Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

But experts caution that many of DeepSeek’s design choices — such as using hard-coded encryption keys, and sending unencrypted user and device data to Chinese companies — introduce a number of glaring security and privacy risks. Image: NowSecure. Axios reported on January 30 that U.S.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

DOGE personnel are also reported to be feeding Education Department data into artificial intelligence software, and they have also started working at the Department of Energy. But given that DOGE workers have already copied data and possibly installed and modified software, it’s unclear how this fixes anything.

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SecureList

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

It spreads via forums posts, torrent trackers and blogs, imitating popular software like Foxit PDF Editor and AutoCAD. These posts refer to the SteelFox dropper as an efficient way to activate a legitimate software product for free. Its parameters are also encrypted — they are decrypted once dropped by the first stage.

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NetSpi Technical

MARCH 10, 2025

Last year, the NetSPI red team came across a backup file for Solar Winds Web Help Desk software. This led to an analysis of the software and how it stored encrypted passwords, giving the red team the ability to recover the stored passwords and use them to access other systems. Fixed in: Solar Winds Web Help Desk version 12.8.5

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SecureList

APRIL 7, 2025

Such software enjoys the trust of monitoring tools and doesn’t raise suspicions. Our analysis of the tool code found that the data in the payload file is encrypted using AES-128. Monitoring tools track the installation of such drivers and check applications that perform it.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In what is surely an unthinking cut-and-paste issue, page 921 of the Brexit deal mandates the use of SHA-1 and 1024-bit RSA: The open standard s/MIME as extension to de facto e-mail standard SMTP will be deployed to encrypt messages containing DNA profile information. x and inter-operates among all major e-mail software packages.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2021

Forbes has the story : Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted instant messaging communications, whether that’s WhatsApp, Signal, Facebook Messenger or Gmail, the industry sources said.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Enter attribute-based encryption ( ABE ) an advanced type of cryptography that’s now ready for prime time. ABE makes it much more difficult to fraudulently decrypt an asset in its entirety; it does this by pulling user and data attributes into the encryption picture — in a way that allows decryption to be flexible.

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Tech Republic Security

MAY 30, 2024

The ShrinkLocker ransomware exploits the BitLocker feature on enterprise PCs to encrypt the entire local drive and remove recovery options.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Related: Pushing the fly-by-wire envelope This is especially true because systems are more interconnected and use more complex commercial software than ever before, meaning a vulnerability in one system could lead to a malicious actor gaining access to more important systems. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

INE Security advises businesses to secure their network by using firewalls, encrypting data, and regularly updating security software. Tip 4: Regularly Updating and Patching Systems Keeping software and systems up to date is crucial in protecting against vulnerabilities.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 26, 2024

The repository included the private portion of the platform key in encrypted form. The encrypted file, however, was protected by a four-character password, a decision that made it trivial for Binarly, and anyone else with even a passing curiosity, to crack the passcode and retrieve the corresponding plain text.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 28, 2025

Threat actors exploit recently fixed SimpleHelp RMM software vulnerabilities to breach targeted networks, experts warn. This includes sensitive data like the serverconfig.xml file, which contains hashed admin and technician passwords, LDAP credentials, and other secrets, all encrypted with a hardcoded key.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 24, 2025

Quantum computings ability to break todays encryption may still be years awaybut security leaders cant afford to wait. Related: Quantum standards come of age The real threat isnt just the eventual arrival of quantum decryptionits that nation-state actors are already stockpiling encrypted data in harvest now, decrypt later attacks.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 2, 2024

modified the way the software functions. Anyone in possession of a predetermined encryption key could stash any code of their choice in an SSH login certificate, upload it, and execute it on the backdoored device. In theory, the code could allow for just about anything, including stealing encryption keys or installing malware.

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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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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 21, 2025

Three Keys to Modernizing Data Security: DSPM, AI, and Encryption andrew.gertz@t Tue, 01/21/2025 - 14:56 Discover how DSPM, AI, and encryption are transforming data security strategies, reducing vulnerabilities, and improving compliance. A DSPM moves the needle with integrated capabilities and comprehensive encryption.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 10, 2023

…within a few weeks of ChatGPT going live, participants in cybercrime forums—­some with little or no coding experience­—were using it to write software and emails that could be used for espionage, ransomware, malicious spam, and other malicious tasks.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 20, 2022

There is little doubt that quantum computing will ultimately undermine the security of most of today’s encryption systems , and, thereby, render vulnerable to exposure nearly every piece of data that is presently protected through the use of encryption. Such an attitude is not alarmist – it is reality, whether we like it or not.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 21, 2022

Key Findings: MY2022, an app mandated for use by all attendees of the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, has a simple but devastating flaw where encryption protecting users’ voice audio and file transfers can be trivially sidestepped. Citizen Lab examined the app and found it riddled with security holes.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” “You want to use your own software or someone else who’s trusted to do it.”

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Even messages shared via encrypted services like WhatsApp are vulnerable, according to POLITICO’s technical review of the application, and two of the outside experts. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app : The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event.

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Webroot

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The five core components of a VPN are: Encryption : The conversion of information into a coded format that can only be read by someone who has the decryption key. Split tunneling: Allows you to choose which internet traffic goes through the VPN (with encryption) and which goes directly to the internet. How do VPNs work?

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Part three of a four-part series In 2024, global pressure on companies to implement advanced data protection measures intensified, with new standards in encryption and software transparency raising the bar. Similarly, software bills of materials (SBOMs) underscore the need for better accountability in third-party software.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For most phones it works like this: Under About phone or About device you can tap on Software updates to check if there are new updates available for your device, although there may be slight differences based on the brand, type, and Android version of your device.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

While American Water has not disclosed the exact method of attack, such incidents often involve tactics like ransomware or phishing , where hackers gain access to sensitive systems and either steal or encrypt data, demanding a ransom in return for restoring access.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The latest cracks in Widevine concern the encryption technology’s protection for L3 streams, which is used for low-quality video and audio streams only. “It’s not a bug but an inevitable flaw because of the use of software, which is also why L3 does not offer the best quality,” Hadad wrote in an email.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2025

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 is privately notifying customers of a breach affecting usernames, passkeys, and encrypted passwords, with the FBI and CrowdStrike investigating the incident.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ghost ransomware actors, identified as operating from China, have been targeting unpatched systems and stolen credentials to infiltrate networks, encrypt data, and demand ransom payments. Patching and vulnerability management Apply timely security updates to operating systems, software, and firmware.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

A software programmer developed a way to use brute force to break the encryption of the notorious Akira ransomware using GPU compute power and enabling some victims of the Linux-focused variant of the malware to regain their encrypted data without having to pay a ransom.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

And there is a lesson in that similarity: the complex mathematical attacks make for good academic papers, but we mustn’t lose sight of the fact that insecure software will be the likely attack vector for most ML systems. Systems can only match images with human-provided labels, so the software would never notice the switch.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

Specifically, it says, “The [link] ensures that you are connecting to the official website… ” Here’s the deal: The [link] part of an address (also called “Secure Sockets Layer” or SSL) merely signifies the data being transmitted back and forth between your browser and the site is encrypted and cannot be read by third parties.

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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. Taylor Monahan is founder and CEO of MetaMask , a popular software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 19, 2021

” Wosar said the next most-common scenario involves victims that have off-site, encrypted backups of their data but discover that the digital key needed to decrypt their backups was stored on the same local file-sharing network that got encrypted by the ransomware. “That is still somewhat rare,” Wosar said.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. Citrix’s letter was prompted by laws in virtually all U.S.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2025

Moonstone Sleet threat actors target financial and cyberespionage victims using trojanized software, custom malware, malicious games, and fake companies like StarGlow Ventures and C.C. Additionally, they attempt to infiltrate organizations by posing as software developers seeking employment.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A November 2024 RA World ransomware attack on an Asian software firm used a tool linked to China-linked threat actors. Broadcom researchers reported that threat actors behind an RA World ransomware attack against an Asian software and services firm employed a tool that was explosively associated in the past with China-linked APT groups.

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