DLA Piper Privacy Matters

MARCH 20, 2023

This document provides guidance on the conditions applicable to the use of this technology which presents high risks to the data subjects’ right to privacy. The banks are required to consult this file before granting a loan. Given the sensitiveness of such file, the related processing activities represent a high risk for data subjects.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The name Socks5Systemz comes from the name of the unique login panel consistently present in all the C2 servers. .’ Bitsight researchers uncovered a proxy botnet delivered, tracked as Socks5Systemz, which was delivered by PrivateLoader and Amadey loaders. ” reads the analysis published by Bitsight.

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File names IT Security Information Security 102

Security Affairs

APRIL 3, 2022

Researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered a new RAT, named Borat, that enables operators to gain full access and remote control of an infected system. Initially, it checks if a microphone is present in the victim’s machine. DDOS – This module is used to perform a DDOS attack.

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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. This B0r0nt0K ransomware infects both Linux and Windows servers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The analysis of the code revealed the presence of not implemented features and the large amount of logging present, a circumstance that suggests that this threat is under active development. This allowed the researchers to monitor the server, identifying multiple interesting files. reads the report published by Threat Fabric. “In

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

19, 2023 Trend Micro releases patches and updates for Apex One zero-day vulnerability Type of attack: Zero-day vulnerability The problem: Trend Micro released a security bulletin with instructions for fixing a zero-day vulnerability present in its Apex One endpoint security product. See the Top Code Debugging and Code Security Tools Sept.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2023

” DEV-1084 presented itself as cybercrime group likely as an attempt to hide its real motivation of a nation-state actor. The ransomware employed in the attacks changes the file name extension to DARKBIT and drop ransom notes. Then the attackers maintain persistence by registering a scheduled task using GPO.

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National Archives Records Express

JULY 24, 2023

Consideration should be given to file formats, file-naming conventions, and adherence to preservation standards. The webinar transcript , presentation slides , and recording are available on the NARA webpage for Digitization of Federal Records.

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Metadata Digital preservation Archiving Data migration 97

The Schedule

MARCH 3, 2021

Mark your calendars for April 7th, 2021 1pm-3pm EST. Outline of Event: 7 wonderful presenters working in records management, with 7 minute lightning round presentations (see below!). Virtual meeting invite and presentation order coming soon! Presenters: Angela Ossar, Office of the Governor of Texas. Jennifer Thompson, J.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2022

” Experts highlighted that backend services perform the association between the name of a package and where the package manager should download it from. ” Experts highlighted that backend services perform the association between the name of a package and where the package manager should download it from. .

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AIIM

OCTOBER 30, 2017

A repository containing documents that were digitized inconsistently or inaccurately presents a new set of problems for an organization, problems that can hinder the productivity gains they had hoped to achieve. Consistent document capture and file naming. What are Automated Scan Workflows?

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e-Delivery File names Compliance ECM 89

Krebs on Security

MARCH 3, 2020

The file it attempted to download — 212b3d4039ab5319ec.js — appears to be named after an affiliate identification number designating a specific account that should get credited for serving advertisements. Blue Shield quickly removed the unauthorized code.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

DKIM deploys as text files in an organization’s hosted Domain Name Service (DNS) record, but the standard can be complex to deploy correctly and maintain. Basic DKIM DNS Record Structure The DKIM DNS record is very simple and conveys information both through the content of the record as well as the file name.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Crooks always devise new techniques to evade detection, the Ragnar Locker is deploying Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files while bypassing security measures. One of the victims of the ransomware is the energy giant Energias de Portugal (EDP) , where the attackers claimed to have stolen 10 TB of files.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2020

Absent-Loader does that and despite its name behaves this way. Thus, once clicked, it allows this malicious document to execute a malicious file named HimeraLoader.exe. The execution will take different paths in the program’s flow if the debugger is present. The malicious email wave contained a.doc attachment.

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KnowBe4

MAY 31, 2023

Spoofed domains, malicious attachments and executables to name a few. According to the report, the financial services industry as a target has increased by 72% over 2022 and was the single largest target of financial fraud attacks, representing 49% of all such attacks. KnowBe4 Mobile Learner App - Users can now train anytime, anywhere!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Leaving DS_STORE files on remote web servers is dangerous because they display their folder structure, which may result in leaks of sensitive or confidential data. This is exactly what happened with the leftover DS_STORE file present on the Microsoft Vancouver web server. What’s in the file?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

“At present, the industry has never disclosed the Lazarus Group’s attack samples and cases against the Linux platform. “At present, the industry has never disclosed the Lazarus Group’s attack samples and cases against the Linux platform.” ” reads the analysis published by Qihoo 360 Netlab.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 28, 2018

A default XML file named ‘document.xml’ can be edited by an attacker, in particular, it is possible to modify the video configuration included in a parameter called ’embeddedHtml’ and an iFrame for the YouTube video, which can be replaced with attacker HTML. ” reads the analysis published by Cymulate.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 18, 2021

The URL could be also obfuscated by using a URL shortening service to hide the fact that it points to a file with an.exe extension. Some of the files’ names observed by the experts are presentation-document.exe, preview-document-[number].exe ” reads the analysis published by Sophos. exe or annualreport.exe.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

As usual, it comes as a zip file attached to an e-mail, this file contains two elements: A fake shortcut to directory (.lnk lnk file); Legitimate image flagged as hidden. Then, if the.zip file exists, the PowerShell script extracts and runs a portion of a code present at the end of the same file.

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File names IT Security 88

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Talos believes the attacker has set up an advertising campaign that will present links to a web page, offering the download of a software installer. The installer has many different file names. . “The attack begins when a victim looks for a particular piece of software for download. For example: viber-25164.exe,

Sales 82

Sales File names Passwords Encryption 82

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2020

The parent folder is an hidden directory named “. rsync ”, it includes three files and three sub-directories. The initial files are “ init ”, “ init2 ” and “ initall ”. The first component that is executed is “ initall ”, its body is the following: Figure 3: Content of the initall” file. Sample information. bin/shnohup./stop>>/dev/null

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Attackers prepared a unique Cobalt Strike DLL implant for each machine and avoided at any cost overlap and reuse of folder name, file name, export function names, C2 domain/IP, HTTP requests, timestamp, file metadata, config, and child process launched. Camouflage and blending into the environment.

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File names Metadata Data collection Security 108

Security Affairs

MARCH 2, 2019

The RAT is based on a leaked source code of the Ammyy Admin remote desktop software , and its features include remote desktop control, file system manager, proxy support and audio chat. After the Excel document is opened (xls file), the content it displays will lure the user to execute malicious Excel 4.0 macro technology. macro code.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2021

On execution of the Simps binary, it drops a log file containing that the device has been infected with malware by Simps Botnet (see Figure 2). Figure 2: Dropped log file. 200 (see figure 3). , created by a user named “itz UR0A” created on 24 April 2021. 200 in simps directory to tmp. Changes permission using chmod.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

One of the defining signatures of PerSwaysion is that it spreads like wildfire jumping from one victim to another while no malware is present on a user device during the attack. The page resembles an authentic Microsoft Office 365 file sharing page. Not brute force but only PerSwaysion. Hence, it opens up a wide range of possibilities.

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Phishing Financial Services Cloud Authentication 92

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In the beginning, the Microsoft Powerpoint presentation looked like a white blank page but performing a very interesting and hidden connection to hxxps://a.doko.moe/wraeop.sct. The downloaded file (wraeop.sct) represents a Javascript code reporting the Stage 2 of the infection process. Stage 1: Microsoft PowerPoint Dropping Website.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

These attacks leverage CVE-2014-3120 and CVE-2015-1427, both of which are only present in old versions of Elasticsearch and exploit the ability to pass scripts to search queries.” Then the script places its RSA key in the authorized_keys file. ” reads the analysis published by Talos. ” continues the experts.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2019

LockerGoga ransomware is a crypto-malware that loads the malicious file on the system from an infected email attachment. It’s issued by Comodo Certificate Authority (acquired by Francisco Partners and known by its new brand name Sectigo ) for code signing. All the encrypted files are renamed and the extension “.locker

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eDiscovery Daily

JUNE 5, 2019

It’s one that made me laugh when I read it – not because the advice is any less sound, but because I stated that is has become “commonplace” for parties to agree (and courts to accept) a file-level ‘Bates’ or Unique Production Identifier (UPI) where each file is named with a prefix and a sequential number. No kidding!

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2020

Here, it was distributed using fake webpages, where the victim downloaded an MSI file, which then held the remaining Lampion infection chain. Once executed, additional files are downloaded from Google Cloud, which are loaded into memory using a well-known technique called DLL injection. LNK files from the Windows startup folder.

Communications 91

Communications Cloud Phishing Encryption 91

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Other trojans use this technique as it allows to evade detection and execute the malicious code on the target machines bypassing detection based on static file signatures. The following schema is an effort to present in a single high-level diagram the workflow of the most popular Latin American trojans.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The HTA file corresponds to the ransom window shown in Figure 1. Also, for each encountered file, the malware compares it with the excluded paths and if they match, a conditional jump is taken. The malware encrypts all the files whose extension is not present in the list. It contains the AES key used to encrypt the files.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 10, 2023

OTX prides itself on being a completely open community for threat intelligence, extending access to threat research and shared expertise from security professionals to any and all users. Dashboards clearly state the quantity and types of indicators of compromise (IoCs) and also provide Pulses to quickly summarize threats and their impact.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

As it relates to passwords being revealed, you can't "unhash" a hash in the same way as you can decrypt an encrypted piece of text, however, you can always guess passwords, hash them with the same algorithm (and salt if present) and see if the output matches what was stored. Gab's approach. This is normal.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

The malware was named ‘Lampion’ as this is the name used as part of its internal name. The downloaded file is a compressed file (.zip) As observed, after extracting the file, three files are presented. The file “ FacturaNovembro-4492154-2019-10_8.vbs The P-19-2.dll Why Lampion?

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