Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

In January 2022, researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT uncovered a series of targeted attacks on military industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and East Europe. China-linked threat actors targeted dozens of industrial enterprises and public institutions in Afghanistan and Europe.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

Data that travels over a public hotspot network is rarely encrypted. They can see the passwords you use, your email address, your name and physical address, phone numbers and any other type of personal information that you might happen to enter into a website. Except there’s a problem. Public Wi-Fi is notoriously insecure.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

The Tropic Trooper APT has been active at least since 2012, it was first spotted by security experts at Trend Micro in 2015, when the threat actors targeted government ministries and heavy industries in Taiwan and the military in the Philippines. The attack aims at making the device unusable.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

It’s Testing U.S.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most of the infections were observed in organizations in the US and Europe, the most targeted industries were in the government, military, and manufacturing sectors. . ” The spam messages contain URLs to.ZIP files that serve VBS content designed to download the payload from one of six hardcoded encrypted URLs. . .

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2020

FBI recommends using passphrases instead of complex passwords. Kr00k Wi-Fi Encryption flaw affects more than a billion devices. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram blocked in Turkey as Idlib military crisis escalates. ISS reveals malware attack impacted parts of the IT environment. Lampion malware v2 February 2020.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2018

From the summary: Automation and connectivity are fundamental enablers of DOD's modern military capabilities. Using relatively simple tools and techniques, testers were able to take control of systems and largely operate undetected, due in part to basic issues such as poor password management and unencrypted communications.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 17, 2020

The company reset passwords of the affected customers and reported the intrusion to law enforcement. MaxLinear restored some of the systems using its backups, despite Maze Ransomware threatened to leak over 1TB of data allegedly stolen before encrypting the infected systems.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 9, 2019

The expanded definition also includes any of these data elements or combination thereof without the consumer’s name if the data is not encrypted or redacted, or if the data would enable a person to commit identity theft. HB 1071 provides that if the breach involves a username or password, an entity may provide notice by email.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

In June 2018, experts at Kaspersky were investigating attacks against government and military entities in South and Southeast Asian countries, The experts tracked the campaign as EasternRoppels, they speculate it may have started as far back as 2012. This C2 encrypts data with the same key as the C&C requests.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 7, 2023

Other features include: Data encryption Compliance management capabilities Server monitoring and alerting Data import and export John the Ripper This free password-cracking tool supports 15 operating systems, including 11 from the Unix family, DOS, Win32, BeOS, and OpenVMS.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 16, 2018

FedEx discovered this when an unsecured Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) server — configured for public access — exposed thousands of FedEx customer records, including civilian and military ID cards, resumes, bills, and more. . CipherCloud’s founders, for instance, came from an encryption services background.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Since many people use the same passwords or patterns when generating passwords, hackers have more and more opportunities to gain access to sensitive company data. Password manager tools allow organizations and their employees to seamlessly and securely handle login credentials. Best Password Manager Tools.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

drone attack that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Suleimani. Immediately following Iran’s counterstrike against American military posts in Iraq, a tweet circulated claiming that more than 20 American soldiers had been killed. Never buy a device that doesn’t allow you to set a long and strong password.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 28, 2023

Penetration testers will verify wireless encryption protocols , check for beacons, confirm traffic, search for access points and hotspots, and MAC address spoofing. Wireless networks are often neglected by security teams and managers who set poor passwords and permissions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

The victim was one of the most important leaders in the field of security and defensive military grade Naval ecosystem in Italy. At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 How Microsoft Excel is able to decrypt such a content if no password is requested to the end user? 1 and OleObj.2.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

First, it said that it would invest in cultivating military assets in the digital space, as reported by the Organization for World Peace. Users can help protect their personal data by using a VPN and protecting each of their web accounts with a strong, unique password.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2019

encryption, two-factor authentication and key management) to protect their data from hackers. they’ll go through physical and digital bins for charts, passwords and any sensitive data they could use to launch an attack). military and Apple regularly offering rewards to anyone who can find and report vulnerabilities.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 21, 2017

I was one of 68 million Dropbox users that received an email last year asking me to reset my password because they found out that in 2012 they had lost our User IDs and hashed passwords. On both occasions Uber left its encryption keys on GitHub, which in part led to the breach. Hope isn’t considered a best security practice.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Precision engineering is a very important business market in Europe, it includes developing mechanical equipment for: automotive, railways, heavy industries and military grade technology. This private data includes stored passwords, login credential information from Web browsers, and a variety of cryptocurrency wallets. ” – PhishMe.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

All of your files are encrypted with RSA-2048 and AES-128 ciphers.” ” Or you might see a readme.txt stating, “Your files have been replaced by these encrypted containers and aren’t accessible; you will lose your files on [enter date] unless you pay $2500 in Bitcoin.” IMPORTANT INFORMATION !!!

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 28, 2018

I recently visited with Silverfort CEO Hed Kovetz, who described how the idea for the company percolated when the co-founders were toiling in the encryption branch of Unit 8200 , the elite cybersecurity arm of the Israeli military. It has become easy to get user credentials and use them to access the network.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Meanwhile, be sure to subscribe to our Weekly Round-up to receive the latest cyber security news and advice delivered straight to your inbox. Cyber attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

This creates a lot of opportunities for hackers to gain access to company resources because users often reuse passwords or mirror patterns in creating them. The recent boom in remote work due to the Covid-19 pandemic has further amplified the need to secure network endpoints , in which effective password management plays a big role.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

There’s no mention of the incident on the company’s homepage , but in an FAQ page on its website , the company said an investigation “confirmed that the perpetrators gained access to email addresses and encrypted password credentials of customers who registered on the company website”.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an older but still effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities. Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Cryptology: Cryptography vs Cryptanalysis.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

One of those is Mark Sokolovsky , a 26-year-old Ukrainian man who operated the popular “ Raccoon ” malware-as-a-service offering; Sokolovsky was busted in March after fleeing Ukraine’s mandatory military service orders. ” SEPTEMBER.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Rainbow table attacks are an older but still effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities. Rainbow table attacks are an effective tactic for threat actors targeting password database vulnerabilities presenting inadequate privacy and security functionality. Cryptology: Cryptography vs Cryptanalysis.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Users were encouraged to change their passwords. A member of the public found the memory stick, viewed its contents (it wasn’t password protected either), and then passed it to the Sunday Mirror. Information including their names, email addresses, and encrypted passwords may have been compromised. million account holders.

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 19, 2022

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 1, 2022

Operational Security is typically a military process. It's a process of protecting critical information through encryption and being aware of the potential for eavesdropping on conversations. Don't use familiar passwords seriously. If you want nothing to connect back to you choose an entirely new set of passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 3, 2018

I have a Yahoo email account, I’ve shopped at Home Depot and Target , my father was in the military and had a security clearance, which included a dossier on his family, archived at the U.S. A single neglected server that was not protected by a dual password scheme was the last line of defense standing between the hacker and the exposed data.

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Data Matters

APRIL 23, 2018

Encrypting critical data assets. Encrypting Critical Data Assets. Directors should develop at least a high-level familiarity with how data is secured ( e.g. , encryption of critical company data, both while at rest and in motion). Creating an enterprise-wide governance structure. Aligning cyber risk with corporate strategy.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Observers do, however, have a pretty good idea who was behind the NotPetya attack because several governments, including the United States and the United Kingdom, issued coordinated statements blaming the Russian military. But this is easier said than done.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2024

These controls include: Active Directory (AD): Manages users, groups, and passwords as a fundamental access control for an organization and the basis for most other security tools. Virtual private networks (VPNs): Secure remote user or branch office access to network resources through encrypted connections to firewalls or server applications.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a listing on a popular hacking forum, the database includes customers’ names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and more. The claim is yet to be verified. Data breached: 36 million records. Source (New) Professional services Netherlands Yes 28.3

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