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Exfiltration Can Be Stopped With Data-in-Use Encryption, Company Says

eSecurity Planet

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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What is 5G security? Explaining the security benefits and vulnerabilities of 5G architecture

CyberSecurity Insiders

Defining 5G security and architecture. Delving into the technical details of the 5G security architecture is beyond the scope of this article. Increased supply chain and software vulnerabilities : Currently and for the foreseeable future, 5G supply chains are limited. Your ID with 5G is encrypted.

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How to evolve your organization into a data-centric security architecture

CyberSecurity Insiders

Your website and infrastructure should be PCI compliant, and this includes choosing to use programs and software that comes PCI-DSS certified that you run your operations with. Encryption has become fundamental for data destinations and in passage. If you are starting out fresh, the following are measures to build with.

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Zero Trust 2.0: NIST’s identity-centric architecture

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NIST’s identity-centric architecture. In August, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its blueprint for establishing a Zero Trust security architecture, NIST SP 800-207. A Zero Trust security architecture is based on three foundational principles: Ensure that data, equipment, systems, etc.

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SHARED INTEL: What can be done — today — to keep quantum computing from killing encryption

The Last Watchdog

Their trepidation is focused on the potential undermining of a core security component of classical computing systems: encryption. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella very recently laid out the software giant’s hand by announcing Azure Quantum , an offer to select customers to let them access processing power from three prototype quantum computers.

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Akira ransomware received $42M in ransom payments from over 250 victims

Security Affairs

The Akira ransomware operators implement a double extortion model by exfiltrating victims’ data before encrypting it. Earlier versions of the ransomware were written in C++ and the malware added the.akira extension to the encrypted files. The operators frequently disable security software to evade detection and for lateral movement.

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MY TAKE: Why new tools, tactics are needed to mitigate risks introduced by widespread encryption

The Last Watchdog

It was just a few short years ago that the tech sector, led by Google, Mozilla and Microsoft, commenced a big push to increase the use of HTTPS – and its underlying TLS authentication and encryption protocol. Related: Why Google’s HTTPS push is a good thing At the time, just 50 % of Internet traffic used encryption.