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Post-Quantum Cryptography: Lessons Learned from SHA-1 Deprecation

Security Boulevard

SHA-1 was officially deprecated by NIST in 2011 and its usage for digital signatures was prohibited in 2013. Challenges toward post-quantum cryptography: confidentiality and authentication. Prepare a quantum-safe architecture now. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced. SHA-1 Deprecation. Anastasios Arampatzis.

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DePriMon downloader uses a never seen installation technique

Security Affairs

According to a report published by Symantec in 2017, Longhorn is a North American hacking group that has been active since at least 2011. The second stage installs itself and loads the third stage using an encrypted, hardcoded path. The new DePriMon downloader was used by the Lambert APT group, aka Longhorn, to deploy malware.

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How the Chrome Root Program Keeps Users Safe

Google Security

Chrome Root Program: TL;DR Chrome uses digital certificates (often referred to as “certificates,” “HTTPS certificates,” or “server authentication certificates”) to ensure the connections it makes for its users are secure and private. Encrypted connections prevent attackers from being able to intercept (i.e.,

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LastPass: Password Manager Review for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Two unique features that LastPass offers are support for multi-factor authentication (MFA) and single sign-on (SSO). With MFA, your IT administrators can configure an extra layer of authentication that combines biometric technology with contextual intelligence. LastPass disadvantages: history of hacking. LastPass pricing.

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Top Web Application Firewall (WAF) Vendors

eSecurity Planet

From behavioral analytics and machine learning to in-browser data encryption and an anti-bot mobile SDK, F5 offers industry-leading features. The San Francisco-based Fastly was started in 2011 and specializes in extending cloud infrastructures to the network edge. Fastly-Signal Sciences NGWAF. Get an in-depth look at SonicWall NS a.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. EnterpriseDB.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Fuzzing Message Brokers

ForAllSecure

And so, I think it makes, well obviously it makes sense for message brokers , but it's kind of VM architecture like Java does so, you know, there's your application and there's some VM and then there's the OS below that There are some mistakes you can't make an Erlang. The other thing I'll tell you is, I joined Codenomicon in 2011.