Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Researchers uncovered a new flaw, dubbed ÆPIC, in Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. The ÆPIC Leak ( CVE-2022-21233 ) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In an update published on Thursday, the company revealed that threat actors obtained personal information belonging to its customers, including encrypted password vaults. The threat actor also copied a backup of customer vault data from the encrypted storage container which is stored in a proprietary binary format. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. LastPass disclosed that criminal hackers had compromised encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Experts warn of phishing attacks that are combining the use of compromised Microsoft 365 accounts and.rpmsg encrypted emails. Trustwave researchers have observed threat actors using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

A big reason why APIs haven’t gotten the attention they deserve may be that, from a security standpoint, they fall into a category of hacking tactics known as Living off the Land, or LotL. Legacy security architectures just don’t fit this massively complex, highly dynamic environment. Here are my key takeaways: Manipulating APIs.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 2, 2021

Researchers create a processor that uses encryption to modify its memory architecture during runtime, making it very difficult for hackers to exploit memory-based vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2024

The Akira ransomware has been active since March 2023, the threat actors behind the malware claim to have already hacked multiple organizations in multiple industries, including education, finance, and real estate. The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

Lile other ransomware operations, BlackMatter also set up its leak site where it will publish data exfiltrated from the victims before encrypting their system. “The group boasted about having the ability to encrypt different operating system versions and architectures. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ransomware).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The encryption and decryption are not robust and the ransomware lack features like Windows Shadow Copy removal, File unlocking for a more thorough impact, Anti-analysis, and Defensive evasion (AMSI bypass, disabling event logging, etc.). At this point in this ransomware, the encryption process has already finished. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. The Rust variant has also been seen using intermittent encryption, one of the emerging tactics that threat actors use today for faster encryption and detection evasion.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The new versions of FinSpy spyware were used by a new unknown hacking group, Amnesty International speculates the involvement of a nation-state actor that employed them since September 2019. It extracts the binary for the relevant architecture in /tmp/udev2 and executes it. SecurityAffairs – hacking, FinSpy). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Although financial data, such as credit card numbers and expiration dates, are protected by encryption implemented in RES 3700 POS systems, threat actors could use another downloadable module to decrypt the contents of the database. SecurityAffairs – hacking, PoS malware). ” continues the analysis. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2021

The group has also shut down its servers and deleted profiles on hacking forums, they also shut down their leak site. When infected with this ransomware, the extension of the encrypted file is changed to the victim’s name. The group boasted about having the ability to encrypt different operating system versions and architectures.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

.” According to the experts, the attackers have good knowledge about the internal architecture of the targeted platform. To avoid detection of malicious functionalities, the authors encrypted all suspicious-looking strings with the Corrected Block TEA (XXTEA) cipher and then running Base64 encoding. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 30, 2024

In a Dark Web post earlier today, RansomHub said it had breached the Christie's corporate networks and encrypted servers containing terabytes of confidential data. Samples of stolen files were leaked as proof, including scanned passports, financial records, and details about high-value art and collectible purchases. "To

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Our customers’ passwords remain safely encrypted due to LastPass’s Zero Knowledge architecture.” The company pointed out that customers’ passwords were not compromised due to LastPass’s Zero Knowledge architecture. . SecurityAffairs – hacking, password). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

“SSL/TLS servers or other servers using 2048 bit RSA private keys running on machines supporting AVX512IFMA instructions of the X86_64 architecture are affected by this issue.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, encryption). .” reads the advisory published by the Project Maintainers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 1, 2023

The challenge lies in implementing robust security measures across the entire lifecycle of IoT devices, including secure development, strong authentication, encryption, and regular updates to patch vulnerabilities. Attackers leverage sophisticated techniques to infiltrate systems, encrypt valuable data, and demand ransom payments.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Dual ransomware attacks resulted in a combination of data encryption, exfiltration, and financial losses from ransom payments. The government experts observed the threat actors using the following ransomware families: AvosLocker , Diamond, Hive , Karakurt , LockBit , Quantum , and Royal. ” continues the alert.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The attack starts with a shell script that downloads binaries for various architectures (ARM, MIPS, X86), extracts a command-and-control (C2) server from an encrypted configuration, and connects to it. “Analysis of the script download URL’s telemetry reveals a concentrated pattern of infections. .

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

These apps activate the Coral SDK, which sends an encrypted POST request to a command-and-control (C2) server, containing details about the compromised device and the host app. The analysis of Happy SDK likely revealed a different variant of Necro that doesn’t have a modular architecture. ” concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2025

The lack of encryption standards across different jurisdictions further complicates this issue, as some countries mandate strong encryption protocols while others impose restrictions on cryptographic techniques. Privacy-enhancing technologies are designed to minimize exposure to sensitive data while ensuring regulatory adherence.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

This extortion campaign involved several security failures, including exposing environment variables, using long-lived credentials, and the lack of a least privilege architecture. This indicates that these threat actor groups are both skilled and knowledgeable in advanced cloud architectural processes and techniques.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

The malware also implements ransomware behavior, it is able to encrypt files and display a ransom note. For example, a sample with the MD5 hash sum 914e49921c19fffd7443deee6ee161a4 contains two architectures: x86_64 and ARM64.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, XCSSET). states the report published by Kaspersky. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

“The threat actor then deployed commodity ransomware to Encrypt Data for Impact [T1486] on both networks. Then the attackers deployed ransomware that encrypted files on both IT and OT networks causing the “loss of availability” of human-machine interfaces (HMIs), data historians, and polling servers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

“Raccoon allows attackers under certain conditions to break the encryption and read sensitive communications.” If ephemeral keys get reused in either variant, they could lead to micro-architectural side channels, which could be exploited, although leading zero bytes are preserved. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Raccoon).

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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. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2024

In August 2024, Russian crooks advertised a macOS malware called BANSHEE Stealer that can target both x86_64 and ARM64 architectures. The ZIP file is then XOR encrypted, base64 encoded, and sent via a POST request to a specified URL using the built-in cURL command. ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Technical components: Website architecture must be reconfigured to ensure that search engines see multiple language versions of your website properlyas different subsets, not as duplicates. For example, encrypt transaction details and add verification steps to secure and approve the exchange between your platform and the customer.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

It is unclear if the attackers have exfiltrated data from the systems before encrypting them. The attacker focused on encrypting data files in the Windows domain. TA505 hacking group has been active since 2014 focusing on Retail and banking sectors. ” read a management summary of the Fox-IT report and UM’s response.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 8, 2021

MORPHEUS chip: unhackable because of 'encryption churn'? Austin calls this encryption churn and says it prevents reverse engineering, which sophisticated hackers sometimes use. Undefined semantics are nooks and crannies of the computing architecture—for example the location, format, and content of program code.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

API hacking escapades. Over the past couple of years, good-guy researchers and malicious hackers alike have steadily scaled up their hacking activities to flush them out. Over the past couple of years, good-guy researchers and malicious hackers alike have steadily scaled up their hacking activities to flush them out.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 4, 2021

US CISA and NSA released new guidance that provides recommendations on how to harden Kubernetes deployments and minimize the risk of hack. Use firewalls to limit unneeded network connectivity and encryption to protect confidentiality. SecurityAffairs – hacking, LockBit 2.0). ” states the guidance. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Racoon malware , Legion, Mohazo, and Racealer, is an infostealer that recently appeared in the threat landscape that is advertised in hacking forums. The Raccoon stealer is written in C++ by Russian-speaking developers that initially promoted it exclusively on Russian-speaking hacking forums. SecurityAffairs – hacking, malware).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

Like all security architectures, Intel’s had a weakness: the boot ROM, in this case. An early-stage vulnerability in ROM enables control over reading of the Chipset Key and generation of all other encryption keys.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, CVE-2019-0090). “Unfortunately, no security system is perfect.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2020

The Winnti hacking group continues to target gaming industry, recently it used a new malware named PipeMon and a new method to achieve persistence. Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. SecurityAffairs – Winnti, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 9, 2023

MB in size, while the 64-bit ELF binary is compiled with gcc for the AMD64 architecture. In an attack observed by the experts, the ransomware successfully encrypted a CentOS host running a vulnerable version of IBM Aspera Faspex file server software. The ransomware encrypts files and appends the “.ifire” It is 2.18

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