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DEEP TECH NEWS: Respecting individual rights by using ‘privacy preserving aggregate statistics’

The Last Watchdog

To sell us more goods and services, the algorithms of Google, Facebook and Amazon exhaustively parse our digital footprints. Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. That could be about to change.

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What is credential stuffing? And how to prevent it?

Security Affairs

Earmarked by the FBI as a particular threat to the financial service industry just over a year ago, the increase of internet traffic, data breaches and API usage all contribute to the perfect conditions for successful credential stuffing attacks. How to stop credential stuffing attacks. Runtime behavior analysis.

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API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Nearly one-third (28%) of all DDoS attacks on APIs focus on financial services organizations, the most targeted industry for this type of attack. Look for solutions that leverage behavioral analysis and machine learning to pinpoint anomalous API activity that signals an attack.

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

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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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Other industry standards too can have the force of “pseudo-law” – notably, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which federal regulators often apply to financial-services firms and government contractors. A] lot of companies [still] do the compliance auditing and analysis piece manually,” said Luria.

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Top 12 Cloud Security Best Practices for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Does the provider encrypt data while in transit and at rest? To prevent hackers from getting their hands on access credentials for cloud computing tools, organizations should train all workers on how to spot cybersecurity threats and how to respond to them. Encrypt data in motion and at rest.

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Tokenization: Ready for Prime Time

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

There are valuable tools to help fight digital security threats, but which tools to use and how to deploy them depend on the type of data and the use case, or application. Financial Services. Encryption and Tokenization.