Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2019

Originally published in TEISS on May 1, 2019. For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. The 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition revealed that as digital transformations are taking place, sensitive data is often at risk. Enter encryption.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 6, 2022

Rockford Public Schools in Rockford, Illinois, was hit by Ryuk ransomware days after the school year started in September 2019. The attack encrypted more than 6 million files, wrecked applications and locked up servers. But the district kept classes running while mounting a mighty recovery effort.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 24, 2021

The increasing mobility of data, as it ping-pongs between clouds, data centers and the edge, has made it an easier target of cybercrime groups, which has put a premium on the encryption of that data in recent years. Since then, interest in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) has increased, largely paralleling the rise of cloud computing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 13, 2021

Data Encryption Shields the Energy Sector Against Emerging Threats. According to a Siemens/Ponemon report , in 2019, 56% of gas, wind, water and solar utilities around the world experienced at least one cyberattack that caused a shutdown or loss of operational data. Encryption. Wed, 01/13/2021 - 09:42.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Homomorphic encryption has long been something of a Holy Grail in cryptography. Related: Post-quantum cryptography on the horizon For decades, some of our smartest mathematicians and computer scientists have struggled to derive a third way to keep data encrypted — not just the two classical ways, at rest and in transit.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 8, 2019

Related: Marriott reports huge data breach Ever thought about encrypting the data held on a portable storage device? Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2020

Let’s Encrypt is going to revoke over 3 million certificates today due to a flaw in the software used to verify users and their domains before issuing a certificate. A bug in Let’s Encrypt’s certificate authority (CA) software, dubbed Boulder, caused the correct validation for some certificates.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Two years on since the first draft, the final act of the legislative passage saga of the long-awaited People’s Republic of China Encryption Law ended with its passage on 26 October 2019. To read Hogan Lovells’ The grand “finale” of China’s Encryption Law, click here.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 27, 2019

This past March at RSAC 2019, Pure Storage and Thales introduced the security industry’s first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction efficiencies. Historically, host data encryption and array data reduction are like oil and water – they simply don’t mix.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

A new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090 , affects all Intel chips that could allow attackers to bypass every hardware-enabled security technology. Security experts from Positive Technologies warn of a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090, that affects all Intel processors that were released in the past 5 years.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Experts spotted a new strain of the Ryuk Ransomware that was developed to avoid encrypting folders commonly seen in *NIX operating systems. Kremez noticed that the ransomware doesn’t encrypt folders that are associated with *NIX operating systems. 2019-12-21: #Ryuk #Ransomware as V2.EXE ” reported BleepingComputer.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Ransomware encrypts from virtual machines to evade antivirus. Ragnar Locker deploys Windows XP virtual machines to encrypt victim’s files, the trick allows to evaded detection from security software. Mounting all the shared drives to encrypt. Custom Ragnar Locker ransom note (Source: Sophos). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I’ve seen numerous attack campaigns targeting this region come to the surface in 2019 alone. DarkMatter confirmed as much in its Cyber Security Report: June 2019 when it found that approximately 90 percent of UAE-based enterprises exhibited outdated software, credential problems in the form of weak/exposed passwords and insecure protocols.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2019

According to experts at Sonicwall, scanning of random ports and the diffusion of encrypted malware are characterizing the threat landscape. The situation is better in the first half of 2019, when SonicWall recorded 4.8 The situation is better in the first half of 2019, when SonicWall recorded 4.8 billion attacks.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Two years on since the first draft, the final act of the legislative passage saga of the long-awaited People’s Republic of China Encryption Law ended with its passage on 26 October 2019. To read Hogan Lovells’ The grand “finale” of China’s Encryption Law, click here.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives. And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

The Kr00k vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-15126, could be exploited by nearby remote attackers to intercept and decrypt some wireless network packets transmitted over-the-air by a vulnerable device. “ after a disassociation occurs, data from the chip’s Tx buffer will be transmitted encrypted with the all-zero TK. .

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Researchers discovered a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-14899 that can be exploited to hijack active TCP connections in a VPN tunnel. “Additionally, we are able to determine the exact seq and ack num bers by counting encrypted packets and/or examining their size. SecurityAffairs – CVE-2019-14899 , hacking).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Phobos variants are usually distributed by the SmokeLoader , but in 8Base campaigns, it has the ransomware component embedded in its encrypted payloads. 8base” file extension for encrypted documents, a circumstance that suggested a possible link to the 8Base group or the use of the same code-base for their ransomware.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 13, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Storage Costs of Encrypted Data.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2019

UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. link] #GCHQ100 pic.twitter.com/t2ixVE6j7H — GCHQ (@GCHQ) March 14, 2019. We even tested them against the real thing! Try them out for yourself! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin. “We’ve found someone who can crack the encryption.” Then came the unlikely call from an FBI agent. “Don’t pay,” the agent said.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 14, 2019

The ability to narrow the gap between taking advantage of digital transformation without compromising security was a reoccurring theme at our 2019 annual Data Security Summit on May 1. They typically do not provide encryption, seamless upgrades for flaws and updates, or optics. IoT is forever changing the boundaries of the perimeter.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. But in a letter sent to affected individuals dated Feb. 13, 2018 and Mar.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Our 2019 IT security predictions: Encryption will lose its luster, cloudjacking and containers will be growing risks, and more.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 11, 2019

STOP Ransomware Installing Password Stealing Trojans on Victims – by @LawrenceAbrams [link] — BleepingComputer (@BleepinComputer) March 10, 2019. The post STOP ransomware encrypts files and steals victim’s data appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads a blog post published by Bleepingcomputer.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 7, 2020

Security experts have found a malicious app in the Google Play that exploits the recently patched CVE-2019-2215 zero-day vulnerability. Earlier October, Google Project Zero researchers Maddie Stone publicly disclosed a zero-day vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2019-2215 , in Android. ” reads a blog post published by Stone.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 3, 2019

It’s 2019 and data is everywhere – and what you can do with what is at your fingertips is truly transformative. However, there has to be a more thorough focus on security in multiple clouds environments so encryption with sophisticated multi-cloud key management is a must-have solution. How Do You Select a Trusted Vendor?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In our recently launched 2019 Data Threat Report-Global Edition , we found that 97% of enterprises are using sensitive data within digitally transformative technology but, only 30% are encrypting that data. Reducing Risk and Beating the Hackers.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 5, 2020

DeathRansom was considered fake ransomware due to the fact that it did not implement an effective encryption process, but now things are changing. DeathRansom is a ransomware family that was initially classified as a joke because it did not implement an effective encryption scheme. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 29, 2019

A great way to mitigate some of the risks associated with cloud or multi-cloud environments is to deploy encryption solutions. In fact, 38% of organizations’ security concerns with cloud environments would be alleviated with data encryption at the service provider level. The importance of encryption cannot be overstated.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2019

The flaw exploited in the attacks, tracked as CVE-2019-3396 , is a server-side template injection vulnerability that resides in the Widget Connector macro in Confluence Server. “In our analysis, we saw that an attacker was able to exploit CVE-2019-3396 to infect machines with the AESDDoS botnet malware.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 15, 2019

I was really looking forward to participating in RSA 2019 and it was a great event. I have always evangelized that you can either bring your own encryption or bring your own key to the cloud…as both provide a higher security posture than subscribing to KMS, and will ensure encrypted workloads in the cloud are doing their job without risk.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2019

According to a report published by cyber security firm Sixgill data for over 23 million payment card were on offer in underground forums in the first half of 2019. . The following graph shows that three trading posts accounted for 64 percent of the cards on offer during the first half of 2019. . AMEX accounted for 12 percent. .

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 25, 2020

Specifically, it says, “The [link] ensures that you are connecting to the official website… ” Here’s the deal: The [link] part of an address (also called “Secure Sockets Layer” or SSL) merely signifies the data being transmitted back and forth between your browser and the site is encrypted and cannot be read by third parties.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 6, 2023

The MegaCortex ransomware first appeared on the threat landscape in May 2019 when it was spotted by security experts at Sophos. Since November 2019, MegaCortex operators started adopting double extortion tactics. The decryptor also supports the “Scan Entire System” mode which allows users to search for all encrypted files.

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OneHub

JANUARY 3, 2019

With 2019 upon us, many businesses are beginning to consider their data security practices for the new year. Protect your company’s online data better in 2019 by becoming aware of several helpful tips when it comes to data security. These basic data security measures should still be taken in 2019: . Beware of Malware .

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