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. Steal stored passwords.

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

Instagram has suffered a serious security leak that might have exposed user’s passwords, revealed The Information website. Instagram notified some of its users that it might have accidentally exposed their password due to a security glitch. an Instagram spokesperson told The Verge. ” continues The Information.

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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. [.]. There's also a credible rumor that Cellebrite's mechanisms only defeat the mechanism that limits the number of password attempts.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 11, 2022

Slack, the workplace communication platform, has notified some of its users that their hashed passwords have been subject to exposure for the last five years. The flaw exposed hashed passwords of users when creating or revoking shared invitation links for workspaces. Hashed passwords could still be revered by brute force methods.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2022

After entering an email address and picking a password, you are prompted to confirm your email address by clicking a link sent to that address. Perhaps in light of that 2017 megabreach, many readers will be rightfully concerned about being forced to provide so much sensitive information to a relatively unknown private company. “We

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Adam Shostack

OCTOBER 12, 2018

to the 2017 Breach.” This search led to a data repository containing PII, as well as unencrypted usernames and passwords that could provide the attackers access to several other Equifax databases. Encryption provides content confidentiality, not meta-data confidentiality. However, I still have lots of questions.

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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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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed.

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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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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3 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. billion in 2016, for instance.

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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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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 12, 2018

million from accounts at the National Bank of Blacksburg in two separate ATM cashouts between May 2016 and January 2017. Monitor for encrypted traffic (SSL or TLS) traveling over non-standard ports. Last month, KrebsOnSecurity broke a story about an apparent unlimited operation used to extract a total of $2.4

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

million accounts – BTC 0.1609 ($572)) – Exposed data includes name, password hash, Facebook ID, and referrer. Data were stolen in December 2017. Ixigo (7.23GB) (18 million accounts – BTC 0.263 ($936)) – Exèposed data include passwords md5, full name, IP address, username, email addresses, and some passport numbers.

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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

APRIL 22, 2019

The software is broadly classified as malware by most antivirus companies, likely thanks to an advertised feature list that includes dumping the remote computer’s temporary memory; retrieving passwords from dozens of email programs; snarfing the target’s Wi-Fi credentials; and viewing the target’s Webcam.

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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. BlackByte Ransomware Protection Steps.

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Spinone

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Based on the “Key findings from the Global State of Information Security® Survey 2017” by PricewaterhouseCoopers , over 28 percent of respondents have become the victims of mobile hacking. This is why you need to install one of the below encrypted messaging apps and encrypted calling apps.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

In total, the database leaked over 152,000 pieces of information pertaining to customers, such as emails, names, links to LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook profiles, and hashed passwords. Some were protected by a fragile encryption algorithm like MD5, but others were encrypted using bcrypt, considered a strong hash.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

As per a study conducted by Tel Aviv University, a wide range of Samsung Smart Phones across multiple generations are being released into the market with a major security flaw and the concern is that vulnerability has been existing since 2017- the year when the Galaxy S8 made its first debut.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

ValidCC, circa 2017. The database is in the hands of the police, but it’s encrypted.” “We don’t know users’ balances, or your account logins or passwords, or the [credit cards] you purchased, or anything else! “Besides, now it’s impossible to open and decrypt the backend.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

First identified in 2017 by the security firm Deep Instinct , Mylobot employs a number of fairly sophisticated methods to remain undetected on infected hosts, such as running exclusively in the computer’s temporary memory, and waiting 14 days before attempting to contact the botnet’s command and control servers.

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Elie

MARCH 31, 2019

Password Checkup. Password checkup allows users to check, in a privacy-preserving manner, whether their username and password matches one of the more than 4B+ credentials exposed by third-party data breaches of which Google is aware. Password Checkup help users mitigate this threat through a one-click, install and forget.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

used the password 225948. 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. The ransomware encrypts files in parts in various places: the larger the file size, the more parts there are. and admin@stairwell.ru

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Adam Levin

JANUARY 2, 2019

Cryptocurrency retreat will make ransomware less profitable: The gold rush for bitcoin and similar currencies went hand-in-hand with a plague of ransomware: Bitcoin’s peak at close to $20,000 in value in 2017 coincided with a 400% increase in ransomware attacks.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

The group has been active at least since 2009, in April 2017 experts from PwC UK and BAE Systems uncovered a widespread hacking campaign, tracked as Operation Cloud Hopper , targeting managed service providers (MSPs) in multiple countries worldwide. The body of the messages includes a password to use to see the password-protected document.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

In May 2017, the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) implemented its Cyber Security Framework mandating prescriptive measures, including a requirement to containerize data in all computing formats. You now actually have to prove the data is encrypted, both at rest and in transit.

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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. Subsequent analysis revealed earlier instances of suspicious code dating back to 2017.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2020

Once the GuLoader malware has downloaded an encrypted file from [link] it will decrypt it and inject the malware into the legitimate Windows wininit.exe process. The final payload is the FormBook information-stealing Trojan, a malware that was first spotted by researchers at FireEye in October 2017.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 2, 2020

The first campaign likely began in early 2014 and continued until mid-2017, while the second started in late 2018 and was still active in late 2019. These are encrypted with the actor’s public key and sent to their infrastructure over HTTPS. Change the admin password and use a strong one. Install and update Security Counselor.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The [link] part of the address merely signifies that the data being transmitted back and forth between your browser and the site is encrypted and can’t be read by third parties. You might even take a minute to explain the perils of re-using passwords across multiple sites, and see if they’re interested in using a password manager.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 1, 2022

This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker (in cases where remote administration is enabled) or any local (LAN) party to obtain: The contents of the md5crypt (salted/hashed) passwords in /etc/passwd. The SSID and plaintext password of the 2G and 5G Wi-Fi networks broadcast by the device.

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Hot for Security

MARCH 29, 2021

The leaked data contained no highly sensitive information such as passwords, credit card numbers or Social Security numbers. River City Media (RCM) is a US-based email marketing company that made headlines in March 2017 after exposing 1.4 Who is River City Media, and what information was exposed in the breach?

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2018

At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 Those objects are real Encrypted Ole Objects where the Encrypted payload sits on “EncryptedPackage” section and information on how to decrypt it are available on “EncryptionInfo” xml descriptor. Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 7, 2022

It was active in the wild for at least for eight years—from 2009 to 2017—and targeted at least 20 civilian and military entities in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, Russia, Belarus, and the United Arab Emirates. The files were designed to be executed in a pre-defined order, and some of them were AES128-encrypted.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2020

” Javali has been active since November 2017, it was primarily focusing on the customers of financial institutions located in Brazil and Mexico. . The payloads are stored encrypted in the filesystem and decrypted in the memory as they are executed.” ” continues Kaspersky.

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SecureList

MAY 19, 2023

Encryption and communication As we have mentioned above, two modules (Crypton.dll and Internet.dll) are bundled with every installation of the CloudWizard framework. The Crypton module performs encryption and decryption of all communications. module execution results) is encrypted with a combination of AES and RSA.

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