Security Boulevard

JANUARY 21, 2022

In October 2020, Formbook was rebranded as Xloader and some significant improvements were introduced, especially related to the command and control (C2) network encryption. In 2017, Formbook’s panel source was leaked, and subsequently, the threat actor behind Xloader moved to a different business model. Xloader PUSHEBP encrypted block.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 8, 2022

The idea is to standardize on both a public-key encryption and digital signature algorithm that is resistant to quantum computing, well before anyone builds a useful quantum computer. In 2017, NIST received eighty-two post-quantum algorithm submissions from all over the world.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

2017 was a big year for malware, hacks, and data breaches. And finally, a variation of a 19-year-old vulnerability may bring about the end of RSA encryption. Known as the ROBOT Attack, the vulnerability can record and decrypt traffic on any site using RSA encryption – including Facebook and PayPal.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 3, 2025

In spite of the sale, TTP suggests an ongoing link between the two companies after the sale, based on March 2025 filings that list its sole director as Chen Ningyi, who shows up on a Qihoo 360 patent in 2017 and who appears to be a general manager for Qihoo’s mobile security app 360 Mobile Guard.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Schneier on Security

MAY 28, 2024

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has been hosting a competition since 2017, and there already are several proposed standards. Craig Gentry—inventor of the first fully homomorphic encryption scheme using lattices—was less impressed, basically saying that a nonworking attack doesn’t change anything.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 23, 2021

When the ATM is no longer in use, the skimming device remains dormant, storing the stolen data in an encrypted format. ” Investigators wanted to look at the data stored on the shimmer, but it was encrypted. But the data dump from the shimmer was just encrypted gibberish.” “MasterCard in the U.K.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT remote access trojan masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. Threat actors are distributing the GravityRAT RAT masqueraded as an end-to-end encrypted chat application named SoSafe Chat. ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 12, 2019

The first concern was over high numbers: in both 2016 and 2017, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued 40 orders for collection, but the NSA collected hundreds of millions of CDRs, and the agency provided little clarification for the high numbers. For a time, the new program seemed to be functioning well.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip. The technology causes a unique encryption key — referred to as a token or “cryptogram” — to be generated each time the chip card interacts with a chip-capable payment terminal.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The surveillance tool family has been active since 2017, the experts highlighted that it requires physical access to the target device to initiate operations. “Early samples indicate the surveillance tool has been operational since at least 2017, with development continued into late 2024.”

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that breaking end-to-end encryption by adding backdoors violates human rights : Seemingly most critically, the [Russian] government told the ECHR that any intrusion on private lives resulting from decrypting messages was “necessary” to combat terrorism in a democratic society.

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Penetration Testing

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

However, a recent investigation by Check Point... The post Old Vulnerabilities, New Attacks: Encrypted MalDocs Evade Detection appeared first on Penetration Testing. In the fast-paced world of cybersecurity, where new threats emerge daily, it’s all too easy to forget about the dangers lurking in the shadows of the past.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

These new rules date back to March 1, 2017, when the NYDFS implemented comprehensive cybersecurity regulations for financial services companies and other covered entities. Encrypt "non-public" data both at rest and in motion or use effective alternative compensating controls for information at rest if approved by the CISO in writing.

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Adam Shostack

OCTOBER 12, 2018

to the 2017 Breach.” The use of encryption allowed the attackers to blend in their malicious actions with regular activity on the Equifax network and, thus, secretly maintain a presence on that network as they launched further attacks without being detected by Equifax’s scanning software. However, I still have lots of questions.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 18, 2019

In October 2017, for instance, South Korea accused North Korea of stealing the South Korean-U.S. In today’s environment for commercial business, let alone government security and defense agencies, the de rigueur approach for cyber security necessarily includes end-to-end encryption, single sign-on, and two-factor authentication, at minimum.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This breach was dubbed “Compilation of Many Breaches” (COMB), the data is archived in an encrypted, password-protected container. The database includes a script named count_total.sh, which was also included in 2017’s Breach Compilation. “This current leaked database appears to build on 2017’s Breach Compilation.

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Adam Shostack

JANUARY 2, 2025

[no description provided] Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The revelations came as evidence surfaced suggesting that two rival VPN services, TorGuard and VikingVPN, also experienced breaches that leaked encryption keys. The theft happened in a 2017 server breach. In a statement , TorGuard said a secret key for a transport layer security certificate for *.torguardvpnaccess.com

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The one technology company this author could tie to Mr. Bernard was secureswissdata.com , a Swiss concern that provides encrypted email and data services. Another “capital investment” company tied to John Bernard’s Swiss address is liftinvest.ch , which was registered in November 2017.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

That includes the iPhone X, a model that Forbes has learned was successfully raided for data by the Department for Homeland Security back in November 2017, most likely with Cellebrite technology. [.]. It does not allow engineers to move the encrypted data off the phone and run an offline password cracker.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

The IRS canceled its “taxpayer identity” contract with Equifax in October 2017, after the credit bureau disclosed that a failure to patch a four-month-old zero-day security flaw led to the theft of Social Security numbers and personal and financial information on 148 million Americans.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many of these instant messaging platforms are secure, even offering end-to-end encryption, so the lack of security is not necessarily in the apps themselves. Prior to LeapXpert in 2017, Dima created a large CPaaS platform, built customer communications platforms, and was the CTO of a large multinational communication provider.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 3, 2019

National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked online in 2017. On May 25, The New York Times cited unnamed security experts briefed on the attack who blamed the ransomware’s spread on the Eternal Blue exploit, which was linked to the global WannaCry ransomware outbreak in May 2017.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2021

Paradise Ransomware has been active since September 2017, its operators offer the malware with a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) model. In October 2019, security experts at Emsisoft have developed a tool to decrypt files encrypted by the Paradise ransomware.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2020

RC4 algorithm with hardcoded key (in this example – "21983453453435435738912738921") is used for encryption. That means that if you got your files encrypted by this #ransomware , it is possible to decrypt them without paying the ransom. link] — Tatyana Shishkova (@sh1shk0va) December 17, 2020. "CyberPunk2077.sfx.exe"

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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. Phobos/Eking.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In another news related to cyber attack, France Cyber Security authorities have detected that the United States SolarWinds cyber attack could have been launched on its infrastructure in 2017 that remained undetected till 2020 or until security firm FireEye revealed it to the world.

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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

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. In 2017, Symantec speculated that at least 40 targets in 16 countries have been compromised by the threat actors. The targets were all located in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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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

JANUARY 6, 2024

billion insurance claim for the losses caused by the NotPetya attack that took place in 2017. In August 2017, the pharmaceutical company revealed that the massive NotPetya cyberattack disrupted its worldwide operations. Merck filed a $1.4 Experts from Kaspersky’s conducted a similar research that led to a similar conclusion.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 9, 2022

The emails used weaponized Microsoft Word documents exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability. The CVE-2017-11882 flaw is a memory-corruption issue that affects all versions of Microsoft Office released between 2000 and 2017. The vulnerability affects the MS Office component EQNEDT32.EXE

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 6, 2024

BleepingComputer, which has a dedicated forum for ransomware victims, reports : “A massive Magniber ransomware campaign is underway, encrypting home users’ devices worldwide and demanding thousand-dollar ransoms to receive a decryptor.” Magniber first emerged in 2017 when it 2024 targeted South Korean systems.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. Ransomware “is encrypting files, unstructured data.” In a 2017 Forrester Consulting study of data security professionals, 62 percent said they had no idea where their unstructured data resides.

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SecureList

APRIL 17, 2025

At that time, we identified this backdoor as related to the IronHusky APT, a Chinese-speaking threat actor operating since at least 2017. This file is encrypted with a single-byte XOR and is loaded at runtime. We discovered it back in 2021, when we were investigating the CVE-2021-40449 zero-day vulnerability.

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