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MY TAKE: Why ‘basic research’ is so vital to bringing digital transformation to full fruition

The Last Watchdog

Biomedical engineer Dr. Joe Alexander, the former medical director at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, grabbed a distinguished scientist post, as well. Digital commerce exists in the form we have it today because of the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , our system for encrypting data and certifying its authenticity.

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New Cybersecurity Directives (NIS2 and CER) Enter into Force

Hunton Privacy

For example, the concept of “essential entities” replaces “operators of essential services”; it is likely that most organizations classified as “operators of essential services” under the original NIS Directive will be classified as “essential entities” under the NIS2 Directive. Reporting of incidents.

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Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions

eSecurity Planet

is a type of malware that will encrypt a user’s data and hold it for “ransom” until the attacker is paid. For example, 77% wanted to read external storage. This type of attack can occur in a Wi-Fi hotspot, for example. The team confirmed it has keylogging and screen-recording capabilities. ransomware?

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The Value of Data Governance and How to Quantify It

erwin

For example, one global pharmaceutical giant reduced cost by 70 percent and generated 95 percent of production code with “zero touch.” Take the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as an example of a data cost. Greater agility and faster time to value in data preparation, deployment and governance.

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Winnti uses a new PipeMon backdoor in attacks aimed at the gaming industry

Security Affairs

The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries. Experts noticed that modules are stored encrypted on disk at the same location with inoffensive-looking names. ” continues the report.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

An example of spam email content Clicking the malicious link obviously leads to downloading a weaponized document. For example, adversary used net view command to collect information about the hosts in the network and nltest utility to collect information about the compromised domain. The keys are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm.

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Half of EDR Tools, Organizations Vulnerable to Clop Ransomware: Researchers

eSecurity Planet

The group has targeted pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Encrypt backup data to ensure the data infrastructure’s immutability and coverage. Limit your usage of RDP and adhere to recommended practices (for example, auditing, terminating unused ports, and MFA ).