Tag: infosec
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India Issues Infosec Alert as Mythos Threat Looms
India's securities regulator is sounding the alarm on a looming cybersecurity threat, warning market players to bolster their defenses and get ahead of AI-powered attacks. With the Mythos threat on the horizon, it's crucial to develop new strategies and solidify cyber-basics to stay safe.
Academics Crack 15th-Century Diplomatic Cipher
Meet Pedro de Ayala, a 15th-century diplomat who took infosec to new heights by encrypting sensitive royal gossip with clever symbols - only to have his secrets cracked 500 years later by some codebreaking academics. His creative encryption method, which combined symbol substitutions with deliberate omissions, kept his messages safe from prying eyes for centuries.