Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2022

Researchers spotted a new family of ransomware, named GwisinLocker, that encrypts Windows and Linux ESXi servers. Researchers warn of a new ransomware called GwisinLocker which is able to encrypt Windows and Linux ESXi servers.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 18, 2023

However, the concept of an “essential entity” is much broader and will also capture many organizations that have, to-date, not been subject to the NIS regime—for example, pharmaceutical companies and operators of hydrogen production, storage and transmission. Reporting of incidents.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Tatsuaki Okamoto, director of NTT Research’s Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab , and Dr. Amit Sahai, professor of computer science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and director of UCLA Center for Encrypted Functionalities (CEF). But it took massive processing power to make Gentry’s crude prototype work.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 26, 2022

The victims include pharmaceutical companies in Brazil and the U.S., The HUI Loader is used to decrypt and load a third file containing an encrypted payload that is also deployed to the infected host. and an aerospace and defense division of an Indian conglomerate. ” reads the report published by the experts.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

The attackers primarily ran malicious ad campaigns, often in the form of advertising pharmaceutical pills and spam with fake celebrity endorsements.” The malware sends the data to the C2 servers in the form of an encrypted JSON blob through custom HTTP headers.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries. Experts noticed that modules are stored encrypted on disk at the same location with inoffensive-looking names.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 11, 2021

is a type of malware that will encrypt a user’s data and hold it for “ransom” until the attacker is paid. Man-in-the-middle (MiTM) : In a MiTM attack, the data stream from the app to the back-end web service is not properly configured for encryption, enabling an attacker to potentially intercept mobile traffic. ransomware?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2023

The group has targeted pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Encrypt backup data to ensure the data infrastructure’s immutability and coverage. Backup and Restoration: Keep offline backups of data and execute backup and restore on a regular basis.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV. The keys are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm. The RSA implementation is likely copied from the following repository: [link]. According to Group-IB TI&A, the group behind ransomware deployments is Balbesi.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 29, 2019

But then came a wave of ransomware attacks like WannaCry and cyber weapons like NotPetya, the ransomware spreading worm that encrypted AD, locking out company control — permanently, without a distinction as to whether its extortion demands went unmet or not. Whoever was behind NotPetya leveraged cyber weapons stolen from the NSA. “If

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erwin

MARCH 25, 2021

For example, one global pharmaceutical giant reduced cost by 70 percent and generated 95 percent of production code with “zero touch.” Identify regulatory risks and guide the fortification of network and encryption security standards and policies by understanding where all personally identifiable information is stored, processed and used.

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IT Governance

MAY 2, 2023

More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. The crooks were able to download nightly backups of the complete database, which contained all public forum posts, team forum posts and direct messages.

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eDiscovery Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Areas such as financial services, technology, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and energy industries all needed systems with these two factors. The audit trail itself is visible to all participants yet allows encryption of individual transactions. How Blockchain Works.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 11, 2021

These include, amongst others, having in place security policies, incident handling, business continuity and crisis management, and the use of cryptography and encryption. public administrations, operators of certain space-based services and entities managing waste water.

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Hunton Privacy

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

A high level of technical and organizational measures must be ensured, including clear instructions for staff using the epSOS system, secure communication protocols and end-to-end encryption for data exchanges, strong authentication mechanisms, logging and audit mechanisms (especially when data are accessed in emergency cases without the required authorizations), (..)

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

This meant they weren’t encrypted, making them freely accessible to as many as 20,000 employees, most of whom had no legitimate reason to access the information. GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca warned job hunters about recruitment scams that imitated the pharmaceutical giants.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In the first week of January, the pharmaceutical giant Merck quietly settled its years-long lawsuit over whether or not its property and casualty insurers would cover a $700 million claim filed after the devastating NotPetya cyberattack in 2017.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

CISA adds Zoho, Apache, Qualcomm, Mikrotik flaws to the list of actively exploited issues Russian internet watchdog Roskomnadzor bans six more VPN services NginRAT – A stealth malware targets e-store hiding on Nginx servers Europol arrested 1800 money mules as part of an anti-money-laundering operation Mozilla fixes critical flaw in Network Security (..)

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Thus, if a business encrypts the personal information of the consumer, and that information is stolen, there will be no private right of action under the CCPA. Sounds cybersecurity practices are also key to mitigating liability under the new law. That does not mean, however, that the business would be completely off the hook. Code § 56.05(j).

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Ransomware programs gain access to a computer’s file system and execute a payload to encrypt all data. Unfortunately, most of the data it encrypted was lost for good due to faulty code. This is one of the most widespread cyber threats, making up at least 27% of all malware incidents as per Verizon’s annual DBIR report (2020).

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AIIM

MAY 21, 2020

Security methods, such as encryption, are useful in the fight against data breaches, but they cannot offer complete protection. It can represent a considerable challenge for businesses in the food and pharmaceutical sector, as billions are lost every year through theft, fraud, and counterfeiting.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. Nearly 20 million Cutout.Pro users’ data breached Cutout.Pro, an AI photo and video editing platform, has suffered a data breach. The threat actor, KryptonZambie, listed a 5.93

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