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Data Breach in the Cloud: How to Prevent, Avoid and Reduce

Spinone

Many attach the word encryption to bad guys who use ransomware to encrypt data and then hold that data hostage until a ransom is paid. Sadly, ransomware sheds a bad light on encryption. Typically, in flight encryption can be accomplished using IPsec VPN tunnels or TLS/SSL for encryption.

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Why are “Secure” Companies Still Being Hacked?

Security Boulevard

DEMETRIUS MALBROUGH: Yeah, it seems like everyone is focusing and really getting laser focused and honed in on security and dealing with cyber risks and cybersecurity overall. But then clients give the consultants VPN access, so then all that jazz. Ransomware hackers. So it's growing. So it's good. Big misconception.

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Conti Ransomware Group Diaries, Part III: Weaponry

Krebs on Security

Part I of this series examined newly-leaked internal chats from the Conti ransomware group, and how the crime gang dealt with its own internal breaches. Conti is by far the most aggressive and profitable ransomware group in operation today. 12, 2021, in regards to their ransomware negotiations with LeMans Corp.,