eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2025

Mandatory encryption of all ePHI. Stricter requirements for identity verification and authentication across all patient touchpoints. Annual security audits, penetration tests, and biannual vulnerability scans. Robust Authentication Offers phishing-resistant MFA options (e.g.,

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sophos cybersecurity researchers have discovered a Python-based ransomware operation that escalated from a compromised corporate network to encrypted virtual machines in just three hours. These instructions are used to list all VMs and shut them down, necessary for starting the encryption. Faster Encryption Means Higher Risk.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 3, 2023

Developers should follow best practices such as using strong encryption algorithms, sanitizing user input, validating user input on the server-side, and using secure authentication mechanisms. Developers should ensure that this data is stored securely using encryption mechanisms.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Today, criminal hackers rather routinely leverage loosely-configured and lightly-monitored APIs in two ways: to gain a foothold in the early stages of multi-stage network attacks, and later to encrypt crucial systems and/or exfiltrate sensitive data. API complexity. But APIs security should not be considered the extension of web security.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

HIPAA ensures that businesses treat your personal health information with extra care, encrypting it, restricting who can access it, and ensuring systems that store it are secure and continuously tested. To compound issues, identity and encryption management complexity is a serious issue. What is HIPAA?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning. Storing authentication credentials for the API is a significant issue. The sheer number of options has a direct impact on the budget.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

Penetration Testing Frameworks: Frameworks like Metasploit simulate real-world attacks to identify security weaknesses. Encryption Technologies: Encryption protects data confidentiality and integrity, but attackers also use it to conceal malware, establish encrypted communication channels, and secure stolen data.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 20, 2018

Vulnerability scanning and penetration testing can help to identify weaknesses and areas where networks have not been configured correctly. Multi-factor authentication (MFA) can also be used to provide an additional layer of protection. Encrypt your data. Finally, it is good practice to encrypt your data.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The companies with a good handle on things have discovered how to leverage robust authentication and encryption regimes to help maintain the integrity of their IoT systems.”. The most common security practices in place at top-tier enterprises were: •Encryption of sensitive data. Tiered performances.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Password Security: Investigate different password security techniques, such as password hashing algorithms, two-factor authentication (2FA), and biometric authentication. Cryptography: Dive into the world of cryptography, studying symmetric and asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, and cryptographic algorithms.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

“Retailers must take meaningful steps to protect consumers’ credit and debit card information from theft when they shop,” said Massachusetts AG Maura Healey. ” .

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Authentication. Two-factor authentication is another important security measure for the cloud era. Increasingly, passwordless authentication is becoming the norm. Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

What are the results of the provider’s most recent penetration tests? Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? What authentication methods does the provider support? Encrypt data in motion and at rest. Encryption is a key part of any cloud security strategy.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2022

DNS Encryption: DoH vs. DoT. To combat DNS attacks, major companies such as Google have pushed forward DNS encryption over TLS (DoT) or HTTPS (DoH). Fortunately, encryption can harden access to DNS messages. DNS encryption over TLS has been introduced to embed messages in secure channels. Protecting DNS with DNSCrypt.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 16, 2025

It emphasizes the need for encryption, data governance, and secure information-sharing practices to prevent and mitigate cyber threats. Compliance with the GBLA requires prioritizing data encryption and robust access controls to protect sensitive consumer information throughout its lifecycle.

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Hacker's King

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These attacks often involve encrypting data and demanding a ransom for its decryption. Use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) : MFA adds an extra layer of security by requiring users to provide two or more verification methods. Simulated phishing exercises can help staff become more aware of these threats.

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Hacker's King

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Whether you are conducting a black-box penetration test or assessing your organization's security posture, SpiderFoot offers a comprehensive solution for both offensive and defensive operations. mssqlclient.py : An MSSQL client supporting both SQL and Windows Authentications.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 3, 2024

Implementing robust encryption and secure communication protocols is crucial to prevent data leaks. Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Mandating multi-factor authentication (MFA) bolsters security by necessitating multiple forms of verification, such as passwords combined with fingerprint scans or unique codes from security tokens.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Read more: Aircrack-ng: Pen Testing Product Overview and Analysis. VeraCrypt is free, open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. It creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk. Encryption is automatic and is done in real time. John the Ripper. .);

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Encrypt Data at All Points. Another crucial step in securing health care data is encrypting it. HIPAA doesn’t necessarily require encryption, but it is a helpful step in maintaining privacy, as it renders information virtually useless to anyone who intercepts it. Penetration Test Regularly.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2022

and that Wi-Fi or Radio Frequency (RF) signals used by drone platforms are properly encrypted against eavesdropping or manipulation. Dronesploit seeks to combine various tools useful for penetration testing specific to drone platforms. free from obstacles, sparsely populated, etc.) Danger Drone platform.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2023

Managed Detection and Response Product Guide Top MDR Services and Solutions Encryption Full disk encryption, sometimes called whole disk encryption, is a data encryption approach for both hardware and software that involves encrypting all disk data, including system files and programs.

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SecureList

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The malicious module is actually designed to log credentials of users that successfully authenticated on the OWA authentication web page. Successful authentication is verified by checking that the OWA application is sending an authentication token back to the user.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 7, 2025

Encryption Protocols: Compliance with robust encryption standards like TLS 1.3 Data Storage Solutions: Encryption Standards: Certified devices must adhere to advanced encryption algorithms, such as AES-256, to protect stored data from unauthorized access. authentication, encryption) that products can implement.

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IT Security Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Here are several key components of an API security strategy: Authentication and Authorisation: Ensuring that only authorised users or systems can access your APIs is fundamental. And once a user or system is authenticated, it’s essential to define and enforce proper access controls and permissions.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 21, 2021

Vulnerability scanning should not be confused with penetration testing , which is about exploiting vulnerabilities rather than indicating where potential vulnerabilities may lie. It can be used in conjunction with penetration testing tools, providing them with areas to target and potential weaknesses to exploit.

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SecureWorld News

JULY 31, 2023

Understanding IDOR vulnerabilities IDOR vulnerabilities occur when web apps allow direct access to objects, such as database records, based on identifiers without proper authentication and authorization checks. This enables malicious actors to manipulate URLs or other inputs and gain access to data they should not be authorized to see.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 14, 2023

In this simple environment network security followed a simple protocol: Authenticate the user : using a computer login (username + password) Check the user’s permissions: using Active Directory or a similar Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Enable communication with authorized network resources (servers, printers, etc.)

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SecureList

APRIL 15, 2024

They generated a custom version of the ransomware, which used the aforementioned account credential to spread across the network and perform malicious activities, such as killing Windows Defender and erasing Windows Event Logs in order to encrypt the data and cover its tracks. In this article, we revisit the LockBit 3.0

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 22, 2023

If you can mandate strong password policies and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for systems and data, you'll work wonders in preserving valuable data in transit. This secure information should be safeguarded in impenetrable servers with valid encryption protocols enabled.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 22, 2023

We will group these technical controls into: User Access Controls Asset Discovery Controls Traffic Monitoring Controls Resilience, Maintenance & Testing Controls These tools rely heavily on the effective determination of administrative controls that define and determine the policies that will be implemented through the technical controls.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Data Protection Users must employ encryption for data in transit and at rest. Users are required to ensure encryption of sensitive data within applications and during transmission. Providers handle the encryption of data within the application, with users typically overseeing access to their data. What Is IaaS Security?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 24, 2021

Conduct risk assessments and penetration tests to determine the organization’s attack surface and what tools, processes and skills are in place to defend against attacks. Be sure to use controls that prevent online backups from becoming encrypted by ransomware. Initial Assessments. Ransomware Governance. Least Privilege.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2019

The experts also discovered that medical imagery data are transmitted without encryption, an attacker can potentially run man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks to manipulate them. The experts conducted a penetration test in a radiology department of a hospital. ” reads the research paper.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

The technologies for secure remote access can range from VPNs and multi-factor authentication to more advanced access and zero trust controls. Strong passwords, two-factor authentication, firewalls, encryption, and monitoring systems are just a few of the tools and procedures used to maintain security.

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