Cybersecurity Tech Brief By HackerNoon

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/post-quantum-cryptography-why-your-encryption-has-a-5-year-shelf-life. RSA encryption faces quantum threat by 2030. Learn why your encrypted data has a 5-year shelf life and how to migrate to quantum-safe cryptography. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #cybersecurity, #encryption, #technology, #software-development, #post-quantum-cryptography, #quantum-computing, #aes-256, #rsa, and more. This story was written by: @dineshelumalai. Learn more about this writer by checking @dineshelumalai's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The clock is ticking on RSA-2048. Here's why every HTTPS certificate, encrypted database, and VPN connection needs a quantum-resistant makeover before 2030.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/astras-new-cloud-vulnerability-scanner-targets-the-oops-factor-behind-73percent-of-cloud-breaches. Astra’s scanner detects cloud misconfigurations causing 73% of breaches with real-time monitoring, agentless visibility, and validated risk alerts. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #iam-risk-management, #cloud-breach-prevention, #offensive-security-engine, #cloud-misconfiguration, #astra-cloud-vulnerability, #devops-security-integration, #cloud-configuration-drift, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @jonstojanjournalist. Learn more about this writer by checking @jonstojanjournalist's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Astra’s Cloud Vulnerability Scanner targets the “oops factor” behind 73% of cloud breaches. With agentless visibility, continuous change-triggered scanning, and exploitability validation, it detects misconfigurations in IAM, storage, firewalls, APIs, and encryption in real time, helping organizations proactively prevent breaches.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-compliance-requirements-shape-modern-software-architecture. GDPR's "right to be forgotten" just redesigned your database. HIPAA moved your PHI to a separate infrastructure. Here’s how compliance shapes architecture. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #compliance, #software-architecture, #data-privacy, #system-design, #hipaa, #gdpr, #data-protection, #pci-dss-infrastructure, and more. This story was written by: @eugene7773. Learn more about this writer by checking @eugene7773's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. Compliance isn’t something you add later. Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS directly shape system architecture, data models, and security boundaries from day one.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-markups-blacklight-tool-now-has-new-tracking-info-and-caching-options. Blacklight, The Markup’s real-time web privacy detector tool, has exposed privacy violations on COVID-19 vaccine websites and has spurred legislative action. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #privacy, #privacy-tools, #blacklight, #cache-override, #the-markup, #privacy-detector, #cybersecurity-tool, #online-tracking, and more. This story was written by: @TheMarkup. Learn more about this writer by checking @TheMarkup's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. We’ve added the option to ‘force’ a request, overriding Blacklight’s cache and triggering a brand-new scan of the page. This option is off by default, and can be set from the ‘options’ dropdown.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/should-you-trust-your-vpn-location. IPinfo reveals how most VPNs misrepresent locations and why real IP geolocation requires active measurement, not claims. Check more stories related to cybersecurity at: https://hackernoon.com/c/cybersecurity. You can also check exclusive content about #virtual-vpn-locations, #vpn-location-accuracy, #ip-geolocation-data, #probenet-measurement, #ip-data-accuracy, #vpn-country-mismatch, #ipinfo-geolocation-api, #good-company, and more. This story was written by: @ipinfo. Learn more about this writer by checking @ipinfo's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. IPinfo analyzed 20 major VPN providers and found most don’t route traffic through the countries they claim. Using ProbeNet’s real-time internet measurements, IPinfo uncovered widespread use of virtual locations, country mismatches spanning thousands of kilometers, and major inaccuracies in legacy IP datasets—showing why evidence-based IP geolocation matters for trust, security, and compliance.