Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

A decade ago, the Doghouse was a regular feature in both my email newsletter Crypto-Gram and my blog. The discovery challenges today's current encryption framework by enabling the accurate prediction of prime numbers." In it, I would call out particularly egregious -- and amusing -- examples of cryptographic " snake oil.".

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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Anton on Security

MAY 19, 2022

This is written jointly with Tim Peacock and will eventually appear on the GCP blog. you, the esteemed reader of this blog , do not need this explanation, perhaps, but a typical cloud user might] How is the cloud different compared to the traditional environment? Second, the entire environment around you changes. So, what to do next?

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

M&A invariably creates technology gaps that bad actor’s prey upon. It encompasses identity access and management, privileged access management, password-less management controls, detection and response technology, encryption from the endpoint, through the network and into cloud and on-premises hosting environments.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

It's obvious in the debates on encryption and vulnerability disclosure, but it's also part of the policy discussions about the Internet of Things, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, social media platforms, and pretty much everything else related to IT. Public-interest technology isn't one thing; it's many things.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2022

Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. Enterprises that embrace IoT technologies to enhance end-user and employee experiences are likely to turn to MSS providers for quick and effective security […].

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 4, 2024

When the impact of a relatively unfamiliar technology sounds too good to be true, it’s natural to question those claims. The post From Promising to Practical: The Transformative Impact of Homomorphic Encryption appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information security has a foundation of governance, in the form of acceptable use policies and many others, that direct and govern what people can and can’t do with the technology that is in place at an organization. Ransomware uses encryption (typically a good thing) to make your business information un-available.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

One last comment: there was a story published earlier this year titled Our Investigation of the Pure Incubation Ventures Leak and in there they refer to "encrypted passwords" being present in the data. Some people take the view of "I have nothing to hide", whilst others become irate if even just their email address is exposed.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As we’ve seen with major attacks like Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline, cybercriminals have continued to innovate, developing new tools and tactics to encrypt and exfiltrate data. Today’s technology and security strategies are falling short at keeping a company’s most critical asset – data itself – safe. He holds a Ph.D.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2024

The new program is made up of three categories of services for the affiliates: paid, free, and another for the individuals without a program who only want to sell or publish data on their blog (PYV service).” ” Stmx_GhostLocker member affiliate working model. Stmx_GhostLocker non-member affiliate working model. GhostLocker 2.0

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 1, 2022

29, roughly the same time Pyle published a blog post about his findings , ConnectWise issued an advisory warning users to be on guard against a new round email phishing attempts that mimic legitimate email alerts the company sends when it detects unusual activity on a customer account.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 28, 2022

A much better way is to integrate an innovative technology that distributes encrypted, unique passwords to the employees that only they can use to access each separate device, account, file, or system. Just as employees don’t bring their own keys to the office, they should not bring their own passwords to the digital office.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) MFA can be challenging to implement for some organizations from a technology or cost perspective or due to user pushback. because it puts mechanisms in place to prevent third parties from decrypting traffic.

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Centraleyes

JULY 8, 2024

So grab your favorite mug, brew a strong cup of coffee, and let’s dive into the Top Websites and Blogs about security in 2024. Let’s dive into the best cybersecurity websites and blogs for compliance management , ensuring you’re well-equipped to tackle whatever challenges come your way. Krebs’ blog goes beyond headlines.

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SecureList

JULY 20, 2022

In this blog post, we provide several excerpts from last month’s reports on new ransomware strains. The encryption scheme it uses, however, is not so typical, as it involves x25519 and AES, a combination not often encountered in ransomware schemes. If no arguments are given, the “/vmfs/volumes” folder is encrypted.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

technology companies during the summer of 2022. Among those was the encrypted messaging app Signal , which said the breach could have let attackers re-register the phone number on another device for about 1,900 users. 9, 2024, U.S. A graphic depicting how 0ktapus leveraged one victim to attack another. On July 28 and again on Aug.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 30, 2024

OCI Customers Can Now Externally Manage Encryption Keys from a Cloud-Based Service madhav Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:20 Oracle stands apart by offering a comprehensive suite of services across all its cloud delivery models, from Oracle Alloy and Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer to its standard Public Cloud service.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In this blog, we will explain the unique data security challenges for Telcos and three ways how both Thales and Red Hat can help them protect against future API attacks. Legacy Technology Clashes : Most Telcos have very large legacy IT footprints. Unfortunately, API attacks are increasing as vectors for security incidents.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

According to Domo CEO Josh James’ recent blog post “By 2020, there will be 40x more bytes of data than there are stars in the observable universe.”. Less than 36% encrypt their sensitive data. The post The Changing Face of Data Security in Australia and New Zealand appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales eSecurity.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Related: The CMMC sea change NIST SP 800-207A (SP 207A), the next installment of Zero Trust guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been released for public review. Encryption in transit provides eavesdropping protection and payload authenticity. Let’s look at each of those five.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 21, 2022

But data management begins with strategy, not technology. The solution is data encryption, which uses mathematical algorithms to scramble data, replacing plaintext with ciphertext. The trouble is that most encryption methods aren’t universal. Of course, data protection requires effective cybersecurity solutions.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. With quantum computing looming in the not-so-distant future, the way that we think about encryption will need to evolve. However, the complex math behind creating encryption keys is no match for the power of quantum computers. What is quantum computing?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 13, 2021

Google has issued a warning on the evolving ransomware threats and said that tech companies should step up forward and control them with the latest technology. Using Google Chromebook as a defense against file-encrypting malware attacks makes complete sense says, Phil.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Business initiatives demand faster, more efficient outcomes and technology responds. The need for reset and oversight is so great that a new class of technology is emerging to give organizations a better grip on the digital sprawl that’s come to define modern-day enterprise architecture. Automated offense. Managed solutions can help.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

What caught our attention was the sophisticated infection chain that makes use of various advanced technologies, setting it apart from known banking Trojan infections. Coyote does not implement any code obfuscation and only uses string obfuscation with AES encryption. NET, and advanced packaging techniques.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 6, 2023

Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. I told Greenwald that he and Laura Poitras should be sending large encrypted files of dummy documents back and forth every day.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Lessons learned.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 12, 2024

The CloudSorcerer employed in this campaign was updated since its initial discovery in July 2024, when experts noticed the malware using profiles on the LiveJournal blog and the Q&A site Quora as its initial command server. This backdoor was described in 2020 by Trend Micro and Talent-Jump Technologies.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

Launched in 2008, privnote.com employs technology that encrypts each message so that even Privnote itself cannot read its contents. For example, this account at Medium has authored more than a dozen blog posts in the past year singing the praises of Tornote as a secure, self-destructing messaging service.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 6, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. They can work with up-to-date technology, reduce their workload, work smarter, and improve their performance. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard security protocol that encrypts the connection between a web browser and a server. Use data encryption.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2021

IT leaders need to consider PKI-based solutions for managing their machine identities, so their IT teams can issue certificates to their machines, track what is on their network, and encrypt the communication between the devices. This will prevent falsified entities from entering the network and putting data at risk. Verify email.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 9, 2019

For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users. Fortanix is supplying the advanced encryption technology underpinning Google’s new service.

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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. However, in recent years, we can see that SMBs are increasingly using cloud-based services to manage many areas of their information technology.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

It is also offering technology from Siriux to immediately discover malicious Microsoft Azure AD activity that could lead to the compromise of Exchange Online mailboxes. The firm stated that the ransomware contains implementation errors, making its encryption breakable and slow.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The analysis of attacks where Egregor has been deployed revealed that the TTPs used by the threat actors are almost identical to the ones used by the ProLock operators, whose campaigns have been described in Group-IB blog post in May. Egregor operators use the combination of ChaCha8 stream cipher and RSA-2048 for file encryption.

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Daniel Miessler

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

VPNs encrypt the traffic between you and some endpoint on the internet, which is where your VPN is based. It is not some stealth technology that makes you invisible online, because if invisible people type on a keyboard the letters still show up on the screen. How bad is it to be a public figure (blog/YouTube) in 2020?

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