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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Schneier on Security

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. And I certainly agree that the benefits of a standardized encryption algorithm that we all trust and use outweigh the cost by orders of magnitude.

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Building a Quantum-Safe Blockchain Today

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It contains the IronCAP library for post-quantum cryptography, serving as an extension to legacy cryptography support within the Luna FM. If you want to learn more about how Thales Luna HSM facilitate quantum-safe blockchain today, download the IronCAP case study. IronCAP-FM resides in the Luna Network HSM.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Crypto

ForAllSecure

Guido Vranken returns to The Hacker Mind to discuss his CryptoFuzz tool on GitHub, as well as his experience fuzzing and finding vulnerabilities in cryptographic libraries and also within cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum. Fortunately, in this episode, we’re discussing vulnerabilities in both. It’s not a secret.

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Researchers released a free decryption tool for the Rhysida Ransomware

Security Affairs

The experts exploited the vulnerability to reconstruct encryption keys and developed a decryptor that allows victims of the Rhysida ransomware to recover their encrypted data for free. “This study examines Rhysida ransomware, which caused significant damage in the second half of 2023, and proposes a decryption method. .

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Taking down Gooligan: part 1 — overview

Elie

study of HTTPS interception. , This APK embedded a secondary hidden/encrypted payload. Play Store app module : This is an injected library that allows the malware to issue commands to the Play store through the Play store app. Overcoming these challenges fuels our understanding of the security and abuse landscape.

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Taking down Gooligan: part 1 — overview

Elie

study of HTTPS interception. , This APK embedded a secondary hidden/encrypted payload. Play Store app module : This is an injected library that allows the malware to issue commands to the Play store through the Play store app. Overcoming these challenges fuels our understanding of the security and abuse landscape.

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Cybersecurity Management Lessons from Healthcare Woes

eSecurity Planet

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin: Experienced an attack that failed encryption but still stole the data of 530,000 individuals. Control regulated data: Use data tracing and identification through data loss prevention (DLP) and other tools to find data, control access, and protect it with encryption.