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Your 10-Minute Guide to PKI & How Internet Encryption Works

Heimadal Security

From securing e-commerce transactions to encrypting data sent via email and verifying software packages, public key infrastructure (PKI) and encryption are essential to secure online communications. But what exactly is PKI, how does PKI work, and what role does it play in encryption and internet security as a whole?

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G7 Comes Out in Favor of Encryption Backdoors

Schneier on Security

Some G7 countries highlight the importance of not prohibiting, limiting, or weakening encryption; There is a weird belief amongst policy makers that hacking an encryption system's key management system is fundamentally different than hacking the system's encryption algorithm. Both are ways of weakening encryption.

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7 Internet Safety Tips for Safer Internet Browsing

Identity IQ

7 Internet Safety Tips for Safer Internet Browsing IdentityIQ With the internet, we can access vast amounts of information with only a click or tap. This year, the total number of internet users worldwide reached 5.18 And as immense as the internet is, so are the risks. Many threats lurk in its corners.

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Don’t Let Encryption Become A Double-Edged Sword That Undermines Zero Trust CyberSecurity

Joseph Steinberg

It is no secret that cybersecurity professionals universally recommend that people, businesses, and governments employ strong encryption as one of several methods of protecting sensitive information.

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Microsoft tests Windows 11 encrypted DNS server auto-discovery

Bleeping Computer

Microsoft is testing support for the Discovery of Network-designated Resolvers (DNR) internet standard, which enables automated client-side discovery of encrypted DNS servers on local area networks. [.]

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The Insecurity of Video Doorbells

Schneier on Security

Consumer Reports has analyzed a bunch of popular Internet-connected video doorbells. Their security is terrible.

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Oops! Black Basta ransomware flubs encryption

Malwarebytes

The decryptor works for victims whose files were encrypted between November 2022 and December 2023. The decryptor, called Black Basta Buster, exploits a flaw in the encryption algorithm used in older versions of the Black Basta group’s ransomware. ” Files can be recovered if the plaintext of 64 encrypted bytes is known.