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Supply-Chain Attack against the Electron Development Platform

Schneier on Security

Electron is a cross-platform development system for many popular communications apps, including Skype, Slack, and WhatsApp. The vulnerability is not part of the applications themselves but of the underlying Electron framework -- ­and that vulnerability allows malicious activities to be hidden within processes that appear to be benign.

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Use cases of secure IoT deployment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In this article, we are going to present four use cases that demonstrate how businesses can secure devices, identities, data and software in their IoT deployments. The data encryption public key and root of trust were installed in the pacemaker; the pacemaker then verifies the signed firmware against its root of trust.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 414 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! billion rubles.

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Understanding HIPAA: A Guide to Avoiding Common Violations

Armstrong Archives

In this article, we’ll talk more about the HIPAA, the importance of compliance, some common HIPAA violations, and more! Some of the data that it covers are: Electronic health records Billing details Health insurance information The Importance of Compliance There are severe consequences to not abiding by the HIPAA rules.

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

A DSP is an information society service that is an online marketplace, an online search engine or a cloud computing service. The deployment models of cloud computing should include private, community, public and hybrid cloud and be interpreted in accordance with the ISO/IEC 17788:2014 standard.

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MartyMcFly Malware: new Cyber-Espionage Campaign targeting Italian Naval Industry

Security Affairs

At a first sight, the office document had an encrypted content available on OleObj.1 Those objects are real Encrypted Ole Objects where the Encrypted payload sits on “EncryptedPackage” section and information on how to decrypt it are available on “EncryptionInfo” xml descriptor. Stage1: Encrypted Content.

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Application Security: Complete Definition, Types & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Take advantage of CAPTCHAs (Completely Automated Public Turing tests to tell Computers and Humans Apart) to prevent automated attacks, protect against abuse, improve user experience, ensure authenticity of user-generated data, and ensure that only legitimate user interactions are processed. What Are the Types of Application Security Testing?