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Organizations have seen an increase in device encryption

32% of organizations have seen an increase in device encryption in the past year, according to a Vanson Bourne survey. Additionally, 31 percent noted that their organization …

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Collaboration between network access brokers and ransomware actors deepens

In this Help Net Security podcast, Brandon Hoffman, CISO at Intel 471, discusses about the increased collaboration between network access brokers (NAB) and ransomware …

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Application level data protection hindered by misperceptions and complexities

Companies plan to take extensive actions in the next 12 months to address a broad concern for sensitive data being unprotected in use at the application layer, Entrust and …

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Researchers design a way to make encrypted keys harder to crack

As more private data is stored and shared digitally, researchers are exploring new ways to protect data against attacks from bad actors. Current silicon technology exploits …

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Researchers develop program that helps assess encryption systems’ vulnerabilities

Anastasia Malashina, a doctoral student at HSE University, has proposed a new method to assess vulnerabilities in encryption systems, which is based on a brute-force search of …

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Only 8% of businesses that paid a ransom got all of their data back

The average total cost of recovery from a ransomware attack has more than doubled in a year, increasing from $761,106 in 2020 to $1.85 million in 2021, a Sophos survey …

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Organizations can no longer afford to overlook encrypted traffic

Whether you’re a small business operating out of a single office or a global enterprise with a huge and distributed corporate network, not inspecting the encrypted traffic …

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Consumer data protection is a high priority, but there’s still work to be done

Enterprises see protecting customer personal information as the top reason to encrypt data, and yet report actually encrypting customer data at a far lower rate. This and …

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68% of construction executives have no cybersecurity measures in place

The construction industry may not appear to be an obvious target for cybercrime, but it garners unwanted online attention just like other sectors. According to a report by …

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Massive increase in endpoint attacks, rising rate of encrypted malware and new exploits targeting IoT

Fileless malware and cryptominer attack rates grew by nearly 900% and 25% respectively, while unique ransomware payloads plummeted by 48% in 2020 compared to 2019, according …

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Encryption is either secure or it’s not – there is no middle ground

The principle of end-to-end encryption underpins a system of communication where only the communicating users can read the messages. To this end, it exists to prevent any …

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Encrypted method that measures encounters could slow down or prevent future pandemics

When you bump into someone in the workplace or at your local coffee shop, you might call that an “encounter.” That’s the scientific term for it, too. As part …

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