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Password Encryption 101: Best Practices Guide for Orgs of All Sizes

SecureWorld News

As the frequency of data breaches surges, it becomes increasingly imperative to guarantee the security and adequate encryption of passwords. In this article, I will provide an overview of password encryption, explaining its essence and modus operandi. What is password encryption?

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What Is Encryption? Definition, How it Works, & Examples

eSecurity Planet

Encryption uses mathematical algorithms to transform and encode data so that only authorized parties can access it. What Encryption Is and How It Relates to Cryptology The science of cryptography studies codes, how to create them, and how to solve them. How Does Encryption Process Data? How Does Encryption Process Data?

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Types of Encryption, Methods & Use Cases

eSecurity Planet

Encryption scrambles data to make it unreadable to those without decryption keys. Proper use of encryption preserves secrecy and radically lowers the potential damage of a successful cybersecurity attack. Encryption algorithm types will provide an overview of the mathematical algorithms used to encrypt data (AES, RSA, etc.),

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Hospital & Healthcare Technology - Case Study

Approachable Cyber Threats

They also know that technology plays a vital role in delivering that standard of care. For example, in a ransomware attack on a northern California hospital in 2020 , hackers hijacked multiple servers, encrypted the data and demanded 1.4 million US dollars as a ransom payment in exchange for the keys to decrypt the data. >

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World Password Day must die

Malwarebytes

The continued existence of World Password Day is a tell that something has gone badly wrong in cybersecurity. Critical technology should not require an annual pep talk to function correctly. And make no mistake, password authentication is critical technology. The first is that password authentication is a terrible design.

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Retailer Orvis.com Leaked Hundreds of Internal Passwords on Pastebin

Krebs on Security

In late October, this author received a tip from Wisconsin-based security firm Hold Security that a file containing a staggering number of internal usernames and passwords for Orvis had been posted to Pastebin. Multiple firewall products. Microsoft Active Directory accounts and passwords. Encryption certificates.

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Iran-linked DEV-0270 group abuses BitLocker to encrypt victims’ devices

Security Affairs

Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 (aka Nemesis Kitten) is abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices. Microsoft Security Threat Intelligence researchers reported that Iran-linked APT group DEV-0270 ( Nemesis Kitten ) has been abusing the BitLocker Windows feature to encrypt victims’ devices.