Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

The governments latest action officially secures the recovered funds. “In December 2022, the above-described commercial online password manager suffered two major data breaches one in August 2022 and one in November 2022 in which the attackers stole encrypted passwords and the online password manager vault data.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 19, 2020

The bot is written in Golang and implements wormable capabilities, experts reported attacks against entities in government, education, and finance sectors. ” The botnet’s P2P communication is encrypted using AES for symmetric encryption and the Diffie-Hellman protocol for key exchange. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 21, 2022

Treasury Department warning of a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) known as the Lazarus Group targeting cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems.

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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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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. 9, 2024, U.S. On July 28 and again on Aug.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 14, 2022

The Russian police arrested 14 alleged members of the ransomware gang and raided 25 addresses seizing computer equipment and cryptocurrency wallets. The post Russian government claims to have dismantled REvil ransomware gang appeared first on Security Affairs. The raids took place in Moscow, St. Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

Security experts and scientists predict that quantum computers will one day be able to break commonly used encryption methods rendering email, secure banking, cryptocurrencies, and communications systems vulnerable to significant cybersecurity threats. To read this article in full, please click here

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

The government alleges Khoroshev created, sold and used the LockBit ransomware strain to personally extort more than $100 million from hundreds of victim organizations, and that LockBit as a group extorted roughly half a billion dollars over four years. That’s what the government believes. Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Expect to see more investments in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) such as encryption, anonymization, and data masking. Quantum Computings Impact on Cybersecurity Quantum computing, although still in its early stages, poses a future threat to current encryption standards.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack The Great Pokmon Go Spy Panic Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,newsletter)

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

If we define ransomware as malware that encrypts files to extort the owner of the system, then the first malware that could be classified as ransomware is the 1989 AIDS Trojan. However, while it encrypted file(name)s and asked for a ransom, it was far from effective. Today's ransomware is the scourge of many organizations.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

The Holy Ghost ransomware appends the file extension.h0lyenc to filenames of encrypted files. The SiennaBlue variant evolved over time by implementing multiple encryption options, string obfuscation, public key management, and support for the internet and intranet. The threat actors asked victims to pay a ransom from 1.2

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SecureList

APRIL 23, 2025

In the South Korean internet environment, the online banking and government websites require the installation of particular security software to support functions such as anti-keylogging and certificate-based digital signatures. The malware receives an RSA public key from the C2 and encrypts a randomly generated AES key using the public key.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Mobile statistics Targeted attacks New APT threat actor targets Russian government entities In May 2024, we discovered a new APT targeting Russian government organizations. Two months later, in July 2024, CloudSorcerer launched further attacks against Russian government organizations and IT companies.

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Security Affairs

JULY 23, 2022

“The Justice Department today announced a complaint filed in the District of Kansas to forfeit cryptocurrency paid as ransom to North Korean hackers or otherwise used to launder such ransom payments. The Kansas hospital opted to pay approximately a $100,000 ransom in Bitcoin to receive a decryptor e recover the encrypted files.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 12, 2023

The Australian government is set to issue a complete ban on ransomware payments after one of its major financial lenders became the target of a massive file-encrypting malware attack on March 16th this year. Technically, transactions related to digital cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Monero are anonymous and therefore hard to ban.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. In addition, the Japanese Police, supported by Europol, have released a recovery tool designed to recover files encrypted by the LockBit 3.0

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

-based Synoptek is a managed service provider that maintains a variety of cloud-based services for more than 1,100 customers across a broad spectrum of industries , including state and local governments, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail and software.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 3, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. We need staff positions throughout the government: executive, legislative, and judiciary branches. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Government Needs You. Government needs technologists at all levels.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 5, 2019

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. We need staff positions throughout the government: executive, legislative, and judiciary branches. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

CISA and other federal agencies were joined by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the Defense Security Agency of the Republic of Korea (ROK) in releasing the latest cybersecurity advisory in the US government's ongoing #StopRansomware effort. As a result, Maui attack victims experience severe disruption for prolonged periods.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2025

CISA adds Aviatrix Controllers vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog ESET detailed a flaw that could allow a bypass of the Secure Boot in UEFI systems Russia-linked APT Star Blizzard targets WhatsApp accounts Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach Clop Ransomware exploits Cleo File Transfer flaw: dozens (..)

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Conti Ransomware operating from Russia is known to first steal the information from the targeted database and then encrypt it entirely until a ransom is paid. If the victim fails to pay the ransom in cryptocurrency, they then sell the stolen data on the dark web.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Iran – Government blocks Internet access in response to the protests. Federal Communications Commission has cut off government funding for equipment from Chinese firms. Some Fortinet products used hardcoded keys and weak encryption for communications. Upbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked, crooks stole $48.5

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 7, 2022

Research carried out by Reversing Labs suggests that a new ransomware is invading government related Linux Systems in South Korea and the malware is mainly targeting industries and pharmaceutical companies. Like first stealing data from the servers of the victim and then encrypting the entire database until a ransom is paid.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

AUGUST 8, 2021

And as per a source from Bleeping Computer, the computer hardware manufacturer was hit by RansomEXX ransomware that could have led to data steal and encryption of data on a few of the critical servers used to manage the IT Infrastructure of the Motherboard manufacturing company.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

Initially, these attacks involved malicious software that encrypts a victim’s data, rendering it inaccessible until a ransom is paid to the attackers. In all cases, the economic impact from ransomware is profound, affecting businesses, governments, and individuals globally.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 19, 2022

The Alphabet Inc, subsidiary has also assured that it will introduce a data storage algorithm soon that will disallow users from uploading files contained plain text, and encrypted information in text or images that can only be accessed with password inputs. The post Details on VirusTotal Hacking appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Note 1- Formed on April 1st 1974, the council has now been split into 18 wards and is governed by over 39 councilors elected to rule the city council. Note 2- A ransomware is a kind of malware attack where hackers steal data and then encrypt the entire database until a ransom is paid.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

The group targeted individuals, businesses, hospitals, schools, and government agencies. They would then deploy LockBit ransomware on victim computer systems and both steal and encrypt stored data. million from 12 victims and agreed to forfeit $350,000 in seized cryptocurrency. ” reads the press release published by DoJ.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2019

How to get back files encrypted by the Hacked Ransomware for free. LUCKY ELEPHANT campaign targets South Asian governments. Android Trojan Gustuff capable of targeting more than 100 global banking apps, cryptocurrency and marketplace applications. Gustuff Android banking trojan targets 125+ banking, and 32 cryptocurrency apps.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

He has “worked around the clock” to secure assets, identify crypto on the blockchain , find records, and work with regulators and government authorities. One way is through hijacking computer resources to mine cryptocurrencies. Also read : The Link Between Ransomware and Cryptocurrency. Securing Crypto.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 28, 2021

Since blockchain’s arrival, cryptocurrency has framed the technology as permissionless, or a public blockchain. Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes. Permissionless Blockchain. Permissioned Blockchain.

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