Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

CERT France cyber-security agency is warning about a new wave of ransomware attack that is targeting the networks of local government authorities. ” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. newversion file extension instead of.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Microsoft today released updates to plug three dozen security holes in its Windows operating system and other software. By nearly all accounts, the chief bugaboo this month is CVE-2019-1458 , a vulnerability in a core Windows component (Win32k) that is present in Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019.

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Imperial Violet

MARCH 26, 2018

Security Keys are another attempt address this problem—initially in the form of a second authentication factor but, in the future, potentially as a complete replacement. Very briefly, Security Keys are separate pieces of hardware capable of generating public/private key pairs and signing with them. Contrasts with existing solutions.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

JSWorm encrypts all the user files appending a new extension to their name. During the encryption phase, the ransomware creates an HTML Application “JSWRM-DECRYPT.hta” in each folder it encounters. The malware encrypts all the files whose extension is not present in the list. Figure 3: Extensions excluded from encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The malware implements a modular structure with a dispatcher and loadable plugins, all of which are implemented as dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). The Attor malware makes sophisticated use of encryption to hide its components. The malware is able to collect info about the files present on connected devices. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

I dropped it both because it stopped being fun and because almost everyone converged on standard cryptographic libraries, which meant standard non-snake-oil cryptography. The discovery challenges today's current encryption framework by enabling the accurate prediction of prime numbers." Crown Sterling is complete and utter snake oil.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 19, 2018

Every June, Gartner hosts a terrific security conference near Washington, D.C. called Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit. This event is focused on the needs of senior IT and security professionals, such as CISOs, chief risk officers, architects, IAM and network security leaders.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

“Although issues with certificate validation have been identified within the encrypted communication between the mobile application and the backend system, the inner layer of end-to-end encryption could not be broken.” .” reads the report published by SEC Consult. ” reads the blog post published by the company.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Very few of these devices have security in mind when they were built. Fuzzing firmware presents a specific set of challenges that are not often present together in other targets. Non-glibc C standard library. Uses uClibc instead of glibc C standard library. And even fewer of them have ever been fuzzed.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The document presents itself as a request for a DSOP FUND (Defence Services Officers Provident Fund ). The two dll are legit windows library and are used in support of the malicious behaviour. The downloaded code has been encrypted through the Rijndael algorithm with a hard-coded key. The SilentCMD Module. Conclusion.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Very few of these devices have security in mind when they were built. Fuzzing firmware presents a specific set of challenges that are not often present together in other targets. Non-glibc C standard library. Uses uClibc instead of glibc C standard library. And even fewer of them have ever been fuzzed.

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Preservica

MAY 1, 2018

Preservica’s active digital preservation customers who manage long-term personal data such as HR records, student information, details of citizens or institutional donors, will find it easy to identify and manage the personal data they are holding as well as be confident of minimizing unauthorized access with new state of the art security.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 7, 2023

Vulnerability scanning is critically important for identifying security flaws in hardware and software, but vulnerability scanning types are as varied as the IT environments they’re designed to protect. These features make Nmap a popular port scanning tool among network administrators, security experts, and amateurs.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Application programming interface (API) security is a combination of tools and best practices to secure the all-important connections between applications. API security protects data and back-end systems while preserving fluid communication between software components through strict protocols and access controls.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

This is part of a giant list of Living off the Land (LOL) techniques that attackers employ to mask their activities from runtime endpoint security monitoring tools such as AVs. Next image presents when the file is opened. As observed in Figure 17, the same image is presented in this version. Figure 22: IOCs of FlawedAmmyy RAT.

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Cyber Info Veritas

JULY 11, 2018

A virtual private network, VPN for short, is an internet security system that allows you, the user, to send data over the internet in a safe, secure, and in the case of some VPN platforms, secretly over a private network. While this sounds complex and very technical, the premise is actually very simple to understand.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 8, 2022

And at the time, while you couldn't necessarily start the car, you still needed the fob to present when you hit the start button. Certainly no one uses 40 bit encryption anymore. Welcome to The Hacker Mind, an original podcast from for all secure. Herfurt: My name is Martin Herfurt and I'm a security researcher.

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Paula Januszkiewicz, from Cqure , joins The Hacker Mind to discuss her two presentations at SecTor 2021 on digital forensics. And my background is pretty straightforward with cyber security for the past 16 years on many different levels. What would be valuable from their perspective to encrypt and then ask for the ransom.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2021

These malware are the most predominant malware in macOS, also with a history of evading and bypassing the built-in Xprotect, Gatekeeper, Notarization and File Quarantine security features of macOS. SQLite is a transactional SQL database engine present in macOS generally used to create databases that can be transported across machines.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Since then, much has been learned about the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) deployed and what steps organizations are taking to harden their network and application security. Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials noted “this could be an extremely serious breach of security.” federal agencies.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The following schema is an effort to present in a single high-level diagram the workflow of the most popular Latin American trojans. Next, an email template used by Javali to lure victims is presented. dll: Windows legitimate DLL for runtime dependencies – MICROSOFT® C RUNTIME LIBRARY. MSI file – The Javali Dropper.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

The first alert related to this wave was observed on March 22nd by The Computer Security Certified Response Team (CSIRT), of the Ministry of the Interior from Chile. They encourage users to stay tuned for their computer security alerts. Next image presents the output generated from the batch file. Technical Analysis.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? Welcome to the hacker by original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

It seems everything smart is hackable, with IoT startups sometimes repeating security mistakes first made decades ago. How then does one start securing it? Welcome to the hacker by original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. And we've had our fair share of security concerns with those.

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ForAllSecure

JUNE 16, 2021

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. During the pandemic sales of the Home Fitness cycle peloton grew massively, given its popularity, it's natural that security researchers would want to take a look. And we've had our fair share of security concerns with those.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Endpoint security software is designed to detect, avert, and eradicate malware on endpoint devices like desktop computers, laptops, network servers, and mobile phones. Endpoint security solutions are available in three forms—personal, small and mid-sized business (SMB), and enterprise use. Bitdefender Premium Security.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2021

Part of the strings extracted from the malicious Excel file are presented below:auto_open: auto_open: auto_open->Sheet2!$AO$115 At the first glance, this DLL seems very simple, with just a few calls present on the Import Address Table (IAT). Figure 15: Identification of Delphi forms and unknown resources (encrypted QakBot DLL).

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ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Jonathan Knudsen from Synopsys joins The Hacker Mind to discuss his presentation at SecTor 2021 on fuzzing message brokers such as RabbitMQ and VerneMQ, both written in Erlang, demonstrating that any type of software in any environment can still be vulnerable. Knudsen: My name is Jonathan Knutson, and I am a security researcher at synopsis.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Rogue security software. Architect a premium network security model like SASE that encompasses SD-WAN , CASB , secure web gateways , ZTNA , FWaaS , and microsegmentation. These adware strains often present themselves as a video, banner, full screen, or otherwise pop-up nuisance. Jump ahead: Adware. Bots and botnets.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2020

The next graph presents the various forms already documented the threat. VBS file leverages the Windows rundll32 library to inject the first DLL into memory (P-14-7.dll), dllEncrypted: k8NhIk;dUZLb$b/)0(5:Decrypted: rundll32 Encrypted: J.9Obeck[h6=nePd{d>WWFQWGoiC|[5Joe,Z<WDo=4Decrypted: exe TargetFileDOSName: rundll32.exe

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2021

The former collects environment information from the victim machine and sends it to DropBox, the latter runs code to evade detection by security products. “Communications with the server can take place either over raw TCP sockets encrypted with RC4, or via HTTPS. ” reads the technical analysis of the malware.

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ForAllSecure

JULY 28, 2021

Welcome to the hacker mind in original podcast from for all secure, it's about challenging our expectations about the people who hack for a living. So I asked Jack Daniel, community advocate for Tenable and co-founder of Security BSides, for a simple definition of the word. Then again, if any of this comes as a surprise to you.

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Security Affairs

JULY 26, 2018

Address Verification allows you to be sure you are securely communicating with the right person, while PGP support adds encrypted email interoperability. In this article, we’ll discuss these two new features in detail, and how they can dramatically improve email security and privacy. Address Verification.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Is there something more secure? Simon Moffatt from CyberHut joins The Hacker Mind to discuss how identity and access management (IAM) is fundamental to everything we do online today, and why even multi-factor access, while an improvement, needs to yield to more effortless and more secure passwordless technology that’s coming soon.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. The password protected password file clearly was not secure. ” Of course, the security company freaked out, called the editor and chief, threatened to pull their advertising. .” And I was able to repeat the process over and over.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

Years ago, I was the lead security software reviewer at ZDNet and then at CNET. The password protected password file clearly was not secure. ” Of course, the security company freaked out, called the editor and chief, threatened to pull their advertising. .” And I was able to repeat the process over and over.

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