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Is Cisco’s Acquisition of Splunk a Shade of Brilliance or Madness?

Security Boulevard

In 2000, they understood IP telephony, wireless, and load balancing were going and bet big. In cybersecurity, Cisco invested early in IPS, Firewall, VPN, and endpoint security; they produced exceptional results. Why would Cisco Systems unload $28 billion and change for this company?

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Scammers, profiteers, and shady sites? It must be tax season

Malwarebytes

It’s not that I recognized the form displayed in the notifications, but I knew the notification would likely be aimed at US users of the extension I was investigating since I had set my VPN to New York. ” The internet archive has a first snapshot dating back to October of 2000. Identity theft is not to be taken lightly.

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These are the 15 Top Cyber Threats Now

SecureWorld News

Identity Theft. Physical Manipulation, Damage, Theft and Loss. Using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) continues to be one of the riskiest moves by organizations: "Unfortunately, many organisations still use RDP instead of the more secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) for remote access. Web-based Attacks. Data Breach.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 457 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Clorox estimates the costs of the August cyberattack will exceed $49 Million Mastodon fixed a flaw that can allow the takeover of any account Iranian hackers breached Albania’s Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) Operation Synergia led to the arrest of 31 individuals Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison Cloudflare breached (..)

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Top Cybersecurity Companies for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Founded: 2000. Cybersecurity product categories: Next-generation firewalls , next-generation intrusion prevention , CASB , web gateway, NAC , advanced malware protection, email security , endpoint security , security management, VPN, security services. Founded: 2000. Intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPS).