Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

However, it’s obvious to security teams that the possible attack surface has grown as a result. On-demand, large-scale deployment of IT resources across a mix of public and private clouds means that security vulnerabilities or exploits can often go undetected. 509 certificates. 509 certificates. SIGN EVERYTHING.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

However, it’s obvious to security teams that the possible attack surface has grown as a result. On-demand, large-scale deployment of IT resources across a mix of public and private clouds means that security vulnerabilities or exploits can often go undetected. 509 certificates. 509 certificates. SIGN EVERYTHING.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 13, 2021

In contrast, phishing advertised via email can be more easily caught by security providers, such as anti-spam and anti-phishing companies.” ” Another interesting data emerged from the Phishing Activity Trends Report is that the use of HTTPS encryption on phishing sites remained at 83 percent, after rising steadily for years.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Now in its 13 th year, our Global Encryption Trends Study that is performed by the Ponemon Institute reveals interesting findings that span a dozen different geographies. This year, we found that multi-cloud use as well as compliance requirements have encouraged organizations around the globe to embrace a more extensive encryption strategy.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 4, 2020

However, to fully capture the benefits of an IoT-centric economy, a cauldron of privacy and security concerns must first be quelled. I’m referring to the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, and the underlying TLS/SSL authentication and encryption protocols.

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Robert's Db2

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

I regularly get questions from Db2 for z/OS people that pertain to data security. Most of the time, these questions have a pretty narrow focus - a DBA, for example, wants to know more about Db2 roles and trusted contexts, or about SECADM authority, or about "at-rest" encryption of Db2 data on disk. What does that do?

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. What Makes an Encryption Algorithm Strong?

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2019

Related: Why government encryption backdoors should never be normalized. Specifically, the researchers found: •A ready inventory of stolen SSL/TLS certificates, along with a range of related services and products, for sale, priced from $260 to $1,600, depending on the type of certificate offered and the scope of additional services.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 16, 2023

These secrets control data access when transferred between applications—sending information from a webpage, making a secure request to an API, accessing a cloud database, or countless other cases that modern enterprises encounter while pursuing digital transformation and increasing automation. What is secrets management?

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Troy Hunt

JUNE 27, 2018

I want to help take a big chunk out of the massive list of smaller sites that are still served over non-secure connections because the owners simply don't know where to start. Next, you'll see that this is all very Cloudflare-centric and you may be wondering "why not use Let's Encrypt instead?"

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 4, 2021

The same goes with the advent of Quantum Computing , which is supposed to bring exponential computing power that shall not only bring endless benefits but also raises question marks on the current state of cryptography that is the bedrock of all information security as we know today. What is quantum computing and what changes will it bring?

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 9, 2023

Security teams choosing between tool options will frequently decide based upon the need for optional integrations for specific security tools or particular automation capabilities. Fortra Fortra offers several vulnerability detection and management solutions that integrate with their security and automation solutions.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Now for the big challenge - security. The "s" in IoT is for Security Ok, so the joke is a stupid oldie, but a hard truth lies within it: there have been some shocking instances of security lapses in IoT devices. But there are also some quick wins, especially in the realm of "using your common sense". Let's dive into it.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 16, 2019

By comparison, scant effort has gone into securing the latter. Machine identities are divvied out as digital certificates issued by Certificate Authorities (CAs) — vendors that diligently verify the authenticity of websites. This all unfolds in Secure Sockets Layer ( SSL ) and its successor, Transport Layer Security ( TLS.)

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As always, our pressured IT and security teams will need to use severity ratings in combination with a risk analysis of assets potentially exposed by vulnerabilities to determine priorities and schedules. Active Vulnerability Exploits This Week Many IT and security teams struggle to keep up with vulnerability management and patch management.

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IT Governance

JULY 27, 2018

This week we discuss Google Chrome flagging sites that use HTTP as not secure, BA’s GDPR fail, and a massive data breach affecting more than 100 manufacturing companies. HTTPS, as you probably know, encrypts traffic between users and the sites they visit with the TLS, or transport layer security, protocol.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. If I choose, I can click that padlock and inspect the certificate just to give me that extra peace of mind.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2021

It also uses TLS encryption to block attempts to intercept the network traffic and analysis of the malware, the researchers wrote. The researchers also back-checked SSL certificates used by the 5,700 appliances and found there were about 100,000 IPs using the same SSL certificate as the EdgeMarc VoIP servers. “We

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Experts at Yoroi’s Cyber Security Defence Center along with Fincantieri’s security team investigated the recently discovered Martymcfly malware attacks. Analyzing the SSL/TLS traffic intercepted during the dynamic analysis session shows multiple connections to the ip address 188.165.199.85, a dedicated server hosted by OVH SAS.

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 10, 2018

Both during this week and over previous years, there's been various headlines calling the security posture of Aadhaar into question and the Indian government has been vehemently refuting any suggestion that the system isn't top notch. Security /= George blocking — Vatsalya Goel (@vatsalyagoel) January 9, 2018.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Security best practices for encryption key storage, management and protection is critical to protecting valuable data wherever it is located, but implementing the security requirements needed by your organization as well as those of regulatory governing and audit bodies can be a challenge. FIPS 140-2 Level 3-validated Luna HSMs.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

That's it - I'm calling it - extended validation certificates are dead. Moving on, they then state that you can "activate the green address bar" simply by purchasing an EV cert: To activate the green address bar on your website, you just need to purchase and install an Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificate.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 17, 2021

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. Security is paramount. Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The growth of DevSecOps tools is an encouraging sign that software and application service providers are increasingly integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Aqua Security Checkmarx Contrast Security Invicti Security Micro Focus Snyk SonarSource Synopsys Veracode WhiteSource. Aqua Security.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Versa Unified SASE provides carrier-grade performance and a host of deployment options expected by experienced network engineers and security professionals. Founded in 2012, Versa Networks seeks to deploy a single software operating system, called VOS, to converge and integrate cloud and on-premises security, networking, and analytics.

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We see it every day; weight loss pills, make money fast schemes and if you travel in the same circles I do, claims that extended validation (EV) certificates actually do something useful: Why are you still claiming this @digicert ? I have a vehement dislike for misleading advertising. in the US. So, all good right? No, because who are they?

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ForAllSecure

JANUARY 11, 2023

Tib3rius from White Oak Security discusses his experience as a web application security pen tester, his OSCP certification, and how he’s giving back to the community with his Twitch , Youtube , and tools he's made available on GitHub. So to prove that to the world, I felt I needed a certification. I’m waiting.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2021

As the presidential election unfolded in the fall, for example, there were revelations about how mobile apps used by political candidates were rife with security flaws that played right into the hands of propagandists and conspiracy theorists. Newer versions of Android provided more security and privacy benefits.

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