Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Some organizations presume that encryption is a one-and-done affair that can solve all of their security woes. Even when organizations effectively implement encryption, they might forget to safely store their encryption keys. of its Payment Card Industry (PCI) PTS HSM Security Requirements in June 2016.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 28, 2021

The files are then held for ransom and the victim is threatened by data loss, because of the encryption, and leaking of the exfiltrated data. Files are encrypted with a combination of AES-256 and RSA-4096 via the Microsoft CryptoAPI , as per CrowdStrike. Earlier versions appended the.CONTI extension to encrypted files.

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SecureList

JUNE 8, 2022

Discovered back in 2016, it remains the most common malware infecting IoT devices. Although we cannot say for sure what they intended to do next, this malware persists in the firmware even after a factory reset and gives attackers remote access to compromised networks. Use proper encryption. Make sure to update the firmware.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Encryption: End-to-end encryption isn’t enabled by default for doorbells but should be activated. Inside the Ring doorbell Security issues in the early days In 2016, Ring encountered a significant security flaw with its doorbell devices. Encryption: What’s the deal? Amazon bought Ring in 2018.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The ransomware encrypts files on compromised Windows host systems, including physical and virtual servers, the advisory noted, and the executable leaves a ransom note in all directories where encryption occurs, including ransom payment instructions for obtaining a decryption key. CVE-2017-0144 : Similar to CVE-2017-0145.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Before we dive into the specific cybersecurity concerns, let us remind you about the attack that took place in October 2016. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. August 2016: Initial leak by the Shadow Brokers group. onion ghtyqipha6mcwxiz[.]onion

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Google Security

AUGUST 12, 2024

In progress since 2016, this achievement represents a major milestone towards standards development that will keep information on the Internet secure and confidential for many years to come. Encryption is central to keeping information confidential and secure on the Internet. How is encryption at risk? What is PQC?

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Despite increasing OS, firmware and hardware protections, enterprise systems and remote DMA-enabled networks such as cloud environments continue to be vulnerable to DMA attacks. Malware that has already compromised a system could modify firmware to gain privileges within the system via DMA. What is DMA?

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2023

The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election. SNMP v2 doesn’t support encryption and so all data, including community strings, is sent unencrypted.” The agencies recommend updating to the latest firmware and switching from SNMP to NETCONF or RESTCONF for network management.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

This is exactly what happened on October 12, 2016, when the Mirai botnet used an army of IoT devices — like security cameras, digital video recorders (DVRs) and routers — to execute a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack which left much of the internet inaccessible. The first IoT casualties? Update, Update, Update.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 29, 2022

And it wasn’t until the end of 2016, that AT&T encrypted NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN), after a report on how to hack into the Mars Rover appeared on the Internet. Implement independent encryption across all communications links leased from, or provided by, your SATCOM provider. Recommendations.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2019

EMV Chip, Pointto -Point Encryption, Tokenization, etc.) FIN8 is a financially motivated group that has been active since at least 2016 and often targets the POS environments of the retail, restaurant, and hospitality merchants to harvest payment account data. and non-compliance with PCI DSS.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

“With a cyberattack, it’s more than just data that needs protecting—at risk is really the entire physical infrastructure from applications and operating systems down to low-level firmware and BIOS. The solution contains a separate fault domain, which prevents ransomware-encrypted servers from infecting the data protection solution.

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SecureList

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Brute-force attacks on services that use SSH, a more advanced protocol that encrypts traffic, can yield similar outcomes. User files were encrypted, with the device’s interface displaying a ransom note demanding payment of 0.03 BTC to recover the data. Regrettably, vendors could have done a much better job fixing those.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In July, we reported a rootkit that we found in modified Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware, the code that loads and initiates the boot process when the computer is turned on. The attackers compress stolen files into encrypted and password-protected ZIP archives. Mobile statistics. Targeted attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In 2016, the Mirai botnet attack left most of the eastern U.S. While this sensitive payment data is only available for milliseconds before passing the encrypted numbers to back-end systems, attackers can still access millions of records. Other forms of ransomware threaten to publicize sensitive information within the encrypted data.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 5, 2023

Most states require strong data privacy controls, which typically include encrypting any sensitive personal information of staff and students. According to GAO , thousands of K–12 students had their personal information compromised in data breaches between 2016 and 2020. Secure data storage is also a requirement of FERPA.

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NopSec

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Modern variants of ransomware, called crypto ransomware, entomb the files stored on a hard drive using strong encryption. In April 2016, it sent out USB flash drives to its 37,000 members. Perhaps most troubling, attackers occasionally target the device firmware of industrial control systems.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In 2016, Logan Lamb, a former Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher, found over 6 million voter registration files exposed on a state-sponsored server at Kennesaw State college in Georgia. He responsibly reported this to the Georgia Secretary of State, but the issue wasn’t really addressed until after the 2016 election.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In 2016, Logan Lamb, a former Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher, found over 6 million voter registration files exposed on a state-sponsored server at Kennesaw State college in Georgia. He responsibly reported this to the Georgia Secretary of State, but the issue wasn’t really addressed until after the 2016 election.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

So it gives you a lot of fertile ground to work on, as compared with the mostly heavily encrypted SSL, TLS web components that a lot of websites and apps use. One of the open source protocols that crashed most often was BusyBox what could happen with a vulnerability in BusyBox in 2016.

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ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

So it gives you a lot of fertile ground to work on, as compared with the mostly heavily encrypted SSL, TLS web components that a lot of websites and apps use. One of the open source protocols that crashed most often was BusyBox what could happen with a vulnerability in BusyBox in 2016.

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ForAllSecure

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In 2016, Logan Lamb, a former Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher, found over 6 million voter registration files exposed on a state-sponsored server at Kennesaw State college in Georgia. He responsibly reported this to the Georgia Secretary of State, but the issue wasn’t really addressed until after the 2016 election.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 24, 2023

FIPS 140-3 sets encryption and protection standards for everything from software, SSDs and HDDs to network switches and new quantum encryption standards, yet product certifications have been running far behind historical norms. The FIPS 140-3 standard did not change encryption algorithms or key size. Apple corecrypto Module v11.1

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SecureList

JULY 28, 2022

We identified a Windows variant of this sample using the same string encryption algorithm, internal modules, and functionalities. In late 2021, we encountered a malicious DXE driver incorporated into several UEFI firmware images that were flagged by our firmware scanner (integrated into Kaspersky products at the start of 2019).

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 2, 2022

Gosh, there must be 20 or more villages at DEFCON if you want to learn radio if you want to learn tampering with seals if you want to learn encryption, if you want to learn you name it. But what about something in between something like a car in 2016 I took a two day car hacking training session at BlackHat USA. is or what it controls.

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