Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

It spreads Shade/ Treshold variants, one of the most dangerous threats in the cyber crime scenario, known since its massive infection into the Russian panorama back in 2015, its expansion has been tracked by several CSIRTs and CERTs all across the world. Shade encrypts all the user files using an AES encryption scheme.

Ransomware 99

Ransomware Encryption Malware Advertising 99

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 18, 2018

This sentiment is supported by global data released this month by Thales eSecurity in the Retail Edition of the company’s 2018 Thales Data Threat Report , which polled 1,200 IT security managers from eight countries and across four major verticals, including insight from 100 U.S. Seventy-five percent of U.S.

Retail 66

Retail Data breaches Digital transformation Big data 66

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 28, 2018

Results from the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report. Source – Dataset for 2018 Thales Data Threat Report. In the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report , one fact that came through very clearly is that SaaS usage by enterprises is high, and so is their use of SaaS with sensitive data.

Encryption 54

Encryption Threat Reports Architecture Risk 54

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR) has great information on Big Data use and security. We surveyed more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, and virtually all (99%) report they plan to use Big Data this year. Improved monitoring and reporting tools (36% global, 34% U.S.). respondents.

Big data 96

Big data Encryption Marketing Authentication 96

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 5, 2018

According to the Thales eSecurity 2018 Global Data Threat Report, Healthcare Edition , 95% of U.S. respondents reported using these technologies with sensitive data. Control of data user access and encryption key management to make sure only those authorized to do so can access encrypted data as clear text.

Healthcare 87

Healthcare Digital transformation Encryption Unstructured Data 87

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 23, 2018

According to Data Threat Report for 2018 , the majority of businesses don’t just operate in one cloud environment in a single location, but multiple. Amongst these, we believe the most effective is the deployment of encryption with key management technology. The numbers are truly revolutionary.

Digital transformation 75

Digital transformation Encryption Technology Big data 75

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 3, 2019

However, there has to be a more thorough focus on security in multiple clouds environments so encryption with sophisticated multi-cloud key management is a must-have solution. Consider utilizing tokenization and application encryption to selectively protect sensitive data before it goes into the data lake or Big Data platform.

CISO 72

CISO Big data Digital transformation Encryption 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In our 2018 Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , we found 50% of respondents reported a data breach this past year, so it goes without saying that the holiday shopping season is a prime time for cyber criminals to target both retailers and consumers alike. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1. Going mobile.

Retail 70

Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For example, are they encrypting their data? Do they mask critical information to guard against insider threats? For more information about keeping data secure, please visit our data encryption landing page. It took effort to force change, and it’s clear it simply would not have happened on its own.

Identity Theft 89

Identity Theft IoT Technology Encryption 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 11, 2018

According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report , two in five global healthcare organisations (39%) experienced a data breach in the last year, and that’s using today’s relatively modest and well-understood web systems.

Technology 72

Technology Healthcare IoT Encryption 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The historic amount of coverage that data breaches have produced in 2018 has exposed executives and consumers to the importance of security, like no year before. These stunning results underscore the importance of enterprise organizations to encrypt sensitive data as part of their digital transformation strategy as opposed to an afterthought.

Digital transformation 61

Digital transformation Risk Encryption Technology 61

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sixty-four percent of the more than 1,200 senior security executives from around the world, whom we surveyed for the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR), believe artificial intelligence (AI) “increases data security by recognizing and alerting on attacks,” while 43% believe AI “results in increased threats due to use as a hacking tool.”.

Artificial Intelligence 89

Artificial Intelligence Big data Government Technology 89

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 23, 2018

The 2018 Thales Healthcare Data Threat Report (including the India, Japan and Korea sub-reports) corroborates the headlines; specifically, our survey found that two in five global healthcare organizations (39%) experienced a data breach in the last year.

Healthcare 72

Healthcare Data breaches Penetration Testing IoT 72

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 24, 2018

to discuss the findings of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. Question: Can you provide an overview of the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, and elaborate why it’s needed today more than ever? Forty-eight percent used more than 100 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.

Encryption 48

Encryption Data breaches Government Threat Reports 48

SecureList

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

KeyPlug is a modular backdoor with the capability of communicating to its server via several network communication protocols set in its XOR-encrypted embedded configuration block. SoleDragon is complex malware used by the SilentBreak threat group. In 2019, SoleDragon was also deployed through Skype.

Malware 145

Malware Ransomware Spyware Encryption 145

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 11, 2018

We had some results this year from the 100+ US retail IT security professionals that were surveyed for the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report that differed from every other segment we polled (healthcare, federal government, financial services).

Retail 66

Retail Data breaches Big data Financial Services 66

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 6, 2018

The Threat Level Is Rising. According to the 2018 Thales Data Threat Report : … Rates of successful breaches have reached an all-time high for both mid-sized and enterprise class organizations, with more than two-thirds (67%) of global organizations and nearly three fourths (71%) in the U.S.

Risk 48

Risk Digital transformation IoT Identity Theft 48

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2018

The 2018 Data Threat Report commissioned by Thales and conducted by 451 Research revealed 99% of respondents (a sample of 1,200 senior security executives from around the globe) are using or planning to use big data. Industry best practices call for the use of robust encryption solutions to protect sensitive and personal data.

Big data 48

Big data Authentication Data breaches Encryption 48

SecureList

APRIL 27, 2021

Domestic Kitten is a threat group mainly known for its mobile backdoors. The group’s operations were exposed in 2018, showing that it was conducting surveillance attacks against individuals in the Middle East. Moreover, the malware mentioned by Google matched ThreatNeedle – malware that we have been tracking since 2018.

Malware 145

Malware Government Spyware Social Engineering 145

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 25, 2021

McAfee researchers addressed the shift in ransomware strategy this week in their McAfee Threats Report: June 2021. We saw from 2018 Ryuk began targeting organizations, but preceding this was GandCrab and SamSam. T1071 – Application Layer Protocol and T1573 – Encrypted Channel (HTTPS). Initial Access.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Backups Encryption Malware 124

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Findings from the 2018 Federal Edition of the Data Threat Report. So far in 2018, we’ve already seen a handful of government agency mishaps when it comes to security. The report also reveals that the U.S. Breaking barriers with encryption. To learn more about Thales’ data encryption solutions, click here.

Data breaches 86

Data breaches Threat Reports Encryption Mobile 86