Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Tutanota , the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This serious flaw, assigned CVE-2019-15126, causes vulnerable devices to use an all-zero encryption key to encrypt part of the user’s communication.” ” Experts pointed out that the vulnerability does not reside in the Wi-Fi encryption protocol, instead, the issue is related to the way some chips implemented the encryption.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

According to experts at Sonicwall, scanning of random ports and the diffusion of encrypted malware are characterizing the threat landscape. Most of the attacks targeted non-standard ports and experts observed a spike in the number of encrypted malware. million encrypted malware attacks, +27% over the previous year. .”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 22, 2019

million to allow victims to access encrypted data. million to allow victims to access encrypted data. The attacks started in the morning of August 16 and security experts investigating the incidents believe that it was a coordinated attack carried out by a single cyber crime gang. Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2020

Although most people think of ransomware as a dodgy application that encrypts data and holds it for ransom, the concept is much more heterogeneous than that. File encryption 2013 – 2015. It emerged in September 2013 and paved the way for hundreds of file-encrypting menaces that have splashed onto the scene ever since.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Cicada 3301 is the name given to three sets of puzzles posted under the name “3301” online between 2012 and 2014. A second round of puzzles began one year later on January 4, 2013, and then a third round following the confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on January 4, 2014. ” reported Truesec.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. According to BleepingComputer, which cited a source informed on the event, Tyler Technologies paid a ransom of an unspecified amount to receive the decryption key and recover encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2020

The university notified appropriate law enforcement entities, and the university’s Information Security Office (ISO) investigated and resolved the incident in consultation with an external firm that specializes in responding to ransomware attacks.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 6, 2020

The ransomware, tracked by Intezer as “ QNAPCrypt ” and “ eCh0raix ” by Anomali, is written in the Go programming language and uses AES encryption to encrypt files. encrypt extension to filenames of encrypted files. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2020

Good news for the victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware, they can recover their encrypted files for free. The victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware victims can recover their encrypted files without needing to pay the ransom due to the availability of a free decryptor. macOS ransomware #decryptor ( #EvilQuest )! |

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The malicious code executes a small program, just before starting the encryption process, to disable security tools running on the infected systems that could detect its operations. These are encrypted under the suffix. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

ZeroFucks ransomware encrypts files with AES-256 and replaces the extension in the filename with “. When the ransomware encrypts files the following GUI is displayed to the victims, crooks demand a €400 ransom worth of Bitcoins. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. zerofucks ” (i.e.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

A new ransomware gang named Mount Locker has started its operations stealing victims’ data before encrypting. According to the popular malware researchers Michael Gillespie , the Mount Locker uses ChaCha20 to encrypt the files and an embedded RSA-2048 public key to encrypt the encryption key.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) claims to have stolen info from the systems at the company before encrypting them. “Absolutely all servers and working computers of the company are hacked and encrypted. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2020

million ransom to decrypt its files after being encrypted by the infamous Sodinokibi ransomware. “As part of this attack, the operators behind the Sodinokibi ransomware told BleepingComputer that they had encrypted the company’s entire network, deleted backup files, and copied more than 5GB of personal data.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

In 2013 and 2014, I wrote extensively about new revelations regarding NSA surveillance based on the documents provided by Edward Snowden. And given that the UK police would raid its offices in July 2014, it had legitimate cause to be worried. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. Probably not.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The department received an email from the threat actors that notifies it that they had encrypted its servers and demanded the payment of a ransom to release them. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

This is the second critical vulnerability ever addressed by the OpenSSL Project after the critical Heartbleed vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160) in 2014. version is respected to be released next week, on November 1, with the maintainers that defined it as a ‘security-fix release.’. SecurityAffairs – hacking, encryption ).

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The Maze ransomware operators now use a virtual machine to encrypt a computer, a tactic previously adopted by the Ragnar Locker malware. The Maze ransomware operators have adopted a new tactic to evade detection, their malware now encrypts a computer from within a virtual machine. ” reads the analysis published by Sophos. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The botnet uses the WSS (WebSocket over TLS) protocol for C2 communication to circumvent the typical Mirai traffic detection and provide secure encrypted communication for command and control. “Two zero days, 12 remote access functions for the router, encrypted traffic protocol, and infrastructure IP that that moves around. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

To avoid detection of malicious functionalities, the authors encrypted all suspicious-looking strings with the Corrected Block TEA (XXTEA) cipher and then running Base64 encoding. “Interestingly, the password from the configuration file is stored encrypted. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

million to cybercriminals to recover data encrypted during a ransomware attack that took place on June 1. While we stopped the attack as it was occurring, the actors launched malware that encrypted a limited number of servers within the School of Medicine, making them temporarily inaccessible,” reads a statement published by the UCSF.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The good news is that according to the Agency, data was encrypted, it also added that Google and Adobe were not able to see the CP R numbers. “Google Hosted Libraries have been designed to remove all information that allows identifying users before logging on. . ” states the Government Agency. “Google has accessed 1.2

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

The malicious code adds the “ fuckunicornhtrhrtjrjy” extensions to names of encrypted files. The good news for the victims is that CERT-AgID discovered that the password for encrypting the files is sent in clear text to the attacker, this means that it can be retrieved from the network traffic. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2020

In malspam attacks, attackers could encrypt the Excel file by setting up a password, then when the victims receive the email, hackers trick them into opening the attachment using a password included in the content of the message. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

BleepingComputer researchers confirmed that Garmin has received the decryption key to recover their files encrypted with the WastedLocker Ransomware. BleepingComputer first revealed that Garmin has received the decryption key to recover the files encrypted with the WastedLocker Ransomware in the recent attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The name AgeLocker comes from the use of the Actually Good Encryption ( AGE ) algorithm to encrypt files, experts warn that encrypted files can’t be recovered without paying the ransom to the ransomware operators. Security experts are observing the new strain of ransomware that is targeting QNAP devices since June.

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2020

The hackers claim to have compromised the Banco BCR’s network in August 2019, and had the opportunity to exfiltrate its information before encrypting the files. Please vote Security Affairs for European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards – VOTE FOR YOUR WINNERS [link]. ” reads a post published by Cyble. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2019

The Ims00rry ransomware used AES-128 algorithm for the encryption process. Unlike most of the ransomware, Ims00rry and doesn’t append an extension to the filenames of the encrypted files. All your files photos, databases, documents and other important are encrypted with strongest encryption and algorithms RSA 4096, AES-256.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

.” The firm confirmed that many of its systems were encrypted and it is not aware of unauthorized access to its client or firm data, “We have found no evidence that any of our client or firm data were accessed or removed.” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Recently QNAP published a security advisory urging its customers to update the firmware and apps installed on their network-attached storage (NAS) devices to prevent AgeLocker ransomware infections. Security experts are observing the new strain of ransomware that is targeting QNAP devices since June. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2020

Electronic Warfare Associates p rovides electronic equipment to the US government, the list of customers includes the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Evidence of the hack is still visible online because Google has cashed the ransom notes and encrypted files.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The good news is that the RansomEXX ransom, unlike other families of ransomware, does not appear to exfiltrate data before encrypting target systems. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2020

Upon the execution of the script, the executable is saved to %Temp%qeSw.exe and launched to start the encryption of the files. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Experts believe that However the FONIX RaaS can quickly become rampant if security firms and authorities underestimate it. “Notably, FONIX varies somewhat from many other current RaaS offerings in that it employs four methods of encryption for each file and has an overly-complex post-infection engagement cycle.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

“The Dexphot attack used a variety of sophisticated methods to evade security solutions. Layers of obfuscation, encryption, and the use of randomized file names hid the installation process. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ”reads the analysis published by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2020

Nefilim will encrypt a file using AES-128 encryption, then the AES encryption key is encrypted using an RSA-2048 public key that is embedded in the ransomware executable. The encrypted AES key will be included in the contents of each encrypted file. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – Toll, hacking).

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