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New Attack on VPNs

Schneier on Security

This attack has been feasible for over two decades: Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering.

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Lattice-Based Cryptosystems and Quantum Cryptanalysis

Schneier on Security

But the conclusion was pretty devastating, breaking essentially all of the lattice-based fully homomorphic encryption schemes and coming significantly closer to attacks against the recently proposed (and NIST-approved) lattice key-exchange and signature schemes. Adi Shamir, the “S” in RSA and a 2002 recipient of ACM’s A.M.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: A breakthrough in securing cloud collaboration — decentralized key storage

The Last Watchdog

Back in 2002, when I was a reporter at USA Today , I had to reach for a keychain fob to retrieve a single-use passcode to connect remotely to the paper’s publishing system. Related: A call to regulate facial recognition This was an early example of multifactor authentication (MFA).

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Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims

Krebs on Security

VPNs work by creating a virtual network interface that serves as an encrypted tunnel for communications. Therefore, for the routes we push, it is never encrypted by the VPN’s virtual interface but instead transmitted by the network interface that is talking to the DHCP server.

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Security leaders chart new post-CISO career paths

CSO Magazine

But Engle says he didn’t like other aspects of his position, particularly the governance and regulatory requirement tasks that intensified following the 2002 passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. I liked that thrill of putting solutions in place that stop something bad from happening,” he adds.

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HelloKitty ransomware gang also targets victims with DDoS attacks

Security Affairs

The HelloKitty ransomware group, like other ransomware gangs, implements a double extortion model, stealing sensitive documents from victims before encrypting them. CVE-2021-20016 , CVE-2021-20021 , CVE-2021-20022 , CVE-2021-2002 ) or using compromised credentials. ” continues the alert. . ” continues the alert.

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The source code of the 2020 variant of HelloKitty ransomware was leaked on a cybercrime forum

Security Affairs

The HelloKitty ransomware group, like other ransomware gangs, implements a double extortion model, stealing sensitive documents from victims before encrypting them. CVE-2021-20016 , CVE-2021-20021 , CVE-2021-20022 , CVE-2021-2002 ) or using compromised credentials.