The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. But with no orderly internal framework, unstructured data defies data mining tools. Ransomware “is encrypting files, unstructured data.” Ransomware target. Delete data.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A retired threat actor has returned with new attacks aimed at the cloud, containers – and encryption keys. All internet communications, including SSL and SSH, rely on private and public keys for encryption. It’s the fundamental principle of modern cryptography: encryption must be a one-way operation.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

.” The malware was first spotted in February 2018 by researchers from Proofpoint when the bot was using the EternalBlue exploit to infect Windows computers and recruit them in Monero cryptocurrency mining activities. Encryption used is a very simple ROT cipher, where the key is set to -1.” ” continues the analysis.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes integrates seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on OpenShift. Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes is certified in the Red Hat ecosystem catalogue , as well as a certified Kubernetes operator.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 22, 2023

Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes integrates seamlessly with Red Hat OpenShift to secure data in persistent volumes attached to pods running on OpenShift. Thales CipherTrust Transparent Encryption for Kubernetes is certified in the Red Hat ecosystem catalogue , as well as a certified Kubernetes operator.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2021

The tools associated with this attack are: • Mimikatz (credential theft) • MinerGate (crypto mining) • WinPEAS (privilege escalation) • SharpWMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) • BitLocker activation when not anticipated (data encryption) • WinRAR where not expected (archiving) • FileZilla where not expected (file transfer).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

This may allow hackers to gain server privileges, delete or steal data, or even lead to an encryption extortion, critically endangering normal business services.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, mining). ” reads the post published by Zhu on September 11, 2022. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

builder Over 39K unauthenticated Redis services on the internet targeted in cryptocurrency campaign Hackers stole $160 Million from Crypto market maker Wintermute U.S. gov adds more Chinese Telecom firms to the Covered List Imperva blocked a record DDoS attack with 25.3

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Upon infecting a system, the malware abuses its resources to mine cryptocurrency. . “Around the same time the news was spreading about these crypto mining malware attacks, SIRT honeypots were infected with PHP malware that arrived via a backdoored addition to a WordPress plugin named download-monitor.”

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

Watson said the Krebsonsecurity file will attempt to open up an encrypted connection between the Exchange server and the above-mentioned IP address, and send a small amount of traffic to it each minute. The Krebsonsecurity file also installs a root certificate, modifies the system registry, and tells Windows Defender not to scan the file.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 8, 2021

Upon executing the code, it will ask the user the path for the payload to be encrypted and the password to be used for AES encryption to hide the malware within the loader. Then the packer compiles the loader with the payload encrypted within it, so it can be decrypted and executed in memory once it is delivered in the targeted system.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

In recent months the number of cyberattacks against misconfigured Kybernetes systems has surged, threat actors mainly used the to illegally mine cryptocurrencies. Use firewalls to limit unneeded network connectivity and encryption to protect confidentiality. Run containers and Pods with the least privileges possible.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The malicious code abuse of the resources of the infected machine to mine cryptocurrency , according to the experts it has already infected 80,000 computers worldwide. Layers of obfuscation, encryption, and the use of randomized file names hid the installation process. ”reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The p opular ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service have been blocked by the Russian government this week. This week the Russian government has blocked the ProtonMail end-to-end encrypted email service and ProtonVPN VPN service.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2020

And part of the information system would have been encrypted.” A few days before, EVRAZ , one of the world’s largest multinational vertically integrated steel making and mining companies, has been hit by the Ryuk ransomware. . “According to our sources, the incident started to spread during the course of last night.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

This file acts as downloader in the infection chain, using a series of hard-coded server addresses, It heavily rely on obfuscation and encryption to avoid the antimalware detection. Shade encrypts all the user files using an AES encryption scheme. Background of the infected machine, after encryption phase. Conclusions.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Earlier this year Sysdig and Aqua Security researchers started observing cyber attacks targeting Kubernets and Docker instances aimed at mining Monero cryptocurrency. Miscreants can abuse Docker Engine API to deploy containers they have created with the specific intent of mining cryptocurrencies. Docker Trusted Registry ).

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Schneier on Security

JULY 4, 2019

After I gave him the password to my iPhone, Moncivias spent three hours reviewing hundreds of photos and videos and emails and calls and texts, including encrypted messages on WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. Nothing on mine was spared. He asked about the identities of people who have worked with me in war zones.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. The BlueKeep scanner implemented in the WatchBog scans the Internet for vulnerable systems and submits the RC$-encrypted list of RDP hosts, to servers controlled by its operators.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

bin, researchers also observed the use of a cryptocurrency mining module. . Experts observed several variants over the recent months, it authors have improved encryption and implemented new functionality of the final Node.js The malware also installs three other files, hhc.exe, hha.dll and chaes1.bin,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

National Mining Office for Hydrocarbons & Geo-resources. Hackers were able to obtain 97 un-encrypted passwords, emails, telephone numbers, virtual hosts. Italian Military Personnel and National Association of Professional Educators. The ILIESI Institute for the European Intellectual Lexicon. 53 Databases Total: [link].

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Encryption is… a panic room for your data and means you’ve treated your data well by preparing for those smash-and-grab attacks in advance. Those wearing electronic Jason masks have recently stalked other avenues of enterprise torture such as crypto-mining. The Dagger of Choice: Encryption with Strong Access Controls.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The Mylobot malware includes more than 1,000 hard-coded and encrypted domain names, any one of which can be registered and used as control networks for the infected hosts. “I had an account that was simply hacked from me shortly after and I never bothered about it because it wasn’t mine in the first place,” he explained.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2023

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2023

CISA and ENISA enhance their Cooperation CISA adds Qlik bugs to exploited vulnerabilities catalog Report: 2.6

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One way is through hijacking computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. Crypto can also be a way to leverage cybersecurity breaches.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 5, 2021

“While data theft is traditionally the primary motivation, cyber actors seeking computational power (often for cryptocurrency mining) are also drawn to Kubernetes to harness the underlying infrastructure. . “Kubernetes can be a valuable target for data and/or compute power theft,” the authors wrote.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Xmrig is an open sourced Monero CPU Miner used to mine Monero cryptocurrency. Kinsing is a self-propagating crypto mining malware previously targeting misconfigured open Docker Daemon API ports. The ransomware encrypted the files with the extension ‘.locked’ Coinminers. Figure 1: Shell script downloading and executing Xmrig.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

For example, after encryption, the file “1.jpg” Nheqminer is a great implementation of equihash mining, mainly used on NiceHas but forked many times and todays is getting used for several spare projects as well. According to zcashnetwork the attacker’s wallet received from mining activity 4.89 crypted000007” extension to each.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

million customers impacted. million customers impacted.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months. ” Some of those “points of access” were mine.

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Security Affairs

MAY 17, 2020

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Cryptojacking , the practice of taking over a computer’s processes in order to mine cryptocurrency, is a popular method of blockchain-related fraud, often introduced via malicious links or by being directly installed on computers by someone with access.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 30, 2019

encryption, two-factor authentication and key management) to protect their data from hackers. The four key methods of an ethical hacker include: Monitoring: They’ll monitor a company to understand the data it creates and stores and where any sensitive data is — the gold mine hackers are after.

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Security Affairs

JULY 22, 2020

Prometei is a crypto-mining botnet that recently appeared in the threat landscape, it exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements. Security experts from Cisco Talos discovered a new crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Prometei, that exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol for lateral movements.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

This is significant because in November 2022, LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. The more iterations, the longer it takes an offline attacker to crack your master password. “LastPass in my book is one step above snake-oil.

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