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

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

How better key management can close cloud security gaps troubling US government madhav Thu, 02/29/2024 - 05:38 In my first blog on this topic I noted a Treasury Department report released last year listed six cloud security challenges financial sector firms face. This hack included US Government networks.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 8, 2024

The new year brought few new vulnerabilities, and only Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) and Kyber, the quantum resistant encryption algorithm, publicized new vulnerabilities or fixes. January 3, 2024 52% of Exposed SSH Servers Vulnerable to Terrapin Attack Type of attack: Secure Shell (SSH) vulnerability enables prefix truncation attacks.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

February 19, 2024 Microsoft Exchange Servers Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation Attacks Type of vulnerability: Critical severity privilege escalation vulnerability. The problem: CVE-2024-21410 allows remote attackers to carry out NTLM relay attacks on Microsoft Exchange Servers, providing them with privileged access.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

9, 2024, U.S. The government says Urban went by the aliases “ Sosa ” and “ King Bob ,” among others. 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. On July 28 and again on Aug.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The government says Russian national Artur Sungatov used LockBit ransomware against victims in manufacturing, logistics, insurance and other companies throughout the United States. In addition, the Japanese Police, supported by Europol, have released a recovery tool designed to recover files encrypted by the LockBit 3.0

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The NCA will reach out to victims based in the UK in the coming days and weeks, providing support to help them recover encrypted data. Not the LockBit gang is attempting to relaunch its RaaS operation, the group has set up a new infrastructure and is threatening to carry out cyber attacks on the government sector. Is that how it works?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks madhav Thu, 02/22/2024 - 04:55 Application programming interfaces (APIs) power nearly every aspect of modern applications and have become the backbone of today’s economy. As a result, these enormous IT infrastructures are extremely challenging to govern and secure.

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IT Governance

JANUARY 16, 2024

Other news UK government accused of being misleading over new encryption laws techUK, a trade association representing more than 1,000 businesses in the technology sector, including Apple and Meta, has accused the UK government of underplaying the significance of the new Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2024

ESET researchers reported that a Windows version of DinodasRAT was used in attacks against government entities in Guyana. In March 2024, Trend Micro researchers uncovered a sophisticated campaign conducted by a threat actor tracked as Earth Krahang while investigating the activity of China-linked APT Earth Lusca.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2024

The Rise of the Bad Bots madhav Tue, 04/23/2024 - 05:13 Imperva's annual Bad Bot Report is always a fascinating – albeit alarming – insight into the nature of non-human internet traffic. The 2024 Imperva Bad Bot Report is no different, revealing that bots made up nearly half (49.6%) of all internet traffic last year.

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IT Governance

MARCH 5, 2024

Affected information includes users’ names, email addresses, IP addresses and encrypted passwords. It also has a new focus on governance, which encompasses how organizations make and carry out informed decisions on cybersecurity strategy”. Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0 Key dates 31 March 2024 – PCI DSS v4.0

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 27, 2022

How to Accelerate Government Transformation by Reducing Risk, Complexity, and Cost. The days of dreadful long lines at crowded and inefficient government agencies may be coming to an end. Digitalization of services and adoption of new platforms are reinventing government services and public administration.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ukrainian national faces up to 20 years in prison for his role in Zeus, IcedID malware schemes CISA: Cisco ASA/FTD bug CVE-2020-3259 exploited in ransomware attacks CISA adds Microsoft Exchange and Cisco ASA and FTD bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog US gov offers a reward of up to $10M for info on ALPHV/Blackcat gang leaders U.S.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The attack took place on February 11 and encrypted data in the production servers. “During the night of February 11 to 12, 2024, a massive cyber ransomware attack took place on the production servers on which the HIS IT system runs. As a result of the attack, the system is down, files and databases are encrypted.”

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Israeli man sentenced to 80 months in prison for providing hacker-for-hire services Russian APT Gamaredon uses USB worm LitterDrifter against Ukraine The board of directors of OpenAI fired Sam Altman Medusa ransomware gang claims the hack of Toyota Financial Services CISA adds Sophos Web Appliance bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (..)

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

. “As early as 2022, APT28 actors had utilized compromised EdgeRouters to facilitate covert cyber operations against governments, militaries, and organizations around the world.” and foreign governments and military, security, and corporate organizations. ” reads the joint report. ” concludes the report. .

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 24, 2024

Protecting Against the Risks and Managing the Complexities of a Quantum World with Thales and IBM Consulting madhav Thu, 01/25/2024 - 11:03 Contributors: Ollie Omotosho - Director, Strategir Partnerships, Thales Antti Ropponen, Head of Data & Application Security Services, IBM Consulting In the world of business, data security is paramount.

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Data Protection Report

JANUARY 18, 2024

2024 was not a happy new year for Genesis Global Trading, Inc. (“GGT”). Companies should focus on establishing and implementing a reasonable information governance policy and record retention schedule with special emphasis on documents that contain personal information.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2022

In a previous blog post, I discussed how The White House Executive Order issued on May 12, 2021 laid out new, rigorous government cyber security standards for federal agencies. The document requires agencies to achieve specific goals for embracing zero trust by the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. Government. MFA and Encryption.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The latest ransom note can be found in our GitHub repo: [link] pic.twitter.com/hEIqJWrEGI — Zscaler ThreatLabz (@Threatlabz) February 27, 2024 Researchers from BleepingComputer confirmed the Zscaler’s discovery, they found samples of the encryptors uploaded to VirusTotal [ 1 ], [ 2 ].

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Data Matters

JUNE 23, 2022

the Licensee believes the Nonpublic Information involves 250 or more Consumers and either (a) notice is required to any government body or other supervisory body or (b) the Cybersecurity Event has a reasonable likelihood of materially harming (i) any Consumer residing in the State or (ii) any material part of the normal operation of the Licensee.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Proofpoint’s 2024 data loss landscape report reveals 84.7% Sample access restriction from SolarWinds’ access rights management dashboard Encrypt Data This practice entails using data encryption tools to keep sensitive data confidential and safe from illegal access or exploitation, even if the device is lost or stolen.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The Department believes that providing notification to the Department when notice is already provided to another government body, self-regulatory agency, or other supervisory body would not create a substantial administrative burden. c)), or Monday, April 29, 2024. NYDFS stated: The Department has revised the language of § 500.17(a)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

billion personal records compromised by data breaches in past two years — underscoring need for end‑to‑end encryption Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter)

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

government and defense institutions for intelligence gathering. Attacks on telecom corporations, government institutions, and utilities then followed in a predictable pattern. Despite initial suspicions, encrypted communications with specific keys linked the attacks to the previous ones, indicating an organized effort.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The ability of Quantum computers to break these safeguards quickly and easily is the key reason governments and regulatory bodies have been taking action for years to prepare new Quantum-safe algorithms that will update these safeguards to keep these ongoing protections. This is especially true with any data with a long secrecy lifetime.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2024

April 11, 2024 – Simbian today emerged from stealth mode with oversubscribed $10M seed funding to deliver on fully autonomous security. Mountain View, Calif. Traditional approaches to security automation no longer suffice in today’s dynamic environments,” said Cota Capital Partner Aditya Singh.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Noticeably, covered entities are now subject to new requirements imposing heightened responsibilities on Chief Information Security Officers (“CISOs”) and more specific and prescriptive requirements in relation to governance, risk assessments, and notifications to the NYDFS.

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 30, 2024

On April 15, 2024, the U.S. Cerebral has 30 days from the date of the order to submit to the FTC a listing of all third parties that received the covered information “in any form, including in hashed or encrypted form.” Our Take It is becoming routine for U.S. We are seeing order after order in the U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 26, 2023

The new capability enhances the capabilities of the CipherTrust Data Security platform to help security and governance teams reduce risks by streamlining security processes across their operations. We’ve enjoyed seeing you all this week – looking forward to RSA Conference 2024 already!!

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 17, 2024

A Pandora's Box: Unpacking 5 Risks in Generative AI madhav Thu, 04/18/2024 - 05:07 Generative AI (GAI) is becoming increasingly crucial for business leaders due to its ability to fuel innovation, enhance personalization, automate content creation, augment creativity, and help teams explore new possibilities.

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Risk Artificial Intelligence Privacy Data collection 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The repeal of the NIS Directive will enter into force in 2024 and is expected to impose more stringent requirements on a broader scope of actors. The use of cryptography and encryption. the use of cryptography and encryption” [Article 18(2g)]. Why Cryptography and Encryption? NIS2 has three general objectives: 1.

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 27, 2022

According to the White House order , agencies have until the end of the government’s fiscal year 2024 to reach the target goals laid out in the strategy and based on a zero-trust model developed by the U.S. All traffic must be encrypted and authenticated as soon as practicable.”. creating isolated environments.

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IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 18, 2023

As we look ahead to 2024, enterprises around the world are undoubtedly evaluating their progress and creating a growth plan for the year to come. IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Crypto Services offers “keep your own key” encryption capabilities, designed to allow clients exclusive key control and help address privacy needs.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

pic.twitter.com/SvpbeslrCd — vx-underground (@vxunderground) February 19, 2024 The operation led to the arrest of two members of the ransomware gang in Poland and Ukraine and the seizure of hundreds of crypto wallets used by the group. Lockbit ransomware group administrative staff has confirmed with us their websites have been seized.

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