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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Ukraine’s GUR hacked the Russian Ministry of Defense

Security Affairs

Stolen documents include: confidential documents, including orders and reports circulated among over 2000 structural units of the Russian military service. software used by the Russian Ministry of Defense to encrypt and protect its data. ” reads the press release published by Ukraine’s GUR.

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RansomBoggs Ransomware hit several Ukrainian entities, experts attribute it to Russia

Security Affairs

Sandworm (aka BlackEnergy and TeleBots ) has been active since 2000, it operates under the control of Unit 74455 of the Russian GRU’s Main Center for Special Technologies (GTsST). RansomBoggs encrypts files using AES-256 in CBC mode and appends the.chsch extension to the encrypted files.

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Chinese actors behind attacks on industrial enterprises and public institutions

Security Affairs

The attack targeted industrial plants, design bureaus and research institutes, government agencies, ministries and departments in several East European countries (Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine), as well as Afghanistan.” . “All the victims identified are associated with the defense industry or are public institutions.

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Ransomware related news headlines trending on Google

CyberSecurity Insiders

For the first time, the hackers group that is being sponsored by North Korea State government is found spreading ransomware on computer networks related to companies and organizations operating in South Korea. More details about the ransomware group involved in the incident will be updated after confirmation!

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Mandating End-to-End Verifiable Voting Systems in U.S. Elections

SecureWorld News

The challenge of ensuring secure and transparent elections affects a wide range of stakeholders, including voters, election officials, government agencies, political candidates, and international observers. Specific to the E2E-V voting systems, homomorphic encryption enables the tallying of votes without revealing individual votes.