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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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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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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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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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Each time we use a mobile app or website-hosted service, digital certificates and the Public Key Infrastructure ( PKI ) come into play — to assure authentication and encrypt sensitive data transfers. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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Krebs on Security

MAY 6, 2024

Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. When a device initially tries to connect to a network, it broadcasts a message to the entire local network stating that it is requesting an Internet address. Image: Shutterstock.

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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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Krebs on Security

MAY 11, 2021

On deck this month are patches to quash a wormable flaw, a creepy wireless bug, and yet another reason to call for the death of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. “This patch fixes a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to disclose the contents of encrypted wireless packets on an affected system,” he said.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 7, 2021

In the process of doing so, I encountered a small snag: The FSB’s website said in order to communicate with them securely, I needed to download and install an encryption and virtual private networking (VPN) appliance that is flagged by at least 20 antivirus products as malware. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Image: Wikipedia.

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Identity IQ

AUGUST 19, 2023

7 Internet Safety Tips for Safer Internet Browsing IdentityIQ With the internet, we can access vast amounts of information with only a click or tap. This year, the total number of internet users worldwide reached 5.18 And as immense as the internet is, so are the risks. Many threats lurk in its corners.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

VCPI) provides IT consulting, Internet access, data storage and security services to some 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities in 45 states. “But we’re still under attack, and as soon as we can open, we’re going to document everything.” Milwaukee, Wisc. based Virtual Care Provider Inc. At around 1:30 a.m.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. Fortanix is supplying the advanced encryption technology underpinning Google’s new service.

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IT Security Guru

MARCH 26, 2025

Verified Identity, access permission controls, data encryption are all challenges for the cybersecurity industry in a world of autonomous machines! Therefore, the cybersecurity community must upskill in network security, threat detection, post-quantum ready encryption, and uncovering vulnerabilities to minimise zero-day scenarios.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2022

In order to extract value from the Internet, data sprawl first must get reined in. He was very fearful that he couldn’t pass an audit and would get fined because his company’s data had sprawled all over the Internet and he just didn’t know where all of the information was,” Krishnan recalls. “It This has always been the case.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Abnormal Security documented how it tied the email back to a young man in Nigeria who acknowledged he was trying to save up money to help fund a new social network he is building called Sociogram. Image: Abnormal Security. billion in 2020. Image: FBI. For example, the Lockbit 2.0 “Would you like to earn millions of dollars?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2022

They require integrity, authentication, trusted identity and encryption. Then the Internet took off and trusting the connection between a user’s device and a web server became of paramount importance. Modern digital systems simply could not exist without trusted operations, processes and connections. Failure is not an option.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Chances are strong that your corporate website uses a CMS, and perhaps you have a separate CMS for documents and other files shared by your employees, partners, and suppliers. As every computer security professional knows, if anything is on the Internet, it’s subject to increasingly sophisticated attacks. What can you do about it?

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

19, Apex was alerted that its systems had been infected with a destructive strain of ransomware that encrypts computer files and demands payment for a digital key needed to unscramble the data. “When they encrypt the data, that happens really fast,” he said. Roswell, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The first centers on targeting healthcare organizations that offer consultations over the Internet and sending them booby-trapped medical records for the “patient.” First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Very important files and documents can be encrypted or stored in password protected folders to keep them safe from prying eyes. Use a firewall and VPN A firewall protects an entry point to a network while a VPN creates an encrypted tunnel between two networks. Both can be used to protect your network.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

As per usual, most of the critical flaws — those that can be exploited by malware or miscreants without any help from users — reside in Microsoft’s Web browsers Edge and Internet Explorer. Of course, if the target has Adobe Reader or Acrobat installed, it might be easier for attackers to achieve that log in.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

From January through March 2021, TLS concealed 45 percent of the malware Sophos analysts observed circulating on the Internet; that’s double the rate – 23 percent – seen in early 2020, Dan Schiappa, Sophos’ chief product officer, told me in a briefing. How TLS works is that there is an encryption point and a decryption point.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Researcher Ron Guilmette discovered that Spammy Bear was able to hijack thousands of these dormant domains for spam simply by registering free accounts at GoDaddy and telling the company’s automated DNS service to allow the sending of email with those domains from an Internet address controlled by the spammers. 22 story. 31 and Feb.

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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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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 6, 2021

That weakness has supposedly been patched for all the major wireless carriers now, but it really makes you question the ongoing sanity of relying on the Internet equivalent of postcards (SMS) to securely handle quite sensitive information. I also respond at Krebswickr on the encrypted messaging platform Wickr.

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SecureList

JUNE 15, 2021

In April 2021, we observed a suspicious Word document with a Korean file name and decoy. The threat actor has been spreading the third stage payload from the middle of 2020 onwards and leveraged malicious Word documents and files mimicking PDF documents as infection vectors. Executive summary. Background. Infection procedure.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

PKI and digital certificates were pivotal in the formation of the commercial Internet, maturing in parallel with ecommerce. This is how we authenticate human and machine identities and move encrypted data between endpoints. Related: A primer on advanced digital signatures. The legacy way to manage PKI is to do it manually.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Less than 48 hours ago, the cybercriminals behind the Maze Ransomware strain erected a Web site on the public Internet, and it currently lists the company names and corresponding Web sites for eight victims of their malware that have declined to pay a ransom demand. The message displayed at the top of the Maze Ransomware public shaming site.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 13, 2024

A search at the breach-tracking service Constella Intelligence on the phone number in Tkaner’s registration records — 7.9521020220 — brings up multiple official Russian government documents listing the number’s owner as Dmitri Yurievich Khoroshev. Another domain registered to that phone number was stairwell[.]ru

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Before it was taken offline sometime in the past 12 hours, the database contained millions of records, including the username, password and private encryption key of each mSpy customer who logged in to the mSpy site or purchased an mSpy license over the past six months. Court documents (PDF) obtained from the U.S.

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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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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 12, 2025

VPNs are a great choice for protecting your internet browsing, but theyre just a starting point for security. Like IPVanish, NordVPN uses 256-bit AES encryption and has a strict no-logs policy. IPVanish : Better for pricing and customer support (pricing starts at $3.33 month Advanced: $4.49/month month Basic: $4.99/month

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Tripwire explains: Attackers are using fake encrypted PDF documents to try to phish for unsuspecting users’ login credentials. John Bambenek, a handler at SANS Internet Storm Center, disclosed the phishing campaign on 4 January. This scam sends you a fake PDF that asks you to login and unlock it, then steals your credentials.

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