SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ghost ransomware actors, identified as operating from China, have been targeting unpatched systems and stolen credentials to infiltrate networks, encrypt data, and demand ransom payments. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 25, 2023

Some possible avenues of infection include exploiting weak or default administrative credentials on routers, and outdated, insecure firmware that has known, exploitable security vulnerabilities. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com WHO’S BEHIND SOCKSESCORT? Page translation from Russian via Google Translate.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 11, 2023

Encryption needs to be done for the environment, and that means that key management is another very complex process. They control the firmware, the signing, and the supply chain. Yes, but the last major breach was the 2009 Chinese hack of Google. Networks need to be segmented and authenticated. Have the CSPs been hacked?

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that. If I can get the firmware and understand how is it frequency hopping?

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