Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Winnti (aka APT41 , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly) is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. Spyder Loader loads AES-encrypted blobs to create the wlbsctrl.dll which acts as a next-stage loader that executes the content.

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SC Magazine

MAY 24, 2021

Like most ransomware variants, Conti typically steals victims’ files and encrypts the servers and workstations to force a ransom payment from the victim. Tavakoli said the FBI report mentions Mimikatz, a tool created in 2007. The ransom letter instructs victims to contact the actors through an online portal to complete the transaction.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

“In short, Cerebro can suck up any data that is not encrypted. The software also allow dragnet surveillance, according to the brochures presented at Milipol it is an updated copy of Eagle, the program ceded to Gaddafi in 2007. . Code name of the operation: “Toblerone”. A weapon of choice for authoritarian governments.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2020

The ransomware encrypted files and renamed their filenames by adding the “ easy2lock” extension, this extension was previously associated with recent WastedLocker ransomware infections. This group has been active since at least 2007, in December 2019, the U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

QuakBot aka QuackBot malware is actually a malicious software that has the potential to steal banking credentials and is existing since the year 2007. However, as the investigation is still underway, compromise of accounts is yet to be determined.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 12, 2024

uploadfile Reads a specified file from disk, encrypts it and uploads it to Google Drive. Their targets are usually high-profile organizations, such as governments, diplomatic entities and research institutions. To infect them, The Mask uses complex implants, often delivered through zero-day exploits. exec Executes a specified shell command.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The Mac version uses the same AES key and IV as the Linux variant to encrypt and decrypt the config file.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Attackers employed a custom tunneling tool to achieve this, it forwards client traffic to the server, the malware encrypts the traffic using trivial binary encryption. .” ThreatNeedle attempt to exfiltrate sensitive data from the infected networks through SSH tunnels to a remote server located in South Korea.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Msadoz<n> dll (detected by Trend Micro as BKDR64_BINLODR.ZNFJ-A) – encrypted backdoor.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In a first stage it allocates the memory space where to copy the encrypted data and whose content is executed by the packer. Then, in the second stage the packer decrypts the code into another portion of the same memory allocation where it stored the encrypted data, and then transfers the execution to this second layer.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Dacls Bot include command execution, file management, process management, test network access, C2 connection agent, and network scanning.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Upon opening the archive, malicious macros are downloaded, which subsequently proceeds to drop and execute a second-stage PowerShell script encrypted inside the original Word document. . “Certified documents.docx”) delivered inside a ZIP file.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The APT41 group (aka Winnti , Axiom, Barium , Blackfly, HOODOO) is a China-linked cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2007. Attackers also a Packerloader tool to load and execute shellcode, which is stored in a file in an encrypted form. The attack is the latest in a series of intrusions against CNI targets.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. Experts noticed that modules are stored encrypted on disk at the same location with inoffensive-looking names.

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Security Affairs

MAY 26, 2020

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and former Soviet bloc nations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

” The Winnti group was first spotted by Kaspersky in 2013, but according to the researchers the gang has been active since 2007. . “The Winnti malware was also found at these universities a few weeks p rior to ShadowPad.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 29, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. Attackers also employed an encrypted Chrome password-stealer hosted on ZINC domain [link]. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Even today, less than half of the known antivirus engines are flagging the infection on VirusTotal , as observed by BleepingComputer: The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 1, 2020

Turnkey solutions Smarter data governance may not be as sexy as the latest automated threat hunting tools or post quantum encryption. The company was founded in 2007, has 16,000 customers worldwide and venture backing from the likes of Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Caufield & Byers, and Goldman Sachs.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate. The most common mistake that repeatedly occurred in all of these studies [13,14,15] was to encrypt a message with the sender’s public key. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2019

The Turla APT group (aka Snake , Uroburos , Waterbug , Venomous Bear and KRYPTON ) has been active since at least 2007 targeting diplomatic and government organizations and private businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America and former Soviet bloc nations. ” concludes Kaspersky.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

The solution includes cloud sandboxing technology, preventing zero-day threats, and full disk encryption capability for enhanced data protection. ESET Protect Advanced complies with data regulation thanks to full disk encryption capabilities on Windows and macOS. Founded: 2007. Get started today! Visit website. Founded: 1911.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 13, 2021

Developed by the SANS Institute in 2007, SIFT works on 64-bit OS, automatically updates the software with the latest forensic tools and techniques, and is a memory optimizer. The first version of Volatility was launched at Black Hat and DefCon in 2007 and based its services around academic research into advanced memory analysis and forensics.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It was found in the wild in 2007 and since then it has been continually maintained and developed. The loaded payload (stager) includes another binary containing encrypted resource modules. One of the encrypted resources has the DLL binary (loader) which is decrypted later during runtime. HTTPS POST request with encrypted JSON.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2021

This threat actor has been active since at least 2009, possibly as early as 2007, and it was involved in both cyber espionage campaigns and sabotage activities aimed to destroy data and disrupt systems. The activity of the Lazarus APT group surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 22, 2021

Password managers weren’t exactly flying off the shelves back in 2007, your only real options were home grown. Making use of encryption , instead of leaving data lying around in plaintext, is excellent. Malware, for example, would specifically target password storage in browsers and plunder everything in sight.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But ExtraHop noticed that the tool also opening encrypted connections to vendor-owned cloud storage, a major HIPAA violation. Launched in Seattle in 2007, ExtraHop set out to help companies gain an actionable understanding of their IT environments. Since then it has raised $61.6

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The APT28 group (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” through 12.4

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 26, 2022

Detection for signature-less, insider, and encrypted malware threats. Malware analysis without decryption for advanced encrypted threats. Launched in 2007, ExtraHop’s success as a AI-based cybersecurity vendor led to its acquisition in July 2021 by Bain Capital for $900 million. Cisco Secure Network Analytics Features.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Since the 1970s, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) has offered encryption , authentication, bootstrapping, and digital signatures to secure digital communications. As encryption methods go, AES-128 and RSA-2048 are vulnerable to quantum attacks. Next-Generation Cryptography. KSI Innovator: Estonia’s Guardtime.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

The following VBScript is run through cscript.exe, It’s an obfuscated and xor-encrypted payload. The encryption is performed by a simple xor having as key the single byte 0 while the encoding procedure is a multi conversion routine which could be summarized as follows: chr(asc(chr(“&h”&mid(x,y,2)))).

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 8, 2018

In many organizations, the proliferation of encryption deployments has been directly proportional to the rise in disparate key repositories—and associated key management headaches. In the years that followed, the use of encryption has seen dramatic growth, which has only served to intensify the need for a standard like KMIP.

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Cisco Security

JUNE 15, 2022

Some of these systems, they’re handling a lot of sensitive information and they don’t even support the encryption of data in transit — it can really be all over the place.”. Imagine the computer you bought in 2007 trying to run the operating system you have now.). The device side.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 19, 2023

Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. For example, encryption keys, administrator passwords, and other critical information are stored in the Azure Key Vault in FIPS 140-2 Level 2-validated hardware security modules (HSMs).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Turla is the name of a Russian cyber espionage APT group (also known as Waterbug, Venomous Bear and KRYPTON) that has been active since at least 2007 targeting government organizations and private businesses. This is a binary blob with a special format that contains encrypted commands for the backdoor ,” reads the report released by ESET.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

since Q3 of 2007. According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2% of the wealth in the United States as of Q1 2022, compared to 6.5% for individuals under 40. In fact, the 55-69 age group have had uninterrupted control of over 40% of the wealth in the U.S. Business targets.

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