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Who's Behind the GPcode Ransomware?

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2008-06-10 09:44:53 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...decryptor, and communicating from Chinese IPs. Here are all the details regarding the emails they use, the email responses they sent back, the currency accounts, as well their most recent IPs used in the communication Emails used by the GPcode authors where the infected victims are supposed to contact them content715@yahoo.com...
 
Tags: account, e-gold account, e-gold, file, sample response email, txt file, virtual currency accounts, liberty reserve accounts, liberty reserve
 
 
 
 
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Building the Security "In" is the Way to Go

2007-03-25 00:00:00 by Chris Parkerson in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Last week, Seagate Technology announced that it had begun shipping disk drives with built-in encryption technology for data stored on its disks. Such an implementation ends up transparent to the end user because it takes advantage of advances in encryption hardware to encrypt and decrypt information "on-the-fly" - which means that it is done...
 
Tags: built-in encryption technology, technology, disk, encryption hardware, decrypt information, takes advantage, encrypt, week, on-the-fly
 
 
 
 
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Using GPG/PGP/FireGPG to Encrypt and Sign Email from Gmail

2008-01-14 00:56:47 by Editor in Irongeek's Security Site
 
...decrypt messages in Gmail. GPG is an open source implementation of OpenPGP (Pretty Good Privacy) , a public-key-encryption system. With public key encryption you dont have to give away the secret key that decrypts data for people to be able to send you messages. All senders need is the public key which can only be used to encrypt, this way...
 
Tags: encrypt, public key encryption, public key, secret key, sign email, gpg, gmail, decrypt messages, messages
 
 
 
 
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Lost laptop = Lost data!

2007-08-18 08:28:15 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...decrypt it and see your information. Learn more about how to encrypt your data with Windows XP or encrypt your data with Windows Vista 5 Keep your eye on your laptop. When you go through airport security don't lose sight of your bag. Hold your bag until the person in front of you has gone through the metal detector. Many bags look alike and...
 
Tags: data, lost data, lost, lost laptop, laptop, laptop data aware, lost brand, aware, laptop security device
 
 
 
 
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Hacker trio finds a way to crack popular smartcard in minutes

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by John Cox in Network World on Security
 
Cracking popular wireless smartcard is now a lot easier. A hacker trio has found a low-cost, fast way to decrypt a widely-used, RFID-enabled smartcard
 
Tags: smartcard, popular wireless smartcard, hacker trio, lot easier, low-cost, fast, decrypt
 
 
 
 
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To sleep, power off or hibernate - cold boot and user behaviour..

2008-03-14 16:14:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...decrypt and open Hmm... I see sleep or power off as the only viable options for most folks with FDE Now how does that compute with the risk scenario from the cold boot attack.. If I were an IT pro in a large organization, I would take a serious look at the power modes my mobile users use on their laptops
 
Tags: larger hibernation file, hibernation, larger hibernation file-, power, cool, chips, cold boot attack, power modes, cold boot risk
 
 
 
 
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ATM Communication - How Secure ?

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2008-03-21 12:34:00 by Random InfoSec Guy in Security Coin
...decrypt the PIN are (Tamper Resistant Security Modules), how PINs should be exchanged between various Financial Institutions (exchange keys between two FIs out-of-band AND under the principles of dual control and then encrypt the keys, how should compromised - no - even "suspect" compromised PINs and Keys that encrypt the PINs be treated...
 
Tags: pin, pin offsets, atm, pin translation, natural pin, key, key management, atm communications, encryption key
 
 
 
 
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Researchers tout 'functional encryption' that knows who's who

2008-04-21 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Researchers detail innovative cryptographic method they call "functional encryption" based on the concept that a complex mathematical system can produce an encrypted record that only people matching certain "attributes" will be able to decrypt
 
Tags: functional encryption, complex mathematical system, produce, people, record, call, attributes, concept, decrypt
 
 
 
 
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Hackers Holy Grail - Redefined by Microsoft

2008-04-29 16:53:42 by Erik T. Heidt in Art of Information Security
 
...decrypt passwords and analyze a computers Internet activity, as well as data stored in the computer It also eliminates the need to seize a computer itself, which typically involves disconnecting from a network, turning off the power and potentially losing data. Instead, the investigator can scan for evidence on site Of course, on the one hand...
 
Tags: holy grail, microsoft, hackers holy grail, black hat community, cybercrime underworld, cybercrime, computer, gather digital evidence, reverse engineer
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Has Developed Windows Forensic Analysis Tool for Police