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8 security tips for small businesses

May 4, 2022 admin awareness, backups, BYOD, credentials, Education, encryption, Firewall, How-tos, password manager, patch, PII, recovery, Security Tips, small businesses, staff, Supply chain, update, VPN, wfh

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Small businesses have the same security problems as big ones, but not the matching budget or staff. Here are some tips that can help you decide what is important for yours.

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Can you read an encrypted PDF?

February 28, 2020 admin 36c3, 36С3, Business, CCC, Chaos Communication Congress, cryptography, encryption, PDF, SMB

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:49:42 +0000

Researcher Fabian Ising, speaking at the Chaos Communication Congress, showed the limits of PDF encryption’s strength.

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The Three Little Pigs and cybersecurity

February 26, 2020 admin brute force, encryption, fairy tales, Honeypot, Special Projects, truth

Credit to Author: Nikolay Pankov| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 21:17:07 +0000

More confirmation that storytellers are infosec experts.

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Ouroboros: Following A New Trend In Ransomware League

February 18, 2020 admin encryption, malware, ransomware, RDP

Credit to Author: Manisha Prajapati| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:45:17 +0000

Ransomware authors keep exploring new ways to test their strengths against various malware evasion techniques. The ransomware known as “Ouroboros” is intensifying its footprint in the field by bringing more and more advancements in its behavior as it updates its version. This analysis provides the behaviour of version 6, few…

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A Deep Dive Into Wakeup On Lan (WoL) Implementation of Ryuk

February 13, 2020 admin encryption, enterprise, malware, ransomware

Credit to Author: Goutam Tripathy| Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:57:14 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs recently came across a variant of Ryuk Ransomware which contains an additional feature of identifying and encrypting systems in a Local Area Network (LAN). This sample targets the systems which are present in sleep as well as the online state in the LAN. This sample is packed with…

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HorseDeal Riding on The Curveball!

February 4, 2020 admin Antivirus, certificate, critical vulnerability, cve-2020-0601, Cyber safety, encryption, horsedeal, malware, microsoft windows, privacy, ransomware, RSA, Security, spoofing, SSL certificate, Tips, Vulnerability

Credit to Author: Jayesh kulkarni| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 06:17:49 +0000

It’s surprising to see how quickly attackers make use of new vulnerabilities in malware campaigns. Microsoft recently patched a very interesting vulnerability in their monthly Patch Tuesday update for January 2020. It’s a spoofing vulnerability in Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validation mechanism for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificates. An attacker could…

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Ako Ransomware targeting businesses using RaaS

January 24, 2020 admin Computer Security Terms, Cyber crime, Cyber safety, data breach, email, encryption, enterprise, malware, ransomware, Security, spam, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Shriram Munde| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:00:51 +0000

Ako Ransomware targeting businesses using RaaS Quick Heal security researchers recently observed ransomware that uses RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) which is a subpart of MaaS (Malware as a Service). Before delving into the AKO ransomware or RaaS, one must understand what Malware as a Service means, as it is…

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First Node.js-based Ransomware : Nodera

January 22, 2020 admin BTC, encrypted, encryption, microsoft windows, NodeJS, ransomware

Credit to Author: Ravi Gidwani| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:12:25 +0000

Recently while threat hunting, Quick Heal Security Labs came across an unusual Node.js framework based Nodera ransomware. The use of Node.js framework is not seen commonly across malware families. Latest development by threat actors reveal a nasty and one-of-its-kind ransomware being created; one that uses Node.js framework, which enables it to infect Windows…