Troy Hunt

MARCH 18, 2024

The Dropbox and LinkedIn breaches, for example, occurred in 2012 before being broadly distributed in 2016 and just like those incidents, the alleged AT&T data is now in very broad circulation. It is undoubtedly in the hands of thousands of internet randos.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. I told Greenwald that he and Laura Poitras should be sending large encrypted files of dummy documents back and forth every day. Definitely.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 13, 2018

Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. Today's Internet largely reflects the dominance of a handful of companies behind the cloud services, search engines and mobile platforms that underpin the technology landscape.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 22, 2019

For example, RevCode’s website touted the software’s compatibility with all “ crypters ,” software that can encrypt, obfuscate and manipulate malware to make it harder to detect by antivirus programs. A letter from Alex Yücel’s parents to the court in June 2016.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

Pin was active on Opensc around March 2012, and authored 13 posts that mostly concerned data encryption issues, or how to fix bugs in code. NeroWolfe seems to have abandoned all of his forum accounts sometime in 2016. In November 2016, an exploit[.]ru Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 finds that pin@darktower.ru

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 4, 2018

Last week, researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in a large number of encrypted email clients: specifically, those that use OpenPGP and S/MIME, including Thunderbird and AppleMail. But first, if you use PGP or S/MIME to encrypt email, you need to check the list on this page and see if you are vulnerable. They should fix it.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2020

The Dharma ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in February 2016, at the time experts dubbed it Crysis. In November 2016, the master decryption keys for Crysis were released online, victims of CrySis versions 2 and 3 were able to recover their files. The source is offered for a price as low as $2,000, as reported by ZDNet.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2016, for instance. LW: Will any of the big initiatives we heard about at RSA 2021 and Black Hat 2021 – such as advanced encryption, advanced application security and advanced cloud-security frameworks – ultimately remove much of the responsibility for data security from the individual consumer?

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 27, 2021

There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. LW: How long were these S3 buckets likely to have been sitting on the Internet, accessible to anyone with the keyboard skills to find and copy the data? based PeopleGIS. Pulitzer Prize-winning business journalist Byron V.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Germany-based G Data CyberDefense released software designed to trick the STOP ransomware variant into believing that a targeted system has already been compromised and keeping it from encrypting files after the device has been infected. But STOP ransomware will not encrypt files anymore if the system has the vaccine.”.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2021

After encryption, the contents of the folders look as follows: the cybercriminals’ e-mail address and the victim’s ID are added to the beginning of each file, followed by the original name and extension, and then the extension added by the ransomware. Encrypted files and a note from the attackers. Crysis ransom note.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 29, 2021

It does this by performing an NTLM relay attack that does not rely on the Microsoft’s Print System Remote Protocol (MS-RPRN) API but instead uses the EfsRpcOpenFileRaw function of the Microsoft Encrypting File System Remote Protocol (MS-EFSRPC) API. Vulnerable systems. ” New mitigation details. ” New mitigation details.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

If you have to connect to the internet using a public network, do so with a virtual private network. VPNs encrypt data , making it much harder to intercept when transmitted through a shared or suspect internet connection. SSLs ensure all data is encrypted. Limit the scope of your holiday spending. Look for the lock.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The number of sensors and smart devices connected to the internet is exponentially rising, which are the 5 Major Vulnerabilities for IoT devices. Before we dive into the specific cybersecurity concerns, let us remind you about the attack that took place in October 2016. Improper encryption. Malware, phishing, and web.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

The NIST contest began in 2016, with the goal of improving general encryption and digital signatures. Also read: Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future. Meanwhile, QuTech, Eurofiber, and Juniper Networks may be on their way to creating the first quantum internet. Quantum Computing is Already Here.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A series of internal CIA documents released Tuesday by WikiLeaks serve as a reminder that any computer, smartphone or other devices connected to the internet is vulnerable to compromise. The scale of the program was so massive that by 2016, its hackers had utilized more code than what is currently used to run Facebook.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Some of these APTs have long been forgotten in the past – such as Prikormka ( Operation Groundbait ), discovered by ESET in 2016. Encryption and communication As we have mentioned above, two modules (Crypton.dll and Internet.dll) are bundled with every installation of the CloudWizard framework.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

MortalKombat belongs to the Xorist Commodity Ransomware family, a malware that has been existing on the internet since 2016. Keeping the software updated, fixing vulnerabilities on time, training staff on threats lurking in the present cyber landscape helps in keeping file encrypting malware attacks at bay.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 8, 2022

If you wake up one morning and find that all of your files are encrypted along with a ransom note demanding a Bitcoin payment — you just may have been hit with QNAPCrypt. Once launched, the ransomware iterates through a list of files and encrypts them with an encryption algorithm, with the. 024BTC (~$720 USD as of June 2022).

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

Despite all the emphasis around the shift from SHA-1 to SHA-2, 35% of websites were still utilizing SHA-1 certificates as of November 2016, according to research from Venafi in 2017. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced. Challenges toward post-quantum cryptography: confidentiality and authentication. Anastasios Arampatzis.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It can often be found on internet-facing servers. The problem is that the vulnerability also affects ColdFusion 2016 and ColdFusion 11 installations, which have reached end-of-life (EOL) and are no longer supported with security patches. Prioritize remediation of vulnerabilities on internet-facing systems. Prevent intrusions.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2019

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. ” The innovations introduced in the latest version should rapidly increase the number of infections worldwide making the Mirai botnet even more dangerous.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 18, 2022

But this isn't an internet age thing, the origins go back way further, originally being used to describe TV viewers being served ads. I made next to no money out of them and I got rid of them altogether in 2016 in favour of the sponsorship line of text you still see at the top of the page today.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

The newest firmware revision is bated back 2016 and its known to be affected by several bugs that can be exploited to compromise the device. It is also possible to decrypt single files paying $19.99, in this case, victims have to send the encrypted file to the operators. No extension added to locked files.

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Security Affairs

JULY 25, 2019

Experts at Intezer researchers have spotted a strain of the Linux mining that also scans the Internet for Windows RDP servers vulnerable to the Bluekeep. In May, Internet scans found nearly one million systems vu lnerable to the BlueKeep flaw. ” reads a blog post published by Intezer.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Attackers employed a custom tunneling tool to achieve this, it forwards client traffic to the server, the malware encrypts the traffic using trivial binary encryption. The group is considered responsible for the massive WannaCry ransomware attack, a string of SWIFT attacks in 2016, and the Sony Pictures hack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Facebook shared details about a long-running ad-fraud campaign that’s been ongoing since 2016 targeting Facebook users with SilentFade malware. Once installed, SilentFade allows attackers to steal only Facebook-specific stored credentials and cookies from major browsers, including Internet Explorer, Chromium, and Firefox.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 24, 2022

Summary: Marriott purchased Starwood in 2016, but did not integrate the Starwood platform to the Marriott reservation system. Adult FriendFinder Networks data breach (2016). A majority of the passwords were protected by the weak SHA-1 hashing algorithm, which resulted in 99% of the credentials being posted by LeakSource.com in 2016.

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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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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Mirai malware first appeared in the wild in 2016 when the expert MalwareMustDie discovered it in massive attacks aimed at Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The new malware implements the same encryption scheme characteristic of Mirai, it is also able to scan for vulnerable devices and launch HTTP Flood DDoS attacks.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

In a few days back, the MalwareMustDie team’s security researcher unixfreaxjp has published a new Linux malware analysis of Fbot that has focused on the decryption of the last encryption logic used by its bot client. And will discuss the mysteries that can be seen after Fbot has been detected. The background before Fbot Mirai variant.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 23, 2019

If you’re like millions of other Americans, your TV is connected to the Internet and uses technology generated from the nation’s power grid. Disruptions to Ukraine’s power system in 2015 and 2016 were attributed to a cyberattack and led to power outages affecting hundreds of thousands of people. The Rising Threat.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

That’s precisely what happened in the case of Dyn back in October 2016. As systems become increasingly automated, manufacturers will begin deploying Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) on the plant floor and/or incorporating smart gadgets into their products. Take manufacturing, for instance. Healthcare is in Need of a Check-Up.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 21, 2025

IBM: Best for Advanced Encryption 13 $233.91 IBM Best for advanced encryption Headquarters: Armonk, New York Founded: 1911 Annual Revenue: $61.9 It offers strong security and value through traditional solutions such as firewalls, gateways, UTM, DLP, and encryption and a strong service portfolio. Visit CrowdStrike 6. Visit IBM 7.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2020

The hackers targeted unnamed companies in software development, e-commerce, and an internet service provider around the world, including Poland, Germany, Turkey, Korea, Japan, and India. The Windows version of MATA is composed of a loader used to load an encrypted next-stage payload and the orchestrator module (“lsass.exe”).

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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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