eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites. This article will provide an overview of DNS Security, common attacks, and how to use DNS security to prevent DNS attacks and manipulation.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The malware encrypts files and spreads to the entire system to maximize damage, which forces companies to lock down the whole network to stop the propagation. Encryption is the Key. Encryption is used everywhere. Encrypting is neither hashing nor obfuscating files. What Happens During Ransomware Encryption?

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

But that success and the openness inherent in the community have led to a major challenge – security. Therefore, any security vulnerabilities are disclosed publicly. This has given rise to a large number of open source security tools. The Best Open Source Security Tools. WhiteSource.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

However, APIs have gained traction so rapidly and deeply that not nearly enough attention has been paid to the associated security shortcomings. Many organizations, SMBs and enterprises alike, do not understand the scope and scale of their deployments of APIs, much less how to go about effectively securing their APIs.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. GDPR (among other legal requirements in the EU and elsewhere) can expose multinational organizations to hefty financial penalties, additional rules for disclosing data breaches, and increased scrutiny of the adequacy of their data security.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. Both regulations have profound implications for companies seeking to collect and apply aggregate statistical analysis to consumer data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The only processing operations exempt from the GDPR are national security and law enforcement activities and purely personal uses of data. Storage limitation: Organizations should securely dispose of data as soon as its purpose is fulfilled. Organizations can also take this opportunity to strengthen data security measures.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

Hertzbleed attack: Researchers discovered a new vulnerability in modern Intel and AMD chips that could allow attackers to steal encryption keys. In the worst case, these attacks can allow an attacker to extract cryptographic keys from remote servers that were previously believed to be secure.” ” continues the post.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 12, 2024

Explore some real-world instances below and discover when and how to use DLP procedures for optimal data security. Industry-specific rules: Check relevant regulations on a regular basis to verify data security compliance , and use DLP to protect sensitive data and reduce regulatory risks.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 26, 2020

Related: Why cybersecurity should reflect societal values An emerging approach, called Network Traffic Analysis , is gaining traction as, in effect, a catch-all network security framework positioned at the highest layer of the networking stack. LW: How would you frame the security challenge companies are facing today?

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2022

” A team of researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab ( SEEMOO ) at the Technical University of Darmstadt demonstrated a technique to tamper with the firmware and load malware onto a chip while an iPhone is “OFF.” Thus, it has a long-lasting effect on the overall iOS security model.”

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erwin

MARCH 25, 2021

erwin recently hosted the second in its six-part webinar series on the practice of data governance and how to proactively deal with its complexities. Led by Frank Pörschmann of iDIGMA GmbH, an IT industry veteran and data governance strategist, the second webinar focused on “ The Value of Data Governance & How to Quantify It.”.

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IT Governance

JULY 5, 2021

This helps secure your data – minimising the possibility of it being misused – while ensuring that employees who need the information for their jobs suffer as few obstacles as possible. ISO 27001 provides specific details on how you can protect hard-copy data in Annex A.11 11 Physical and Environmental Security. What is Annex A.9

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2024

API Security in 2024: Imperva Report Uncovers Rising Threats and the Urgent Need for Action madhav Thu, 03/07/2024 - 04:56 APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the backbone of modern digital innovation. Attackers increasingly exploit vulnerabilities, frequently targeting API business logic to bypass traditional security measures.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 7, 2018

Last month, Wired published a long article about Ray Ozzie and his supposed new scheme for adding a backdoor in encrypted devices. Basically, each device has a unique public/private key pair and a secure processor. The public key goes into the processor and the device, and is used to encrypt whatever user key encrypts the data.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The attackers exploited the Log4Shell remote code execution vulnerability to download a.NET binary from a remote server that encrypts the files on the target machine and adds the extension.khonsari to each file. you do not know how to buy btc, use a search engine to find exchanges.DO ” reads the analysis published by Bitdefender.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 29, 2022

How to stop credential stuffing attacks. Salt Security says in their recommendations for how to defend against credential stuffing. Runtime behavior analysis. Instead of allowing email addresses which can be easily found (and guessed), require a distinct and secure username. And how to prevent it?

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 8, 2022

When organizations implement Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance ( DMARC ), they expect to tighten email security and protect against spoofing and other spam email attacks. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. Many organizations see value in tightening email security by implementing DMARC.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2023

ReversingLabs discovered two malicious packages, respectively named nodejs-encrypt-agent and nodejs-cookie-proxy-agent, in the npm package repository containing an open-source info-stealer called TurkoRat. The malware also supports anti-sandbox and analysis functionalities to avoid detection and prevent being analyzed.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Application security is the practice of securing software and data from hackers, whether that application comes from a third party or was developed in house, regardless of where it resides or how it’s accessed. How Does Application Security Work? What Are the Types of Application Security?

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2022

RedAlert is human-operated ransomware, the ransomware uses NTRUEncrypt public key encryption algorithm for encryption. crypt[Random number] ” extension to the filenames of encrypted files. lilith” extension to the filenames of encrypted files. ” reads the analysis published by Cyble. log), swap files(.vswp),

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2022

The security firms aim at helping Ukrainians victims in recovering their file for free. Researchers from Crowdstrike discovered a logic flaw in the encryption process that can allow researchers to break the encryption. The post published by Avast includes detailed instructions to recover the encrypted data.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

From the very beginning of the cloud computing era, security has been the biggest concern among enterprises considering the public cloud. In addition, 95 percent of survey respondents confirmed that they are extremely to moderately concerned about public cloud security. What is cloud security?

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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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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Yet, in bringing us here, APIs have also spawned a vast new tier of security holes. Yet, API security risks haven’t gotten the attention they deserve. It has become clear that API security needs to be prioritized as companies strive to mitigate modern-day cyber exposures. Thus security-proofing APIs has become a huge challenge.

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

HideezKey- This is a deep-dive into a nice concept for a security token & password manager that turned into a horrible product due to lack of proper R&D and Threat Modeling. video below), I started looking around for more interesting and concerning (from a security point of view) NRF52-based products. known-plaintext attack).

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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. Review cyber security. Supporting your school’s GDPR compliance.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 20, 2019

A white hat hacker discovered how to break Tchap, a new secure messaging app launched by the French government for officials and politicians. The key point Tchap is that encrypted communications flow through internal servers to prevent cyber attacks carried out by foreign nation-state actors. or @elysee.fr Pierluigi Paganini.

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IT Governance

JULY 15, 2019

Damages incurred by information security incidents generally aren’t covered in commercial insurance policies, so a specific policy is necessary to help cover the costs of things like forensic investigation, incident response and notification procedures. The quicker you can respond to a security incident, the less severe the damage will be.

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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 Also read: The Best Wi-Fi 6 Routers Secure and Fast Enough for Business. Also read: Best Antivirus Software of 2022. Cyberattack Statistics. Ransomware.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 25, 2020

We’ve mastered how to feed data into pattern-recognition algorithms. I had the chance to sit down with Laurence Pitt, Juniper’s global security strategy director. Analyzing encrypted traffic One area where Juniper is differentiating itself is in the area of encrypted traffic analysis.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2023

” reads the analysis published by the researchers. “As part of this simulation, Juan Manuel Fernandez and Sean Doherty carried out a detailed analysis of the software used to perform backups ( ArcServe UDP ). Then the researchers demonstrated how to obtain admin credentials from the requests.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Our top managed security service providers (MSSPs) list is also a good place to look for help. Here are the services that stood out in our analysis. Accordingly, Kaspersky offers a wide range of professional services to address a range of security problems, including ransomware prevention and removal. DataRecovery. Touchstone.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 16, 2021

Why Data Visibility is Important for Security. The shift to working from home over the past year, as reviewed in “ 451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise: Digital Pulse ” published on October 2020, identifies the “information security as the priority respondents cited most often as having become greater”. Enhanced security.

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IT Governance

MAY 3, 2019

This response is appropriate if the risk is too big to manage with a security control. This option will make things less convenient for your employees but will drastically improve your security posture. The most common risk treatment option is to modify the risk, because it typically offers the best combination of security and cost.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 21, 2021

Security vendor SonicWall has addressed three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting both its on-premises and hosted Email Security products. SonicWall is warning its customers to update their hosted and on-premises email security products to address three zero-day vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited in the wild.

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