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The following graph shows different types of threats that were distributed with this approach, the Shade ransomware was the most common one: Compromises websites delivering the Shade/Troldesh ransomware, included three types of files, namely HTML, ZIP, and EXE files masquerading as.jpg images. MORE
Over the years, staff had tried to maintain order by naming folders by the record type listed on the retention schedule, using idiosyncratic naming conventions, and attempting to create high level folders for staff to save their files in. Creation of README Files (PDF). MORE
The following will discuss some of the most effective strategies that companies can implement to streamline their file storage processes. While seemingly simple in concept, the wrong type of file boxes has the potential to make the filing process more complicated than it should be. MORE
The phishing email contains a.zip file named “slavneft.zakaz.zip”, which means something like “slavneft order” in English, showing a direct reference to “Slavneft”. It contains a russian speaking JavaScript file named “«??? «??? «?????????» ??????????? ??????”, MORE
LockerGoga ransomware is a crypto-malware that loads the malicious file on the system from an infected email attachment. This ransomware’s name is based on the path used for compiling the source code into an executable that was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. MORE
ransomware, thanks to experts at Emsisoft they can decrypt their file for free. Researchers found notable callouts in two different malware samples naming ID Ransomware and several prominent malware researchers: “:HI SIRI, DEMONSLAY AND AMIIIIGO!!! “Its files have the “.[ID-<numbers>][<email>].JSWORM” MORE
The new version of NRSMiner updates existing infections by downloading new modules and removing files and services installed by old previous versions. This malicious code first installs a service named snmpstorsrv , with snmpstorsrv.dll registered as servicedll. MORE
Hash 0c88e285b6fc183c96b6f03ca5700cc9ca7c83dfccc6ad14a946d1868d1cc273 Threat Dropper Brief Description Excel file with malicious macro Ssdeep 3072:Mc38TehYTdeHVhjqabWHLtyeGxml8/dgzxXYhh3vVYwrq 8/P5HKuPF1+bkm13Kkf:B38TehYTdeHVhjqabWHLty/xml8/dgNr. Files contained in “wprgxyeqd79.exe” (SFX). MORE
MyHeritage received a message from a researcher who unearthed a file named 'myheritage' containing email addresses and encrypted passwords of nearly all of its users on a private server outside the company. Hacking Data security Cyber security Cyber attacks MORE
Once the malware has infected a system drops two plain text files, one is a ransom note called “_FILES_ENCRYPTED_README.txt,” which gives information to the victim on what has happened and instruction to pay the ransom. The second text file named “_cr1ptt0r_support.txt” MORE
Epson’s ScanSmart Software Accounting Edition 2 offers powerful productivity features such as automatic file naming, automatic receipt recognition with accurate OCR and easy integration with QuickBooks ® , TurboTax and Quicken. LONG BEACH, Calif. – 17, 2019 – Epson America, a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today unveiled its updated ScanSmart Software 1 , now available with Epson’s ScanSmart Software Accounting Edition 2 upgrade for receipt scanning capabilities. MORE
Additionally, serpentine scanning requires less movement of the platen, thereby elongating the life of the hardware. · OCR title naming (all models) : The optical character recognition (OCR) function recognizes title bar (microfiche) or title image (microfilm) text. Frederick, Md. – MORE
The threat is only detected later when an MSI file (Windows installer) drops and execute the first infection stage of the malware. After the Excel document is opened (xls file), the content it displays will lure the user to execute malicious Excel 4.0 File name: Binary._D7D112F049BA1A655B5D9A1D0702DEE5 MORE
The spread of threats exploiting ISO image to hide themselves is helped by the Windows functionality, introduced since Windows 8, which allows the user to easily mount this file type through a double-click on it. MORE
“These tasks include showing a fake Windows Update screen, disabling Windows Defender, and blocking access to security sites by adding entries to Windows’s HOSTS file.” The post STOP ransomware encrypts files and steals victim’s data appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
A new malspam campaign hit Italy in this days, threat actors are spreading a new variant of a powerful downloader named sLoad. As usual, it comes as a zip file attached to an e-mail, this file contains two elements: A fake shortcut to directory (.lnk MORE
Select “MSEdge on Win 10 (x64)” and pick the virtualization platform that matches the one you have: If using macOS, you might be unable to extract the zip file’s contents unless you download a file extractor such as The Unarchiver. MORE
Researchers at Emsisoft developed a decryptor for the Planetary Ransomware family that could allow victims to decrypt their files for free. The latest variant of the Planetary malware appends the.mira extension to the names of the encrypted files. The ransom note, named !!!READ_IT!!! MORE
This messages warned the users about imminent summons against them, inviting them to read the attached lawsuit, a not so innocent looking file named “ Avviso del tribunale.jar ”. The JAR file seems to be corrupted due to the absence of some classes. Encrypted file content. MORE
Thousands of account credentials associated with the popular file storage service Mega have been published online, The former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle, co-founder at Digita Security , discovered in June a text file containing over 15,500 usernames, passwords, and files names. Found file on VirusTotal w/ 15K+ Mega accounts (user names/passwords & users' file listings). File listings included files names describing child abuse content. MORE
“This application handles file names incorrectly when the user uploads a media file. ” The third flaw directory-traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-16594 that relates to the way the Photo Sharing Plus app handles file names. The application handles file names incorrectly when receiving a user’s input file via uploading a URL. A attacker can upload an arbitrary file with a crafted file name (e.g.: /./) MORE
An attacker can create a ZIP file containing a symbolic link to an automount endpoint under their control and send it to the victim. The disk image files were either an ISO 9660 image with a.dmg file name, or an actual Apple Disk Image format.dmg file. MORE
The fake profiles asked the victims to open the weaponized excel file named ERFT-Details. It supports several commands for collecting system information, uploading and downloading files, and arbitrary shell command execution. MORE
The security researcher Alex Inführ discovered a severe remote code execution vulnerability in LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice that could be exploited by tricking victims into opening an ODT (OpenDocument Text) file embedding an event embedded. MORE
In attacks observed on June 17, the malware was using 64-bit DLLs with file names loaded by legitimate Windows system executables. Duncan pointed out that file paths, file names, and associated hashes would change at every computer login. MORE
” The fake Adobe Flash updates use file names starting with AdobeFlashPlayer that are hosted on cloud-based web servers that don’t belong to Adobe. One such example from December 2017 named free-mod-menu-download-ps3.exe also shows osdsoft[.]com MORE
” In the attempt to deceive the victims, attackers used the internal file name “Baidu PC Faster” and the “Baidu WiFi Hotspot Setup” in the description of the file. MORE
Trend Micro researchers also discovered that the latest variant of the AESDDoS bot can modify files i.e., /etc/ rc. local , as an autostart technique by appending the {malware path } /{malware file name} reboot command. A new variant of the AESDDoS bot is exploiting a recent vulnerability in the Atlassian collaborative software Confluence. MORE
The malware used in this campaign hides its malicious codes in certificate files to evade detection. “It then employs the component CertUtil, which is used to manage certificates in Windows, to decode the file.” The downloaded file is then deleted using cmd. MORE
The last Windows zero-day flaw disclosed by SandboxEscaper is an arbitrary file read vulnerability that could be exploited by a low-privileged user or a malicious program to read the content of any file on a Windows system. MORE
The ransomware also drops on the Desktop 10 text files, named README1.txt through README10.txt, “Attention! All the important files on your disks were encrypted. The details can be found in README.txt files which you can find on any of your disks.” MORE
Hash 5555a3292bc6b6e7cb61bc8748b21c475b560635d8b0cc9686b319736c1d828e Threat Gamaredon Pteranodon implant Brief Description SFX file Ssdeep 24576:PXwOrRsTyuURQFsVhIe74lpyevrM4vZxn6k1gQ Guo:PgwRAyuURQ2/1YpyeT7ok8. Information about initial SFX file. Script content in “ 15003.cmd ” file. MORE
The ransom encrypts all files and renames them by appending. rontok extension to the file names. According to the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie , when the B0r0nt0K ransomware encrypts a file it will base64 the encrypted data. MORE
Last week, a hacker that goes online with the moniker ‘Boris Bullet-Dodger’ reported the hack to The Register and showing it a list of files as proof of the attack. MORE
“A batch file first executes the WinEggDrop scanner (s.exe), which tries port 2375 on various hosts with Chinese IP address ranges specified in the ip.txt file.” MORE
The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive. The malicious code allows the attackers to download and execute files on the infected machine. MORE
Once successfully logged in with administrative privileges, threat actors execute a sequence of MS-SQL commands that allow them to download malicious payload from a remote file server and execute it with SYSTEM privileges. start”) in the name of the script initiating port scans.” MORE
So, it was probably accurate when I stated that “it seems to ‘upset the legal apple cart’ when attorneys have to contemplate applying Bates numbers to native files.” This enables you to uniquely identify each native file, and still correlate the native file with pages when printed.”. MORE
“This attack is carried out by embedding a video inside a Word document, editing the XML file named document.xml, replacing the video link with a crafted payload created by the attacker which opens Internet Explorer Download Manager with the embedded code execution file” The experts created a proof-of-concept attack using a YouTube video link embedded in weaponized Microsoft Office documents. MORE
“These lure documents use titles with government , military, and diplomatic themes, and the file names are written in English or Cyrillic languages. MORE
Hackers used weaponized files named ‘crash list (Lion Air Boeing 737).docx’ Sofacy APT group (aka APT28 , Pawn Storm , Fancy Bear , Sednit , Tsar Team, and Strontium ) has a new weapon in its arsenal dubbed Cannon. MORE
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Information Management Resources
JUNE 7, 2018
MyHeritage received a message from a researcher who unearthed a file named 'myheritage' containing email addresses and encrypted passwords of nearly all of its users on a private server outside the company. Hacking Data security Cyber security Cyber attacks
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
The ransom encrypts all files and renames them by appending. rontok extension to the file names. According to the popular malware researcher Michael Gillespie , when the B0r0nt0K ransomware encrypts a file it will base64 the encrypted data.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 27, 2018
” In the attempt to deceive the victims, attackers used the internal file name “Baidu PC Faster” and the “Baidu WiFi Hotspot Setup” in the description of the file.
Security Affairs
MAY 26, 2019
Last week, a hacker that goes online with the moniker ‘Boris Bullet-Dodger’ reported the hack to The Register and showing it a list of files as proof of the attack.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 6, 2018
“This application handles file names incorrectly when the user uploads a media file. ” The third flaw directory-traversal vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-16594 that relates to the way the Photo Sharing Plus app handles file names. The application handles file names incorrectly when receiving a user’s input file via uploading a URL. A attacker can upload an arbitrary file with a crafted file name (e.g.: /./)
Security Affairs
JULY 1, 2019
In attacks observed on June 17, the malware was using 64-bit DLLs with file names loaded by legitimate Windows system executables. Duncan pointed out that file paths, file names, and associated hashes would change at every computer login.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 8, 2019
Researchers at Emsisoft developed a decryptor for the Planetary Ransomware family that could allow victims to decrypt their files for free. The latest variant of the Planetary malware appends the.mira extension to the names of the encrypted files. The ransom note, named !!!READ_IT!!!
Security Affairs
MAY 21, 2019
ransomware, thanks to experts at Emsisoft they can decrypt their file for free. Researchers found notable callouts in two different malware samples naming ID Ransomware and several prominent malware researchers: “:HI SIRI, DEMONSLAY AND AMIIIIGO!!! “Its files have the “.[ID-<numbers>][<email>].JSWORM”
Security Affairs
JUNE 15, 2019
“A batch file first executes the WinEggDrop scanner (s.exe), which tries port 2375 on various hosts with Chinese IP address ranges specified in the ip.txt file.”
Security Affairs
MARCH 29, 2019
This messages warned the users about imminent summons against them, inviting them to read the attached lawsuit, a not so innocent looking file named “ Avviso del tribunale.jar ”. The JAR file seems to be corrupted due to the absence of some classes. Encrypted file content.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 23, 2019
Once the malware has infected a system drops two plain text files, one is a ransom note called “_FILES_ENCRYPTED_README.txt,” which gives information to the victim on what has happened and instruction to pay the ransom. The second text file named “_cr1ptt0r_support.txt”
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Security Affairs
DECEMBER 20, 2018
The last Windows zero-day flaw disclosed by SandboxEscaper is an arbitrary file read vulnerability that could be exploited by a low-privileged user or a malicious program to read the content of any file on a Windows system.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
A new malspam campaign hit Italy in this days, threat actors are spreading a new variant of a powerful downloader named sLoad. As usual, it comes as a zip file attached to an e-mail, this file contains two elements: A fake shortcut to directory (.lnk
Security Affairs
MARCH 28, 2019
The flaw is an “Absolute Path Traversal” issue in the library that could be exploited to execute arbitrary code by using a specially-crafted file archive. The malicious code allows the attackers to download and execute files on the infected machine.
Security Affairs
APRIL 28, 2019
Trend Micro researchers also discovered that the latest variant of the AESDDoS bot can modify files i.e., /etc/ rc. local , as an autostart technique by appending the {malware path } /{malware file name} reboot command. A new variant of the AESDDoS bot is exploiting a recent vulnerability in the Atlassian collaborative software Confluence.
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
The following graph shows different types of threats that were distributed with this approach, the Shade ransomware was the most common one: Compromises websites delivering the Shade/Troldesh ransomware, included three types of files, namely HTML, ZIP, and EXE files masquerading as.jpg images.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2019
The ransomware also drops on the Desktop 10 text files, named README1.txt through README10.txt, “Attention! All the important files on your disks were encrypted. The details can be found in README.txt files which you can find on any of your disks.”
Security Affairs
MAY 29, 2019
Once successfully logged in with administrative privileges, threat actors execute a sequence of MS-SQL commands that allow them to download malicious payload from a remote file server and execute it with SYSTEM privileges. start”) in the name of the script initiating port scans.”
Security Affairs
MARCH 11, 2019
“These tasks include showing a fake Windows Update screen, disabling Windows Defender, and blocking access to security sites by adding entries to Windows’s HOSTS file.” The post STOP ransomware encrypts files and steals victim’s data appeared first on Security Affairs.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
The security researcher Alex Inführ discovered a severe remote code execution vulnerability in LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice that could be exploited by tricking victims into opening an ODT (OpenDocument Text) file embedding an event embedded.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
The phishing email contains a.zip file named “slavneft.zakaz.zip”, which means something like “slavneft order” in English, showing a direct reference to “Slavneft”. It contains a russian speaking JavaScript file named “«??? «??? «?????????» ??????????? ??????”,
Security Affairs
JUNE 4, 2019
Hash 5555a3292bc6b6e7cb61bc8748b21c475b560635d8b0cc9686b319736c1d828e Threat Gamaredon Pteranodon implant Brief Description SFX file Ssdeep 24576:PXwOrRsTyuURQFsVhIe74lpyevrM4vZxn6k1gQ Guo:PgwRAyuURQ2/1YpyeT7ok8. Information about initial SFX file. Script content in “ 15003.cmd ” file.
eDiscovery Daily
JUNE 5, 2019
So, it was probably accurate when I stated that “it seems to ‘upset the legal apple cart’ when attorneys have to contemplate applying Bates numbers to native files.” This enables you to uniquely identify each native file, and still correlate the native file with pages when printed.”.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 4, 2019
The new version of NRSMiner updates existing infections by downloading new modules and removing files and services installed by old previous versions. This malicious code first installs a service named snmpstorsrv , with snmpstorsrv.dll registered as servicedll.
Security Affairs
MAY 29, 2019
Hash 0c88e285b6fc183c96b6f03ca5700cc9ca7c83dfccc6ad14a946d1868d1cc273 Threat Dropper Brief Description Excel file with malicious macro Ssdeep 3072:Mc38TehYTdeHVhjqabWHLtyeGxml8/dgzxXYhh3vVYwrq 8/P5HKuPF1+bkm13Kkf:B38TehYTdeHVhjqabWHLty/xml8/dgNr. Files contained in “wprgxyeqd79.exe” (SFX).
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 28, 2018
“This attack is carried out by embedding a video inside a Word document, editing the XML file named document.xml, replacing the video link with a crafted payload created by the attacker which opens Internet Explorer Download Manager with the embedded code execution file” The experts created a proof-of-concept attack using a YouTube video link embedded in weaponized Microsoft Office documents.
The Texas Record
JANUARY 25, 2019
Over the years, staff had tried to maintain order by naming folders by the record type listed on the retention schedule, using idiosyncratic naming conventions, and attempting to create high level folders for staff to save their files in. Creation of README Files (PDF).
Security Affairs
JULY 8, 2019
The spread of threats exploiting ISO image to hide themselves is helped by the Windows functionality, introduced since Windows 8, which allows the user to easily mount this file type through a double-click on it.
Lenny Zeltser
MARCH 2, 2019
Select “MSEdge on Win 10 (x64)” and pick the virtualization platform that matches the one you have: If using macOS, you might be unable to extract the zip file’s contents unless you download a file extractor such as The Unarchiver.
Document Imaging Report
JANUARY 18, 2019
Epson’s ScanSmart Software Accounting Edition 2 offers powerful productivity features such as automatic file naming, automatic receipt recognition with accurate OCR and easy integration with QuickBooks ® , TurboTax and Quicken. LONG BEACH, Calif. – 17, 2019 – Epson America, a leading provider of digital imaging solutions, today unveiled its updated ScanSmart Software 1 , now available with Epson’s ScanSmart Software Accounting Edition 2 upgrade for receipt scanning capabilities.
Security Affairs
MARCH 2, 2019
The threat is only detected later when an MSI file (Windows installer) drops and execute the first infection stage of the malware. After the Excel document is opened (xls file), the content it displays will lure the user to execute malicious Excel 4.0 File name: Binary._D7D112F049BA1A655B5D9A1D0702DEE5
Security Affairs
JULY 19, 2018
Thousands of account credentials associated with the popular file storage service Mega have been published online, The former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle, co-founder at Digita Security , discovered in June a text file containing over 15,500 usernames, passwords, and files names. Found file on VirusTotal w/ 15K+ Mega accounts (user names/passwords & users' file listings). File listings included files names describing child abuse content.
Security Affairs
JUNE 10, 2019
The malware used in this campaign hides its malicious codes in certificate files to evade detection. “It then employs the component CertUtil, which is used to manage certificates in Windows, to decode the file.” The downloaded file is then deleted using cmd.
Security Affairs
JUNE 25, 2019
An attacker can create a ZIP file containing a symbolic link to an automount endpoint under their control and send it to the victim. The disk image files were either an ISO 9660 image with a.dmg file name, or an actual Apple Disk Image format.dmg file.
Document Imaging Report
JUNE 24, 2019
Additionally, serpentine scanning requires less movement of the platen, thereby elongating the life of the hardware. · OCR title naming (all models) : The optical character recognition (OCR) function recognizes title bar (microfiche) or title image (microfilm) text. Frederick, Md. –
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 10, 2018
“These lure documents use titles with government , military, and diplomatic themes, and the file names are written in English or Cyrillic languages.
Armstrong Archives
APRIL 22, 2019
The following will discuss some of the most effective strategies that companies can implement to streamline their file storage processes. While seemingly simple in concept, the wrong type of file boxes has the potential to make the filing process more complicated than it should be.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 13, 2018
” The fake Adobe Flash updates use file names starting with AdobeFlashPlayer that are hosted on cloud-based web servers that don’t belong to Adobe. One such example from December 2017 named free-mod-menu-download-ps3.exe also shows osdsoft[.]com
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
Hackers used weaponized files named ‘crash list (Lion Air Boeing 737).docx’ Sofacy APT group (aka APT28 , Pawn Storm , Fancy Bear , Sednit , Tsar Team, and Strontium ) has a new weapon in its arsenal dubbed Cannon.
Security Affairs
MARCH 21, 2019
LockerGoga ransomware is a crypto-malware that loads the malicious file on the system from an infected email attachment. This ransomware’s name is based on the path used for compiling the source code into an executable that was discovered by MalwareHunterTeam.
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