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World Backup Day on March 31 Seeks to Protect Data Before It's Gone

SecureWorld News

However, data is as vulnerable as it is valuable, and World Backup Day on Friday, March 31st, is a welcome reminder of the need to have a well thought out data protection strategy in place. The campaign began in 2011 as World Backup Month and was changed to World Backup Day later.

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QNAP data storage devices hit by a massive ransomware campaign

CyberSecurity Insiders

To all those who are using QNAP storage devices for backup or file sharing purposes, here’s an alert that needs your attention. It is learnt that the massive file encrypting malware campaign started on April 19th,2021 when victims took help of the technology forums to know more about the ransomware. BTC for each file.

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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. NOTES: *The four algorithms selected by NIST are: (1) The CRYSTALS-Kyber algorithm has been selected in general encryption, (2) CRYSTALS-Dilithium, (3) FALCON, and (4) SPHINCS+ as the three algorithms for digital signatures.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

To this end, some impressive technology has been created to combat the technological side of the issue, to keep hackers and similar bad actors from accessing data and account privileges they shouldn’t. However, the technological side of cybersecurity is no longer the weakest link in a company’s proverbial chain. Individuals.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Enter VPN technology. VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Founded in 2011, CyberGhost VPN is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, and boasts over 30 million global customers. Top VPN products. CyberGhost VPN. Encrypt.me.

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The Financial Impact of Non-Compliance On Businesses

Spinone

The Cost of Non-Compliance Many business leaders may rationalize that the cost of non-compliance may be less the spending required to bring technology and data processes under compliance. SpinOne is a multi-tenant platform created by Spin Technology and designed to simplify the complexity of cloud data security.

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How to protect your business from supply chain attacks

Malwarebytes

Immediately following the bombshell report, multiple companies that had previously relied on Supermicro's technology, and Supermicro itself, denied the veracity of the claims. If you don't know what framework to build upon, have a look at this incident handling guide from NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology).