The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I recently had the chance to discuss iO with Dr. 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).

Computer and Electronics 182

Computer and Electronics Encryption Energy and Utilities Cloud 182

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.

Ransomware 83

Ransomware Healthcare Manufacturing Encryption 83

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.

Healthcare 104

Healthcare Encryption Passwords IT 104

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.

Ransomware 114

Ransomware Education Manufacturing Healthcare 114

IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Security researcher Brian Krebs explained that Facebook’s internal company servers contained passwords stored in plaintext. Facebook said that the breach was discovered in January 2019 as part of an internal security review.

Data breaches 59

Data breaches GDPR Passwords Personal data 59

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 (..)

Security 86

Security Healthcare Ransomware Libraries 86

The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.

Computer and Electronics 113

Computer and Electronics Phishing Ransomware Encryption 113

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.

Data Privacy 79

Data Privacy Privacy Security Data breaches 79