Google Security

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

People still use and rely on trillions of SMS texts each year to exchange messages with friends, share family photos, and copy two-factor authentication codes to access sensitive data in their bank accounts. These findings add to the well-established facts about SMS’ weaknesses , lack of encryption chief among them.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 23, 2022

MEGA has addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its cloud storage service that could have allowed threat actors to decrypt user data stored in encrypted form. The weakness resides in the fact that all the keys are derived in one way or another from the password.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

The findings come as highlights of Group-IB whitepaper titled “ Ransomware Uncovered: Attackers’ Latest Methods ,” closely examining the evolution of the ransomware operators’ strategies over the past year, issued today. Last year, ransomware operators matured considerably, having joined Big Game Hunting and going beyond file encryption.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 6, 2021

As World Password Day comes around again this May 6 th , how much has changed in the year since we last marked the occasion? As such, this year’s World Password Day is in fact a timely reminder for businesses to drop passwords forever, and instead rollout access management solutions such as passwordless authentication.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

MARCH 16, 2021

What’s more, the range of data that can be stored by connected cars is broad – from contact details and addresses, to Wi-Fi passwords and many other things. PKI also uses encryption, authentication and identity checks to keep the data moving securely to and from the vehicle.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

There are many different ways to safeguard your organization’s sensitive data from a breach, including encryption, data erasure, data masking, and data resiliency. Yahoo also recorded a breach that affected 1 billion accounts in 2013, where names and passwords were stolen. Zero-trust Security Frameworks.

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ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Authentication. Authentication is the process of an individual proving they are the identity they claim by providing credentials. Examples of credentials include a pin or password. Once an individual has been authenticated, they are given access, or authorization, to specified information and resources. Encryption.

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