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Breach at Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain Tied to Sale of 5M+ Stolen Credit, Debit Cards

Krebs on Security

On Tuesday of this week, one of the more popular underground stores peddling credit and debit card data stolen from hacked merchants announced a blockbuster new sale: More than 5.3 “This encryption technology protects card data by making it unreadable. . million new accounts belonging to cardholders from 35 U.S.

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GUEST ESSAY: The key differences between ‘information privacy’ vs. ‘information security’

The Last Watchdog

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers. still available for you to use.

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Is Your Chip Card Secure? Much Depends on Where You Bank

Krebs on Security

based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

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Report: Encrypted Smartphone Takedown Outed Canadian Mole

Data Breach Today

After Arresting Phantom Secure CEO, Authorities Reportedly Saw Secrets for Sale The Canadian government has arrested a senior intelligence official on charges of working as a mole.

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Trojan Shield, the biggest ever police operation against encrypted communications

Security Affairs

Trojan Shield operation: The FBI and Australian Federal Police ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications. The FBI and Australian Federal Police (AFP) ran an encrypted chat platform that was used by crime gangs and intercepted their communications.

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So You Think You Are Protected With Cloud Native Encryption?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

So You Think You Are Protected With Cloud Native Encryption? It won’t be wrong to note that “criminals are not breaking in, they are logging in,” as Uri Rivner, Founder & CEO at Regutize highlighted in the Thales Security Sessions podcast. Cloud customers are responsible for the security and protection of data stored in the cloud.

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The value of Key Rotation and Re-encryption.

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

The value of Key Rotation and Re-encryption. To meet various compliance requirements and reduce the risk of your most sensitive data getting compromised you may want to consider changing the encryption key used to protect this data. Thales refers to this changing of encryption keys as “Key rotation” or “Rekey”. Re-encryption.