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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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How to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

IBM Big Data Hub

A data controller is any organization, group, or person that collects personal data and determines how it is used. Think: an online retailer that stores customers’ email addresses to send order updates. GDPR heavily encourages encryption and pseudonymization, so organizations may want to implement these controls in particular.

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How To Keep Cybersecure Over the Holidays

Adam Levin

“An enormous number of people are footloose and fancy free when it comes to their interactions with retailers over the holiday season,” says Cyberscout founder and chairman Adam Levin. Many online retailers depend heavily on outreach and advertising via email and social media networks to bolster their sales through the holiday season.

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BEST PRACTICES: How to protect yourself from the enduring scourge of malvertising

The Last Watchdog

If you visit a large retail website, you may encounter 100 or 150 third party companies that get access to your computing device. In yet another recent cutting-edge attack, cybercriminals targeted smaller online retailers with stealthy malware, dubbed CartThief , designed to exploit websites using the open-source Magento ecommerce platform.

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Cosmolog Kozmetik Data Breach: Hundreds of Thousands of Customers impacted

Security Affairs

The securWizCase experts found a major breach that affected the popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik. l, has found a major breach in popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik’s database. There was no need for a password or login credentials to access this information, and the data was not encrypted. What’s Happening?

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MY TAKE: Why the next web-delivered ad you encounter could invisibly infect your smartphone

The Last Watchdog

The tech titans have swelled into multi-billion dollar behemoths by myopically focusing on delivering targeted online advertising, in support of online retailing. Cybercriminals have begun escalating their efforts to bend the legitimate online advertising and retailing fulfillment ecosystem to their whims.

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Ransomware: Now Is the Time to Address This Challenge

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Although the news headlines are flooded with incidents affecting areas from critical infrastructure and healthcare to retail and education, we have a great opportunity to address this challenge. Protect and control sensitive data at rest and in transit through encryption and tokenization. This optimism is not without any foundation.