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Multi-Domain vs Wildcard SSL - Differences and Use Cases
Blog Post from Sectigo
Blog Post Aug 20, 2024Digital certificates take many forms but they share the same primary goal: to authenticate a website or server's identity.
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Flaws in Microsoft Apps for MacOS Threaten App Permission Bypass
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News Article Aug 20, 2024SC Media reports that Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for macOS were impacted by eight security flaws, which could be utilized to evade available app permissions in the operating system even without further user verification.
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NIST Releases First Set of Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Algorithms
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News Article Aug 19, 2024The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its principal set of defensive post-quantum encryption algorithms, bringing some clarity to the process of preparing for the near future’s likely greatest cyber threat.
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Bugs in Microsoft apps for macOS could give privileges to attackers
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News Article Aug 19, 2024Eight vulnerabilities in six leading Microsoft applications for macOS — including Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, OneNote, Excel and Word — can let attackers bypass the operating system’s existing app permissions without prompting a user for any additional verification.
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Multiple Microsoft Apps for macOS Vulnerable to Library Injection Attacks
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News Article Aug 19, 2024Widely used Microsoft apps for macOS are vulnerable to library injection attacks that let adversaries use the applications' entitlements to bypass macOS's strict permission-based security model and controls.
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As Malware Embraces Rust, a New Effort Emerges to Fight Back
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News Article Aug 16, 2024In line with the cat-and-mouse nature of cybersecurity, threat groups over the past several years have taken to writing their malware in modern programming languages to leverage their cross-platform capabilities and to better evade antivirus and other security tools.
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How to prepare for NIST’s new post-quantum cryptography guidelines
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News Article Aug 16, 2024Now that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its three new standards that include algorithms for signatures and encryption for post-quantum cryptography (PQC), why do these standards matter and what should security teams do to prepare for the transition to PQC?
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EPISODE 413
Broadcast Date:
August 16, 20247 minutes
Podcast Aug 16, 2024Root Causes 413: NIST Releases Standards for Three PQC Algorithms
On August 13, 2024, NIST released its first three standards for PQC algorithms, ML-KEM, ML-DSA, and SLH-DSA.
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Microsoft and CrowdStrike Outage Fail: Lesson for Tech Pros
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News Article Aug 15, 2024Nearly a month after a faulty CrowdStrike software update crashed 8.5 million Microsoft Windows machines worldwide, leaving businesses and individual users paralyzed, the fallout continues to reverberate with threatened lawsuits, insurance payout concerns and handwringing about an overreliance on a few large vendors for major IT services.
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NIST unveils its quantum-resistant encryption standards
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News Article Aug 15, 2024NIST has shared standards for general encryption and digital signatures and has called on organisations to transition as soon as possible.
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NIST Unveils Groundbreaking Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
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News Article Aug 14, 2024The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the finalization of three post-quantum cryptography standards, marking a significant milestone in the effort to secure digital communications against the looming threat of quantum computing.
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NIST Releases Post Quantum Cryptography Standards
News Article from Sectigo
News Article Aug 14, 2024The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its first three post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, a world-first designed to meet the threat of powerful quantum computers as well as the increasing encryption vulnerability to AI-based attacks.