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Anatomy of a Quantum Attack

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

A conventional computer would need 300 trillion years to break RSA encryption – considered the gold standard for Public Key Encryption (PKE). During a recent webinar , we discussed the potential impacts from a quantum-age cyberattack and the scenarios are chilling. A quantum computer will be able to do it in 10 seconds!

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2022 Cyber Security Review of the Year

IT Governance

Tensions rose throughout February as the Russian military amassed across the Ukrainian border. Although Vladimir Putin and his sympathisers assured the world that they were simply conducting military exercises, the inevitable occurred on 24 February, when troops mobilised and war was declared.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Glosbe did not reply, but the open instance was soon closed.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #21 [Double Trouble] 78% of Ransomware Victims Face Multiple Extortions in Scary Trend

KnowBe4

experienced solely the encryption of data and no other form of extortion It's this last data point that interests me. Here is what you'll get: Access to our free on-demand webinar Your Ultimate Guide to Phishing Mitigation featuring Roger A. Nearly 78% of victim organizations experienced one or more additional forms of extortion.