Payouts King ransomware uses QEMU VMs to bypass endpoint security

The Payouts King ransomware is using the QEMU emulator as a reverse SSH backdoor to run hidden virtual machines on ...
Security Boulevard

Payouts King Takes Aim at the Ransomware Throne

IntroductionIn February 2022, BlackBasta emerged as a successor to Conti ransomware and quickly rose to prominence. BlackBasta was operational for three years until February 2025 when their internal ...
The Hindu

From files to algorithms, experts discuss digital governance at summit

What does the future look like when governance, technology and careers collide? At The Hindu and SRM Institute of Science and Technology Future Career Conversations Series held on Thursday, the ...
GitHub

Python script to decrypt aoe2campaign.gpv files, and two methods of extracting the AES keys to do so.

Currently as of AoE2DE update: Update 169123, only Memory Dump script 2 is working (titled Dump gpv keys, iv [Method 2] and dump decrypted campaigns [Worked #158041, #169123]) Update 158041, only ...
WTHR

AES files to cut rates for Indiana customers

INDIANAPOLIS — AES Indiana has filed with regulators to reduce rates for customers. The company says the average ratepayer could save about $4 a month if the change is approve. AES filed the rate ...
wrtv

AES Indiana files to lower customer bills $4 monthly due to fuel costs

INDIANAPOLIS — AES Indiana filed for a decrease in its quarterly Fuel Adjustment Charge with state regulators. If approved by the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC), the monthly bill for a ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers exploit Gladinet CentreStack cryptographic flaw in RCE attacks

Hackers are exploiting a new, undocumented vulnerability in the implementation of the cryptographic algorithm present in Gladinet's CentreStack and Triofox products for secure remote file access and ...
financefeeds

What Is AES-NI CPU Crypto and How to Enable It?

AES-NI is a CPU instruction set that accelerates AES encryption/decryption using hardware-based processing. Provides 3x–10x performance improvement over software-only AES implementations. Enhances ...