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2022: The threat landscape is paved with faster and more complex attacks with no signs of stopping

Webroot

In particular, we witnessed an increase in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and a surge in the usage of the internet of things (IoT). Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. Ransomware. Since mid-October 2021, there have been more than 25 active strains of ransomware circulating. “As

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Bad Luck: BlackCat Ransomware Bulletin

Security Boulevard

The ransomware targets virtual machines and snapshots, looking to escape containers, encrypt any possible persistence, and wipe out backups that weren’t carefully archived. However, they also use some less common tactics, like threats of DDoS and discounts for fast payment, both of which play directly on a victim’s initial panic.

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Preparing for Hong Kong’s Protection of Critical Infrastructures (Computer Systems) Bill

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data Security The Thales Data Security product suite helps discover and classify sensitive data across hybrid IT and automatically protects it anywhere - whether at rest, in motion, or in use - using advanced encryption , tokenization , and key management.

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What Is DRM? Understanding Digital Rights Management

eSecurity Planet

Digital rights management (DRM) is an encryption technology that enforces creator’s rights. Digital rights management wraps digital data into an encrypted wrapper tied to a license that contains the rules for how the content may be used. The management software will also track encrypted file use and continuously enforce digital rights.