Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In this blog, we discuss three ways to “shift left” and infuse security into the DevOps cycle itself – also known as DevSecOps – so developers and business owners can successfully move further “right” down the development cycle faster with their application processes already properly secured.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

They have also become increasingly proficient at encrypting data. In 2021, data encryption was successful in 65% of attacks, an increase from the 54% rate reported in 2020. Backup Your Data. One of the most efficient methods for recovering from a ransomware attack is having reliable backups of vital data.

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SC Magazine

MAY 11, 2021

Visitors arrive at the cloud pavilion of Amazon Web Services at the 2016 CeBIT digital technology trade fair in Hanover, Germany. In a blog, Check Point researchers said they have worked with AWS Security to provide customers with the necessary information to help them resolve any configuration issues with the SSMs.

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2023

The company said that some local infrastructures have been encrypted. “The time needed to carry out these actions and to use the backups to restart should take a few days, which is why the 3 sites are closed for the week.” Lacroix plans to resume production on May 22, 2023. ” reported Yahoo Finance.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As we’ve seen with major attacks like Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline, cybercriminals have continued to innovate, developing new tools and tactics to encrypt and exfiltrate data. On average, 80 percent of organizations are using up to 10 separate cybersecurity solutions, primarily anti-virus and anti-spam on devices and on-premise backup tools.

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IT Security Guru

JULY 4, 2023

Hackers are increasingly targeting schools as technology is being integrated more deeply into teaching. 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.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 10, 2021

It’s too late to think about a backup plan when you find yourself needing one. As with all technology, there are pros and cons to using it. But the old saying about the cloud that “it’s your data on someone else’s computer” hits home when you suddenly loose a big chunk of your server capacity or your web services out of the blue.

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Security Boulevard

JULY 21, 2022

The same issues, or even worse, will be faced in the near future if businesses, organizations and agencies fail to be proactive in establishing concise and comprehensive policies and practices for migrating to a post-quantum encryption regime. Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms Announced. SHA-1 Deprecation. Anastasios Arampatzis.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Attack Technique Format This blog covers multiple Kerberos abuse based attack techniques, detection guidance and remediation of a compromised domain. We will cover the technology that is required of the target technique. We will mention any related blogs, tools, or variations of the attack performance.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 16, 2018

They may be running critical applications in one cloud and using a different vendor for backup and restore in another. In doing this, though, they must ask themselves if they have the proper access controls, data management approaches, and encryption installed. If they don’t, they are at risk of becoming the next headline.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 5, 2022

Back up your data and secure your backups in an offline location. If the data is online, then it’s accessible to bad actors and just waiting to be encrypted for ransom. About the essayist: Den Jones, CSO at Banyan Security , which supplies s imple, least-privilege, multi-cloud application access technologies.

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2022

REvil now seems to have returned to the fray with new payloads, and a new leak blog displaying a mixture of new victims and old victims known to have been attacked by REvil. At first, some suspected that Onyx may be a wiper rather than ransomware because it destroyed files larger than 2MB instead of encrypting them. New gangs emerge.

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Centraleyes

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This blog aims to dissect the nuances of cloud security risks , shedding light on the challenges commonly faced when securing digital assets in the cloud. Oversight of the Shared Responsibility Model is a shared endeavor, with constant communication and collaboration required to adapt to evolving threats and technological advancements.

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Spinone

MARCH 10, 2019

There are constantly new headlines, blog posts, statistics, and other information pointing to the fact that security breaches, malware, ransomware, data leak events, phishing and other security concerns are not going away. Data is driving business for most organizations who utilize technology to carry out normal business operations.

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Duo's Security Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

We have a lot of thoughts on passkeys – some of which we’ve shared in other posts in this passkey blog series – and today we’re going to explore how passkeys stack up against passwords from the perspective of cloud platforms. Google Password Manager On Android, the Google Password Manager provides backup and syncs passkeys.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 12, 2021

Rather than using ransomware to encrypt a company’s data and demanding payment in return for a decryption key, they now are more often including extortion in their threats, capturing the data and saying they will publish it if the ransom isn’t paid. ” Accenture Got Backup Right. LockBit Filling a Vacuum.

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McAfee

OCTOBER 31, 2021

In this blog, we take a deeper dive into the continuingly aggressive role Nation States will play in 2022. In many cases, a start-up company is formed, and a web of front companies or existing “technology” companies are involved in operations that are directed and controlled by the countries’ intelligence ministries. By Raj Samani.

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Google Security

MAY 11, 2022

Posted by Daniel Margolis, Software Engineer, Google Account Security Team Every year, security technologies improve: browsers get better , encryption becomes ubiquitous on the Web , authentication becomes stronger. This blog will deep dive into the method of phishing and how it has evolved today.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 30, 2021

Bad actors have been exploiting VMs in recent years as a way of running under the radar, making it more difficult to detect their malware while it encrypts the data they intend to hold for ransom. Enterprises continue to adopt VMs to make device management, resource use and data backup easier and more efficient.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

In just a few short years, Bitcoin, the innovative cryptocurrency underpinned by Blockchain technology, has earned broad legitimacy and won plaudits from many top technologists, investors, and even bankers. We can’t simply re-hash the technology for whatever desired means without making the appropriate changes.

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Webroot

APRIL 21, 2021

Believed to have been started by the Maze ransomware group , the data extortion trend involves not just encrypting business’ data and holding it for ransom, but in fact threatening to expose the compromised data if the victims refuses to pay. One of the newer trends we saw in ransomware was that of data extortion.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 14, 2020

Gone are the days of “on-premises only” monitoring and management of enterprise technology. To accomplish this, organizations must ensure their encryption keys remain secure for their PKI, document signing, and encryption infrastructure. A 2019 survey of full time workers in the U.S.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2022

This is written jointly with Tim Peacock and will eventually appear on the GCP blog. you, the esteemed reader of this blog , do not need this explanation, perhaps, but a typical cloud user might]. This applies to the types of systems you would encounter, technologies, and operational practices.

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Pentester Academy

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It targeted Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting the data on the victim’s machine and seeking ransom in exchange for a promise to decrypt all the encrypted files and potentially undo the damage, but that’s far from the truth, as we discuss further! We need to unzip the archive to access the executable.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 27, 2019

” reads a blog post published by Wandera. ” The tainted applications were published in the App Store in various categories, in various countries by the same developer, the India-based AppAspect Technologies Pvt. .”

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 17, 2024

Cain and Alexander DeMine Overview Remote Browser Isolation (RBI) is a security technology which has been gaining popularity for large businesses securing their enterprise networks in recent years. This can be due to encryption or even size.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2019

Historically, cyber-criminals adopted one or more layers of encryption and obfuscation to lower their footprint and avoid detection. The interesting thing is the payload, that is further loaded into memory, is merely embedded inside a resource without any encryption or obfuscation. Introduction. Figure 11: Version of NanoCore Client.

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McAfee

AUGUST 27, 2020

But before the bad guys can launch an attack, our prevention technology comes into play to prevent ransomware from infecting the endpoint in question. McAfee leverages an integrated technology stack that includes machine learning, exploit prevention, behavioral blocking and dynamic application containment. September 29, 2020.

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BH Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This blog is the first in a series where I will cover what a cyberattack involves, outline how it’s carried out, and explain how it might differ depending on your chosen technology platform. I will cover the main categories here, and I recommend reading the framework as a companion to this blog. Prepare to attack.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

A very simple business plan can help you stay on track and help determine what you will sell, how much to charge, how you will receive payments, how to attract customers, technology you may need, and more. An SSL certificate to encrypt customer-entered data. Name your business. A web application firewall (WAF) to keep hackers out.

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Webroot

APRIL 5, 2024

Use preventive security technology Prevention, as the saying goes, prevention is better than the cure. Examples of prevention-layer technologies include: Endpoint protection keeps out malicious files, scripts, URLs, and exploits via a cloud-based architecture. A separate backup system is necessary to ensure business continuity.

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Notice Bored

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Discrete batch-mode data transfers ( e.g. sending backup or archival tapes to a safe store, or updating secret keys in distributed hardware security modules), routine/regular/frequent transfers ( e.g. strings of network packets), sporadic/exceptional/one-off transfers ( e.g. subject access requests for personal information) or whatever.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A platform that started as a blogging tool has evolved into a globally renowned solution that makes website design and development more accessible and easier than ever. Use HTTPS Browsers are essentially mandating that sites use HTTPS in their configuration as a way to encrypt communications between your site server and the users' server.

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Centraleyes

MAY 23, 2024

It refers to the methods and technology businesses employ to manage and monitor access to their data. Identification and Access Management (IAM) IAM technology enables enterprises to manage user identities, access controls, and permissions across numerous systems and applications. Data access governance is a subset of data governance.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s a thrilling time to work in cybersecurity, but new technology and unprecedented opportunities also present us with extraordinary challenges. But in cybersecurity, dwell time is the time between bad actors’ initial break in and the attack itself, when target data is encrypted. Neither are backups stored with cloud services.

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Cisco Security

JULY 14, 2021

And once they’ve found their way into your business and encrypted your data and files, ransomware operators will demand substantial sums of money to restore them. For example, they will compromise backup systems so that administrators cannot use them to restore data. No single technology or best practice alone can prevent it.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 9, 2022

In a FLASH publication issued by the FBI in coordination with DHS/CISA, the FBI says it has identified at least 52 organizations across 10 critical infrastructure sectors affected by RagnarLocker ransomware, including organizations in the critical manufacturing, energy, financial services, government, and information technology sectors.

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