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The FBI warns of HiatusRAT scanning campaigns against Chinese-branded web cameras and DVRs

Security Affairs

In this latest campaign, our investigation also uncovered prebuilt Hiatus binaries that target new architectures such as Arm, Intel 80386, and x86-64 and previously targeted architectures such as MIPS, MIPS64, and i386. reads the report published by Black Lotus Labs. Attackers also attempted to exploit weak vendor-supplied passwords.

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My Philosophy and Recommendations Around the LastPass Breaches

Daniel Miessler

These encrypted fields remain secured with 256-bit AES encryption and can only be decrypted with a unique encryption key derived from each user’s master password using our Zero Knowledge architecture. That’s the natural place for core functionality, which I wrote about in 2017. Actually, some data was lost.

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Tape Won’t Work for Ransomware Protection. Here’s Why.

eSecurity Planet

Tape vendors have been promoting themselves as a solution to the ransomware problem because of their ability to provide air-gapped data backup, but trying to recover terabytes of data from a tape drive can be a little like, well, running into red tape. Q: Can you air gap a disk backup system? Tape vs. Disk: The Ransomware Issues.

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US gov agencies e private firms warn nation-state actors are targeting ICS & SCADA devices

Security Affairs

“The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices. . “The APT actors’ tools have a modular architecture and enable cyber actors to conduct highly automated exploits against targeted devices.

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12 Data Loss Prevention Best Practices (+ Real Success Stories)

eSecurity Planet

Sample zero trust navigation dashboard from Cloudflare Implement the 3-2-1 Backup Rule When applying the 3-2-1 backup rule, make sure you have three copies of your data: one primary and two backups. Keep these copies on two separate types of media: hard disks, cloud storage , and tape backups. No user data was lost.

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Pixel 6: Setting a new standard for mobile security

Google Security

TrustZone is a key part of our security architecture for general secure processing, but the security improvements included in Google Tensor go beyond TrustZone. Since its launch in 2017, Google Play Protect has provided the ability to detect malicious applications even when the device is offline. Security is a rigorous process.

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

Security Boulevard

Despite all the emphasis around the shift from SHA-1 to SHA-2, 35% of websites were still utilizing SHA-1 certificates as of November 2016, according to research from Venafi in 2017. Prepare a quantum-safe architecture now. There will be a fresh batch of algorithms to support preparation for Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC).