The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 1, 2018

The UK's GCHQ delivers a brutally blunt assessment of quantum key distribution: QKD protocols address only the problem of agreeing keys for encrypting data. QKD also seems unsuitable for some of the grand future challenges such as securing the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, social media, or cloud applications.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. However, over the past 20 years the practice of analyzing user data hasn’t advanced much beyond serving the business models of these tech giants. That could be about to change.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 11, 2024

. – April 11, 2024 – Simbian today emerged from stealth mode with oversubscribed $10M seed funding to deliver on fully autonomous security. Simbian is committed to making security fully autonomous by delegating all tactical tasks to its trusted AI platform, allowing users to focus on strategic security goals. billion by 2028.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

It was just a few short years ago that the tech sector, led by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft, commenced a big push to increase the use of HTTPS – and its underlying TLS authentication and encryption protocol. Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

DNS security protects the domain name system (DNS) from attackers seeking to reroute traffic to malicious sites. This article will provide an overview of DNS Security, common attacks, and how to use DNS security to prevent DNS attacks and manipulation. in the DNS cache for more efficient delivery of information to users.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 17, 2021

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. Here are a few key takeaways: ‘Big dreams’. Lots of big companies sponsor basic research; it’s how progress gets made.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 21, 2020

Encryption is one of the hottest controversies in cybersecurity. The trove of information found on these phones has proven to be invaluable to this ongoing investigation and critical to the security of the American people. The time has come for a legislative solution.". So yes, we need security. government.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Here’s a frustrating reality about securing an enterprise network: the more closely you inspect network traffic, the more it deteriorates the user experience. Why do so many businesses struggle to balance network security and user experience? Security has always been a moving target, with new threat vectors emerging all the time.

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Webroot

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

billion to data breaches and cybercrime. This is all happening while companies are spending trillions digitizing their business operations and trying to obtain secure cyber insurance while keeping up with regulatory changes in GDPR, HIPAA, and Sarbanes-Oxley. Here are two tools that can protect your data: 1.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 13, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Data Security: Low Adoption Amidst Increasing Requirements.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 29, 2019

Around this time each year, Thales eSecurity releases our annual Data Threat Report (DTR). Now in its sixth year, the report is squarely focused on digital transformation and what that means for organizations and their data security. In fact, 71% of organizations are using sensitive data in the cloud.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If you’re knee-deep in the world of data security, you’d agree that the key to unlocking superior protection lies, quite literally, in the keys- the encryption keys, to be precise. Without a robust key management system, even the most heavy-duty encryption is as good as a lock without a key. Yep, not even a hint!

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Cytelligence

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Their pivotal responsibility in providing services to combat ransomware assaults contributes significantly to enhancing the overall security landscape. Amidst the data practices of industry giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple, concerns about individual privacy intensified. The impact of Big Tech on privacy is multifaceted.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

The Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leave s a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. The Apple expert Bob Gendler discovered that the Apple Mail app available on macOS stores leaves a portion of users encrypted emails in plaintext in a database called snippets. “This is a big deal.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 21, 2021

Google was absolutely right to initiate a big public push a couple of years ago to make HTTPS Transport Layer Security (TLS) a de facto standard. TLS, he says, is increasingly being used to cloak a wide array of the operational steps behind the most damaging attacks of the moment, namely ransomware attacks and massive data breaches.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

APIs have become a security nightmare for SMBs and enterprises alike. The same types of security risks impact businesses, whatever their size. SMBs and enterprises alike have been struggling with APIs as a mechanism for information security. The threat that API security breaches pose to enterprises should not be taken lightly.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 13, 2020

When it comes to securing mobile computing devices, the big challenge businesses have long grappled with is how to protect company assets while at the same time respecting an individual’s privacy. Reacting to the BYOD craze , mobile security frameworks have veered from one partially effective approach to the next over the past decade.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 5, 2021

Microsoft recently published a report that states, titled “March 2021 Security Signals report,” that revealed that more than 80% of enterprises were victims of at least one firmware attack in the past two years. ” According to the report, 21% of decision-makers admitted that they are not able to monitor firmware data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

Kaspersky discovered a flaw in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that allows victims to recover their files for free. Researchers from Kaspersky discovered a vulnerability in the encryption process of the Yanluowang ransomware that can be exploited to recover the files encrypted by the malware without paying the ransom.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 26, 2023

Thales partners with Hint AG to provide managed security services for the Swiss healthcare sector madhav Thu, 07/27/2023 - 04:32 Analysts from Statista are projecting that the Healthcare market in Switzerland will need to invest 1.3 In fact, a new data protection law, the “ Neues DSG ” goes into effect September 2023 in Switzerland.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

The age of Big Data is upon us. And, as more data is available for analytical purposes, more sensitive and private information is at risk. Protecting the confidentiality and integrity and of warehoused data and ensuring that access is controlled is vital to keeping that data secure. respondents.”.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Cybersecurity researchers last week revealed that a new ransomware gang called Onyx is simply destroying larger files rather than encrypting them. ” Most threat actors have been focused on locking data, sometimes with innovative techniques to evade detection tools. .” Only small files lower than 2MB are encrypted.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Tipalti makes software for accounting and payment automation and has some big names among its customers. Organizations who share these file lists, samples or notes with Tipalti run the risk of having their data leaked immediately. Use endpoint security software that can prevent exploits and malware used to deliver ransomware.

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Centraleyes

APRIL 8, 2024

High-profile data breaches have made data protection and privacy a hot subject. Hackers use more sophisticated methods to break network defenses and steal sensitive data on a large scale. Malicious actors target personal data because of its value. They use this data to steal identities and access corporate accounts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Data Security: Low Adoption Amidst Increasing Requirements.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Vendors have traditionally been focused on protecting data from power failures, system failures, and natural disasters and have tended to concentrate on some perimeter-level network defenses,” said Siamak Nazari, CEO and cofounder of Nebulon. Also see the Best Business Continuity Solutions. What is Disaster Recovery?

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 8, 2023

The recent discovery of the "Downfall" vulnerability, which affects a range of Intel central processing units (CPUs), has once again raised questions about the delicate balance between performance enhancements and data security. Follow SecureWorld News for more stories related to cybersecurity.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 18, 2019

As organizations move more of their sensitive data to cloud platforms for the efficiency, flexibility and scalability that it promises, security and control continue to be a significant obstacle to this adoption.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2018

Data breaches are the new normal. According to our 2018 Global Data Threat Report , 67% of enterprises have been breached, with that percentage rate growing every year. Regardless of the security measures and efforts put in place, organizations need to act as if a successful cyberattack is not a question of “if” but “when.”.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

All too many companies lack a full appreciation of how vital it has become to proactively manage and keep secure “unstructured data.”. One reason for the enduring waves of ransomware is that unstructured data is easy for hackers to locate and simple for them to encrypt. A few takeaways: Outside a database.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

A new report from the Center of Internet and Society looks at the security risks of allowing government hacking. From the report's conclusion: Government hacking is often lauded as a solution to the "going dark" problem. Backdoors, however, mean everybody is vulnerable and a security failure fails catastrophically.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 9, 2018

As Cybersecurity continues to be heavily focused on solving the problem of attacks against software vulnerabilities and system access, one potential silver bullet in the data breach equation remains out of the limelight. The Big Data Conundrum. Perhaps, it should.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

It’s such a big industry that Ransomware-as-a-Service ( RaaS ) actually offers criminals customer service and tech support. As an enterprise security team, you could restrict internet access at your egress points, but this doesn’t do much when the workforce is remote. And, he’s not wrong.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical diagnostics. An encrypted model is basically useless without the correct decryption key.

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