Tag: encryption
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C2Looper: A New Backdoor Likely Tied To Ransomware With GitHub C2
IntroductionIn July 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz identified a new Rust-based malware family that we track as C2Looper, which is likely leveraged by a ransomware-related threat actor. Furthermore, ThreatLabz assesses with low to medium confidence that C2Looper has been delivered to victims through a multi-stage ClickFix infection chain. C2Looper supports backdoor commands including executing arbitrary commands, performing reconnaissance,…
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DeadLock Ransomware Disables Windows Defender, Backups and Event Logs Before Encrypting Files
DeadLock, an emerging financially motivated ransomware operation that couples conventional intrusion tradecraft with decentralized infrastructure engineered to survive disruption. First observed in July 2025, the operation uses double extortion: encrypting enterprise data while threatening publication of stolen material. The encryptor’s pre-encryption routine is built to degrade both prevention and recovery. After XOR-decoding an embedded configuration,…
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CISA Urges Organizations to Patch Exposed VPNs and Segment Networks Against Gunra Ransomware
Tags: advisory, breach, cisa, credentials, cyber, data, data-breach, encryption, exploit, firewall, infrastructure, international, law, network, organized, ransomware, service, theft, update, vpnCISA and international law-enforcement partners have issued a joint #StopRansomware advisory warning that Gunra ransomware affiliates are exploiting exposed edge infrastructure, including VPN gateways, firewall appliances and RDP-accessible systems, to breach enterprise networks. The advisory positions Gunra as an increasingly organized ransomware-as-a-service operation whose affiliates combine data theft, credential compromise and rapid encryption to pressure…
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HP ThinPro TPM Flaw Lets Attackers Bypass Full Disk Encryption and Steal LUKS Keys
A security researcher has revealed a critical design flaw in HP ThinPro versions 8 and 9, which allows attackers with physical access to a thin client’s storage drive to extract TPM-sealed LUKS disk-encryption keys. This vulnerability arises from an incomplete measured-boot policy that validates the GRUB bootloader but fails to measure the Linux kernel and…
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From Inspection to Authorization: Securing Networks for AI Agents
Tags: access, ai, api, business, ceo, cloud, communications, control, crowdstrike, cryptography, data, encryption, endpoint, finance, firewall, identity, infrastructure, login, network, office, risk, saas, service, usa, vpn<div cla An Industry Perspective By Rajiv Pimplaskar, CEO, Dispersive Holdings, Inc. Agentic AI changes the network security problem from inspection to authorization. As more traffic is generated by agents, models, and workloads operating at machine speed, the network has to make trust decisions continuously, evaluate policy in real time, revoke access automatically, and keep…
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Why Non-Human Identities Break Legacy Access Models
Keeper Security’s Darren Guccione on Governing Agentic Identity. Non-human identities now outnumber humans across the enterprise, but legacy access tools built for people can’t track or govern them. Darren Guccione of Keeper Security says boards must fund identity governance for agentic AI and quantum-resistant encryption on the sidelines of Black Hat 2026. First seen on…
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Securing Agentic AI Workflows in n8n: From Leaked API Keys to Encryption Key Compromise
A leaked n8n API key is only the start. GitGuardian’s research traces the full chain, from exposed tokens and weak keys to CVE-2026-25053 and the N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY that protects every stored credential, then lays out a hardened configuration to break it. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/securing-agentic-ai-workflows-in-n8n-from-leaked-api-keys-to-encryption-key-compromise/
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Zukunftssichere Verschlüsselung mit Quantum-resistentem Confidential Computing
Management Summary Post-Quantum-Sicherheit wird zur strategischen Pflichtaufgabe: enclaive adressiert mit krypto-agilem Confidential Computing die wachsende Gefahr durch Quantencomputer und »Harvest now, decrypt later«-Szenarien. Verschlüsselung muss auch während der Verarbeitung greifen: Confidential Computing schließt die Lücke bei Data in Use und schützt Anwendungen, Datenbanken und KI-Workloads selbst dann, wenn sie in Cloud-Infrastrukturen betrieben werden. Krypto-Agilität entscheidet……
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Anthropic Says Claude Found New Attacks on HAWK and Reduced-Round AES
Anthropic says Claude Mythos improved attacks on HAWK and reduced-round AES-128, though production encryption systems remain unaffected. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/artificial-intelligence/news-claude-mythos-hawk-reduced-round-aes-attacks/
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Ransomware Killers Overwrite Security Process Memory Without Terminating Applications
Ransomware operators are increasingly deploying “ransomware killers” that surgically overwrite the memory of security processes instead of simply terminating them, allowing encryption to proceed. At the same time, endpoint tools appear to run normally but are effectively blind. This evolution marks a shift from crude process-killing to stealthy, in”‘memory tampering that targets EDR/AV telemetry, kernel…

