Encryption news stories

When sending information on unprotected networks you leave your digital life, including bank and credit information, personally identifiable information and even social media login details, vulnerable to cybercriminals.

Recently the U.S. White House released a statement citing intelligence reports indicating "… that the Russian government is exploring options for potential cyber-attacks."

Entrust has announced four new solutions aimed at helping organisations prepare for the security challenges presented by quantum computers.

Cybercriminals have never been happier, with constantly growing data footprints and operational disruption escalating the potency of cybercrime.

WatchGuard also reports that more than half of all malware is now delivered via encrypted connections.

The industrial Internet of Things, protecting systems during the holiday season, and using encryption to help address cloud misconfiguration, are amongst the most recent insights from global technology firm Thales.

There has been a 314% year-over-year increase in HTTPS threats from the start of 2021, according to new research from Zscaler.

Google has partnered with Thales to expand support for the privacy and confidentiality capabilities of Google Workspace.

The most common types of encrypted data include intellectual property, employee and HR data, payment-related data, and customer information.

“Breaches of personal information strike at the heart of the relationship between enterprises and their customers."

The launch of SmartEncrypt marks the first time Rhipe has ever developed and launched its own product.

Entrust says the acquisition will bolster its effort to deliver data protection and compliance solutions to its customers, while accelerating their digital transformations.

Unmitigated vulnerabilities could give an attacker access to the device, enabling the attacker to break encryption, modify code, and run certain commands.

Available starting from next week, it represents the first phase out of four of the company’s greater E2EE offering, which was announced in May following backlash that the company was lax on its security and privacy.

The nations argue that encryption can make the enforcement of public safety difficult, particularly when it comes to serious problems like child exploitation.

“If you are not decrypting and scanning your secure web connections, you are likely missing a large majority of malware,” the report states.

The cybersecurity company says the enhancement lets employees use Teams as a collaboration platform, participate in conversations and share documents while ensuring customer data remains secure with encryption.

Malwarebytes says that while the solution is only available for Windows, it will be coming soon to Mac, Android, Chrome, and iOS.

Juniper Networks has updated its connected security portfolio with encrypted traffic analysis for Juniper Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP) and SecIntel for the Mist platform wireless access.

Surely it is the duty of the manufacturers to make devices more secure at the point where they are produced, right?

The company’s new RPA Central solution provides end-users with a centralised location to orchestrate, administer and secure RPA bots.

Users can download user-friendly browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Brave, Edge, and Vivaldi.

A free version of NordLocker is available which gives users 5GB of encrypted data, while premium users can encrypt unlimited amounts of data.

Aruba security VP and chief technologist Jon Green shares his views on how the changing trends are affecting the way networks are secured.