SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Ghost ransomware actors, identified as operating from China, have been targeting unpatched systems and stolen credentials to infiltrate networks, encrypt data, and demand ransom payments. Organizations must work closely with their suppliers to ensure a long-term operations and risk mitigation plan."

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Centraleyes

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Tools like ChatGPT and Bard, powered by large language models, showcase how generative AI transforms business processesbut they also pose new risks. In a recent survey, 93% of respondents admitted to knowingly increasing their companys cybersecurity risks. The challenge? Securing these AI models and the data they generate.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This breach has exposed residents to potential risks like identity theft and financial fraud, compounding the urgency for more robust cybersecurity measures in the public sector. Businesses that handle customer data or interact with city networks are now faced with heightened risks.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

government is sounding the alarm on a growing cybersecurity risk for critical infrastructureinternet-exposed Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs). Failure to do so could allow malicious actors to disrupt operations, alter critical processes, and endanger public health and safety What Are HMIs and Why Are They at Risk?

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 8, 2023

Smarter security to me broadly refers to relentlessly focusing on fundamentals while maturing the program, making sure your risk posture aligns with your business strategy. This means secure file transfer solutions, so you don’t waste time with slow encrypting protocols. This leads to revenue gains and positive customer outcomes.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

In fact, there’s widespread recognition in corporate circles that the planning to address fresh cyber risks associated with quantum computing should have commenced long ago. Their trepidation is focused on the potential undermining of a core security component of classical computing systems: encryption. Germany and Japan.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What risks does 5G introduce? Defining 5G security and architecture. According to the document, 5G’s trustworthiness is made possible by a set of security features that were built using system design principles applied with a risk-based mindset. The security risks introduced. Your ID with 5G is encrypted.

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The Hacker News

JULY 25, 2023

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in AMD's Zen 2 architecture-based processors that could be exploited to extract sensitive data such as encryption keys and passwords.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2025

As organizations modernize with hybrid cloud and AI, the risks to that data scale are just as fast. Through Thales CDSP and HPE’s secure infrastructure, customers gain the encryption, access control, key management, and audit capabilities required to efficiently demonstrate compliance, reduce risk, and maintain business velocity.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

SASE architectures must be validated end to end—from users and branches, through SASE points of presence, to cloud application servers. Additionally, performance needs to be profiled across all networks and SASE behavior measured across all architectures—virtualized, containerized, and bare metal Jeyaretnam Test for the real world.

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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

DECEMBER 1, 2022

“Our team quickly triaged the report and determined the risk to partners to be minimal,” said Patrick Beggs , ConnectWise’s chief information security officer. “Nevertheless, the mitigation was simple and presented no risk to partner experience, so we put it into the then-stable 22.8 Update, 7:25 p.m.

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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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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 30, 2024

Cloud storage risks involve potential external threats and vulnerabilities that jeopardize the security of stored data. Risks can lead to issues, but at the same time, you can prevent the risks by addressing these issues. Migration challenges result in incomplete transfers, which expose critical information to risk.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 2, 2025

Breaches can disrupt care delivery and put lives at risk, not to mention lead to hefty compliance fines. Healthcare executives are responding by viewing cybersecurity not just as an IT issue, but as a core business risk. The report highlights that this surge in security spending has even created a $3.2

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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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SecureList

APRIL 22, 2025

This will enable organizations that may be at risk of infection from the backdoor to take swift action to protect themselves from this threat. exe file is a loader that reads the encrypted payload file. Impersonating a ViPNet update Our investigation revealed that the backdoor targets computers connected to ViPNet networks.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 26, 2022

Even the most advanced and sophisticated security tools are failing to protect against ransomware and data exfiltration, according to a new report from data encryption vendor Titaniam. Raman says the emerging technology of choice to defend against data exfiltration and extortion attacks is encryption-in-use.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 30, 2025

As a European provider, Link11 addresses the current business risks associated with geopolitical uncertainties and growing compliance requirements. The goal is to make security architectures more resilient technologically, functionally, and geopolitically. Frankfurt, Apr.30, At the end of 2023, Link11 secured an investment of 26.5

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In an update published on Thursday, the company revealed that threat actors obtained personal information belonging to its customers, including encrypted password vaults. The threat actor also copied a backup of customer vault data from the encrypted storage container which is stored in a proprietary binary format.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 27, 2025

As the threat landscape grows more complex and hostile, the rapid adoption of generative AI is amplifying both opportunity and risk. With most security teams still navigating unfamiliar GenAI architectures, prioritizing data protection is urgent. 48% of the respondents said they are assessing their current encryption strategies.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2022

Researchers uncovered a new flaw, dubbed ÆPIC, in Intel CPUs that enables attackers to obtain encryption keys and other secret information from the processors. The ÆPIC Leak ( CVE-2022-21233 ) is the first architecturally CPU bug that could lead to the disclosure of sensitive data and impacts most 10th, 11th and 12th generation Intel CPUs.

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Duo's Security Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Stronger factors significantly improve the user experience and mitigate the risk of phishing , stolen credentials, and man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attacks. A generated credential only works for the application or website it was created for, decreasing risk of being phished through fraudulent sites. a fingerprint reader).

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

While quantum power poses risks to traditional encryption, it also opens the door to revolutionary cybersecurity advancements that could redefine how we protect data, detect threats, and secure critical infrastructure.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 18, 2025

Mandatory encryption of all ePHI. Data Protection Encrypts ePHI both at rest and in transit to meet mandatory encryption requirements. Protects encryption keys through advanced key management solutions. Facilitates regular risk assessments by identifying vulnerabilities in IT assets and networks.

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Access controls are the nexus of security and the expanding perimeter, and zero trust is the architecture that encompasses it. Zero trust is an all-inclusive security and privacy architecture. The network security perimeter is dynamically created and policy-based, and must be guarded by secure and highly managed access controls.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2025

The cyberthreat landscape of 2024 was rife with increasingly sophisticated threats, and encryption played a pivotal rolea staggering 87.2% billion attempted encrypted attacks, a clear demonstration of the growing risk posed by cybercriminals leveraging encryption to evade detection. The Zscaler cloud blocked 32.1

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 26, 2025

As the threat landscape grows more complex and hostile, the rapid adoption of generative AI is amplifying both opportunity and risk. With most security teams still navigating unfamiliar GenAI architectures, prioritizing data protection is urgent. 48% of the respondents said they are assessing their current encryption strategies.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 18, 2025

When renewable energy becomes a security risk Some people are concerned about whether solar panels will operate after periods of cloudy weather, others are more concerned about whether they can be remotely accessed. Remediation: Implement supply chain risk assessments for all solar components.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 12, 2023

Understanding AI threats Mitigating AI threats risks requires a comprehensive approach to AI security, including careful design and testing of AI models, robust data protection measures, continuous monitoring for suspicious activity, and the use of secure, reliable infrastructure.

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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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SecureWorld News

MAY 19, 2025

Ground stations, increasingly cloud-based to improve flexibility and scaling, expose critical command and telemetry systems to the same cyber risks that plague data centers on Earth. Components are sourced worldwide and must transit multiple hands before launch, risking the injection of backdoors or tampered code.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

The best practices for securing your CMS begin with these five low-hanging-fruit steps: •Make sure that your CMS platform’s access control and encryption features are turned on and configured correctly. or higher) encryption protocol, because systems using an older version of TLS are a security risk. What can you do about it?

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Jane Frankland

MAY 18, 2025

This platform offers a comprehensive solution for risk assessment, recovery testing, and rapid business restoration post-breach, all while maintaining full compliance. Without deep forensic analysis and clean recovery orchestration, you risk reinfecting your environment during recovery.

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The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Today, criminal hackers rather routinely leverage loosely-configured and lightly-monitored APIs in two ways: to gain a foothold in the early stages of multi-stage network attacks, and later to encrypt crucial systems and/or exfiltrate sensitive data. API complexity. API security is more complex than traditional web security.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

After DarkSide actors gained access to the victim’s network, they deployed ransomware to encrypt victim data and—as a secondary form of extortion—exfiltrated the data before threatening to publish it to further pressure victims into paying the ransom demand. ” reads the joint alert. Using multi-factor authentication.

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