in recent intrusions. SentinelOne researchers discovered that the Vice Society ransomware gang has started using a custom ransomware that implements a robust encryption scheme, using NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305 algorithms.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

Bad actors have been exploiting VMs in recent years as a way of running under the radar, making it more difficult to detect their malware while it encrypts the data they intend to hold for ransom. Security analysts at Sophos’ Managed Threat Response unit last year detailed some campaigns that used VMs to hide their malicious payloads.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Researchers from Trend Micro, while monitoring the activity of the China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca , discovered an encrypted file hosted on a server under the control of the group. The name SprySOCKS comes from the swift behaviors of Trochilus and the new Socket Secure ( SOCKS ) implementation of the backdoor.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2021

Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has presented its new report “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021 ”. In hope to secure the biggest ransom possible, the adversaries were going after large companies.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) published a Private Industry Notification (PIN) to warn of ransomware initial access trends and provide recommendations to reduce the attack surface to ransomware attacks. The FBI also recommends reviewing the security posture of third-party vendors. ” reported the PIN.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

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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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The Ragnar Locker group posted on its darknet leak site a note outlining the warning, putting even more pressure on target companies (which the group calls “clients”) and increasing attention on the already high-profile debate about organizations paying ransoms. To Pay or Not to Pay?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

Microsoft today released updates to fix nearly 100 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software. National Security Agency , and a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server bug that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to make an anonymous connection. Speaking of APT groups, the U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2023

The Monti group has been active since June 2022, shortly after the Conti ransomware gang shut down its operations. According to Trend Micro, this variant is quite different from the previous Linux-based version. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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AIIM

JUNE 21, 2018

In light of recent events, we can all agree that information security has been criminally overlooked on some major fronts across most industries. It has, for better or worse, jammed the term InfoSec, short for information security, into our daily lexicons. Encryption is Key. Passwords Are Power.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Future of Payments Security. The increasing trend of using mobile payments for in-store purchases (especially during the pandemic) is leading criminals to increasingly focus their efforts on defrauding people through online fraud and scams. Securing digital transactions. Tue, 01/26/2021 - 09:17.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 3, 2023

Then Trend Micro researchers initially analyzed a Windows 32-bit sample of the ransomware from Twitter. blacksuit extension to the name of the encrypted files, drops a ransom note into each directory containing the encrypted files, and adds the reference to its TOR chat site in the ransom note along with a unique ID for each of its victims.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2022

Trend Micro researchers warn of a new ransomware family called Agenda, which has been used in attacks on organizations in Asia and Africa. Trend Micro researchers recently discovered a new piece of targeted ransomware, tracked as Agenda, that was written in the Go programming language. ” reads the report published by Trend Micro.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to Trend Micro, an announcement for LockBit Linux-ESXi Locker version 1.0 Trend Micro analyzed the Lockbit Linux-ESXi Locker version 1.0 which uses a combination of Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) algorithms for data encryption. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 2, 2022

See the Best Open Source Security Tools. Hackers master Linux internals and the current trend is stealth. Users and administrators must also update their devices or, at least, apply all security patches , even if it gets harder to keep pace. Read next: Exfiltration Can Be Stopped With Data-in-Use Encryption, Company Says.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2020

The Earth Empusa threat group is distributing new Android spyware, dubbed ActionSpy, through watering hole attacks to targets Turkic minority group. Unfortunately, Trend Micro researchers were not able to detect any script while accessing the phishing pages employed in the watering hole attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

Related: Why it’s vital to secure IoT. TLS certificates are a key component of all of this frenetic activity; they are part of the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, the system for authenticating and encrypting all human-to-machine and machine-to-machine connections. Ask Spotify. Here are key takeaways: PKI on centerstage.

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Security Affairs

MAY 12, 2023

Email-based threats have become increasingly sophisticated, how is changing the Email Security Landscape? Recently, VIPRE Security Group published their Email Security in 2023 report , where they shared insights on the development of email-based threats and how they can impact organizations. It’s a trend that’s growing.

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eDiscovery Daily

MARCH 14, 2019

In a post to Facebook last week, founder Mark Zuckerberg outlined a vision of the future that includes end-to-end encryption and an ephemeral lifespan for private messages and photos. Today we already see that private messaging, ephemeral stories, and small groups are by far the fastest growing areas of online communication.”.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 28, 2019

Recent campaigns show t hreat actors behind the Dridex and Locky malware families , the TA505 group, have updated tactics and expanded its target list. Trend Micro revealed that the TA505 group that is behind the Dridex and Locky malware families continue to make small changes to its operations. XLS or VBA.DOC macros.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

IceFire was first detected in March 2022 by researchers from the MalwareHunterTeam , but the group claimed victims via its dark web leak site since August 2022. In an attack observed by the experts, the ransomware successfully encrypted a CentOS host running a vulnerable version of IBM Aspera Faspex file server software.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2023

Thales partners with Hint AG to provide managed security services for the Swiss healthcare sector madhav Thu, 07/27/2023 - 04:32 Analysts from Statista are projecting that the Healthcare market in Switzerland will need to invest 1.3 The same group of consultants are also predicting that the costs will double by 2040.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

Backed by Japanese telecom giant NTT Group , this new facility instantly jumped into the vanguard of basic research already underway that will eventually enable the routine use of quantum computers, which, in turn, will open the door to things like driverless cars and Star Trekkian medical treatments. billion annually for R&D projects.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) warns of GALLIUM threat group targeting global telecommunication providers worldwide. ” reads the warning published by Microsoft.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2023

The AI and quantum spin-out from Alphabet uses the Sandwich framework for the Cryptoservice module in its SandboxAQ Security Suite, currently used by several U.S. Rowe Price, Breyer Capital, Guggenheim Partners, AI investor and film producer Thomas Tull, Paladin Capital Group, and others. Also read: The U.S.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2021

Researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes linked a series of ransomware attacks to the China-linked APT27 group. Security researchers from security firms Profero and Security Joes investigated a series of ransomware attacks against multiple organizations and linked them to China-linked APT groups.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 19, 2022

The malware exfiltrates data before encrypting the targeted devices to provide additional means of extortion. While Lilith does not introduce any innovative approach, according to Cyble, it clearly shows a trend in the current ransomware landscape. lilith” extension to rename encrypted files. The malware uses a custom “.lilith”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

DTrack is a modular backdoor used by the Lazarus group since 2019 , it was employed in attacks against a wide variety of targets, from financial environments to a nuclear power plan. The second stage payload is a heavily obfuscated shellcode, the APT group used an encryption method different for each sample. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Even though encryption should be taken seriously by businesses of all sizes, only a small fraction of the corporate sector puts their back on it. Radicati Group reports that the total number of emails that businesses and consumers send and receive every day is expected to grow to a whopping 347 billion by 2023. Final Thoughts.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The actors behind this new project have an affiliate platform first introduced on the RAMP underground community, which is known for initial access brokers (IABs) and other cybercriminal actors and ransomware groups. The experts expect an active development of the group in 2023 – by victims and by new affiliates who will join the project.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2019

Security researcher Marco Ramilli presents a comparative analysis of attacks techniques adopted by the Iran-Linked OilRig APT group. I would define this group of references as reports. Those reports have been divided into 4 timing groups in order to simplify the evaluation process. and more personal thoughts.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Numerous strains of this destructive code have been the front-page news in global computer security chronicles for almost a decade now, with jaw-dropping ups and dramatic downs accompanying its progress. File encryption 2013 – 2015. Ransomware is undoubtedly one of the most unnerving phenomena in the cyber threat landscape.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Ransomware attacks have become much more dangerous and have evolved beyond basic security defenses and business continuity techniques like next-gen antivirus and backups. The pains of double extortion ransomware A security gap? These methods provide significant security risks for businesses of all sizes.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 12, 2023

“While some Patch Tuesdays focus on fixes for minor bugs or issues with features, these patches almost purely focus on security-related issues,” Cloud Range vice president of technology Tom Marsland said by email. CVE-2023-32049 , a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows SmartScreen with a CVSS score of 8.8

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) revealed that the number of phishing websites peaked at record levels in the first quarter of 2021. The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has published its new Phishing Activity Trends Report related to the first quarter of 2021. said LaCour, According to John LaCour, in Q1 2021, 94.5%

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