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Collateral damage is already being felt by the likes of Signal, a popular, encrypted-messaging app blocked by some governments MORE
Nowhere GDPR Articles mention that encryption is necessary but implementing such measures can reduce the occurrence of a data breach. GDPR Compliant Encryption Methods. The two most commonly stated GDPR-compliant encryption methods mentioned in the GDPR Articles are as follows, 1. MORE
Apple is bowing to pressure from the Chinese government and storing encryption keys in China. apple china cloudcomputing encryption iphone keyescrow privacy MORE
PCI-DSS Requirement Looms on June 30 New PCI requirements that go into effect June 30 are pushing payment card acquirers, processors, gateways and service providers worldwide to implement more secure encryption protocols for transactions. MORE
Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Google announced Adiantum , a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. SecurityAffairs – Android, encryption). MORE
The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. backdoors encryption keyescrow nationalsecuritypolicy vulnerabilities MORE
One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. The encryption in our products is handled by a chip inside the actual hardware itself. MORE
Large data scale breaches have led an increasing number of companies to embrace comprehensive encryption strategies to protect their assets. Solutions for Transparent Database Encryption. Streamlining operations and improving security. MORE
So, what are we doing about encryption?”. A spokesperson later added that this will focus on ensuring universal encryption of passport numbers. Marriott’s response may well set a new normal, in the travel industry: all sensitive traveler data should be encrypted. MORE
his system's secret encryption keys in 2011 after he had moved the network's servers from Canada to the Netherlands during what he told the cartel's leaders was a routine upgrade. courts drugtrade encryption fbi insiders keys MORE
Related: Marriott reports huge data breach Ever thought about encrypting the data held on a portable storage device? I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with Shauna Park, channel manager at DataLocker, to discuss what’s new in the encrypted portable drive space. MORE
This article says that the Virginia Beach police are looking to buy encrypted radios. Virginia Beach police believe encryption will prevent criminals from listening to police communications. backdoors encryption lawenforcement police MORE
Earlier this month, I wrote about a statement by the Five Eyes countries about encryption and back doors. backdoors cryptowars cryptography encryption intelligence lawenforcement privacy MORE
” One of the variants analyzed by BleepingComputer encrypts data and appends the.promorad extension to encrypted files, then it creates ransom notes named _readme.txt as shown below. MORE
UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. The post GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef appeared first on Security Affairs. MORE
cryptography encryption germany historyofcryptographyA German auction house is selling an SG-41. It looks beautiful. Starting price is 75,000 euros. My guess is that it will sell for around 100K euros. MORE
Interesting research: " Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives (SSDs) ": Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. MORE
Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. What is the purpose of Enterprise Key Management if Slack really encrypts the data? Slack currently encrypts your data in transit and at rest. MORE
An analysis of FBI Director Christopher Wray's comments about how encryption poses complications for law enforcement officials leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: The former CISO of the state of Michigan sizes up cybersecurity forecasts MORE
Cloud providers have done a good job of integrating default encryption services within their core infrastructure. However, as discussed in previous blogs , the encryption service is only as secure as the keys that are used to encrypt the data. MORE
Der Spiegel is reporting that the German Ministry for Internal Affairs is planning to require all Internet message services to provide plaintext messages on demand, basically outlawing strong end-to-end encryption. MORE
academicpapers algorithms backdoors cryptanalysis cryptography encryption hashes russiaA pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms -- the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function -- have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor. MORE
It has issued yet another patch for its Management Engine after a researcher was able to extract two types of encryption keys. Researcher Finds Intel's Previous Management Engine Patches Weren't Foolproof Intel has had a challenging time of late on the vulnerability front. MORE
Seems like everyone is writing about encryption and backdoors this season. Policy Approaches to the Encryption Debate ," R Street Policy Study #133, by Charles Duan, Arthur Rizer, Zach Graves and Mike Godwin. Encryption Policy in Democratic Regimes ," East West Institute. MORE
Unknown groups have started tampering with Web traffic encryption, causing the number of fingerprints for connections using Transport Layer Security to jump from 19,000 to 1.4 MORE
An analysis of a crackdown on criminals' use of encrypted communications leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also: a preview of ISMG's Healthcare Security and Legal & Compliance summits, including expert insights on vendor risk management MORE
Analysis of Common Mistakes Made When Encrypting Data The Marriott mega-breach is calling attention to whether organizations are storing too much data and whether they're adequately protecting it with the proper encryption steps. MORE
For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. While 97% of IT experts indicated they are going through some type of digital transformation, only 30% have adopted an encryption strategy. Enter encryption. MORE
Six months since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into force, pseudonymisation and data encryption remain the only technology measures specifically mentioned in the famously technology-agnostic Regulation. But what exactly is meant by ‘pseudonymisation’ and ‘encryption’? MORE
To combat threats and keep data safe, IT teams must employ robust encryption, key management, and access controls. To secure storage, many organizations have been leveraging native encryption offerings from their storage vendors. MORE
Matthew Green has a super-interesting blog post about information leakage from encrypted databases. academicpapers databases encryptionIt describes the recent work by Paul Grubbs, Marie-Sarah Lacharité, Brice Minaud, and Kenneth G. Paterson. MORE
Senate Committee Reviewing Law With an Eye to Amend Technology organizations say Australia's anti-encryption law passed in December is already undermining trust in their local operations. MORE
Thales’s SafeNet Data Protection on Demand and SafeNet Trusted Access solutions have won the gold award in the Encryption and Identity and Access Management categories of the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. MORE
The encryption system implemented by popular solid-state drives (SSDs) is affected by critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a local attacker to decrypt data. “We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. MORE
Last month, Wired published a long article about Ray Ozzie and his supposed new scheme for adding a backdoor in encrypted devices. The public key goes into the processor and the device, and is used to encrypt whatever user key encrypts the data. MORE
Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm. MORE
Director Calls For 'Responsible' Solution That's Not a Backdoor FBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency was unable to access nearly 7,800 devices in fiscal 2017 because of encryption, which he alleges will pose ever-increasing complications for law enforcement. MORE
Government Can Force Technology Companies to Break Encryption Australia's Parliament has passed new laws enabling it to compel technology companies to break their own encryption. Although the government argued the laws are needed to combat criminal activity and terrorism, opponents argued the powers could creep beyond their scope and weaken the security of all software MORE
Modern encryption can trace its root back to before WWII when Alan Turing built a modern computer in order to break the Enigma. We’ve also seen promising approaches, such as homomorphic encryption, come out of academia that have yet to find common practice in real-world applications. MORE
Data encryption has been around almost since the age of computers. In truth, anyone with minimal experience can write a simple script that uses default services built into virtually every OS to encrypt data. The answer to these question changes your encryption strategy. MORE
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Schneier on Security
MAY 10, 2019
academicpapers algorithms backdoors cryptanalysis cryptography encryption hashes russiaA pair of Russia-designed cryptographic algorithms -- the Kuznyechik block cipher and the Streebog hash function -- have the same flawed S-box that is almost certainly an intentional backdoor.
Schneier on Security
MAY 23, 2019
cryptography encryption germany historyofcryptographyA German auction house is selling an SG-41. It looks beautiful. Starting price is 75,000 euros. My guess is that it will sell for around 100K euros.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Government Can Force Technology Companies to Break Encryption Australia's Parliament has passed new laws enabling it to compel technology companies to break their own encryption. Although the government argued the laws are needed to combat criminal activity and terrorism, opponents argued the powers could creep beyond their scope and weaken the security of all software
Schneier on Security
APRIL 23, 2019
Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 8, 2019
Analysis of Common Mistakes Made When Encrypting Data The Marriott mega-breach is calling attention to whether organizations are storing too much data and whether they're adequately protecting it with the proper encryption steps.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 1, 2019
Matthew Green has a super-interesting blog post about information leakage from encrypted databases. academicpapers databases encryptionIt describes the recent work by Paul Grubbs, Marie-Sarah Lacharité, Brice Minaud, and Kenneth G. Paterson.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Senate Committee Reviewing Law With an Eye to Amend Technology organizations say Australia's anti-encryption law passed in December is already undermining trust in their local operations.
Schneier on Security
MAY 24, 2019
Der Spiegel is reporting that the German Ministry for Internal Affairs is planning to require all Internet message services to provide plaintext messages on demand, basically outlawing strong end-to-end encryption.
Thales eSecurity
MAY 7, 2019
For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. While 97% of IT experts indicated they are going through some type of digital transformation, only 30% have adopted an encryption strategy. Enter encryption.
Thales eSecurity
MARCH 13, 2018
Data encryption has been around almost since the age of computers. In truth, anyone with minimal experience can write a simple script that uses default services built into virtually every OS to encrypt data. The answer to these question changes your encryption strategy.
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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. The public key goes into the processor and the device, and is used to encrypt whatever user key encrypts the data.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 8, 2019
Related: Marriott reports huge data breach Ever thought about encrypting the data held on a portable storage device? I had the chance at RSA 2019 to visit with Shauna Park, channel manager at DataLocker, to discuss what’s new in the encrypted portable drive space.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2018
It has issued yet another patch for its Management Engine after a researcher was able to extract two types of encryption keys. Researcher Finds Intel's Previous Management Engine Patches Weren't Foolproof Intel has had a challenging time of late on the vulnerability front.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 10, 2018
Director Calls For 'Responsible' Solution That's Not a Backdoor FBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency was unable to access nearly 7,800 devices in fiscal 2017 because of encryption, which he alleges will pose ever-increasing complications for law enforcement.
Perficient Data & Analytics
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Nowhere GDPR Articles mention that encryption is necessary but implementing such measures can reduce the occurrence of a data breach. GDPR Compliant Encryption Methods. The two most commonly stated GDPR-compliant encryption methods mentioned in the GDPR Articles are as follows, 1.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 27, 2018
The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. backdoors encryption keyescrow nationalsecuritypolicy vulnerabilities
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2019
Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Google announced Adiantum , a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. SecurityAffairs – Android, encryption).
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Earlier this month, I wrote about a statement by the Five Eyes countries about encryption and back doors. backdoors cryptowars cryptography encryption intelligence lawenforcement privacy
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 16, 2019
his system's secret encryption keys in 2011 after he had moved the network's servers from Canada to the Netherlands during what he told the cartel's leaders was a routine upgrade. courts drugtrade encryption fbi insiders keys
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2019
Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. Slack announced today to launch encryption keys that will help businesses to protect their data. What is the purpose of Enterprise Key Management if Slack really encrypts the data? Slack currently encrypts your data in transit and at rest.
Schneier on Security
MAY 9, 2018
This article says that the Virginia Beach police are looking to buy encrypted radios. Virginia Beach police believe encryption will prevent criminals from listening to police communications. backdoors encryption lawenforcement police
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Six months since the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) came into force, pseudonymisation and data encryption remain the only technology measures specifically mentioned in the famously technology-agnostic Regulation. But what exactly is meant by ‘pseudonymisation’ and ‘encryption’?
Thales eSecurity
JANUARY 17, 2019
Modern encryption can trace its root back to before WWII when Alan Turing built a modern computer in order to break the Enigma. We’ve also seen promising approaches, such as homomorphic encryption, come out of academia that have yet to find common practice in real-world applications.
Data Breach Today
MAY 2, 2018
PCI-DSS Requirement Looms on June 30 New PCI requirements that go into effect June 30 are pushing payment card acquirers, processors, gateways and service providers worldwide to implement more secure encryption protocols for transactions.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 30, 2018
One sliver of the $90 billion, or so, companies are expected to spend this year on cybersecurity products and services is an estimated $85 million they will shell out for encrypted flash drives. DataLocker honed its patented approach to manufacturing encrypted portable drives and landed some key military and government clients early on; the company has continued branching out ever since. The encryption in our products is handled by a chip inside the actual hardware itself.
Thales eSecurity
MAY 3, 2018
Large data scale breaches have led an increasing number of companies to embrace comprehensive encryption strategies to protect their assets. Solutions for Transparent Database Encryption. Streamlining operations and improving security.
Dark Reading
MAY 15, 2019
Unknown groups have started tampering with Web traffic encryption, causing the number of fingerprints for connections using Transport Layer Security to jump from 19,000 to 1.4
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
The encryption system implemented by popular solid-state drives (SSDs) is affected by critical vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a local attacker to decrypt data. “We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Apple is bowing to pressure from the Chinese government and storing encryption keys in China. apple china cloudcomputing encryption iphone keyescrow privacy
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2019
UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. The post GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef appeared first on Security Affairs.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 12, 2018
Seems like everyone is writing about encryption and backdoors this season. Policy Approaches to the Encryption Debate ," R Street Policy Study #133, by Charles Duan, Arthur Rizer, Zach Graves and Mike Godwin. Encryption Policy in Democratic Regimes ," East West Institute.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
An analysis of a crackdown on criminals' use of encrypted communications leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also: a preview of ISMG's Healthcare Security and Legal & Compliance summits, including expert insights on vendor risk management
Data Breach Today
MAY 2, 2018
Collateral damage is already being felt by the likes of Signal, a popular, encrypted-messaging app blocked by some governments
Thales eSecurity
MAY 21, 2019
Thales’s SafeNet Data Protection on Demand and SafeNet Trusted Access solutions have won the gold award in the Encryption and Identity and Access Management categories of the 2019 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards.
Thales eSecurity
FEBRUARY 7, 2019
So, what are we doing about encryption?”. A spokesperson later added that this will focus on ensuring universal encryption of passport numbers. Marriott’s response may well set a new normal, in the travel industry: all sensitive traveler data should be encrypted.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 12, 2018
An analysis of FBI Director Christopher Wray's comments about how encryption poses complications for law enforcement officials leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: The former CISO of the state of Michigan sizes up cybersecurity forecasts
Thales eSecurity
MARCH 28, 2018
Cloud providers have done a good job of integrating default encryption services within their core infrastructure. However, as discussed in previous blogs , the encryption service is only as secure as the keys that are used to encrypt the data.
Thales eSecurity
OCTOBER 25, 2017
To combat threats and keep data safe, IT teams must employ robust encryption, key management, and access controls. To secure storage, many organizations have been leveraging native encryption offerings from their storage vendors.
Security Affairs
MARCH 11, 2019
” One of the variants analyzed by BleepingComputer encrypts data and appends the.promorad extension to encrypted files, then it creates ransom notes named _readme.txt as shown below.
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