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2023-11-13 11:00:00 | Élimination solidement de l'ancienne électronique et des données: un guide médico-légal pour protéger vos informations Securely disposing of old electronics and data: A forensic guide to protecting your information (lien direct) |
The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author. AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article. In our rapidly evolving digital landscape, the accumulation of old electronic devices is a common occurrence. Laptops, smartphones, external hard drives, and USB flash drives quickly become outdated and obsolete, yet they often contain a wealth of sensitive information. Safeguarding your personal and confidential data during the disposal process is of utmost importance. This article presents an in-depth guide on how to forensically dispose of old electronics and data, ensuring that your privacy and security are maintained at every step. Back up and transfer data Before you embark on the journey of disposing of an electronic device, it\'s essential to initiate a thorough backup process. This backup serves two crucial purposes: preserving valuable data and enabling its transfer to a new device or storage medium. Here\'s how to proceed: Identify valuable data: Start by identifying and categorizing the data that you want to preserve. This includes documents, photos, music, and any other information that holds personal or professional significance. Backup methods: Utilize a variety of backup methods to safeguard your data. These include external hard drives, cloud storage services, or network-attached storage (NAS) systems. Ensure that all data, including files stored in the cloud, is included in your backup. Wipe your data Once your data is securely backed up, the next step is to thoroughly wipe your electronic device to make any data unrecoverable by standard means. Depending on the type of device, follow these procedures: A. Use data-wiping software: Software options: Employ reputable data-wiping software such as DBAN (Darik\'s Boot and Nuke), Eraser, or CCleaner. Follow instructions: Carefully follow the instructions provided by the software to ensure your data is erased securely and unrecoverably. B. Factory reset: For mobile devices: Perform a factory reset on smartphones and tablets to erase all data and return the device to its original settings. Remember to remove any SIM cards or memory cards before initiating the reset. C. Securely erase hard drives: For computers and external hard drives: Use the Secure Erase feature for solid-state drives (SSDs) or employ the "shred" command on Linux systems for hard disk drives (HDDs). Physical destruction When dealing with devices that may still contain sensitive data or those that are too damaged or outdated to be wiped effectively, physical destruction is the most secure method to guarantee the protection of your data. Consider these approaches: a. Smash or shred: Utilize a hammer, drill, or engage a professional shredding service to physically destroy hard drives, SSDs, and other storage devices. Ensure that the platters or chips are shattered beyond recovery. b. Degaussing: Some companies offer degaussing services that employ strong magnets to erase data on magnetic media, such as tapes or older hard drives. Dispose of electronics responsibly After your data is securely wiped or destroyed, the final step is to dispose of your electronic devices in a responsible and environmentally friendly manner. To ensure responsible disposal, consider the following actions: a. Recycle: Many electronics retailers and recycling centers accept old devices for recycling. Look for e-waste recycling programs in your local area to ensure your old electronics do not end up in a landfill. b. Trade-in or donate: If your device is still in working condition, consider trading it in or donating it to a charitable organization. This practice promotes sustainability by extending the useful life of your elect | Tool Cloud | CCleaner | ★★★ |
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2022-06-14 15:15:00 | Anomali Cyber Watch: Symbiote Linux Backdoor is Hard to Detect, Aoqin Dragon Comes through Fake Removable Devices, China-Sponsored Groups Proxy through Compromised Routers, and More (lien direct) | The various threat intelligence stories in this iteration of the Anomali Cyber Watch discuss the following topics: APT, China, Hooking, Ransomware, Stealthiness, Vulnerabilities, and Web skimming. The IOCs related to these stories are attached to Anomali Cyber Watch and can be used to check your logs for potential malicious activity.
Figure 1 - IOC Summary Charts. These charts summarize the IOCs attached to this magazine and provide a glimpse of the threats discussed.
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Symbiote Deep-Dive: Analysis of a New, Nearly-Impossible-to-Detect Linux Threat
(published: June 9, 2022)
Intezer and BlackBerry researchers described a new, previously unknown malware family dubbed Symbiote. It is a very stealthy Linux backdoor and credential stealer that has been targeting financial and other sectors in Brazil since November 2021. Symbiote is a shared object (SO) library that is loaded into all running processes using LD_PRELOAD before any other SOs. It uses hardcoded lists to hide associated processes and files, and affects the way ldd displays lists of SOs to remove itself from it. Additionally, Symbiote uses three methods to hide its network traffic. For TCP, Symbiote hides traffic related to some high-numbered ports and/or certain IP addresses using two techniques: (1) hooking fopen and fopen64 and passing a scribbed file content for /proc/net/tcp that lists current TCP sockets, and (2) hooking extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) code to hide certain network traffic from packet capture tools. For UDP, Symbiote hooks two libpcap functions filtering out packets containing certain domains and fixing the packet count. All these evasion measures can lead to Symbiote being hidden during a live forensic investigation.
Analyst Comment: Defenders are advised to use network telemetry to detect anomalous DNS requests associated with Symbiote exfiltration attempts. Security solutions could be deployed as statically linked executables so they don’t expose themselves to this kind of compromise by calling for additional libraries.
MITRE ATT&CK: [MITRE ATT&CK] Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Hide Artifacts - T1564 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol - T1048 | [MITRE ATT&CK] Data Staged - T1074
Tags: Symbiote, target-region:Latin America, Brazil, target-country:BR, Financial, Linux, Berkeley Packet Filter, eBPF, LD_PRELOAD, Exfiltration over DNS, dnscat2
Alert (AA22-158A). People’s Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actors Exploit Network Providers and Devices
(published: June 8, 2022)
Several US federal agencies issued a special Cybersecurity Advisory regarding China-sponsored activities concentrating on two aspects: compromise of unpatched network devices and threats to IT and telecom. Attackers compromise unpatched network devices, such as Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) routers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices, to serve as “hop points” to obfuscate their China-based IP addresses in preparation and during the next intrusion. Similarly, routers in IT and Telecom companies are targeted for initial access by China-sponsored groups, this time using open-source router specific software frameworks, RouterSploit and RouterScan.
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2018-08-03 19:51:05 | CCleaner v5.45 Pulled Due to Anger Over Usage Data Collection (lien direct) | It has not been a good week for Piriform's PC cleaning tool CCleaner. With the release of CCleaner version 5.45, it was quickly discovered that the program's "Active Monitoring" component, which is utilized to send anonymous usage data back to Piriform, could no longer be disabled. [...] | Tool | CCleaner | |
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2018-08-02 06:37:04 | CCleaner Adds Data Collection Feature With No Way to Opt-Out (lien direct) | Like many others, do you also believe that the popular system-cleaning tool CCleaner was performing well before Avast acquired the software from Piriform last year?
If yes, then pop-up advertisements in the previous CCleaner software version was not the last thing you have to deal with.
Avast has released a new version of CCleaner 5.45 that not only always runs in the background, but also
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