eSecurity Planet

MAY 25, 2022

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Unlike previous quantum architectures that rely on fragile qubits prone to errors, Majorana 1 introduces topological qubits, leveraging a new class of materialdubbed topoconductorsto create a more stable and scalable system. Large enterprises should put testing quantum-resistant encryption on their roadmaps.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

I had an edifying conversation about this with Steve Hanna , distinguished engineer at Infineon Technologies , a global semiconductor leader in power systems and IoT, based in Neubiberg, Germany. New generations of microchips can embed encryption, monitoring and control capabilities into devices at the edge at scale.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Zero trust networking architecture (ZTNA) is a way of solving security challenges in a cloud-first world. Attendees will include cybersecurity professionals, policy makers, entrepreneurs and infrastructure engineers. Encryption in transit provides eavesdropping protection and payload authenticity.

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Hacker's King

MAY 15, 2025

As with any other field, accuracy, time, and synchronization are of the essence in architecture and design. The architecture world is slowly adapting to new changes, and one notable tool is the qoruv.com Architect App. Cloud Storage Is Safe Every architectural firm has security as its utmost concern.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Strengthen IT Infrastructure Evaluate your existing security architecture to ensure it can withstand modern cyberthreats. Implement Data Encryption & Backup Protocols Encrypting sensitive data adds a layer of protection by ensuring that even if data is accessed, it remains unreadable without proper decryption keys.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Today, there are two major types of common CMS platforms: •The older “traditional” or “monolithic” CMS platforms include a content repository (usually a multimedia database), the administrative console (where content is added and categorized), the presentation system (which makes nice-looking pages), and the search engine. Gierlinger.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Cisco Security

APRIL 6, 2022

No one enjoys forking out gobs of money and spending sleepless implementation hours every few years in exchange for a shiny new box with largely the same architecture as the old one, save for maybe a slightly faster CPU. It’s All About Encryption. That said, some hardware upgrades are certainly worth it.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 13, 2025

Similarly, the AI-assisted ransomware provided a high-level approach to encrypting files but lacked complete execution. Instead, security teams should prioritize behavioral analysismonitoring for unusual patterns such as unexpected file encryption, unauthorized persistence mechanisms, or anomalous network traffic.

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In November 2022, the password manager service LastPass disclosed a breach in which hackers stole password vaults containing both encrypted and plaintext data for more than 25 million users. LastPass disclosed that criminal hackers had compromised encrypted copies of some password vaults, as well as other personal information.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Hiring Data Recycling Security Engineers Smart? Organizations today still have a massive problem with phishing attacks, ransomware, account takeaways, and social engineering. Enabling DLP and encryption on every outbound email would be a fantastic place to help stop data exfiltration. Being secure is everything! Probably not.

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SecureList

OCTOBER 31, 2022

multiple encryption for C2 communication with ancient crypto algorithm. The encryption function used to send data was also modified, making it even more complicated. The second key is used by the Vigenere cipher to encrypt the base64 encoded header (url-safe replaced padding from “=” to “ ”). and v0.6.5,

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Although financial data, such as credit card numbers and expiration dates, are protected by encryption implemented in RES 3700 POS systems, threat actors could use another downloadable module to decrypt the contents of the database. ” continues the analysis. persistent loader unpacks and loads the next stage of the main module.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 4, 2022

Privilege and other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Exchange Server, Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Malware Protection Engine, Internet Explorer and more (27 in all). Purdue network architecture. Network Architecture and Design. Network Architecture and Design. Limit and encrypt VPNs. Remove backdoor connections.

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SecureList

APRIL 17, 2025

This file is encrypted with a single-byte XOR and is loaded at runtime. Its malicious DLL, which is deployed by the intermediary backdoor, is designed to load a payload encrypted with RC4 and XOR, and stored inside a file named attach.dat. Allows reading files, managing services, and spawning new processes.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The Key Components and Functions in a Zero Trust Architecture. Zero Trust architectural principles. NIST’s identity-centric architecture , I discussed the three approaches to implementing a Zero Trust architecture, as described in the NIST blueprint SP 800-207. Core Zero Trust architecture components.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The main reasons to rewrite malware in Rust is to have lower AV detection rates, compared to malware written in most common languages, and to target multiple architectures. The Rust variant has also been seen using intermittent encryption, one of the emerging tactics that threat actors use today for faster encryption and detection evasion.”

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

.” According to the experts, the attackers have good knowledge about the internal architecture of the targeted platform. To avoid detection of malicious functionalities, the authors encrypted all suspicious-looking strings with the Corrected Block TEA (XXTEA) cipher and then running Base64 encoding.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 8, 2021

MORPHEUS chip: unhackable because of 'encryption churn'? Imagine trying to solve a Rubik's Cube that rearranges itself every time you blink," says Todd Austin, U-M Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Austin calls this encryption churn and says it prevents reverse engineering, which sophisticated hackers sometimes use.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2021

When infected with this ransomware, the extension of the encrypted file is changed to the victim’s name. However experts noticed that the engines running the two ransomwares were different, Haron was based on the Thanos ransomware , which is a RaaS that has been sold on cybercrime underground since 2019. reported The Record.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 8, 2025

Encryption Technologies: Encryption protects data confidentiality and integrity, but attackers also use it to conceal malware, establish encrypted communication channels, and secure stolen data. Social Engineering Tactics: These tactics exploit human psychology to manipulate individuals.

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SecureList

JUNE 22, 2023

According to the Kaspersky Threat Attribution Engine (KTAE), LockBit incorporates 25% of Conti code. KTAE shows similarities between LockBit Green and Conti Three pieces of adopted code really stand out: the ransomware note, the command line options and the encryption scheme. Also, the string encryption method was simple: one byte XOR.

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SecureList

JULY 5, 2021

Some of the victims have reportedly been compromised through a popular MSP software which led to encryption of their customers. The total number of encrypted businesses could run into thousands. agent.cer (encrypted agent.exe). Geography of attack attempts (based on KSN statistics). Indicators of Compromise.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2021

XCSSET, a Mac malware targeting Xcode developers, was now re-engineered and employed in a campaign aimed at Apple’s new M1 chips. Experts from Trend Micro have uncovered a Mac malware campaign targeting Xcode developers that employed a re-engineered version of the XCSSET malware to support Apple’s new M1 chips.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The cybercriminals behind Storm-050 employ advanced social engineering techniques, including phishing emails to trick victims into granting access to internal systems. Once inside, they deploy ransomware, encrypting files and demanding hefty payments to restore access. Use multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2024

This extortion campaign involved several security failures, including exposing environment variables, using long-lived credentials, and the lack of a least privilege architecture. This indicates that these threat actor groups are both skilled and knowledgeable in advanced cloud architectural processes and techniques.”

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 4, 2022

Legacy security architectures just don’t fit this massively complex, highly dynamic environment. Once the bad actor gets in that first door, via an API, they can encrypt and compress a bunch of files or detailed data to send off or look for an opportunity to further expand their compromise.”. organizations and 60,000 German entities.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MAY 28, 2023

Cryptography: Dive into the world of cryptography, studying symmetric and asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, and cryptographic algorithms. Explore topics like key management, secure communication protocols, and encryption in different contexts.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 15, 2023

The most effective way to ensure data security is through encryption and proper key management. Key Management as a Service (KMaaS) allows companies to manage encryption keys more effectively through a cloud-based solution instead of running the service on physical, on-premises hardware.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to Nothing, Sunbird’s architecture provides a system to deliver a message from one user to another without ever storing it at any point in its journey. Which is not what Nothing promised: All Chats messages are end-to-end encrypted, meaning neither we nor Sunbird can access the messages you’re sending and receiving.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 21, 2023

SSE is the security portion of the SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) architecture, which converges networking and security together. A managed service provider can seamlessly maintain the SSE engine, keeping it current against new threats. Security Service Edge (SSE) fits that profile. Q-1: What is SSE? How easy is SSE to implement?

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 4, 2022

Third, it should provide options for file recovery (in case something does get encrypted). Robert Zamani, Regional Vice President, Americans Solutions Engineering at Malwarebytes: “Ransomware stems from the exploitation of trust. What’s needed is encapsulated in a principle called trust-but-verify!

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SecureList

JANUARY 6, 2025

Depending on the configuration, it may use the SCHANNEL security package, which supports SSL and TLS encryption on Windows. This memory-resident architecture enhances its stealth capabilities, helping it evade detection by traditional endpoint security solutions. The backdoor has an execution day and time check.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 2, 2024

This past year set a profound stage, from the advent of stringent cyber regulations to the convergence of generative AI, social engineering, and ransomware. Ransomware gangs also got stealthier in 2023, with ThreatLabz observing an increase in encryption-less extortion attacks.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For users who enable this feature, there will be 23 data categories protected using end-to-end encryption, including passwords in iCloud Keychain, Health data, iCloud Backup, Notes, Photos, and many more. Hardware security keys provide one of the highest levels of security for MFA setups.".

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2020

The CVE-2019-0090 vulnerability affects the firmware running on the ROM of the Intel’s Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME). Like all security architectures, Intel’s had a weakness: the boot ROM, in this case. Experts explain that the only way to address the issue it to replace the vulnerable chips.

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