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

The Last Watchdog

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals.

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. Research on blazefire[.]com com and rurimeter[.]com

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Tracing the Supply Chain Attack on Android

Krebs on Security

com via Domaintools.com shows the domain was assigned in 2015 to a company called “ Shanghai Blazefire Network Technology Co. In July 2017, Russian antivirus vendor Dr.Web published research showing that Triada had been installed by default on at least four low-cost Android models. Research on blazefire[.]com com and rurimeter[.]com

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Sandboxing: Advanced Malware Analysis in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. Malware isn’t going away and even advanced monitoring and antivirus software can’t always catch what a malicious program will do when executed. Antivirus software is notable for its ability to scan programs being transferred, downloaded, and stored.

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

Malwarebytes

Over the last decade, K–12 schools have made great strides in employing technologies that facilitate learning—especially since the onset of pandemic-induced distance education. A study from the Kapor Center estimated that high turnover has cost the technology sector more than $16 billion annually.

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FortiSASE SASE Solution Review

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2000, Fortinet began producing physical firewall appliances and soon expanded into other security categories. FortiSASE Thin Branch Secure Internet Access When neither agent-based or agentless solutions are appropriate, customers can install a Thin Branch appliance. Who is Fortinet?

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FortiNAC: Network Access Control (NAC) Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Although best known for their industry-leading firewall technology, Fortinet harnesses their knowledge of network protection to create a powerful network access control (NAC) solution. Founded in 2000 , Sunnyvale, California headquartered Fortinet’s flagship FortiGate provides enterprise-grade firewall solutions. Who is Fortinet?

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