Security Affairs

MARCH 8, 2025

The Akira ransomware gang exploited an unsecured webcam to bypass EDR and launch encryption attacks on a victim’s network. The ransomware group used an unsecured webcam to encrypt systems within atarget’s network, bypassing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR). Akira successfully encrypted files across the network.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In August password management software firm LastPass disclosed a security breach, threat actors had access to portions of the company development environment through a single compromised developer account and stole portions of source code and some proprietary technical information. The backup contains both unencrypted data (i.e.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Researchers found several vulnerabilities in third-party encryption software that is used by multiple storage devices from major vendors. Researcher Sylvain Pelissier has discovered that the DataVault encryption software made by ENC Security and used by multiple vendors is affected by a couple of key derivation function issues.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 11, 2024

On April 10, Sisense Chief Information Security Officer Sangram Dash told customers the company had been made aware of reports that “certain Sisense company information may have been made available on what we have been advised is a restricted access server (not generally available on the internet.)”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Memento ransomware group locks files inside WinRAR password-protected archives after having observed that its encryption process is blocked by security firms. The ransomware copies files into password-protected WinRAR archives, it uses a renamed freeware version of the legitimate file utility WinRAR. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

The streaming media platform Plex is urging its users to reset passwords after threat actors gained access to its database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords. The company is urging all users to immediately reset account passwords and log out of all devices connected to its service.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2021

An unnamed ransomware gang used a custom Python script to target VMware ESXi and encrypt all the virtual machines hosted on the server. Researchers from Sophos were investigating a ransomware attack when discovered that the attackers employed a Python script to encrypt virtual machines hosted on VMware ESXi servers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Security researcher ZachXBT identified the victim as Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen. This aligns with prior findings that cybercriminals cracked master passwords from LastPass to carry out major heists. The governments latest action officially secures the recovered funds. ” reads the complaint.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2025

Oracle confirms a data breach and started informing customers while downplaying the impact of the incident. A threat actor using the moniker rose87168 claimed to possess millions of data lines tied to over 140,000 Oracle Cloud tenants, including encrypted credentials. Oracle has since taken the server offline. “Oracle Corp.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The Largest compilation of emails and passwords (COMB), more than 3.2 billion unique pairs of cleartext emails and passwords have been leaked on a popular hacking forum, the collection aggregates data from past leaks, such as Netflix, LinkedIn , Exploit.in , Bitcoin, and more. billion email and password pairs, all in plaintext.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €91 million for storing the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plaintext. In 2019, Meta disclosed that it had inadvertently stored some users’ passwords in plaintext on its internal systems, without encrypting them. ” reported Meta.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten) is abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence researchers reported that Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 ( Nemesis Kitten ) has been abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices.

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Researchers at Elastic Security Labs analyzed the malware and confirmed it can steal keychain passwords and data from multiple browsers. The ZIP file is then XOR encrypted, base64 encoded, and sent via a POST request to a specified URL using the built-in cURL command. concludes the report.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2025

Researchers at Elastic Security Labs who first analyzed the malware confirmed it can steal keychain passwords and data from multiple browsers. Additionally, the malware was avoiding targeting systems where Russian is the primary language. The malicious code was advertised on cybercrime forums for $3,000 per month.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2025

No OCI service has been interrupted or compromised in any way,” Last week, Oracle confirmed a data breach and started informing customers while downplaying the impact of the incident. The hacker has published 10,000 customer records, a file showing Oracle Cloud access, user credentials, and an internal video as proof of the hack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 18, 2023

A researcher published a PoC tool to retrieve the master password from KeePass by exploiting the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability. Security researcher Vdohney released a PoC tool called KeePass 2.X X Master Password Dumper that allows retrieving the master password for KeePass. x versions. “In KeePass 2.x x versions.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

OCTOBER 7, 2024

What changed, and what is NIST's updated password guidance and the role of password strength in 2024?” One area where best practices have evolved significantly over the past twenty years is password security best practices. What are the key takeaways from NIST's updated password guidance?”

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Employee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security standards to protect your company. It involves regularly changing passwords and inventorying sensitive data. As such, you should limit the amount of information that employees have access to. This can be risky.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Our team quickly triaged the report and determined the risk to partners to be minimal,” said Patrick Beggs , ConnectWise’s chief information security officer. The third-party cloud storage service is currently shared by both GoTo and its affiliate, the password manager service LastPass.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But the password to the Gunnebo RDP account — “password01” — suggests the security of its IT systems may have been lacking in other areas as well. “The harsh and unfortunate reality is the security of a number of security companies is s**t,” Arena said. ”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2025

Attackers also employ encrypted or password-protected files to evade security detection. The.zip often contains a password-protected, obfuscated VBS script. The cybersecurity firm uncovered a Grandoreiro campaign targeting users in Mexico, Argentina, and Spain via phishing emails impersonating tax agencies.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. “Upon learning of the incident, we immediately launched an investigation, engaged Mandiant, a leading security firm, and alerted law enforcement. . ” continues the notice.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The auto-reboot feature returns devices to a “Before First Unlock” restricting app access to encryption keys. 404 Media recently reported that law enforcement warned that securely stored iPhones awaiting forensic examination are mysteriously rebooting, making them harder to unlock. reported 404 Media.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2025

StilachiRAT can extract Chromes encrypted encryption_key and decrypts it using Windows APIs to access stored credentials. Additionally, the malware has a dedicated command to steal Google Chrome passwords, highlighting its cyber espionage and system manipulation capabilities.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” concludes the report.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

Similarly, the AI-assisted ransomware provided a high-level approach to encrypting files but lacked complete execution. Instead, security teams should prioritize behavioral analysismonitoring for unusual patterns such as unexpected file encryption, unauthorized persistence mechanisms, or anomalous network traffic.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

” Threat actors could exploit the flaw to extract information on gateways, including password hashes for all local accounts. The NailaoLocker ransomware does not scan network shares, cannot stop services or processes that could prevent the encryption of certain important files, and does not control if it is being debugged.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 5, 2023

KeePass addressed the CVE-2023-32784 bug that allows the extraction of the cleartext master password from the memory of the client. KeePass has addressed the CVE-2023-32784 vulnerability, which allowed the retrieval of the clear-text master password from the client’s memory. x versions. reads the post published by the Vdohney.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The city added that the attack was successfully thwarted, and no systems were encrypted. “Participating in the auction, you have the opportunity to buy more than 6.5TB of databases, internal logins and passwords of employees, a full dump of servers with emergency services applications of the city, access from city video cameras.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Public Wi-Fi users are prime targets for MITM attacks because the information they send is often not encrypted, meaning it’s easy for hackers to access your data. Once they’re in, they can grab your emails, usernames, passwords, and more. They might even lock you out of your own accounts by resetting your passwords.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Two-factor authentication is another important security measure for the cloud era. This means that in addition to your password, you will also need a second factor, such as a code from a key fob or a fingerprint, to access your data. Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. According to the complaint by the FTC this was made possible because CafePress failed to implement reasonable security measures to protect the sensitive information of buyers and sellers stored on its network.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Strong segmentation with firewalls and DMZs, securing VPN gateways, and ensuring encrypted traffic with TLS v1.3 Disabling unnecessary protocols and services, avoiding default passwords, and verifying software integrity bolster resilience. are essential for protecting data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“Retailers must take meaningful steps to protect consumers’ credit and debit card information from theft when they shop,” said Massachusetts AG Maura Healey. ” .

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 1, 2024

An attacker can use the exploit to access Google services, even after a user’s password reset. The encrypted tokens are decrypted using an encryption key stored in Chrome’s Local State within the UserData directory, similar to the encryption used for storing passwords.” iPhone/15.7.4

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