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Windows update may present users with a BitLocker recovery screen

Malwarebytes

BitLocker is a Windows security feature that encrypts entire drives. Affected systems are running Windows 10 and 11 or one of the server versions (Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008.).

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Ross Anderson

Schneier on Security

Of course it was before 2008, when we created the Security and Human Behavior workshop. I know I was at the Fast Software Encryption workshop in December 1993, another conference he created. There I presented the Blowfish encryption algorithm. I can’t remember when I first met Ross. Okay, he created both—I helped.)

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NEW TECH: Breakthrough ‘homomorphic-like’ encryption protects data in-use, without penalties

The Last Watchdog

Homomorphic encryption has long been something of a Holy Grail in cryptography. Related: Post-quantum cryptography on the horizon For decades, some of our smartest mathematicians and computer scientists have struggled to derive a third way to keep data encrypted — not just the two classical ways, at rest and in transit.

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Top 10 Full Disk Encryption Software Products of 2021

eSecurity Planet

In cases, full disk encryption is a necessary feature. Encrypted data provides an obstacle and a layer of risk mitigation against loss since the data is not easily readable without the right encryption key. Encrypted data involves both data in transit and data at rest. Top Full Disk Encryption Software of 2021.

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Encryption Does Not Equal Invisibility – Detecting Anomalous TLS Certificates with the Half-Space-Trees Algorithm

Fox IT

This model utilizes the Half-Space-Trees algorithm and provides our security operations teams (SOC) with the opportunity to detect suspicious behavior, in real-time, even when network traffic is encrypted. The prevalence of encrypted traffic. The use of encrypted network protocols yields improved mitigation against eavesdropping.

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Avast released a free decryptor for the Windows version of the Akira ransomware

Security Affairs

“During the run, the ransomware generates a symmetric encryption key using CryptGenRandom() , which is the random number generator implemented by Windows CryptoAPI. . Files are encrypted by Chacha 2008 ( D. “The symmetric key is encrypted by the RSA-4096 cipher and appended to the end of the encrypted file.

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Microsoft recommends Exchange admins to disable the SMBv1 protocol

Security Affairs

Since 2016, Microsoft is urging admins to stop using SMBv1, later versions of the protocol implemented security enhancements, such as encryption, pre- authentication integrity checks to prevent man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks, and insecure guest authentication blocking. It also provides an authenticated inter-process communication mechanism.