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. Cybersecurity awareness and incident response Train employees to recognize phishing attempts and social engineering.

Ransomware 112

Ransomware IoT Encryption Social Engineering 112

SecureList

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Visual Studio 2010 – 10.10 In response to the POST request, the C2 server returns a blob containing an encrypted second stage payload. Visual Studio 2010 – 10.10 3BA945FD2C123FEC74EFDEA042DDAB4EB697677C600F83C87E07F895FB1B55E2. 2021-Dec-21 09:44:08. PE32+ executable (DLL) (GUI) x86-64, for MS Windows.

Encryption 145

Encryption Spyware Malware Software 145

SecureList

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The first two samples had 2010/2011 as the compilation date, as shown on the graph below. SPSniffer , which we described in 2010: both families are able to intercept signals from PIN pads , but use different approaches in doing so. Sometimes the traffic is not even encrypted. We saw a weak link with the old Trojan-Spy.Win32.SPSniffer

Malware 139

Malware Banking Software Encryption 139

LRQA Nettitude Labs

JULY 5, 2023

Safeguarding data privacy involves implementing measures such as: Anonymization and pseudonymization : Removing or encrypting personally identifiable information (PII) from datasets to prevent the identification of individuals.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Data privacy Social Engineering Risk 52

Spinone

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Using Outdated Software – companies pay about $36 295 to return their data from hacker By “software” we mean using old versions of Office like Office 2007 / 2010 / 2013 and not checking for the system updates and patches in Office 365. Cybercriminals can sell you information or encrypt it with ransomware to demand money.

Passwords 40

Passwords Data breaches Backups Authentication 40

Kali Linux

MARCH 28, 2023

With the launch the first stable release of BackTrack 4 in January 2010, the project got its own domain ( backtrack-linux.org ) and moved off remote-exploit. As this was not a “Long-Term Support” (LTS) release, upstream would only support it until April 2010 - one year & six months.

InfoSec 52

InfoSec Penetration Testing Architecture Software 52

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Social engineering attacks soon found use in the digital space. Going Mobile and Going Global: 2001-2010. Stuxnet , discovered in 2010, was the first documented attempt by sovereign nations to use malware to attack other sovereign nations. It later evolved to also include file encryption.

Malware 140

Malware Ransomware Internet Internet 140