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SHARED INTEL: Poll shows companies pursuing ‘Digital Trust’ reap benefits as laggards fall behind

The Last Watchdog

That’s the assessment of the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer , a study highlighting the rapid erosion of digital trust, to the point of exacerbating polarized political views. DigiCert’s clients and prospects are steadily modernizing the way digital connections get authenticated and sensitive assets get encrypted, Trzupek told me. “In

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RedEnergy Stealer-as-a-Ransomware employed in attacks in the wild

Security Affairs

RedEnergy is a sophisticated stealer-as-a-ransomware that was employed in attacks targeting energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors. Zscaler ThreatLabz researchers discovered a new Stealer-as-a-Ransomware named RedEnergy used in attacks against energy utilities, oil, gas, telecom, and machinery sectors.

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Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

From taking a shower, to brewing your coffee, and watching the news, your morning routine is fueled by the energy sector. But the energy sector also underpins our emergency and response systems, our hospitals and healthcare, our schools, our businesses, and virtually everything we do as a society. The Rising Threat.

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The Growing Presence (and Security Risks) of IoT

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

That pace is unlikely to slow down over the coming years; Pagely noted that organizations are still turning to IoT devices as a way to automate and optimize their business processes as well as save on energy costs. Organizations can accomplish this task by using a sophisticated security platform to encrypt data handled by IoT devices.

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STEPS FORWARD: Math geniuses strive to make a pivotal advance — by obfuscating software code

The Last Watchdog

Tatsuaki Okamoto, director of NTT Research’s Cryptography and Information Security (CIS) Lab , and Dr. Amit Sahai, professor of computer science at UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and director of UCLA Center for Encrypted Functionalities (CEF). But it took massive processing power to make Gentry’s crude prototype work.

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MY TAKE: Why consumers are destined to play a big role in securing the Internet of Things

The Last Watchdog

This will be led by the manufacturing, consumer, transportation and utilities sectors. One recent study demonstrated how, by analyzing readings from a smart home, such as energy consumption, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide levels, and humidity changes, it was possible to triangulate what someone had for dinner.

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How to Get Your Work Email Under Control

OneHub

Even deciphering a generic announcement about the office coffee maker requires effort, which leaves less energy for work that matters.” Adobe did an email usage study in 2016 that found employees spend over four hours every weekday on work emails. Meetings are time and energy intensive. Organize your emails.