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NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards

Schneier on Security

The idea is to standardize on both a public-key encryption and digital signature algorithm that is resistant to quantum computing, well before anyone builds a useful quantum computer. Twenty-six advanced to Round 2 in 2019, and seven (plus another eight alternates) were announced as Round 3 finalists in 2020.

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Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. Other incidents include: The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) said in March 2020 it had “found evidence of a successful cyber intrusion into its office network.”. Encryption. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 09:42.

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2020 Hindsight – Top 10 Highlights from McAfee

McAfee

2020 has been a tumultuous and unpredictable year, where we restructured our lives and redefined how we work and interact with each other. Although 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of trials and tribulations, I wanted to share some of McAfee’s top highlights. Ahead of the 2020 U.S. To support today’s U.S. Learn more here.

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Beyond the Surface: the evolution and expansion of the SideWinder APT group

SecureList

ModuleInstaller was designed to drop at least four files: a legitimate and signed application used to sideload a malicious library, a.config manifest embedded in the program as a resource and required by the next stage to properly load additional modules, a malicious library, and an encrypted payload. org/735e3a_download?

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

Krebs on Security

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. LastPass disclosed that criminal hackers had compromised encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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Akira ransomware received $42M in ransom payments from over 250 victims

Security Affairs

The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it. Earlier versions of the ransomware were written in C++ and the malware added the.akira extension to the encrypted files. The attackers mostly used Cisco vulnerabilities CVE-2020-3259 and CVE-2023-20269.

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Zero Trust 2.0: NIST’s identity-centric architecture

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NIST’s identity-centric architecture. Fri, 12/04/2020 - 05:15. In August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its blueprint for establishing a Zero Trust security architecture, NIST SP 800-207. Encryption. Zero Trust 2.0: Access Control. Danna Bethlehem | Director, Product Marketing.