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NordVPN makes its Meshnet private tunnel free for everyone
NordVPN's Meshnet private tunnel feature for Windows, macOS, and Linux is now free for everyone, even users who do not have a subscription to NordVPN.
- March 13, 2023
- 07:01 PM
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Google: Gmail client-side encryption now publicly available
Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now generally available for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers.
- February 28, 2023
- 11:20 AM
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LastPass: DevOps engineer hacked to steal password vault data in 2022 breach
LastPass revealed more information on a "coordinated second attack," where a threat actor accessed and stole data from the Amazon AWS cloud storage servers for over two months.
- February 27, 2023
- 08:40 PM
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New ESXiArgs ransomware version prevents VMware ESXi recovery
New ESXiArgs ransomware attacks are now encrypting more extensive amounts of data, making it much harder, if not impossible, to recover encrypted VMware ESXi virtual machines.
- February 08, 2023
- 10:45 PM
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US NIST unveils winning encryption algorithm for IoT data protection
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that ASCON is the winning bid for the "lightweight cryptography" program to find the best algorithm to protect small IoT (Internet of Things) devices with limited hardware resources.
- February 08, 2023
- 02:45 PM
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Amazon S3 will now encrypt all new data with AES-256 by default
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) will now automatically encrypt all new objects added on buckets on the server side, using AES-256 by default.
- January 06, 2023
- 11:32 AM
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Vice Society ransomware gang switches to new custom encryptor
The Vice Society ransomware operation has switched to using a custom ransomware encrypt that implements a strong, hybrid encryption scheme based on NTRUEncrypt and ChaCha20-Poly1305.
- December 22, 2022
- 12:25 PM
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Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web
Google announced on Friday that it's adding end-to-end encryption to Gmail on the web, allowing enrolled Google Workspace users to send and receive encrypted emails within their domain and outside their domain.
- December 17, 2022
- 09:15 AM
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OldGremlin hackers use Linux ransomware to attack Russian orgs
OldGremlin, one of the few ransomware groups attacking Russian corporate networks, has expanded its toolkit with file-encrypting malware for Linux machines.
- October 20, 2022
- 11:03 AM
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Microsoft Office 365 email encryption could expose message content
Security researchers at WithSecure have discovered it's possible to partially or fully infer the contents of encrypted messages sent through Microsoft Office 365, highlighting an intrinsic weakness in the encryption scheme used.
- October 14, 2022
- 06:00 AM
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TeamTNT hijacking servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers
Threat analysts at AquaSec have spotted signs of TeamTNT activity on their honeypots since early September, leading them to believe the notorious hacking group is back in action.
- September 18, 2022
- 10:07 AM
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Ransomware gangs switching to new intermittent encryption tactic
A growing number of ransomware groups are adopting a new tactic that helps them encrypt their victims' systems faster while reducing the chances of being detected and stopped.
- September 10, 2022
- 10:07 AM
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CISA: Prepare now for quantum computers, not when hackers use them
Although quantum computing is not commercially available, CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) urges organizations to prepare for the dawn of this new age, which is expected to bring groundbreaking changes in cryptography, and how we protect our secrets.
- August 27, 2022
- 10:11 AM
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How Conti ransomware hacked and encrypted the Costa Rican government
Details have emerged on how the Conti ransomware gang breached the Costa Rican government, showing the attack's precision and the speed of moving from initial access to the final stage of encrypting devices.
- July 21, 2022
- 10:20 AM
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Microsoft links Holy Ghost ransomware operation to North Korean hackers
For more than a year, North Korean hackers have been running a ransomware operation called HolyGhost, attacking small businesses in various countries.
- July 14, 2022
- 07:10 PM
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MEGA fixes critical flaws that allowed the decryption of user data
MEGA has released a security update to address a set of severe vulnerabilities that could have exposed user data, even if the data had been stored in encrypted form.
- June 22, 2022
- 11:00 AM
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Microsoft Office 365 feature can help cloud ransomware attacks
Security researchers are warning that threat actors could hijack Office 365 accounts to encrypt for a ransom the files stored in SharePoint and OneDrive services that companies use for cloud-based collaboration, document management and storage.
- June 16, 2022
- 06:07 AM
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Foxconn confirms ransomware attack disrupted production in Mexico
Foxconn electronics manufacturer has confirmed that one of its Mexico-based production plants has been impacted by a ransomware attack in late May.
- June 02, 2022
- 04:20 AM
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Ransomware attacks need less than four days to encrypt systems
The duration of ransomware attacks in 2021 averaged 92.5 hours, measured from initial network access to payload deployment. In 2020, ransomware actors spent an average of 230 hours to complete their attacks and 1637.6 hours in 2019.
- June 01, 2022
- 07:32 AM
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Conti, REvil, LockBit ransomware bugs exploited to block encryption
Hackers commonly exploit vulnerabilities in corporate networks to gain access, but a researcher has turned the table by finding exploits in the most common ransomware and malware being distributed today.
- May 03, 2022
- 05:34 PM
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