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MY TAKE: Agile cryptography is coming, now that ‘attribute-based encryption’ is ready for prime time

The Last Watchdog

Encryption agility is going to be essential as we move forward with digital transformation. All of the technical innovation cybersecurity vendors are churning out to deal with ever-expanding cyber risks, at the end of the day, come down to protecting encrypted data. Refer: The vital role of basic research.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. md , and that they were a systems administrator for sscompany[.]net. form [sic] hackers on public networks.”

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MY TAKE: How digital technology and the rising gig economy are exacerbating third-party risks

The Last Watchdog

Allen is a widely respected thought leader on this topic, having launched Shared Assessments in 2005 as an intel-sharing and training consortium focused on third-party risks. And once you have that, then you have the ability to reverse algorithms and unlock encryption. We do white papers and thought leadership at conferences.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023

IT Governance

One criminal gang said that it had targeted the organisation and encrypted its systems. More worryingly, the same database contained usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. An additional 6 million records dating back to “at least 2005” were also compromised in the attack, the source of which is not yet known.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

In 2005, Sony BMG delivered millions of CDs with a rootkit that monitored listening habits and unintentionally left a backdoor to the device for cybercriminals. While this sensitive payment data is only available for milliseconds before passing the encrypted numbers to back-end systems, attackers can still access millions of records.

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