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Encryption is on the Rise!

Cisco Security

In the January 2019 report, EMA concluded: Some participants’ organizations may find they have to go back to the drawing board and come up with a Plan B to enable TLS 1.3 for no other reason than existing technologies being depreciated – but that continues to be a slow process. Needless to say, the rollout was not perfect).

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CVE-2019-0090 flaw affects Intel Chips released in the last 5 years

Security Affairs

A new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090 , affects all Intel chips that could allow attackers to bypass every hardware-enabled security technology. Security experts from Positive Technologies warn of a new vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-0090, that affects all Intel processors that were released in the past 5 years.

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Technology giant Konica Minolta hit by a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

A ransomware attack has impacted the services at the business technology giant Konica Minolta for almost a week, the attack took place at the end of July. Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide. KONICA_MINOLTA_README!!

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NEW TECH: Breakthrough ‘homomorphic-like’ encryption protects data in-use, without penalties

The Last Watchdog

Homomorphic encryption has long been something of a Holy Grail in cryptography. Related: Post-quantum cryptography on the horizon For decades, some of our smartest mathematicians and computer scientists have struggled to derive a third way to keep data encrypted — not just the two classical ways, at rest and in transit.

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Encryption debate could have enterprise security implications

SC Magazine

Facebook is among the companies that would like to incorporate end-to-end encryption to benefit users. United Kingdom Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to tell a conference of child protection activists that end-to-end encryption puts children at risk, according to a draft invitation seen by Wired UK.

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Facebook spied on Snapchat users to get analytics about the competition

Malwarebytes

The document mentions Facebook’s so-called In-App Action Panel (IAAP) program, which existed between June 2016 and approximately May 2019. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a server and a client. Perhaps we need to do panels or write custom software.

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How Encryption Became the Board’s New Best Friend

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Originally published in TEISS on May 1, 2019. For many years, encryption has been viewed as a burden on businesses – expensive, complex and of questionable value. Businesses will be technology-enabled, connected and mobile, like never before. Enter encryption. But what does an effective strategy for encryption entail?