Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2025

If the target passes the checks, the loader downloads advanced malware like GhostWeaver, a PowerShell-based RAT with TLS-encrypted C2 communication and capabilities to redeploy MintsLoader. If the system fails validation, the C2 may deliver a decoy executable like AsyncRAT, which has led to misclassifications in threat reports.

Malware 124

Malware Phishing Threat Reports Encryption 124

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Encrypt "non-public" data both at rest and in motion or use effective alternative compensating controls for information at rest if approved by the CISO in writing. The feasibility of encryption and effectiveness of the compensating controls shall be reviewed by the CISO at least annually.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Cybersecurity CISO Backups 62

Security Boulevard

MAY 26, 2025

AI, Quantum and the Evolving Threat Landscape: Key Findings from the Thales 2025 Data Threat Report madhav Tue, 05/27/2025 - 04:40 The Thales 2025 Data Threat Report reveals a critical inflection point in global cybersecurity. This concern is amplified given the high reported number of APIs in use.

Threat Reports 64

Threat Reports Data breaches Encryption Phishing 64

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

2020 marks the launch of the Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition for the seventh consecutive year. This year the report focuses on the post digital transformation era. The 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition indicates that we have reached a tipping point. Sage advice: encrypt everything.

Digital transformation 79

Digital transformation Threat Reports Encryption Technology 79

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 13, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Storage Costs of Encrypted Data.

Encryption 96

Encryption Media Technology Data breaches 96

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Navigating the Multicloud Maze: Insights from the Thales Data Threat Report, Healthcare Edition madhav Wed, 10/25/2023 - 04:39 In the ever-evolving landscape of data security, the healthcare industry stands at a critical juncture. However, while sensitive data is on the rise, encryption practices still have room for improvement.

Healthcare 71

Healthcare Threat Reports Encryption Ransomware 71

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key Takeaways from the Thales Data Threat Report: EME Edition madhav Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:23 Organizations in the Europe and Middle East (EME) region face significant challenges. The threat landscape is increasingly complex, regulatory requirements are becoming more stringent, and the economic environment remains uncertain.

Threat Reports 64

Threat Reports Technology Ransomware Digital transformation 64

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 17, 2019

Data breaches are at an epidemic level with healthcare organizations experiencing the highest attack rate compared to any other industry studied according to the new Thales 2019 Data Threat Report-Healthcare Edition. They’re counting on the fact that only 38% or less of healthcare organizations encrypt data.

Healthcare 101

Healthcare Encryption Data breaches Authentication 101

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key Takeaways from the Thales Data Threat Report: EME Edition madhav Tue, 09/24/2024 - 05:23 Organizations in the Europe and Middle East (EME) region face significant challenges. The threat landscape is increasingly complex, regulatory requirements are becoming more stringent, and the economic environment remains uncertain.

Threat Reports 62

Threat Reports Technology Ransomware Digital transformation 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Thales 2023 Data Threat Report: The Increased Telco Cybersecurity Challenges in the 5G Era madhav Tue, 09/12/2023 - 05:15 Telecommunications firms have always faced a unique set of security challenges. The rapid shift to higher levels of digitization has meant they have much more dispersed infrastructure and data to protect.

Threat Reports 78

Threat Reports IoT Telecommunications Cybersecurity 78

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

So, what are we doing about encryption?”. A spokesperson later added that this will focus on ensuring universal encryption of passport numbers. As seen in the recent Marriott breach, customers’ sensitive credit card information was encrypted, but their stored password numbers were not – posing a risk for potential identify theft.

Encryption 70

Encryption Digital transformation Data breaches Risk 70

Security Boulevard

MAY 19, 2025

The Complexity of Multi-Cloud Security The Thales 2025 Data Threat Report highlights that entities must rethink their approach to data security due to structural and geopolitical changes. Many firms trust cloud-native controls, like encryption, to protect their data but do not consider where the encryption keys are stored.

Encryption 52

Encryption Data breaches Risk Threat Reports 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

HIPAA ensures that businesses treat your personal health information with extra care, encrypting it, restricting who can access it, and ensuring systems that store it are secure and continuously tested. To compound issues, identity and encryption management complexity is a serious issue. What is HIPAA?

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Penetration Testing Insurance Encryption 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

DDOS 62

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 31, 2018

According to our 2018 Global Data Threat Report , 67% of enterprises have been breached, with that percentage rate growing every year. Encryption has now become the leading solution for protecting sensitive data. It is considered a best practice to separate your encryption keys from the data.

Digital transformation 130

Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption Cloud Migration 130

Digital Shadows

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Editors note: This report was authored by Kimberley Bromley, Hayden Evans, and Joseph Keyes. Today, were proud to present the ReliaQuest Annual Cyber-Threat Report: 2025. Now in its third year, this report offers a close look at the top cyber threats our customers faced throughout 2024.

Threat Reports 59

Threat Reports Cyber threats Phishing Social Engineering 59

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

It ensures your data remains encrypted, secure, and accessible only to authorised users. Encryption keys safeguard your organisations sensitive data, regulate access, and ensure the integrity of your IT systems. These frameworks require you to implement robust encryption and key management practices.

Data breaches 79

Data breaches Encryption Risk Marketing 79

Security Boulevard

JUNE 3, 2021

According to the 2021 Thales Global Threat Report conducted by 451 Research, 82% of organizations maintain such concerns, especially when it comes to encrypting data stored in the cloud and the. The post Cloud Complexity Rattles Enterprise Security Efforts appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Threat Reports 116

Threat Reports Encryption Cybersecurity Network Security 116

Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2022

The report provides information about tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the threat actors using the Maui ransomware along with indicators of compromise (IOCs) that were obtained by government experts during incident response activities and industry analysis of a Maui sample.

Healthcare 138

Healthcare Ransomware Encryption Government 138

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 3, 2019

I recently had the pleasure of sharing some industry insights from our 2019 Data Threat Report-Federal Edition on Cyberwire’s Daily Podcast –specifically addressing the gap in security responsibility many federal agencies face today as they move tremendous amounts of sensitive data into multicloud environments.

Government 120

Government Cloud Migration IoT Encryption 120

SecureWorld News

MAY 5, 2025

Threat reports go unread. Timing the kill: how ransomware gangs study organizational weakness Modern threat actors operate more like intelligence agencies than chaotic hackers. What should have been a contained intrusion becomes a company-wide encryption event with a multimillion-dollar ransom demand. Alerts get missed.

Ransomware 85

Ransomware Firewall Encryption Phishing 85

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2019

According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report -Global Edition, some 90 percent of 1,200 responding data security professionals worldwide report their organizations are using the cloud. Vormetric Transparent Encryption. 2] 2019 Thales Data Threat Report. The Cloud Security Challenge. Pivotal Cloud Foundry.

Encryption 113

Encryption Threat Reports Data breaches Technology 113

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Among some of the interesting key findings of the Thales 2019 Data Threat Report-Australia/New Zealand Edition are: 95% of Australian/New Zealand organisations use sensitive data in digitally transformative technologies. Less than 36% encrypt their sensitive data.

Digital transformation 136

Digital transformation Data breaches Threat Reports Encryption 136

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to the 2023 Thales Data Threat Report (DTR), 62% of global companies employ five or more key management solutions, contributing to IT complexity and operational challenges. This increased control over encryption keys is vital to data security, giving organizations more confidence in safeguarding sensitive information.

Encryption 139

Encryption Threat Reports Data breaches Risk 139

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. Malware and accidental human error are the biggest security threats. The quantum computing threat. 2021 Report. 2022 Report. 2021 Report.

Risk 126

Risk Encryption Ransomware Technology 126

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

According to 2024 Thales Global Data Threat Report: Financial Services , FinServ organizations face greater security challenges in securing cloud infrastructure and focus on locking down secrets in development operations. Access control methods, encryption, and secure storage solutions are important components.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Digital transformation Encryption Risk 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 18, 2019

In response to this need, Thales has partnered with VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, and offers our Vormetric Transparent Encryption with VMware Cloud on AWS.

Encryption 127

Encryption Big data Data breaches Threat Reports 127

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2021

Key management – the processing, management and storage of keys for who can decrypt and access protected information – is an often-overlooked, and yet critical element of encryption. This lack of centralized control can jeopardize the integrity of encryption. However, merely encrypting sensitive data in the cloud is not sufficient.

Encryption 126

Encryption Data breaches Cyber Attacks Risk 126

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 6, 2020

The 2020 Thales Data Threat Report Global Edition found that no organization is immune from data security threats, with 49% of global respondents experiencing a breach at some point and 26% having been breached in the past year. Secure encryption keys. Protecting sensitive data is the key.

Encryption 130

Encryption Authentication Passwords CISO 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 3, 2019

As highlighted in the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report , an increasing number of organizations across the globe are now using sensitive data on digitally transformative technologies like cloud, virtualization, big data, IoT, blockchain, etc. The Way Forward – Choosing the Correct Approach to Data Encryption.

Digital transformation 104

Digital transformation Encryption Data breaches Big data 104

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Keep your encryption keys to increase control of data you store and process in the cloud. According to the 2020 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition : Nearly all (98%) of organizations surveyed have some data in the cloud. Mon, 12/07/2020 - 08:33. Half of all data is in the cloud. What is Google Cloud’s EKM?

Encryption 62

Encryption Engineering Threat Reports Risk 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Cybercriminals and fraudsters have become innovative enough to exploit the expanding attack surface of financial institutions and turn risks into threats. Disturbingly, 35% of survey respondents report experiencing ransomware attacks, underscoring the heightened risks faced by the financial sector.

Financial Services 105

Financial Services Encryption Cybercrime Threat Reports 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 12, 2019

At the 2019 RSA Conference, Pure Storage and Thales introduced Vormetric Transparent Encryption for Efficient Storage – the IT and security industries’ first end-to-end data encryption framework that realizes storage array data reduction. Storage Costs of Encrypted Data.

Encryption 54

Encryption Media Technology Data breaches 54

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 1, 2019

These vulnerabilities can span from limited use of data encryption to the abuse of privileged user policies. Our annual Thales Data Threat Report-Federal Edition , released today, found that 98% of federal agencies are storing sensitive data within a digitally transformative environment. Federal Agencies.”

Digital transformation 105

Digital transformation Cybersecurity Data breaches Encryption 105

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Encryption, data sovereignty, multifactor authentication and website cookies are all vital ideas and technologies to keep consumers’ personal data safe – but research released this month reveals widespread confusion. Encryption What is encryption? It's about ensuring your data is handled responsibly and securely.

Security Awareness 130

Security Awareness Passwords Authentication Encryption 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 7, 2025

According to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report report, 61% cited secrets management as a top DevOps challenge. This lack of visibility leads to secrets sprawl, significantly increasing the risk of unauthorized access and data breaches.

Digital transformation 62

Digital transformation Government Encryption IoT 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 12, 2019

And as our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Europe Edition recently revealed, many of these businesses become extremely vulnerable during digital transformation, with those in Europe being no different. Encryption, encryption, encryption. The financial and reputational damage could prove to be severe.

Digital transformation 102

Digital transformation Cybersecurity Encryption Threat Reports 102