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Cryptocurrencies and cybercrime: A critical intermingling

Security Affairs

In particular, ransomware, which encrypts users’ data and demands a cryptocurrency ransom for their release or to avoid a dataleak, is becoming increasingly prevalent, causing financial and operational damage to individuals and businesses worldwide. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Today companies face a challenge of identifying and deflecting encrypted traffic leveraged by malicious actors. About the essayist: April Miller is a staff writer at ReHack Magazine.

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Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Security Affairs

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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Phishing, the campaigns that are targeting Italy

Security Affairs

HTTPS only indicates that the transmission of data between client and server is done by encrypting information (the letter S, the green padlock, and the certificate cannot give guarantees about the reliability of a site). Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Ariane Seiferth and Abi Aminu of Thales Recognized in CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel List

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

With the launch of the new Thales Accelerate program in 2020 her channel sales team was instrumental in guiding, educating and increasing adoption of the new program to drive growth with the Thales partner community. The 2021 Women of the Channel list will be featured in CRN Magazine on May 10 th and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.

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GUEST ESSAY: A full checklist on how to spot pharming attacks — and avoid becoming a victim

The Last Watchdog

An SSL certificate ensures that the website is encrypted and secure. Keep yourself updated with the latest Pharming techniques used by cybercriminals by following the cybersecurity blogs , magazines, and news portal. He likes to educate people about the latest technological threats. is copied as somethinggov.us.

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Roadmap for the Data Gold Rush: Maintaining Qualitative Data in the IoT Environment

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

In addition to educating users about the dangers of the IoT, physical measures must be taken. According to John Fruehe ( Forbes Magazine ), “IoT is about data, not things”. PKI-based solutions provide a mechanism for handling device credentials and data encryption. It’s All About the Data.

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