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

The Last Watchdog

Ongoing basic research in advanced cryptography concepts is pivotal to putting the brakes on widening cyber risks and ultimately arriving at a level of privacy and security that makes sense. Biomedical engineer Dr. Joe Alexander, the former medical director at pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, grabbed a distinguished scientist post, as well.

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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). Sahai recently gave this presentation outlining the technical aspects.

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Mobile Malware: Threats and Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Adware : Though not all security professionals consider adware malicious, this threat category presents users with unwanted advertisements and may track their activities without consent. is a type of malware that will encrypt a user’s data and hold it for “ransom” until the attacker is paid. ransomware? Creating a mobile device policy.

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Connecting the Bots – Hancitor fuels Cuba Ransomware Operations

Security Affairs

The command should be presented as one of the following symbols: «b», «e», «l», «n», «r». Files are encrypted using ChaCha20 with 12-bytes length IV. The keys are encrypted with RSA-4096 algorithm. The company also specializes in high-profile cyber investigations and digital risk protection.

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European Commission proposes reinforcement of EU Cybersecurity rules

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Cybersecurity risk management and reporting obligations. Entities that fall under the scope of the NIS II Directive will have to take appropriate and proportionate technical and organisational measures to manage the risks posed to the security of network and information systems which those entities use in the provision of their services.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

This meant they weren’t encrypted, making them freely accessible to as many as 20,000 employees, most of whom had no legitimate reason to access the information. Among other news: Users of Pandora and Clifford car alarms learned that they were at risk of having their car stolen due to a security vulnerability.

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The Good, Bad, And The Ugly: Key Takeaways From California’s New Privacy Law

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

Thus, if a business encrypts the personal information of the consumer, and that information is stolen, there will be no private right of action under the CCPA. No such language is present in the CCPA. Sounds cybersecurity practices are also key to mitigating liability under the new law. Code § 56.05(j).

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