Webroot

APRIL 2, 2024

Unlike Central Processing Units (CPUs) that process tasks sequentially, GPUs can perform thousands of operations simultaneously, drastically reducing the time required to crack passwords or encryption keys. Once access is gained, attackers can encrypt the victim’s files, demanding a ransom for their release.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With this release, many high security and low friction authentication methods were made available. It is behind the widescale growth of ecommerce on the internet. It is what allows you to connect to your bank online over secure hypertext transport protocol (https) and be confident your financial information will be encrypted.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 1, 2018

Researchers at Princeton University have released IoT Inspector , a tool that analyzes the security and privacy of IoT devices by examining the data they send across the Internet. They've already used the tool to study a bunch of different IoT devices. No surprises there. Boingboing post. Related: IoT Hall of Shame.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 19, 2022

Wikipedia uses a CMS for textual entries, blog posts, images, photographs, videos, charts, graphics, and “ talk pages ” that help its many contributors collaborate. Nearly all CMS platforms, whether traditional or headless, offer some level of built-in security to authenticate users who are allowed to view, add, remove, or change content.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 19, 2022

UPnP is an insecure protocol, it uses network UDP multicasts, and doesn’t support encryption and authentication. ” The vendor also recommends enabling the VPN server function on the user router to access QNAP NAS from the Internet. Only use encrypted HTTPS or other types of secure connections (SSH, etc.).

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Webroot

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They come in all shapes and sizes, lurking in the shadowy corners of the internet. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S. By encrypting your internet connection and masking your IP address, a good VPN shields your online activities from prying eyes, hackers, and nosy advertisers.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 31, 2021

From third-party suppliers to contractors and customers, many of these external users require authentication and authorization within your enterprise network. Why Traditional IAM and Authentication Doesn’t Make the Cut Today. Understanding when and where the organization’s data and network are being accessed.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

According to statistica the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices connected will rise to 23 billion this year. Unless communications between IoT devices and extended enterprise networks are authenticated and protected with valid, unique machine identities, the data flowing from these devices can be stolen or compromised.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

As an enterprise security team, you could restrict internet access at your egress points, but this doesn’t do much when the workforce is remote. If the data is online, then it’s accessible to bad actors and just waiting to be encrypted for ransom. In short, anything accessible from the internet should be given extra attention.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 30, 2024

The missives asked users to click a link and log in at a phishing page that mimicked their employer’s Okta authentication page. Those who submitted credentials were then prompted to provide the one-time password needed for multi-factor authentication. A booking photo of Noah Michael Urban released by the Volusia County Sheriff.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 5, 2022

China has enclosed its national internet servers within what is colloquially called ‘the Great Firewall.’ ’ This firewall even goes as far as to block the latest versions of the encryption service TLS (v1.3) If your staff can log on to the internet to access their emails, so can an attacker.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2023

Hilderman Many components and systems within an aircraft can exchange data and communicate with each other or with the external internet. Software gaps Similarly, the availability of onboard Wi-Fi services has become increasingly common in commercial aircraft so passengers can stay connected to the internet even during a long flight.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2022

Authentication. Two-factor authentication is another important security measure for the cloud era. Increasingly, passwordless authentication is becoming the norm. Data encryption. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever. In the cloud era, data encryption is more important than ever.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

“The results of our analysis clearly show that, while the most popular websites have done a good job of migrating away from SHA-1 certificates, a significant portion of the Internet continues to rely on them,” said Walter Goulet, a cloud solutions product manager at Venafi, in 2017. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Hence, all network traffic “must be encrypted and authenticated as soon as practicable.” of all internet activity in 2021 , up from 40.8% Hence, device-to-device, API-to-API, container-to-container, or, in a word, machine-to-machine communications must be authenticated. Machine identity is key component of Zero Trust.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 28, 2022

While TLS is being used to secure traffic between clients and servers on the internet, it does so by using unidirectional authentication — the server presents a digital certificate to prove its identity to a client. Mutual TLS extends the client-server TLS model to include authentication of both communicating parties.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. With quantum computing looming in the not-so-distant future, the way that we think about encryption will need to evolve. However, the complex math behind creating encryption keys is no match for the power of quantum computers.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In this blog post, I’ll discuss: Our current perimeter defense; The need to shift to a data-centric security approach; and, The need to educate the public to strengthen our critical infrastructure security posture. The nation’s critical infrastructure provides the essential services that underpin American society.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 31, 2021

In our previous blog post , we discussed the challenges for securing IoT deployments, and how businesses and consumers benefit from authenticating and validating IoT software and firmware updates. The most sensitive data, particularly the vehicle’s secret data and the user’s private data, should be encrypted using a robust algorithm.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 4, 2022

To protect against these attacks, businesses need to implement a wide range of strong API security measures such as authentication, authorization, encryption, and vulnerability scanning. Storing authentication credentials for the API is a significant issue. Storing authentication credentials for the API is a significant issue.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) has posted a blog about Akira ransomware targeting VPNs without Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). ” Cisco VPN solutions are widely used to provide secure, encrypted data transmission between users and corporate networks, often used by remote employees.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 16, 2022

As new technologies, like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT), become increasingly prominent in the workplace, digital trust practitioners will need to adapt responsibly and safely. Protect with digital sovereignty: This term refers to keeping encryption and data access under your control.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 27, 2022

The difference between root SSH and SSH keys is that SSH can support basic password authentication, whereas SSH keys are a more secure authentication process when logging into an SSH server. This is because there is an encrypted connection between the systems which makes the data harder to hack and get access to. UTM Medium.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

A new banking trojan dubbed maxtrilha (due to its encryption key) has been discovered in the last few days and targeting customers of European and South American banks. After that, the malware creates persistence, disables Internet Explorer security settings to facilitate the download of the 2nd stage from the Internet.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

This post seeks to document the extent of those attacks, and traces the origins of this overwhelmingly successful cyber espionage campaign back to a cascading series of breaches at key Internet infrastructure providers. federal civilian agencies to secure the login credentials for their Internet domain records. That changed on Jan.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Private key encryption is also referred to as symmetric encryption, where the same private key is used for both encryption and decryption. In public key cryptography, the private key is used for encryption and digital signatures. Public key and private key pairs are also effective for authenticating machine identities.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2020

“The reservoir’s HMI system was connected directly to the internet, without any security appliance defending it or limiting access to it. Furthermore, at the time of the publication, the system did not use any authentication method upon access.” ” reads the blog post published by OTORIO.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

There are three major threat vectors that harm IoT deployments: Devices are hijacked by malicious software; Data collected and processed in IoT ecosystems is tampered with and impacts the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the information; and, Weak user and device authentication. Encryption. Internet Of Things.

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Notice Bored

JULY 17, 2022

Not being able to tell precisely how many steps you've taken today, or being unable to read this blog, is hardly going to stop the Earth spinning on its axis. Cryptography is the primary control, coupled with appropriate use of authentication and encryption processes in both hardware and software (e.g.'microcode'

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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. The internet of things (IoT) is widening the sphere of physical security as smart devices connected to business systems via the internet may be located outside of established secure perimeters.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The internet has drawn comparisons to the Wild West, making ransomware the digital incarnation of a hold-up. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 3,729 ransomware complaints in 2021, representing $49.2 Bolster your monitoring and email authentication capabilities. Prevalence. million in adjusted losses.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 1, 2021

An SSL certificate ensures that the website is encrypted and secure. Keep yourself updated with the latest Pharming techniques used by cybercriminals by following the cybersecurity blogs , magazines, and news portal. Use a reputed Internet Service Provider (ISP). Enable multi-factor authentication on all your accounts.

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Pen Test Partners

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Section 3 Sensitive authentication data must now be encrypted or protected if stored before authorization. Disk level encryption is no longer permitted for protection unless it is a form of removeable media (e.g., If using just passwords for authentication, service providers must change customer passwords every 90 days.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 11, 2022

Over half of internet-connected devices used in hospitals have a vulnerability that could put patient safety, confidential data, or the usability of a device at risk, according to a new report from the healthcare cybersecurity company Cynerio. The most common type of internet-connected device in hospitals was an infusion pump.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll look at the factors that make schools susceptible to cyberattacks and discuss why it’s crucial to have robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard the academic community. Vulnerable IoT Devices There are more cybersecurity risks as Internet of Things (IoT) devices proliferate in school settings.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 27, 2022

“We listed them after our research showed these apps automatically installing self-signed trusted root certificates without informed user consent for the risk that this introduced,” AppEsteem said in a blog. In the context of encryption, a root certificate is a public key certificate that identifies a root certificate authority (CA).

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The Last Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Healthcare organizations are taking advantage of the many benefits of cloud and SaaS, accessing apps and data over the Internet. All healthcare facilities, and their clients and patients, must have better protection of their digital assets, whether it is patient records, archived digital images, or telemedicine conversations.

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