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MY TAKE: Agile cryptography is coming, now that ‘attribute-based encryption’ is ready for prime time

The Last Watchdog

Encryption agility is going to be essential as we move forward with digital transformation. All of the technical innovation cybersecurity vendors are churning out to deal with ever-expanding cyber risks, at the end of the day, come down to protecting encrypted data. Refer: The vital role of basic research.

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Security Analysis of Threema

Schneier on Security

We provide an extensive cryptographic analysis of Threema, a Swiss-based encrypted messaging application with more than 10 million users and 7000 corporate customers. We present seven different attacks against the protocol in three different threat models. It also said the researchers were overselling their findings.

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Incognito Darknet Market Mass-Extorts Buyers, Sellers

Krebs on Security

You’ll be surprised at the number of people that relied on our ‘auto-encrypt’ functionality. Creating a new account on Incognito Market presents one with an ad for 5 grams of heroin selling for $450. . “We have accumulated a list of private messages, transaction info and order details over the years.

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IBM researchers to publish FHE challenges on the FHERMA platform

IBM Big Data Hub

To foster innovation in fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), IBM® researchers have begun publishing challenges on the FHERMA platform for FHE challenges launched in late 2023 by the Fair Math and the OpenFHE community. FHE: A new frontier in technology Fully homomorphic encryption is a groundbreaking technology with immense potential.

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Database Encryption Key Management

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Large data scale breaches have led an increasing number of companies to embrace comprehensive encryption strategies to protect their assets. According to our 2018 Global Encryption Trends Study , 43% of respondents report that their organization has an encryption strategy they apply across the enterprise, compared with 15% in 2005.

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How to Decrypt Ransomware Files – And What to Do When That Fails

eSecurity Planet

However, even with the best planning, organizations can find a few users, machines, or systems that were overlooked or whose backup may be corrupted or encrypted. How Does Ransomware Encryption Work? Ransomware encryption works like any other encryption. The file extensions of the encrypted files will also provide a clue.

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US Government Sites Give Bad Security Advice

Krebs on Security

For example, the official U.S. “Attackers are using free certificates on phishing sites that they create, and are abusing the encryption already installed on hacked web sites,” PhishLabs founder and CTO John LaCour said. “It only indicates that the connection is encrypted. Here’s how you know.”