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Unknown FinSpy Mac and Linux versions found in Egypt

Security Affairs

Since 2011 it was employed in attacks aimed at Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in many countries, including Bahrain, Ethiopia, UAE, and more. It extracts the binary for the relevant architecture in /tmp/udev2 and executes it. Like its Mac OS counterpart, FinSpy for Linux is also obfuscated using LLVM-Obfuscator.”

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DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

Security Affairs

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware.

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LastPass: Password Manager Review for 2021

eSecurity Planet

In 2011, LastPass CEO Joe Siegrist announced that the company’s servers may have been breached, as evidenced by anomalies in network traffic. Encrypted user vaults were not jeopardized, but there was still a considerable risk that hackers could gain access using the compromised data if users didn’t change their passwords again.

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Post-Quantum Cryptography: Lessons Learned from SHA-1 Deprecation

Security Boulevard

SHA-1 was officially deprecated by NIST in 2011 and its usage for digital signatures was prohibited in 2013. Prepare a quantum-safe architecture now. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced. Since 2005, SHA-1 has been regarded as unsafe against well-funded adversaries. What must you do to make them function if they fail?

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Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know in 2025

eSecurity Planet

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 Through strategic acquisitions such as Splunk (2023), Isovalent, Lightspin, Oort, and Working Group Two, Cisco has expanded its capabilities in network detection and response (NDR), cloud security, and zero-trust architectures. Cisco: Best for Integrated Network Security 16 $242.51

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APT trends report Q3 2024

SecureList

However, P8 contains many built-in functions and redesigns of the communication protocol and encryption algorithm, making it a well-designed and powerful espionage platform. The access management software facilitates access to the encrypted partition of the drive. There are also some changes to the victimology.

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It’s Too Late for Threat Intelligence Vendors to Ignore IPv6

Webroot

That day came in February 2011, met with a dramatic announcement by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. On the other hand, IPv6 is based on 128-bit encryption. Well, it did exist , but was never officially adopted because it used the same 32-bit architecture as its predecessor. That made for just under 4.3