Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Customers of Tyler Technologies are reporting finding suspicious logins and previously unseen remote access tools on their infrastructure. Tyler Technologies, Inc. “Early in the morning on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, we became aware that an unauthorized intruder had disrupted access to some of our internal systems.”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2021

The Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for computers in the ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. Kaspersky ICS CERT published a report that provided details about the threat landscape for ICS engineering and integration sector in 2020. In H2 2020, 39.3%

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Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Peter is an IT manager for a technology manufacturer that got hit with a Russian ransomware strain called “ Zeppelin ” in May 2020. He’d been on the job less than six months, and because of the way his predecessor architected things, the company’s data backups also were encrypted by Zeppelin.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 19, 2021

CipherTrust Data Security Platform now allows users to control encryption keys for data processed by Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing. The Thales partnership with Google Cloud takes a huge step forward with the announcement of Google Cloud ubiquitous data encryption. Data encrypted with the DEK is uploaded to Google Cloud.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 15, 2022

Meta Digs in Heels on Encryption. Government Encryption Fight. The fight for encryption can be summarized by the arguments of two sides: government and business. Both agree that encryption is useful - the question at hand is, what is the cost of using encryption? brooke.crothers. Fri, 04/15/2022 - 17:15.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

2020 marks the launch of the Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition for the seventh consecutive year. In previous years, we have discussed the efforts of businesses to digitally transform their processes to maintain or gain a competitive advantage and many of these transformative technologies involves moving to the cloud.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is already researching methods to deal with the effects of quantum power, and for good reason: hackers may access quantum computers as they become commercial. National Initiatives in 2020. National Initiatives in 2020.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives. And yet today there is a resurgence in demand for encrypted flash drives.

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SecureList

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The state of stalkerware in 2020 (PDF). Kaspersky’s data shows that the scale of the stalkerware issue has not improved much in 2020 compared to the last year: The number of people affected is still high. In total, 53,870 of our mobile users were affected globally by stalkerware in 2020. between 2015 and 2020.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 18, 2021

CipherTrust Data Security Platform now allows users to control encryption keys for data processed by Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing. Google implements Ubiquitous Data Encryption for EKM. CCKM delivered support for Google Cloud Platform Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for the first time in 2020.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The survey found that in 2020, the most common incidents that healthcare institutions experienced in the cloud were phishing (reported by 44% of organizations), ransomware (39%) and data theft by insiders (35%). 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. IRVINE, Calif.,

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

The webinar will feature Senior Vice President Lynn McLean and Principal Security Architect Alan Yarusevich as they introduce threat prevention from Cyemptive Technologies. There was a 191% increase in average monthly ransomware payments in 2021 compared to 2020, according to a recent CYBERSCOOP article. About Cyemptive Technologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 30, 2023

Given this is a technology blog, we wanted to share some of the best tech-related podcasts out there right now. In Machines We Trust – Launched in August 2020, this is one of the world’s most popular podcasts focused on artificial intelligence, and the impact it is having on our lives.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 25, 2020

Privacy and security advocates may be forced to battle it out on the Senate floor to stop a newly introduced bill that will help law enforcement get past encryption. New backdoor bill in Congress hits encryption debate head on. The question: should encrypted communication be out of law enforcement's reach?

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

While 2020 presented many macro challenges, it was a momentous year of growth, change, and opportunity for PKWARE—including acquisitions, expanding our customer base, supporting groundbreaking Microsoft encryption technology, and much more. Contact us for more information on how we can help.

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SC Magazine

JUNE 25, 2021

In a move that could bring some relief to organizations looking to secure their cloud migrations, Amazon Web Services on Friday announced that it had acquired Wickr, provider of secure end-to-end encryption and communications platform. government agencies, it could help strengthen AWS’ position in the public sector.”.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 5, 2021

Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging fileless malware, cryptominers and encrypted attacks, targeting users both at remote locations as well as corporate assets behind the traditional network perimeter.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 3, 2021

The agency also noted the resilience and adaptability of serious and organized crimes (oddly labeled as “SOCs,” despite the same acronym meaning “security operation center” in the cybersecurity field) in their use of technology and well-established tools to avoid detection. Organized crime: Online fraud.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, Gartner named McAfee a Leader in the 2020 annual Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) for the fourth time evaluating CASB vendors. Support of encryption enhancements in Microsoft Teams, becoming the only CASB that is Certified for Microsoft Teams. You can read them here. All rights reserved.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2021

The chipmaker AMD published guidance for two new attacks against its SEV ( Secure Encrypted Virtualization ) protection technology. The findings about the two attacks will be presented by two research teams at this year’s 15th IEEE Workshop on Offensive Technologies (WOOT’21).

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST contest began in 2016, with the goal of improving general encryption and digital signatures. Quantum technology is accelerating—and with it, the quantum threat. Also read: Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The investigators speculated the attack was carried out by a group of professional hackers from Southeast Asia that were interested in the technological know-how and research activities of the company. On December 28, 2020, ThyssenKrupp Materials group of companies based in U.S.

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Spinone

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

This ransomware encrypts cloud data, damaging the whole network of an organization. Ryuk targets large organizations, using advanced encryption algorithms that are extremely hard to decrypt. The ransom demand is set according to the approximate value of the encrypted data. The ransom demand is insane: up to $14 million (!)

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 31, 2019

All the encryption , firewalls , cryptography, SCADA systems , and other IT security measures would be useless if that were to occur. About the essayist: Vidya Muthukrishnan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering at the Sri Krishna College of Technology.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 17, 2022

SFile ransomware (aka Escal), has been active since 2020 , it was observed targeting only Windows systems. Some variants of the ransomware append the English name of the target company to the filenames of the encrypted files. “The SFile ransomware uses the Mbed TLS library, RSA-2048 and AES-256 algorithms for file encryption.

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McAfee

MARCH 9, 2020

As expected, the 2020 RSA Conference was a whirlwind of exciting announcements and product updates. Chief Technology Officer Steve Grobman delivered a dynamic presentation from the RSA mainstage, where he compared current cyber defenses and legacy immunology practices. It’s encrypted, but they still find it valuable.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 11, 2022

The deal is said to bolster the data loss prevention capabilities of Proofpoint as Dathena developed an AI based technology that can smartly distinguish data from large data sets, thus cutting down OPEX costs. Currently, the company claims to have a user base of 200,000 from all business segments, including healthcare, defense and finance.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In another news related to cyber attack, France Cyber Security authorities have detected that the United States SolarWinds cyber attack could have been launched on its infrastructure in 2017 that remained undetected till 2020 or until security firm FireEye revealed it to the world.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 15, 2021

CSfC validates commercial IT products that have met the highest level of strict encryption standards and rigorous security requirements for both hardware and software solutions. This unique achievement is an example of innovation in commercial technology addressing critical national security issues,” said Admiral Michael S.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

26, 2023 — The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) launched the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) in 2020 to establish a baseline for how virtual private network (VPN) providers should operate. Social Responsibility: VPN providers will promote VPN technology to support access to the global Internet and freedom of expression.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 30, 2020

based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards. Newer, chip-based cards employ a technology known as EMV that encrypts the account data stored in the chip.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 30, 2021

New research from Sophos finds 46% of malware communicating with a remote system over the Internet is utilizing TLS encryption to conceal communications and evade detection. That is more than a 100% increase in TLS-based malware communications compared to 23% in 2020, according to Sophos telemetry analysis.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 22, 2021

The opening ceremony for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics will take place on Friday July 2021, and we can expect to see a very different spectacle, with no spectators present due to rising COVID-19 cases in Japan. Encryption. However, a games without spectators is not a games without risk. Read the full article here. Data security.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

Interestingly, people seem to have become more aware of the need for a secure workplace in 2020. Nexor, a service provider in the cybersecurity space, asserts that Google searches for ‘cyber defence’ surged by 126% in the first quarter of 2020. Here are the different ways in which a VPN elevates cybersecurity: Encryption.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The investigators speculated the attack was carried out by a group of professional hackers from Southeast Asia that were interested in the technological know-how and research activities of the company. On December 28, 2020, ThyssenKrupp Materials group of companies based in U.S.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 9, 2023

Technology oversight is a common mandate across IT and security frameworks and compliance specifications, but achieving that oversight is difficult. First, technology and operational intelligence, across the myriad of users, endpoints, applications and infrastructure, is siloed and fragmented. By Scott Gordon, CISSP, Oomnitza .

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