IBM Big Data Hub

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The practice of cryptology dates back to ancient times, with one of the earliest examples being attributed to Julius Caesar himself. Most cryptosystems begin with an unencrypted message known as plaintext, which is then encrypted into an indecipherable code known as ciphertext using one or more encryption keys. are kept secure.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Encryption. Password manager. Detection Using Machine Learning and Data Mining. Related to heuristic detection, which scans for unidentified viruses that resemble existing file structures containing malware, the latest approach in threat hunting is machine learning and data mining to enhance detection abilities.

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Troy Hunt

MAY 7, 2018

The correct answer to this question is: The traffic between the browser and the webshop is encrypted. Most notably, they're now free through services like Let's Encrypt and Cloudflare and they're dead easy to setup so there goes another barrier too. Remember when web security was all about looking for padlocks? It has a padlock!

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Troy Hunt

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

" because I had no expectation at all of any of that data being publicly available (note: phone number is optional, I chose to add mine). That's not unprecedented, but this is: password: "$2y$10$B0EhY/bQsa5zUYXQ6J.NkunGvUfYeVOH8JM1nZwHyLPBagbVzpEM2", No way! Is that genuinely a bcrypt hash of my own password?

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 16, 2024

Hijacked compute: Repurposes expensive AI compute power for attackers’ needs, primarily cryptojacking, which mines for cryptocurrencies on stolen resources. Stolen credentials: Expose other resources to compromise through exposed passwords for OpenAI, Slack, Stripe, internal databases, AI databases, and more.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Now let's try the mobile app: What's the encryption story there?

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 25, 2023

Phishing attacks: Deceptive techniques, such as fraudulent emails or websites, trick individuals into revealing sensitive information like credit card and payment information, passwords, or login credentials. Examples include baiting, pretexting, and impersonation. This often causes significant disruptions and data loss to the company.

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ForAllSecure

MAY 13, 2022

For example, in 2009, the Obama administration provided financial incentives to utilities in the United States. And that's probably a security design of what they're, what they might put out there and encryption keys and things like that. It's mine. Environmental effects caused by pollution. It's pretty cool stuff.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

differs: For example, because they couldn't find any public discussion about the breach they assumed that @WIRED reporters were "essentially assisting the hacker in his efforts to smear our business" There are *always* discussions held in private about a breach before it's made public. If your password is "maga2020!"

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Schneier on Security

JULY 20, 2020

These DMs are not end-to-end encrypted, meaning that they are unencrypted inside Twitter's network and could have been available to the hackers. Back in 2018, Twitter said it was exploring encrypting those messages, but it hasn't yet. Your guess is as good as mine. Or to escalate an international dispute. Are they manual?

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