Topic: encryption standards
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Gopass: Open-Source CLI Password Manager for Teams
Gopass is an open-source CLI password manager that replaces the traditional 'pass' utility by storing encrypted secrets in a git repository, providing both an audit trail and seamless synchronization. The tool defaults to GPG encryption but offers flexibility with alternatives like age or fossil,...
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AI and Quantum: The Future of Cybersecurity
Quantum computing threatens modern encryption systems like RSA and Elliptic Curve cryptography, which secure online communications, digital signatures, and cryptocurrency transactions. A zero trust cybersecurity approach, which requires continuous verification of users and devices, is essential f...
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Kerberoasting in 2025: Protect Your Service Accounts Now
Kerberoasting is a persistent attack exploiting Kerberos authentication to escalate privileges and compromise service accounts in Active Directory environments. Attackers use compromised standard user accounts to request encrypted service tickets, which they crack offline to gain control of high-...
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Iranian Hackers Targeted Kash Patel Email, Not FBI
Iranian state-backed hackers breached the personal email of former Pentagon official Kash Patel earlier this year, accessing sensitive communications and demonstrating a continued focus on U.S. national security targets. Apple's Lockdown Mode is highlighted as highly effective, with the company r...
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Chrome's New Safety Warnings: What You Need to Know
Google Chrome will begin actively flagging all public websites without HTTPS encryption in October, displaying prominent warnings to protect user data from interception. This update expands security alerts beyond misconfigured HTTPS sites to include any site lacking encryption, building on earlie...
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Secure Your Exchange Server: CISA & NSA Best Practices
A new cybersecurity framework from CISA and the NSA provides detailed steps to protect Microsoft Exchange Server installations from sophisticated threats, focusing on hybrid and on-premises environments. Key recommendations include restricting administrative access, enforcing multi-factor authent...
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DJI Robovac Security Flaw Exposed Thousands to Remote Access
A hobbyist accidentally discovered a major security flaw in DJI's Romo vacuum, allowing remote access to thousands of devices globally and exposing sensitive data like live camera feeds and home floor plans. DJI patched the vulnerability after notification, attributing it to a server permission i...
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Man’s $45M Nicolas Cage film vanishes from Netflix’s desk
Netflix faces a lawsuit after an unencrypted hard drive containing the unreleased Nicolas Cage film "Fortitude" was stolen from its offices, with the company allegedly waiting a week to notify the production company and offering only to cover the drive's cost. The plaintiffs, Op-Fortitude and fin...
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Amazon's AI Health Assistant Now Live on Site and App
Amazon has expanded its AI health tool, "Health AI", making it directly available to all users via its main website and mobile app, without requiring a Prime or One Medical subscription, to serve as a digital health companion for tasks from wellness queries to appointment scheduling. The assist...
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Microsoft patches exploited Office zero-day, Fortinet fixes SSO flaw
Microsoft and Fortinet issued emergency patches for critical, actively exploited vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-21509 in Office and CVE-2026-24858 in FortiCloud), highlighting the persistent threat of unpatched software. Attackers are using sophisticated methods, like disguising malware in Windows scr...
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Expert-Approved VPNs: 6 Top Picks & 5 to Avoid
A reliable VPN requires core security features like a strict no-logging policy, strong encryption, DNS leak protection, and a kill switch to protect online privacy effectively. Free or subpar VPN services often compromise user security by logging data, using weak protocols, or selling information...
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Evervault Secures €21M for Payment Encryption Tech
Evervault, a payment data encryption startup, secured €21 million in Series B funding to advance its technology, bringing total funding to €39 million for reshaping how sensitive financial data is handled globally. Its platform encrypts payment data so it never appears as plaintext, reducing frau...
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NetApp StorageGRID 12.0: Supercharge AI & Data Workloads
StorageGRID 12.0 is a software-defined object storage platform designed to handle modern unstructured data, with enhancements for AI workloads, security, and management. It introduces advanced caching and up to twenty times higher throughput for AI and high-performance computing, along with bucke...
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macOS 28 ends support for encrypted Mac OS Extended volumes
Starting with macOS 28, Apple will no longer support encrypted Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volumes, requiring users to decrypt or reformat them before upgrading to avoid data inaccessibility. The change pushes users toward the modern APFS file system, and Apple recommends decrypting drives via Disk Ut...
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