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Encryption: How It Works, Types, and the Quantum Future

eSecurity Planet

Encryption and the development of cryptography have been a cornerstone of IT security for decades and remain critical for data protection against evolving threats. While cryptology is thousands of years old, modern cryptography took off in the 1970s with the help of the Diffie-Hellman-Merkle and RSA encryption algorithms.

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Wannacry, the hybrid malware that brought the world to its knees

Security Affairs

In the early afternoon of Friday 12 May 2017, the media broke the news of a global computer security attack carried out through a malicious code capable of encrypting data residing in information systems and demanding a ransom in cryptocurrency to restore them, the Wannacry ransomware. Cryptolocker and exploit components.

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2024 Cybersecurity Laws & Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets standards for protecting sensitive health information, particularly electronic health records (EHRs). This includes administrative, physical, and technical safeguards like encryption and access controls.

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The RAMBO Attack Explained: Risks, Implications, & Mitigations for RSA Security

eSecurity Planet

One such emerging threat is the RAMBO attack, a sophisticated technique that manipulates the electromagnetic emissions of a computer’s RAM to exfiltrate data from air-gapped systems. These emissions occur naturally as electronic components within the computer operate.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

I fly a lot—a quarter of a million miles per year—and being put on a TSA list, or being detained at the US border and having my electronics confiscated, would be a major problem. So would the FBI breaking into my home and seizing my personal electronics. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 414 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

Security Affairs

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Attack of drones: airborne cybersecurity nightmare

Security Affairs

Drones currently occupy a unique legal position as they are classified as both aircraft and networked computing devices. and that Wi-Fi or Radio Frequency (RF) signals used by drone platforms are properly encrypted against eavesdropping or manipulation. free from obstacles, sparsely populated, etc.) Scary stuff….