Topic: data encryption
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Here is the rewritten headline: What Your ISP, Sites, and Advertisers See About You
Every time you browse, your ISP can see which sites you visit, websites can track your activity via analytics and ads, and advertising networks can build detailed profiles based on your behavior. Private browsing (incognito) only prevents your browser from saving local history; it does not hide y...
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UTMStack: Open-Source UTM for Complete Threat Management
UTMStack is an open-source unified threat management platform that integrates SIEM and XDR functionalities for real-time correlation of security data to detect sophisticated, multi-stage attacks. Its architecture features pre-ingestion analysis for faster response times and is built from the grou...
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Leaked: Which Pixel Phones Are Vulnerable to Cellebrite Hacks
A leak revealed that Google Pixel 6, 7, 8, and 9 series smartphones are vulnerable to data extraction by Cellebrite's forensic tools, while the Pixel 10 series was not mentioned. The vulnerability status was disclosed by an anonymous source who shared details from a private Cellebrite briefing on...
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Who Else Has Access to Your Wearable's Heartbeat Data?
The proliferation of smartwatches and connected medical devices enables remote health monitoring and personalized care, but it also introduces significant security vulnerabilities due to the constant flow of sensitive data. Ambiguity in health data ownership and sharing practices raises privacy c...
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Genetec Adds Audio to Security Centre SaaS
Genetec Inc. has integrated cloud-native audio communications into its Security Centre SaaS platform, enhancing real-time voice capabilities alongside existing video surveillance, access control, and intrusion monitoring in a unified system. This integration allows security teams to verify identi...
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Cybercriminals Pose as Interpol in Ransomware Phishing Attacks
Cybercriminals are impersonating Interpol in a global ransomware campaign, sending phishing emails with official-looking logos and language that trick victims into opening malicious attachments. Once opened, the attachments deploy ransomware that rapidly encrypts files and spreads across networks...
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BridgePay Hit by Ransomware, Says Customer Card Data Safe
BridgePay Network Solutions suffered a major ransomware attack causing a widespread system outage, but preliminary analysis indicates encrypted payment card data was not compromised. The company is working with cybersecurity experts and federal authorities on the investigation and recovery, thoug...
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Gentlemen Ransomware Strikes Romanian Energy Provider
A ransomware attack on Romania's Oltenia Energy Complex, a major power supplier, disrupted its IT systems during the holiday period but did not compromise the national energy grid's stability. The attack is attributed to the Gentlemen ransomware group, which uses specific tactics like unique file...
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Morphisec's Enhanced Anti-Ransomware Blocks Evasive Attacks
Morphisec's Anti-Ransomware Assurance Suite has been upgraded with new features, including Network Share Ransomware Protection, Identity Risk Visibility, and enhanced EDR Tamper Protection, to proactively address critical security gaps. The Network Share Protection blocks ransomware encryption at...
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NAKIVO v11.1: Enhanced Disaster Recovery & MSP Tools
NAKIVO Backup & Replication v11.1 enhances data protection with new disaster recovery tools and improved management features for MSPs, supporting virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS infrastructures. The update introduces multilingual support in five languages, real-time replication for VMware, and...
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Trellix Enhances Data Security for Generative AI
Rapid adoption of generative AI has created significant security vulnerabilities, outpacing traditional measures and increasing data breach costs, with 88% of businesses deploying AI last year. Trellix has introduced a unified data security framework and enhanced products, including AI risk dashb...
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Cloud IAM weaknesses put 98% of environments at risk
Misconfiguration remains a top cloud security risk, and CISA has now made baseline cloud configuration a formal requirement for federal agencies and their contractors. 98% of cloud environments face identity and access management (IAM) weaknesses, driven by excessive permissions, stale accounts, ...
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Google launches local document backups on Android, adds SMS & RCS toggle
Google is introducing new toggles for SMS, MMS, and RCS message backups in Android settings, giving users control over which data is uploaded to the cloud, with the update rolling out via Google Play services version 26.25. A new local Documents backup feature is being tested, which automatically...
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EU Satellites Allegedly Hacked by Russian Spycraft
European security agencies are alarmed by Russian Luch-1 and Luch-2 spacecraft, which conduct risky maneuvers near vital European satellites to perform signals intelligence, threatening data security and orbital infrastructure. These satellites have intensified their suspicious close approaches o...
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Bluesky's New 'Find Friends' Protects Privacy, No Spam
Bluesky's new "Find Friends" feature connects users via phone contacts but requires explicit dual consent from both parties, prioritizing privacy over growth. The system uses hashed encryption for contact data and separates the encryption key, preventing data leaks and allowing users to delete th...
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Kohler's Smart Toilet Cameras Claim E2EE Despite Data Access
Kohler's smart toilet camera, which analyzes waste for health insights, claims to use end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for privacy, but experts challenge this as the company itself can decrypt and access the sensitive data. The company's interpretation of E2EE means data is encrypted in transit to it...
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Camera Support Could Be the Boost Matter Needs
Matter 1.5 introduces security camera integration, enabling interoperability across brands and platforms, allowing users to add any certified camera to their preferred smart home system. Cameras will use local protocols like Matter-over-WiFi or ethernet for enhanced reliability and reduced latenc...
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State Actor Behind SonicWall Cloud Backup Hack
A state-sponsored threat actor breached SonicWall's cloud backup service using brute-force techniques, accessing all stored backup files through an API call in a sophisticated nation-state level operation. SonicWall confirmed that core products, internal systems, and customer infrastructures were...
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Qilin Ransomware Exposes 40+ Victims Monthly
The Qilin ransomware group has intensified global attacks, listing over 40 new victims monthly and primarily targeting the manufacturing industry, along with professional services and wholesale trade. Qilin uses a double-extortion tactic, encrypting victims' data and stealing sensitive informatio...
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Avnet Data Breach: Stolen Data Deemed Unreadable
Avnet confirmed a data breach involving externally hosted cloud storage, where unauthorized individuals accessed a database for an internal sales application in the EMEA region, but the proprietary platform itself was not compromised. The company detected the intrusion on September 26, immediatel...
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