Tech Republic Security

APRIL 5, 2022

If you use SSH or services that require encryption keys, it can be challenging to safely store that data to allow you secure access to your accounts. The post 5 tools to make encryption key management easier appeared first on TechRepublic. Here are some services to help you keep track of them.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 4, 2022

It’s been a couple of decades since data tapes delivered by trucks made encryption a standard enterprise cybersecurity practice. Yet even as technology has changed, sending and receiving data remains a major vulnerability, ensuring encryption’s place as a foundational security practice. What is Encryption?

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 14, 2021

From now on, all WhatsApp backups will be protected by a password enabled encryption method offering an extra layer of security protection to users from spying eyes. In the year 2016, Facebook rolled out the encryption feature to its messaging features and seems to have now induced the feature into its subsidiaries one by one.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2022

In a short post on LinkedIn Rahul Sasi, founder and CEO of CloudSEK, explains how WhatsApp account takeovers are possible. To protect your account, WhatsApp will send you a push notification when someone tries to register a WhatsApp account with your phone number. Mitigation. Stay safe, everyone!

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Bleeping Computer

APRIL 26, 2023

Google is bringing end-to-end encryption to Google Authenticator cloud backups after researchers warned users against synchronizing 2FA codes with their Google accounts. [.]

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Experts warn of phishing attacks that are combining the use of compromised Microsoft 365 accounts and.rpmsg encrypted emails. Trustwave researchers have observed threat actors using encrypted RPMSG attachments sent via compromised Microsoft 365 accounts in a phishing campaign aimed at stealing Microsoft credentials.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Apple today introduced several new security features focused on fending off threats to user data in the cloud, including end-to-end encryption for backups for iCloud users. Apple also announced hardware Security Keys for Apple ID, giving users the choice to require two-factor authentication to sign into their Apple ID account.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. Google announced that Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) is now available for all Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers. ” continues the announcement.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

How encryption can help address Cloud misconfiguration. So, whichever way you go, there is, across time, a very high likelihood that a CSP's encryption, tokenization, or key management scheme will be misconfigured either by the CSP itself or by the CSP user. Bring your own encryption (BYOE). Tue, 11/16/2021 - 06:15.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 16, 2023

One of the most effective ways to do this is through encryption. Encryption is the process of converting plain text or data into an unreadable format using an encryption algorithm, which can only be deciphered or decrypted by those who have the decryption key. Why encrypt files and Emails?

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Security Affairs

MARCH 22, 2023

A tainted version of the legitimate ChatGPT extension for Chrome, designed to steal Facebook accounts, has thousands of downloads. The version employed in a recent campaign is based on a legitimate open-source project , threat actors added malicious code to steal Facebook accounts. Left: The “FakeGPT” Variant on Chrome Store.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten) is abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence researchers reported that Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 ( Nemesis Kitten ) has been abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The popular password management service on Thursday revealed that malicious actors obtained a trove of personal information belonging to its customers that include their encrypted password vaults by using data siphoned from the earlier break-in. Also stolen is "basic customer account

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 22, 2022

So You Think You Are Protected With Cloud Native Encryption? Segregation of duties applies also to how you handle encryption and cryptographic key management for protecting your sensitive data stored in cloud storage such as the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes. Understanding encryption in Amazon EBS.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 24, 2023

As the frequency of data breaches surges, it becomes increasingly imperative to guarantee the security and adequate encryption of passwords. In this article, I will provide an overview of password encryption, explaining its essence and modus operandi. What is password encryption? Why is password encryption necessary?

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Security Boulevard

MAY 21, 2023

In this episode, we explore the arrival of passwordless Google accounts that use “passkeys,” which offer enhanced usability and security. The post Google Now Supports Passkeys, Risky New Top Level Domains, Twitter’s Encryption Dilemma appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2021

They outlined why something called attribute-based encryption, or ABE, has emerged as the basis for a new form of agile cryptography that we will need in order to kick digital transformation into high gear. PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Encrypting just once.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 3, 2021

A researcher received a $50,000 bug bounty by Microsoft for having reported a vulnerability that could’ve allowed to hijack any account. Microsoft has awarded the security researcher Laxman Muthiyah $50,000 for reporting a vulnerability that could have allowed anyone to hijack users’ accounts without consent.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Signal has had the ability to manually authenticate another account for years. Once you’ve validated the conversation, your devices maintain a chain of trust in which neither you nor the other person has given any private encryption information to each other or Apple.

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Heimadal Security

JUNE 30, 2021

It seems that law enforcement agencies have seized the servers and customer logs for DoubleVPN, a double-encryption service commonly used by threat actors to evade detection while performing malicious activities. DoubleVPN is a Russian-based VPN service specialized in the double-encryption of the data sent through their service.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 24, 2023

GoTo is notifying customers that its development environment was breached in November 2022, attackers stole customers’ backups and encryption key. We also have evidence that a threat actor exfiltrated an encryption key for a portion of the encrypted backups.” ” reads an update provided by the company. .”

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

One of the new features he hopes to add to Twitter, sooner rather than later, is end-to-end encryption for direct messages (DMs). During the meeting, Musk also mentioned Signal, the encrypted chat app that is run as a non-profit. He says he spoke with the company's creator, Moxie Marlinspike, who is "potentially willing to help out.".

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Bleeping Computer

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The Twitter account previously associated with the ANOM chat app is posting frivolous tweets this week. ANOM was a fake encrypted messaging platform created as part of a global sting operation led by the U.S. FBI, Australian Federal Police (AFP), and other law enforcement agencies to catch criminals. [.].

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2023

A new ransomware strain named Rorschach ransomware supports the fastest file-encrypting routine observed to date. The researchers conducted five separate encryption speed tests in a controlled environment (with 6 CPUs, 8192MB RAM, SSD, and 220000 files to be encrypted), limited to local drive encryption only.

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SC Magazine

APRIL 5, 2021

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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Malwarebytes

MARCH 26, 2023

There’s some bad things lurking in search engine results waiting to compromise your Facebook account. However, the real aim of the game here is to compromise Facebook accounts. Before sending the stolen cookies, they are encrypted as a way to try and discreetly get them off the target system.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Video conferencing platform Zoom announced the implementation of end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and its availability starting next week. The popular Video conferencing platform Zoom announced the availability of the end-to-end encryption (E2EE) starting next week. ” reads the post published by the company. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The researchers identified around 15,000 actor accounts, most of which were created for this campaign. Once delivered on the targets’ systems, the malware was used to steal their credentials and browser cookies which allowed the attackers to hijack the victims’ accounts in pass-the-cookie attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Facebook announced it will allow WhatsApp users to encrypt their message history backups in the cloud. Facebook will continue to work to protect the privacy of WhatsApp users and announced that it will allow users to encrypt their message history backups in the cloud. ” reads the announcement published by WhatsApp. .”

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SC Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

New research by Thales on security trends one year into the pandemic found that about 50% of businesses say that they store more than 40% of their data in external cloud environments, but only 17% have encrypted at least half of their sensitive data in the cloud. For example, 33% of health care respondents say they encrypt their data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 29, 2023

xyz pic.twitter.com/VLhISark8Y — Goldwave (@OGoldwave) March 13, 2023 The variant employed in the campaign supports a more sophisticated encryption method of byte remapping and a monthly rotation of the C2 server. #ViperSoftX is back, doesn't look like much has changed. c2 arrowlchat[.]com ” concludes the report.

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Hacker Combat

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. . Such accounts have a buying price ranging from $3 to $4,000. . and email.cz.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 8, 2022

Assuming the attackers don’t just vanish into the night, the business may decide to pay the ransom and recover the encrypted files. The report notes that various initiatives already exist to get people talking about the need for both encryption and backing up. Not having backups leaves victims with very limited options.

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SecureWorld News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The company claimed to have end to end encryption, when in reality it did not. They announced that they will be introducing true end to end encryption in October of this year. Zoom's end to end encryption. To be clear, Zoom’s E2EE uses the same powerful GCM encryption you get now in a Zoom meeting.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The encrypted messaging app was hacked in the wake of an online scam before access was "swiftly restored."

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Small and Medium Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and Licensed Tax Preparers struggle with the cost and complexity of complying with state and federal data security regulations for Taxpayer data. The IRS describes these requirements in Publication 4557 – Safeguarding Taxpayer Data.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 15, 2022

The SOVA Android banking trojan was improved, it has a new ransomware feature that encrypts files on Android devices, Cleafy researchers report. The module allows operators to obtain different information, including the balance of the account, the history of the actions performed by the victim, and the seed phrase to access the crypto wallet.

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