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Which Types Of Encryption Will Remain Secure As Quantum Computing Develops – And Which Popular Ones Will Not

Joseph Steinberg

As I discussed last month, unless we take actions soon, a tremendous amount of data that is today protected through the use of encryption will become vulnerable to exposure. To protect data in the quantum computing era , therefore, we must change how we encrypt.

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Ransomware: 8 Things That You Must Know

Joseph Steinberg

Ransomware comes in multiple flavors – sometimes involving far more than just the unauthorized encryption of data. This is true even in cases in which the infected devices themselves cannot have their data encrypted or stolen by the ransomware. Hospitals and schools are frequent targets.

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Update on NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Program

Schneier on Security

Because all of the candidates still in play are essentially survivors from the initial group of submissions from 2016, there will also be future consideration of more recently developed ideas, Moody said. NIST has now begun the third round of public review.

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Russian-speaking cybercrime evolution: What changed from 2016 to 2021

SecureList

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. This browser attack chain, popular in 2016, is no longer possible. Then and now: a comparison of how cybercrime groups looked in 2016 vs 2021. Change of targets. million USD) monthly.

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Evaluating the NSA's Telephony Metadata Program

Schneier on Security

The first concern was over high numbers: in both 2016 and 2017, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued 40 orders for collection, but the NSA collected hundreds of millions of CDRs, and the agency provided little clarification for the high numbers. For a time, the new program seemed to be functioning well.

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Yet Another FBI Proposal for Insecure Communications

Schneier on Security

Technology increasingly frustrates traditional law enforcement efforts to collect evidence needed to protect public safety and solve crime. For example, many instant-messaging services now encrypt messages by default. Although encryption can help secure your data, it may also prevent law enforcement agencies from protecting your data.

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You Can’t Rush Post-Quantum-Computing Cryptography Standards

Schneier on Security

This process has been going on since 2016, and since that time there has been a huge increase in quantum technology and an equally large increase in quantum understanding and interest. As to the long time it takes to get new encryption products to market, work on shortening it: The moral is the need for cryptographic agility.

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