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Data Privacy and Security: It Takes Two to Tango

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008 as an extension of Data Protection Day in Europe. Merely suggesting using multi-factor authentication (MFA) or encrypting everywhere is not enough. Todd Moore | VP, Encryption Products. And when a breach does happen, then our personal data is the main target.

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WinDealer dealing on the side

SecureList

LuoYu is a lesser-known threat actor that has been active since 2008. Seeing that some variants of their Android malware impersonate a popular messaging app in Asia, it is also likely that malicious APKs are distributed in a variety of ways, including social engineering to convince users to install fake updates for their applications.

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SANS Critical Control 20: SANS Penetration Testing and Red Team Exercises

NopSec

I remember at the beginning of my career when I started doing penetration testing engagements, obtaining and exploiting targets using the so-called social engineering techniques was considered cheating. Nowadays, social engineering techniques are widely used in targeted attacks in the wild. since 2008.

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Top 10 Full Disk Encryption Software Products of 2021

eSecurity Planet

In cases, full disk encryption is a necessary feature. Encrypted data provides an obstacle and a layer of risk mitigation against loss since the data is not easily readable without the right encryption key. Encrypted data involves both data in transit and data at rest. Top Full Disk Encryption Software of 2021.

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Growing Cyber Threats to the Energy and Industrial Sectors

NopSec

Modern variants of ransomware, called crypto ransomware, entomb the files stored on a hard drive using strong encryption. Compromised USB drives are a common attack vector, and one that requires vigilance in order to avoid a supply chain attack or an attack that exploits social engineering tactics.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Phishing and Social Engineering. Phishing and social engineering are a type of email attack that attempts to trick users into divulging passwords, downloading an attachment or visiting a website that installs malware on their systems.

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APT Attacks & Prevention

eSecurity Planet

APTs will contain a cyberattack component, but APTs also commonly include confidence schemes, social engineering , physical access to facilities , bribes, extortion, and other methods to gain system access. Deploy data encryption at rest and in transit. See the Top Secure Email Gateway Solutions. Vulnerability Exploitation.

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