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Technical Report of the Bezos Phone Hack

Schneier on Security

Instead, they only found a suspicious video file sent to Bezos on May 1, 2018 that "appears to be an Arabic language promotional film about telecommunications." That file shows an image of the Saudi Arabian flag and Swedish flags and arrived with an encrypted downloader. That's where that state-sponsored malware is going to be found.

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

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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Ransomware group claims it's "compromised all of Sony systems"

Malwarebytes

The announcement says Sony's data is for sale: Sony Group Corporation, formerly Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation, and Sony Corporation, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan We have successfully compromissed [sic] all of sony systems. Stop malicious encryption.

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Octo Tempest cybercriminal group is "a growing concern"—Microsoft

Malwarebytes

” Since then the group has expanded its range of activities to include targeting organizations providing cable telecommunications, email, and tech services, and partnering with the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Among the Twilio customers targeted was encrypted messaging service Signal , which relied on Twilio to provide phone number verification services. Australian telecommunications giant Optus suffers a data breach involving nearly 10 million customers , including passport or license numbers on almost three million people.

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Medical research data Advarra stolen after SIM swap

Malwarebytes

Since then the group has expanded its range of activities to include targeting organizations providing cable telecommunications, email, and tech services, and partnering with the ALPHV ransomware group. Stop malicious encryption. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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Scattered Spider x RansomHub: A New Partnership

Digital Shadows

Within six hours, the attacker began encrypting the organization’s systems. This concealed their attack until the environment was encrypted and backups were sabotaged. Scattered Spider previously targeted telecommunications firms, likely to support its SIM-swapping activities that facilitate account takeovers.