Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 8, 2022

First spotted in mid-August 2022 , Venus is known for hacking into victims’ publicly-exposed Remote Desktop services to encrypt Windows devices. “You need to create this file and inject into the machine(s) like this so that metadata would say that they were created on his computer,” they continued.

Ransomware 265

Ransomware Metadata Insurance Encryption 265

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 28, 2020

An extension of the celebration for Data Protection Day in Europe, Data Privacy Day functions as the signature event of the National Cyber Security Centre’s ongoing education and awareness efforts surrounding online privacy. Encryption. An organization’s digital security strategy would not be complete without encryption.

Data Privacy 150

Data Privacy Privacy Encryption Unstructured data 150

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Cookies are more valuable than passwords because they contain session tokens, which are post-authentication tokens. This use of compromised credentials runs the risk of encountering accounts that are protected with two-factor authentication, which SilentFade cannot bypass.”.

Healthcare 109

Healthcare Paper Authentication Metadata 109

Schneier on Security

MARCH 13, 2019

Most recently, the company used phone numbers provided for two-factor authentication for advertising and networking purposes. On the other hand, WhatsApp -- purchased by Facebook in 2014 -- provides users with end-to-end encrypted messaging. Facebook needs to be both explicit and detailed about how and when it shares user data.

Privacy 86

Privacy Encryption Access Metadata 86

Information Governance Perspectives

JULY 23, 2020

This is a company that has been doing business since 2011, but it’s only been in the past few years, as a result of COVID, and there free options, that you’ve seen them saturate every business market from professional services to education. It’s going to be easier to share files and possibly know more metadata about the meeting participants.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Passwords Risk IT 52

eDiscovery Daily

JANUARY 18, 2018

There is no time frame established for this review since it may take a substantial amount of time, especially with encrypted drives. It was not a large piece of evidence, presented no authentication problems and was easily introduced and used. Anything not on the inventory can be challenged if it is introduced in evidence.

Computer and Electronics 43

Computer and Electronics Government IoT GDPR 43