Archive for the ‘cybercrime/malcode’ category: Page 113
Jun 10, 2021
Researchers create an un-hackable quantum network over hundreds of kilometers using optical fiber
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cybercrime/malcode, quantum physics
Toshiba’s research team has broken a new record for optical fiber-based quantum communications, thanks to a new technology called dual band stabilization.
Jun 10, 2021
Hacking bitcoin wallets with quantum computers could happen – but cryptographers are racing to build a workaround
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bitcoin, cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones, quantum physics
Stefan Thomas really could have used a quantum computer this year.
The German-born programmer and crypto trader forgot the password to unlock his digital wallet, which contains 7002 bitcoin, now worth $265 million. Quantum computers, which will be several million times faster than traditional computers, could have easily helped him crack the code.
Though quantum computing is still very much in its infancy, governments and private-sector companies such as Microsoft and Google are working to make it a reality. Within a decade, quantum computers could be powerful enough to break the cryptographic security that protects cell phones, bank accounts, email addresses and — yes — bitcoin wallets.
Jun 8, 2021
Windows Container Malware Targets Kubernetes Clusters
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
“Siloscape”, the first malware to target Windows containers, breaks out of Kubernetes clusters to plant backdoors and raid nodes for credentials.
Windows containers have been victimized for over a year by the first known malware to target Windows containers. The ongoing campaign pierces Kubernetes clusters so as to plant backdoors, allowing attackers to steal data and user credentials, or even hijack an entire databases hosted in a cluster.
The malware was discovered by Unit 42 security researcher Daniel Prizmant. He dubbed it Siloscape, which he pronounces “Silo escape.” The malware pries open known vulnerabilities in web servers and databases so as to compromise Kubernetes nodes and to backdoor clusters.
Jun 7, 2021
US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, cybercrime/malcode
U.S. investigators have recovered millions of dollars in cryptocurrency that Colonial Pipeline paid hackers last month to end a ransomware attack on its systems.
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced Monday afternoon that the Department of Justice “found and recaptured the majority of the ransom” paid to the DarkSide network, the group responsible for the attack.
Paul Abbate, the deputy director of the FBI, said the bureau successfully seized the ransom funds from a bitcoin wallet that DarkSide used to collect Colonial Pipeline’s payment.
Jun 5, 2021
Americans face mounting risk of hackers taking over brokerage accounts, regulators say
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
It’s not just corporations that are facing an epidemic of cyber attacks — American retail investors are also struggling to contend with a surge in hackers taking over their investment accounts, regulators warn.
Jun 4, 2021
Quantum holds the key to secure conference calls
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biotech/medical, cybercrime/malcode, quantum physics
The world is one step closer to ultimately secure conference calls, thanks to a collaboration between Quantum Communications Hub researchers and their German colleagues, enabling a quantum-secure conversation to take place between four parties simultaneously.
The demonstration, led by Hub researchers based at Heriot-Watt University and published in Science Advances, is a timely advance, given the global reliance on remote collaborative working, including conference calls, since the start of the C19 pandemic.
There have been reports of significant escalation of cyber-attacks on popular teleconferencing platforms in the last year. This advance in quantum secured communications could lead to conference calls with inherent unhackable security measures, underpinned by the principles of quantum physics.
Jun 4, 2021
Attack on meat supplier came from REvil, ransomware’s most cutthroat gang
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: cybercrime/malcode
Jun 4, 2021
Shadow Figment technology foils cyberattacks
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: cybercrime/malcode
Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology called Shadow Figment that is designed to lure hackers into an artificial world, then stop them from doing damage by feeding them illusory tidbits of success.
The aim is to sequester bad actors by captivating them with an attractive—but imaginary—world.
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Jun 4, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. to give ransomware hacks similar priority as terrorism
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: cybercrime/malcode
The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official told Reuters.
Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country said information about ransomware investigations in the field should be centrally coordinated with a recently created task force in Washington.
“It’s a specialized process to ensure we track all ransomware cases regardless of where it may be referred in this country, so you can make the connections between actors and work your way up to disrupt the whole chain,” said John Carlin, principle associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department.