Malwarebytes

JULY 4, 2022

After a good start, the Internet-enabled, technological revolution we are living through has hit some bumps in the road. To celebrate Independence Day we want to draw your attention to five technologies that could improve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness on the Internet. DNS encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2022

Welcome to Internet Safety Month, a once-a-year event in which you, the public, are told that anywhere between three and 30 different best practices will simplify your approach to staying safe online. This year, then, for Internet Safety Month, we’re packaging our advice a little differently. Don’t ruin your device.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Quantum computing advances are making traditional encryption obsolete, and adversaries are stockpiling data for future decryption. FIPS-203 enables legal PQC deployment, prompting CISOs to overhaul encryption strategies. AI-powered cryptocurrency attacks will automate phishing and exploit vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2025

The researchers report that the ransomware rely on Ligolo for reverse tunneling and Cloudflared to expose systems securely without direct internet exposure. Medusa operators leverage legitimate remote access tools like AnyDesk, Atera, and Splashtop, alongside RDP and PsExec, to move laterally and locate files for exfiltration and encryption.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with “[link]. Click the image below and see if you can spot what’s going on with this Web address: This live phish targets users of cryptocurrency exchange Bibox.

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SecureList

JANUARY 13, 2022

Also, we have previously reported on cryptocurrency-focused BlueNoroff attacks. It appears that BlueNoroff shifted focus from hitting banks and SWIFT-connected servers to solely cryptocurrency businesses as the main source of the group’s illegal income. Malware infection.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Ptitsyn reportedly sold the ransomware on darknet forums under aliases like “derxan” and “zimmermanx,” enabling other criminals to encrypt data and demand ransom. Affiliates paid fees to administrators like Ptitsyn for decryption keys, with payments routed via unique cryptocurrency wallets from 2021–2024.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 28, 2021

The group looks for attacks on Exchange systems using a combination of active Internet scans and “honeypots” — systems left vulnerable to attack so that defenders can study what attackers are doing to the devices and how.

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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

JUNE 2, 2020

A report published in mid-April by cryptocurrency research firm Chainalysis found that ransomware payments “have decreased significantly since the COVID-19 crisis intensified in the U.S. Disable RDP: Short for Remote Desktop Protocol, this feature of Windows allows a system to be remotely administered over the Internet.

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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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Anton on Security

JULY 7, 2022

for “ransomware” in the cloud] observed was where attackers were seen brute forcing SQL databases, cloning a database table into a new table , encrypting the data, and proceeding to drop the original table. ” [A.C.?—?cloud cloud ransomware isn’t really ‘a ware’, but a RansomOp where humans?—?not not malware?—?do

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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. Third Party Apps.

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SecureList

JUNE 5, 2023

The main purpose of the malware that is dropped by the Satacom downloader is to steal BTC from the victim’s account by performing web injections into targeted cryptocurrency websites. The encrypted data is stored inside the malicious payload. Satacom technical analysis The initial infection begins with a ZIP archive file.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 30, 2021

Nitro Ransomware, a new variant of file encrypting malware is shaking up the internet by demanding Discord Nitro Gift Cards from victims instead of cryptocurrency. Note- All these days we have seen hackers stealing data and then encrypting the database to involve in double extortion schemes later.

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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. Among those was the encrypted messaging app Signal , which said the breach could have let attackers re-register the phone number on another device for about 1,900 users.

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Joseph Steinberg

MAY 9, 2022

Other parties familiar with Russian Internet usage patterns have also estimated that as many as a third of all Russian Internet users now regularly use VPNs. times as high as it was prior to the war! VPN technologies deliver two major benefits to Russian citizens.

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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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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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SecureList

AUGUST 10, 2022

VileRAT is a Python implant, part of an evasive and highly intricate attack campaign against foreign exchange and cryptocurrency trading companies. Accept: */* Referer: [link] Cookie: source=<encrypted blob>; User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 Connection: keep-Alive Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.8 Windows NT 10.0; Host: corstand[.]com.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 27, 2019

But two sources who work at the company have now confirmed their employer was hit by Sodinokibi , a potent ransomware strain also known as “rEvil” that encrypts data and demands a cryptocurrency payment in return for a digital key that unlocks access to infected systems. When the site was first set up on Dec.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

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. Therefore, decryptors appear on the Internet, and with them the hope that files can be decrypted without paying a ransom. Cyber intelligence firm Intel 471 finds that pin@darktower.ru

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. “Underminer delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency-mining malware named Hidden Mellifera.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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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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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. Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

” The Pollard’s Kangaroo interval ECDLP solver algorithm appears to be an attempt to break the SECP256K1 encryption which is used by Bitcoin to implement its public key cryptography. “Breaking the cryptographic encryption is considered “Mission: Impossible”. ” continue the experts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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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. Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This type of cyberextortion predated Trojans, which encrypt the victim’s files. Furthermore, an independent security researcher released an analysis of a new version of BeaverTail , another type of information stealer designed to exfiltrate data from web browsers and cryptocurrency wallets. million in damage. 2 Peru 11.86

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 5, 2018

A few years ago, the term cryptocurrency was only used among the tech elite and the only type available for purchase was Bitcoin. Fast forward to 2018 when the average consumer is able to invest and has a pick of over 1,800 different kinds of cryptocurrencies to choose from. dollars via crypto hacks and scams.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Later security firm ENKI said that Lazarus could have carried out the latest file encrypting malware attack by exploiting a zero day vulnerability in Internet Explorer browser of Windows operating system. And all the expenses are borne by the Kim Jung UN led nation who steals cryptocurrency to fund its nuclear programs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Iran – Government blocks Internet access in response to the protests. Some Fortinet products used hardcoded keys and weak encryption for communications. Upbit cryptocurrency exchange hacked, crooks stole $48.5 A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Twitter allows users to use 2FA without a phone number.

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Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Depending on the flow of infection, targets can expect to find a demand for payment to unlock encrypted files or sneaky malware looking to grab cryptocurrency details from system clipboard functions. The email is cryptocurrency themed, and claims that a payment of yours has “timed out” and will need resending.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

We should expect more fraud, targeting mostly BTC , because this cryptocurrency is the most popular. In fact, from January through the end of October, Kaspersky detected more than 2,300 fraudulent global resources aimed at 85,000 potential crypto investors or users who are interested in cryptocurrency mining.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

At the end of January, the group has improved its Linux cryptocurrency miner by implementing open-source detection evasion capabilities. The malware deploys the XMRig mining tool to mine Monero cryptocurrency. It also hides malicious processes using library injection and encrypts the malicious payload. aws/credentials and ~/.aws/config

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The malware is cheap compared to similar threats, it is able to steal sensitive data from about 60 applications, including (browsers, cryptocurrency wallets, email and FTP clients). And this goes beyond usernames and passwords to information that can get them immediate financial gain like credit card information and cryptocurrency wallets.”

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A retired threat actor has returned with new attacks aimed at the cloud, containers – and encryption keys. All internet communications, including SSL and SSH, rely on private and public keys for encryption. It’s the fundamental principle of modern cryptography: encryption must be a one-way operation.

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