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Strong Encryption Explained: 6 Encryption Best Practices

eSecurity Planet

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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Crooks target Healthcare facilities involved in Coronavirus containment with Ransomware

Security Affairs

a United States defense research entity, a Turkish government agency managing public works, several large technology and communications firms headquartered in Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom, and medical organizations/medical research facilities located in Japan and Canada). ” continues the analysis.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Charity

ForAllSecure

And now, kids were streaming into their office and getting food education, medical care, my work in Uganda had immediate life changing results right away, Vamosi: You might not think of hackers as charitable people as individuals who might be working to make the world a better place. Kent: Absolutely. If you want to change the world.

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12 Types of Vulnerability Scans & When to Run Each

eSecurity Planet

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint captures and analyzes network traffic data, such as network flows, protocols, and communication patterns, by deploying network sensors. They look for possible vulnerabilities such as input validation errors, improper coding practices, and known susceptible libraries in the codebase.

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What Is API Security? Definition, Fundamentals, & Tips

eSecurity Planet

API security protects data and back-end systems while preserving fluid communication between software components through strict protocols and access controls. Fundamentals of API Security API security includes a range of tactics such as strict authentication and authorization methods, data encryption technologies, and strong access controls.

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Chinese Cycldek APT targets Vietnamese Military and Government in sophisticated attacks

Security Affairs

In the recent campaign associated with Cycldek , Kaspersky observed that attackers targeted a legitimate component from Microsoft Outlook (FINDER.exe) by loading the malicious library outlib.dll that is used to hijacks the intended execution flow of the program to decode and run a shellcode placed in the rdmin.src binary file.

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China-linked APT41 group targets US-Based Research University

Security Affairs

The group hit entities in several industries, including the gaming, healthcare, high-tech, higher education, telecommunications, and travel services industries. “HIGHNOON is a backdoor that consists of multiple components, including a loader, dynamic-link library (DLL), and a rootkit. into memory.