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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

To prevent unwanted access and protect data in transit, wireless connections must be secured with strong authentication procedures, encryption protocols, access control rules, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security measures. As a result, wireless networks are prone to eavesdropping, illegal access and theft.

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OnionPoison: infected Tor Browser installer distributed through popular YouTube channel

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Visual Studio 2003 – 7.10 In response to the POST request, the C2 server returns a blob containing an encrypted second stage payload. The DLL also encrypts the request body by first encrypting it with a pseudorandom AES-128 (ECB) key and then encrypting the AES key with an RSA public key specified in the configuration.

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Nokoyawa ransomware attacks with Windows zero-day

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Nokoyawa ransom note Elevation-of-privilege exploit The attacker must be authenticated with user access and have the ability to run code on the target system to launch the elevation-of-privilege exploit. It’s written in C and has encrypted strings.

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Rainbow Table Attacks and Cryptanalytic Defenses

eSecurity Planet

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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Identity-based Cryptography

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate. The most common mistake that repeatedly occurred in all of these studies [13,14,15] was to encrypt a message with the sender’s public key. This type of scheme (e.g., [8,9])

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What is a Rainbow Table Attack and How Can You Prevent It?

eSecurity Planet

A cryptanalytic attack is one where unauthorized actors breach a cryptographic security system through exhaustive searches for information related to the encryption scheme. Cryptanalysts or malicious actors can use basic information about the cryptographic scheme, plaintext, or ciphertext to decipher encrypted communications.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2003, Barracuda Networks is a Campbell, California-based vendor of network appliances and cloud services. From behavioral analytics and machine learning to in-browser data encryption and an anti-bot mobile SDK, F5 offers industry-leading features. Also Read: Cloud Bucket Vulnerability Management in 2021. Barracuda WAF.