The hacking group TeamTNT has been spotted by the security company AquaSec attempting to hijack servers to run malware used to break Bitcoin encryption: TeamTNT hijacking servers to run Bitcoin encryption solvers (bleepingcomputer.com) The task is computationally intensive but if enough servers are compromised and a wide enough distributed computer created, …
I am sure your passwords are still safe with LastPass…
This post was first made on 30 August 2022. Updated 16 September 2022 LastPass says hackers had internal access for four days (bleepingcomputer.com) Original Post …but I choose to keep my passwords in an encrypted OneNote notebook. My most vital secrets are then under my control. LastPass source code, blueprints …
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Advice if you must use USB portable storage
Sometimes the easiest and best storage for your workflow, is a portable USB memory stick and the one thing that gives us a headache when we are carrying out a cyber security survey is the use of portable USB memory sticks! Do you want too why? Then hop over to …
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I have a SanDisk device that used to have encrypted information on – do you? UPDATED
This post was originally published on 14 June 2022. Update 5 September 2022 ENCSecurity has updated it’s ENCDataVault software to fix these issues – so now I can update and resume using my portable SanDisk USB drive. Update for ENCDataVault Software – ENC Security Help Center (zendesk.com) Watch out for …
Our future encrypted security – the new algorithm needs more work
The US The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has risen to the challenge of finding the encryption we will need when quantum (or just really capable) computers are developed in the future. After a strenuous vetting period they found four contenders to work with: NIST Announces First Four …
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