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. How to Use the CISA Catalog.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? The fourth biggest threat to public cloud security identified in CloudPassage’s report is unauthorized access (and growing – 53 percent, up from 42 percent in 2020). Encrypt data in motion and at rest. Encryption is a key part of any cloud security strategy.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2023

Makop gang did not conduct any significative retooling since 2020, which is a clear indicator of their effectiveness even after three years and hundreds of successful compromises. The gang leverages exposed remote administration services and internet-facing vulnerabilities to gain and maintain access to victim networks.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The group started its activities in December 2020 and has been responsible for multiple sets of attacks against high-profile entities in Europe and Asia. The loader starts its activities by loading an encrypted payload from another file that should be present in the same directory. dll Loader Simple Update C:Intelx64.dll dev/fam/mfe?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 20, 2021

Hladyr is the systems administrator for the FIN7 hacking group, and is considered the mastermind behind the Carbanak campaign , a series of cyberattacks said to stolen as much as $900 million from banks in early part of the last decade. Hladyr also controlled the organization’s encrypted channels of communication.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 25, 2022

Like in the case of SolarWinds in 2020, masked threat actors aren’t afraid to linger for months during reconnaissance. By exploiting weak server vulnerabilities, the Iran-based hackers were able to gain access, move laterally, encrypt IT systems, and demand ransom payment. Extended Stays and Attack Execution.

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IT Security Guru

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Per a recent report from Q4 2020 to Q4 2021 , the average number of APIs per company increased by 221% in 12 months and that API attack traffic grew by 681% while overall API traffic grew by 321%. They provide authentication, authorization, encryption, anomaly detection, and protection against DDoS attacks. API Security Tools.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 6, 2021

After a series of highly publicized ransomware attacks this spring, the Kaseya attack most resembles the compromise of SolarWinds in late 2020. Kaseya’s flagship product is a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution called the Virtual Systems Administrator (VSA) and is the product at the center of the current attack.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

On top of that, due to changes in legislation that limited financial institutions in hiring external services, the number of cases we investigated for financial industry clients in 2020 was zero. We investigated 200 cases for clients in Russia in 2020, and already over 300 in the first nine months of 2021.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Secure Shell uses encryption algorithms. In most organization system administrators can disable or change most or all SSH configurations; these settings and configurations can significantly increase or reduce SSH security risks. Most Common SSH Vulnerabilities & How to Avoid Them. Alexa Cardenas. Fri, 12/02/2022 - 10:55.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 27, 2024

The problem: CVE-2024-4985 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) that uses SAML single sign-on (SSO) with encrypted assertions. Exploitation enables attackers to falsify an SAML response, granting them administrative capabilities and unrestricted access without authentication.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

All administrative and account management functions must be at least as secure as the primary authentication mechanism. As per the 2020 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report , 50% of IT responders and 39% of users use the same password across organizational accounts. Encryption secures all confidential data.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

These are words that no system administrator or business leader wants to hear from anyone using a computer on their network. When ransomware that has infected a local copy of the file starts encrypting the files locally, this action is simply viewed as a change in the files and triggers a synchronization.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2022

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. Encrypting Data in Transit. Many software-defined networking solutions (SDN) have built-in 128- and 256-bit AES encryption and IPsec-based VPN capabilities.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

— Dave Kennedy (@HackingDave) July 15, 2020. link] pic.twitter.com/cVIyB44o6q — Eugene Kaspersky (@e_kaspersky) June 22, 2020. Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. — Parisa Tabriz (@laparisa) January 26, 2020.

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SecureList

AUGUST 12, 2021

The final payload is a remote administration tool that provides full control over the victim machine to its operators. Communication with the server can take place either over raw TCP sockets encrypted with RC4, or via HTTPS. The ransomware supports two encryption modes: one generated dynamically and one using a hardcoded key.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 26, 2022

And then in 2020 pandemic, you know, DEF CON was all virtual. It starts off with this like, you know, uptempo like techno beat and it shouldn't have these flashy graphics of encryption and decryption, you know, payload and loading things like that. And, you know, I had the Twitter account ID set up in 2018.

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