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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

In this paid ad from 2004, Severa lists prices to rent his spam botnet. Severa ran several affiliate programs that paid cybercriminals to trick people into installing fake antivirus software. A screenshot of the “SevAntivir” fake antivirus or “scareware” affiliate program run by Severa. .'”

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2023 – What it is and why we should be aware madhav Tue, 10/03/2023 - 05:33 The inception of Cybersecurity Awareness Month in 2004 came at a critical juncture in our technological history. emphasized collective action and individual accountability. Themes such as "Our Shared Responsibility" and "Own IT.

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The Five-Step PCI DSS 4.0 Transition Checklist

CyberSecurity Insiders

First launched in 2004 and updated most recently in 2018, the PCI Data Security (PCI DSS) standard is continually updated to reflect the evolving challenges of the cyberthreat landscape. is clearly failing to protect cardholder account details effectively in today’s environment. Protect stored account data. and PCI v4.0:

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

You need to have a reasonable level of trust in the devices connecting to any network, so any policies you can set to require things like antivirus , updated operating systems and VPNs will protect both the network and its users. Limiting use of a device’s administrator account where possible for greater personal device security.

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GUEST ESSAY: What everyone can — and should — do to mark Cybersecurity Awareness Month

The Last Watchdog

NCSAM launched in 2004, at a time where technology was nowhere near where it is today. Initial NCSAM efforts included urging people connected to the internet to update their antivirus software regularly. It requires employees to log in to their multiple accounts using a handful of steps rather than just a username and password.

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Top Network Detection & Response (NDR) Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Whereas older solutions like antivirus, firewalls, and endpoint detection and response (EDR) have long focused on threats at the network perimeter, the intent of NDR is to monitor and act on malicious threats within organization networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) analysis.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Launched in 2004 in Bedford, Massachusetts, EDB specializes in software solutions for the open source relational database management system (RDBMS), PostgreSQL. McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. EnterpriseDB. Power to Postgres” reads the EnterpriseDB (EDB) tagline. Database security features.

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