Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2019

Google accidentally stored the passwords of its G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years allowing its employees to access them. The news is disconcerting, Google has accidentally stored the passwords of the G Suite users in plain-text for 14 years, this means that every employee in the company was able to access them.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 27, 2021

First surfacing in 2014, Emotet began as a banking trojan, but over the years it has evolved into one of the more aggressive platforms for spreading malware that lays the groundwork for ransomware attacks. Police in the Netherlands seized huge volumes of data stolen by Emotet infections, including email addresses, usernames and passwords.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

TP-Link has addressed a critical vulnerability impacting some TP-Link Archer routers that could allow attackers to login without passwords. “In such an event, the victim could lose access to the console and even a shell, and thereby would not be able to re-establish a new password.” ” continues the post.

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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 -->.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

DeathRansom was considered fake ransomware due to the fact that it did not implement an effective encryption process, but now things are changing. DeathRansom is a ransomware family that was initially classified as a joke because it did not implement an effective encryption scheme. ru website. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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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

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The flaw affects the process implemented by the Signal Desktop application to encrypt locally stored messages. Signal Desktop application leverages an encrypted SQLite database called db.sqlite to store the user’s messages. The encryption key is used each time Signal Desktop application accessed the database.

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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. The Archiveus Trojan from 2006 was the first one to use RSA cipher, but it was reminiscent of a proof of concept and used a static 30-digit decryption password that was shortly cracked.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months. In September 2014, U.S.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 28, 2020

” “We use Facebook and LinkedIn for account login and do not store any passwords on our system. If you use the legacy email and password login, your passwords are encrypted, but we highly encourage that you change it. Members of the E27 are recommended to change their password as soon as possible.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. Using hard-to-crack unique passwords to protect sensitive data and accounts, as well as enabling multi-factor authentication. Encrypting sensitive data wherever possible.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 17, 2020

The website was distributing a file named WSHSetup.exe, it is the downloader for both the CoronaVirus Ransomware and the Kpot password-stealer. exe,’ which is the Kpot password-stealing Trojan. The filename of the encrypted files will be changed to the attacker’s email address (i.e. jpg ‘).

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2020

A hacker has leaked the usernames and passwords of nearly 23 million players of Webkinz World on a well-known hacking forum. . 22,000,000 users affected and while the database only contains username and hashed passwords, I believe it is just part of the full database that was probably taken as well. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2020

Last week, Open Exchange Rates disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and hashed passwords for customers of its API service. Last week, the currency data provider Open Exchange Rates has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information and salted and hashed passwords for customers of its API service.

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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. ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2020

Data contained in the backup includes : Full name Business address Business email address Business phone number Company URL Nature of business Encrypted password (hashed) IP address Newsletter subscription preferences. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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CSO Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Heartbleed is a vulnerability in OpenSSL that came to light in April of 2014; it was present on thousands of web servers, including those running major sites like Yahoo. The vulnerability meant that a malicious user could easily trick a vulnerable web server into sending sensitive information, including usernames and passwords.

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

Exposed data includes email addresses, names, phone numbers, hashed passwords, and the last four digits of credit card numbers. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “Was My Credit Card Information Compromised?

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2021

According to our data, its main vector of distribution is cracking RDP passwords. Encrypted files and a note from the attackers. For encryption, the program uses the AES symmetric algorithm with a 128-bit key in ECB mode (simple substitution mode) from the CryptoPP cryptographic library. Technical file created by BigBobRoss.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Among the Twilio customers targeted was encrypted messaging service Signal , which relied on Twilio to provide phone number verification services. DigitalOcean severs ties with Mailchimp after that incident , which briefly prevented the hosting firm from communicating with its customers or processing password reset requests.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The hacker access to users’ data, including usernames , email addresses, SHA-2 hashed passwords, account sign-up dates and country, the last-login date, the internet (IP) address, and links to profile photos. The majority of Mixcloud users signed up via Facebook authentication, in which cases we do not store passwords.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 19, 2020

” According to the experts, the first infections were observed in late 2019, victims reported their files were encrypted by a strain of malware. locked to the filename of the encrypted files. “ “The password database was leaked shortly before the attack. The malicious code appended the extension.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

“Once an actor has infiltrated a network with Netwalker, a combination of malicious programs may be executed to harvest administrator credentials, steal valuable data, and encrypt user files. . Use two-factor authentication with strong passwords. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Encryption. Therefore, businesses need encryption along the way. Encryption is merely changing the data to something that seems meaningless, like a code, which the system then decrypts on the other side. Password Protection & Authentication. Passwords are the baseline of cybersecurity. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The skimmer loads dynamically to avoid static malware scanners and uses unique encryption parameters for each victim to obfuscate the malicious code.” The JavaScript URL is hardcoded in the loader script in encrypted format, experts observed that the attackers can change the URL for each victim. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

. “The company recently discovered that an unauthorized party had copied and encrypted information, and took steps towards removing it,” Marriott disclosed in a statement. The vulnerability that the hackers took advantage of had been in place and used for “unauthorized access,” according to the company statement, since 2014.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

Norton got ‘ demergered ’ from Symantec in 2014 and then acquired LifeLock for $2.3 There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

Since December 2015, Alpine Linux Docker images have been shipped with hardcoded credentials, a NULL password for the root user. 3) contain a NULL password for the root user. the /etc/shadow file contains a blank field in place of the encrypted password (sp_pwdp in the context of the spwd struct returned by getspent.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 27, 2018

“In one case, the IPMI interface was using the default manufacturer passwords. ” Experts pointed out that once the user gained access to the server, the attackers would reboot the computer into single user mode to gain root access, then they downloaded and compiled the ccrypt encryption program. .”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The company discovered unauthorized access to its servers, the intruders stole personal information of the users, including usernames , hashed passwords, first and last names, gender information, and city of residenc. The compromised data included email addresses, names, usernames , genders, locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2019

A threat actor stole details of 6 million users, the stolen data includes user names, email addresses, addresses, shoe size, purchase history, and encrypted passwords (salted MD5). The database is offered for sale in hacking forums, hackers claim to have begun to decrypt the passwords.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

.” According to the company, attackers accessed personal details of the users, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and also encrypted passwords. In response to the incident, the bidding portal has forced a password reset for all users’ accounts, both bidder and auctioneer ones. .

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

A threat actor has breached the forum of Albion Online and stole usernames and password hashes from its database. On top of that, the attacker gained access to encrypted passwords (in technical terms: hashed and salted passwords).” Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Login information for 37 administrators, including full names, username, password and email: [link]. 11 Usernames, Passwords & Emails for Database eSG: [link]. 110 Usernames, Passwords & Emails for Database exe: [link]. 40 Usernames, Passwords & Emails for Database exe2: [link]. 38 Databases Total: [link].

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2019

In this phase, the ransomware sends to the command and control server information on the encryption process, including a string that contains the Initialization Vector (IV) and a random password used by the ransomware to encrypt the files. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The statement explicitly refers to several suspicious logins to client systems that forced it to reset password as a precautionary measure. “Because we have received reports of several suspicious logins to client systems, we believe precautionary password resets should be implemented,” the company said. Pierluigi Paganini.

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