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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

The Department of Justice wants access to encrypted consumer devices but promises not to infiltrate business products or affect critical infrastructure. Barr repeated a common fallacy about a difference between military-grade encryption and consumer encryption: "After all, we are not talking about protecting the nation's nuclear launch codes.

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Ghost Ransomware a Persistent Global Threat to Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

Ghost ransomware actors, identified as operating from China, have been targeting unpatched systems and stolen credentials to infiltrate networks, encrypt data, and demand ransom payments. Persistent exploitation of legacy systems One of the most alarming aspects of Ghost ransomware is its focus on legacy IoT and OT environments.

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DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS explained: Encrypting DNS traffic

CSO Magazine

The lack of stringent protections in the original DNS specification and discovery of security weaknesses over time, such as the decade-old Kaminsky bug , gave birth to the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in 2010. To read this article in full, please click here (Insider Story)

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BrandPost: Detect Malware in Encrypted Traffic for Improved Security Visibility

CSO Magazine

According to the Ponemon Institute's 2021 Global Encryption Trends Study, 50% of organizations have an encryption plan consistently applied across their entire environment—up from around 40% in 2015, and 25% in 2010.

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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q4 2021

Anton on Security

Random fun new posts: “SOC Technology Failures?—?Do Do They Matter?” Kill SOC Toil, Do SOC Eng” “Anton and The Great XDR Debate, Part 1” Fun posts by topic.

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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q3 2021

Anton on Security

Now, posts by topic. Security operations / detection & response: “Security Correlation Then and Now: A Sad Truth About SIEM” “Can We Have “Detection as Code”?”

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Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal

Schneier on Security

Australia, and elsewhere -- argue that the pervasive use of civilian encryption is hampering their ability to solve crimes and that they need the tech companies to make their systems susceptible to government eavesdropping. Levy and Robinson write: In a world of encrypted services, a potential solution could be to go back a few decades.