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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Today companies face a challenge of identifying and deflecting encrypted traffic leveraged by malicious actors. The ILOVEYOU Worm (2000). This was considered a significant win for the U.S.

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Chinese actors behind attacks on industrial enterprises and public institutions

Security Affairs

The CVE-2017-11882 flaw is a memory-corruption issue that affects all versions of Microsoft Office released between 2000 and 2017. The emails used weaponized Microsoft Word documents exploiting the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the MS Office component EQNEDT32.EXE

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Atomic Stealer rings in the new year with updated version

Malwarebytes

It looks like Atomic Stealer was updated around mid to late December 2023, where its developers introduced payload encryption in an effort to bypass detection rules. From today until December 31, 2023, the price for a subscription to Atomic MacOs Stealer is only $2000. Happy New Year! gotrackier[.]com net Decoy site slack[.]trialap[.]com

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Do cyber regulations actually make K–12 schools safer? Navigating compliance while securing school and student data

Malwarebytes

2000 Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA): Requires K–12 schools to restrict children’s exposure to obscene digital content, monitor the online activity of minors, and educate students about appropriate behavior on the internet. Install, regularly update, and enable real-time detection for antivirus software.

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7 Cyber Security Courses Online For Everybody

Spinone

You can buy one course (which can cost from $90 to $2000) or purchase a subscription for a discounted price of $149/year. Endpoint Protection: Discover how to use antivirus software, learn about malware, encryption and application control. This subscription gives you access to all courses on the platform available 24/7.

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Pegasus spyware has been here for years. We must stop ignoring it

Malwarebytes

Antivirus vendors detect it. The requests for these lawful interception of electronic communication are made as per relevant rules under the provisions of section 5(2) of Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and section 69 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2000”. Pegasus is spyware, and spyware is not made to respect privacy.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Security services and tools include anti-DDoS , SOCaaS , web application firewalls (WAF), data encryption , and more. Other features include applying secure socket layer (SSL) or transport layer security (TLS) and AES-256 encryption. Also Read: Best Encryption Software & Tools for 2021. EnterpriseDB.

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