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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Researchers at SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab discovered multiple issues in several security products from Fortinet, including hardcoded key and encryption for communications. This cloud communication is used for the FortiGuard Web Filter feature, FortiGuard AntiSpam feature and FortiGuard AntiVirus feature.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Infrastructure as a service security is a concept that assures the safety of organizations’ data, applications, and networks in the cloud. Understanding the risks, advantages, and best practices connected with IaaS security is becoming increasingly important as enterprises shift their infrastructure to the cloud.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 26, 2024

Hybrid Cloud Mesh, which is generally available now, is revolutionizing application connectivity across hybrid multicloud environments. Let’s draw a comparison between Hybrid Cloud Mesh and a typical service mesh to better understand the nuances of these essential components in the realm of modern enterprise connectivity.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

” reads the analysis published by AquaSec. ” The Pollard’s Kangaroo interval ECDLP solver algorithm appears to be an attempt to break the SECP256K1 encryption which is used by Bitcoin to implement its public key cryptography. “Breaking the cryptographic encryption is considered “Mission: Impossible”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2019

For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. In recent years, we’ve seen a sharp rise in reporting and analysis of data breaches – arguably both a stimulant and a symptom of cyber-security taking its place on the board agenda. Enter encryption.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

TL2 — building on Power10’s high availability leadership with performance and scale enhancements to Live Kernel Update (designed to give the ability to update AIX without unplanned downtime), optimized file system performance and enhancements designed to improve AIX encryption performance and audit event checking.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2021

And like other old-guard companies, ESET knows it needs to innovate to stay competitive, which the company has done with its cloud-based endpoint protection platform, ESET PROTECT. Administrators can quickly deploy ESET and configure policies to meet network security objectives through the cloud-based management console.

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Threatpost

JUNE 10, 2020

The increasingly prevalent GuLoader malware has been traced back to a far-reaching encryption service that attempts to pass as above-board.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 25, 2019

healthcare organizations are nearly universal in the adoption of digital transformation technologies (cloud, SaaS applications, big data, IoT, digital payments, containers, and blockchain). And the cloud is arguably the most daunting of these environments, and the most widely deployed. But results showed that today, U.S.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 19, 2023

It offers a wide range of security testing capabilities, including code scanning, vulnerability assessment , and penetration testing. Veracode supports more than a hundred programming languages and provides detailed reports on security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in applications.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2019

DX technologies such as cloud, mobile payments, IoT, Big Data and others have fundamentally changed retailers’ business models, not only by opening new channels to reach customers, but also in how they communicate with, serve, and support them. The cloud is arguably the most daunting of these environments, and the most widely deployed.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 12, 2020

Security researchers Pierre Kim and Alexandre Torres have discovered several vulnerabilities Zyxel Cloud CNM SecuManager software that could expose users to cyber attacks. This allows an attacker to MITM and decrypt the encrypted traffic.” Another bug is related to the use of insecure management over the cloud. “By

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

To help clarify DNSSEC, we will explore both the DNSSEC features and benefits and compare it against DNS Security, DNS Crypt, and Encrypted DNS. DNSSEC adds data origin authentication and data integrity protection through the publishing of public encryption keys along with the IP address and URL directory.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 7, 2020

If your business is taking an ‘encrypt everything’ approach, data discovery with risk analysis will help prioritize where to deploy data security solutions first. This has never been more important than now, as the surge of cloud adoption is often leaving IT and security teams blind to where the riskiest data now resides.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Data storage: Identify whether your organization’s data storage is on-premises or cloud-based. Conduct content analysis to improve safety measures. Encrypt data at rest with encryption algorithms and secure storage techniques. Analyze the storage’s security protocols and scalability.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

Accenture security researchers published an analysis of the latest Hades campaign, which is ongoing since at least December 2020. . Then the malware perform a scan in local directories and network shares for content to encrypt. ” reads the analysis published by Accenture. ” concludes the report.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

The most significant barrier to visibility is encryption. Although encryption helps to protect data from interception, encrypted traffic needs to be decrypted for IDS or IPS to inspect and analyze the contents. Resource sprawl and traffic bloat can also cause problems for efficient and effective IDS/IPS analysis.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

based Apex HCM is a cloud-based payroll software company that serves some 350 payroll service bureaus that in turn provide payroll services to small and mid-sized businesses. “When they encrypt the data, that happens really fast,” he said. Roswell, Ga. on Tuesday, Feb. More than a week later on Jan.

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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

MARCH 25, 2020

Analyzing encrypted traffic One area where Juniper is differentiating itself is in the area of encrypted traffic analysis. Pitt points out that a big challenge for businesses today is that more than 80 percent of Internet traffic is encrypted. You have to start learning it again.”

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Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2024

The latest version of Vultur includes 7 new C2 methods and 41 new Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) commands. ” reads the analysis published by NCC group. .” ” reads the analysis published by NCC group. It uses AES encryption and Base64 encoding for C2 communications to evade detection.

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IT Governance

AUGUST 17, 2018

In this blog, we’ll consider situational analysis, how to assess what’s happening in the school and how to support staff to protect the data in their care. Situational analysis – understand what’s happening now. Introduce device encryption. There are several ways to reduce the likelihood and severity of data breaches.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2023

SentinelOne reported that the threat actors used DLL hijacking of executables of Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Edge, and McAfee VirusScan executables to deploy Cobalt Strike beacons. ” reads the analysis published by SentinelOne. IP-based geolocation service.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As that definition spans the cloud and data centers, and on-premises, mobile and web users, application security needs to encompass a range of best practices and tools. CNAP provides encryption, access control, threat detection and response features for enhanced security.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Millions of Xiongmai video surveillance devices can be easily hacked via cloud feature, a gift for APT groups and cyber crime syndicates. The flaws reside in a feature named the “XMEye P2P Cloud” that is enabled by default which is used to connect surveillance devices to the cloud infrastructure.

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eDiscovery Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Many businesses are switching to the cloud for their day-to-day operations, and you should too. Cloud technology allows employees to access files and work platforms from any place in a secure way. Cloud technology allows employees to access files and work platforms from any place in a secure way. Improved Data Security.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This has resulted in astounding innovations in cloud services, mobile computing, IoT systems and agile software development. At this point, other aspects of security beyond the signature-based analysis become critical. WAAP refers to a set of cloud-based security services specially designed to protect web applications and APIs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2023

A deeper analysis revealed that the threat actor CloudWizard has been linked to an activity cluster that dates back to May 2016 that was tracked by ESET researchers as Operation Groundbait. Further analysis revealed that the actor behind the above operations has been active since at least 2008. ” We are in the final!

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Security Affairs

MARCH 26, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to warn that the Mamba ransomware is abusing the DiskCryptor open source tool to encrypt entire drives. Mamba ransomware is one of the first malware that encrypted hard drives rather than files that was detected in public attacks. ” reads the alert published by the FBI.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Not all types of encryption give you the coverage and flexibility you need. One of the most common and most effective approaches to protecting data is encryption. Encryption is typically employed on four layers of the technology stack: Disk (or media). The pros and cons of encrypting at different layers in the technology stack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

In the last campaign observed by experts, the downloader utilizes cloud hosting services to keep the payload encrypted. “This malware downloader utilizes cloud hosting services like Microsoft OneDrive or Google Drive to keep its payload encrypted. ” reads the analysis. ” reads the analysis.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2023

TA453 eventually used a variety of cloud hosting providers to deliver a novel infection chain that deploys the newly identified PowerShell backdoor GorjolEcho.” ” reads the analysis published by Proofpoint. Upon opening the enclosed LNK file the PowerShell downloads additional stages from a cloud hosting provider.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 10, 2024

A comprehensive understanding of your cardholder data environment (CDE) is crucial for later risk analysis and targeted control implementation. Encryption Reassessment : Ensure your encryption protocols and key management practices for data in transit and at rest adhere to the latest, most robust standards.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 In May, cybersecurity researchers revealed that ransomware attacks are increasing their aggressive approach by destroying data instead of encrypting it.

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