SecureWorld News

JULY 29, 2024

Internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc., According to a Bloomberg News report on July 23, the documents are believed to have been exfiltrated during a breach of a system operated by Diligent Corp., Graham continued, "For example, if project plans or classified documents are compromised, adversaries might gain insights into U.S.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 23, 2019

Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm. Both are ways of weakening encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The ex-NSA employee had Top Secret clearance that give him access to top secret documents. All three documents from which the excerpts were taken contain NDI, are classified as Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and were obtained by Dalke during his employment with the NSA.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

NSA employee has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison for attempting to sell classified documents to Russia. Dalke pleaded guilty to six counts of attempting to transmit classified documents to a foreign agent while he was working at the NSA. A former U.S.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2021

This week we discuss the Apache Log4j vulnerability and the impact it will have on organizations now and into the future, details on how Apple AirTags are being used by thieves to steal cars, and a FBI training document describes what data can be obtained by encrypted messaging apps. ** Links mentioned on the show […].

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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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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 22, 2023

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The Council of the European Union is circulating a resolution among member countries to weaken data encryption by requiring back door access of some kind for law enforcement and courts. The document, which was leaked to an EU news outlet, has the following subject line: "Security through encryption and security despite encryption".

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Graham Cluley

MARCH 6, 2024

Ukraine claims its hackers have gained possession of "the information security and encryption software" used by Russia's Ministry of Defence , as well as secret documents, reports, and instructions exchanged between over 2,000 units of Russia's security services. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 31, 2021

Recently emerged LockFile ransomware family LockFile leverages a novel technique called intermittent encryption to speed up encryption. Sophos researchers discovered that the group is now leveraging a new technique called “intermittent encryption” to speed up the encryption process.

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Pen Test Partners

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With the default configuration of these printers, it’s possible to retrieve these credentials in an encrypted format without authenticating to the printer. A vulnerability in the encryption process of these credentials means that you can decrypt them with responses from the web interface. This is the IV for the encryption algorithm.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 11, 2023

Intro In February 2022, Microsoft disabled VBA macros on documents due to their frequent use as a malware distribution method. This move prompted malware authors to seek out new ways to distribute their payloads, resulting in an increase in the use of other infection vectors, such as password-encrypted zip files and ISO files.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Court documents obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool that allows accessing private Signal messages on iPhones. Court documents related to a recent gun-trafficking case in New York and obtained by Forbes revealed that the FBI may have a tool to access private Signal messages. ” states Forbes.

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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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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 25, 2021

2547 rightly addresses flaws in the current procedure for sharing sensitive court documents by requiring digital signatures that provide additional security. Senate Bill Would Require Digital Signatures for Court Documents appeared first on Security Boulevard. New Senate Bill S. Our court system is front. The post U.S.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2023

One of the most effective ways to do this is through encryption. Encryption is the process of converting plain text or data into an unreadable format using an encryption algorithm, which can only be deciphered or decrypted by those who have the decryption key. Why encrypt files and Emails?

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Security Boulevard

JULY 28, 2022

Encrypted Emotet payload embedded in loader’s.rsrc section. Microsoft Office XLS Document Executes Obfuscated Excel 4.0 The first stage of an attack likely begins with a spam email delivering a Microsoft Office XLS document as an attachment. The XLS document uses obfuscated Excel macros. First Stage: Initial Delivery.

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Tech Republic Security

JULY 6, 2020

Enabling full-disk encryption to keep documents secure is highly recommended. By default, macOS does not maintain integrity while hibernating. But there's a fix for that.

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SecureList

APRIL 18, 2022

Kaspersky experts have found a vulnerability in the Yanluowang encryption algorithm and created a free decryptor to help victims of this ransomware with recovering their files. This is necessary to make files used by other programs available for encryption. The encryption code for big files. Yanluowang description.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 19, 2020

Learn to secure multiple documents by encrypting compressed files on various OSes using a password.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

It’s known as “intermittent encryption” and researchers from Sophos recently discovered Lockfile encrypts alternate bundles of 16 bytes in a document to stay hidden. They don’t encrypt entire files, they do 16 bytes and then skip 16 bytes.

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Bleeping Computer

AUGUST 21, 2022

Password-protected ZIP archives are common means of compressing and sharing sets of files—from sensitive documents to malware samples to even malware (phishing "invoices" in emails). But, did you know it is possible for an encrypted ZIP file to have two correct passwords, with both producing the same outcome on extraction? [.].

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Zero Day

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Have a private document on your desktop OS? Here's how to keep it secure on Linux, MacOS, and Windows.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It’s Iran’s turn to have its digital surveillance tools leaked : According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks, providing its operators a broad menu of remote commands to alter, disrupt, and monitor how customers use their phones.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The malware encrypts files and spreads to the entire system to maximize damage, which forces companies to lock down the whole network to stop the propagation. Encryption is the Key. Encryption is used everywhere. Encrypting is neither hashing nor obfuscating files. What Happens During Ransomware Encryption?

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Security Affairs

JUNE 8, 2021

Trojan Shield operation: The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. The FBI and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications.

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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Learn about encryption, HIPAA, and records management for better document protection. Explore cloud fax security and compliance.

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Security Affairs

JULY 5, 2020

Experts spotted recent samples of the Snake ransomware that were isolating the infected systems while encrypting files to avoid interference. The Snake ransomware kills processes from a predefined list, including ICS-related processes, to encrypt associated files. ” continues the analysis. ” concludes the report.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A January 2021 FBI document outlines what types of data and metadata can be lawfully obtained by the FBI from messaging apps. I don’t see a lot of surprises in the document. End-to-end encrypted message content can be available if the user uploads it to an unencrypted backup server. Signal protects the most metadata.

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Adam Shostack

DECEMBER 11, 2019

UK, and Australia: Weak Encryption Puts Billions of Internet Users at Risk. The Identity Project has extensive documentation , and I generally concur with their recommendations. The Open Technology Institute has an Open Letter to Law Enforcement in the U.S., press release , letter.) I am pleased to be one of the signers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 29, 2022

How the new Spirion-Thales partnership enables sensitive-data-centric encryption. Encryption achieves this goal by making the data readable only to those individuals with the proper access levels. It’s a similar overreach to encrypt all the data your company collects, but many organizations are doing just that.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2024

To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker needed GitHub Enterprise Server’s encrypted assertions feature enabled, direct network access, and a signed SAML response or metadata document. “Please note that encrypted assertions are not enabled by default. The flaw affects all versions of Enterprise Server prior to 3.15

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Schneier on Security

JULY 6, 2022

It announced the first four algorithms: For general encryption, used when we access secure websites, NIST has selected the CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm. Among its advantages are comparatively small encryption keys that two parties can exchange easily, as well as its speed of operation. NIST has not chosen a public-key encryption standard.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 7, 2020

The stolen data includes source code and developer documents and tools, some documents are labeled as “confidential” or “restricted secret.” ” The hackers shared the documents on the file-sharing site MEGA. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Don't Encrypt Everything; Protect Intelligently. The volume of confidential documents created daily is, frankly, incalculable, and the volume of “everything” distributed across multiple data centers around the world is much, much more. Encrypting everything is time intensive because of explosive data growth.

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