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Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization

Google Security

Christiaan Brand, Group Product Manager We are excited to announce an update to Google Authenticator , across both iOS and Android, which adds the ability to safely backup your one-time codes (also known as one-time passwords or OTPs) to your Google Account. Making technology for everyone means protecting everyone who uses it.

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No SOCKS, No Shoes, No Malware Proxy Services!

Krebs on Security

re abruptly announced it was permanently closing after a cybersecurity breach allowed unknown intruders to trash its servers and delete customer data and backups. com , a malware-based proxy network that has been in existence since at least 2010. Last week, a seven-year-old proxy service called 911[.]re SocksEscort[.]com

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. . One such site — sun-technology[.]net

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Naikon APT group uses new Nebulae backdoor in attacks aimed at military orgs

Security Affairs

The Naikon APT group is a China-linked cyber espionage group that has been active at least since 2010 and that remained under the radar since 2015 while targeting entities in Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. . “The malicious activity was conducted between June 2019 and March 2021. .

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

From a GUI enterprise manager to advanced logical replication, backup and recovery, and a migration toolkit, EDB is a go-to vendor for all Postgre database administrators. Started in 1987, the telecommunications provider has become a multinational technology whale. Read our in-depth review of Microsoft’s Always Encrypted.

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Fact check: Quantum computing may transform cybersecurity eventually – but not yet

SC Magazine

Quantum computing has made great progress in certain areas of technology, including chip development. The hype cycles that come with emerging technologies can be perilous waters for early adopters and buyers. CEO Brian Krzanich delivers a keynote address at CES 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images).

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Top 6 Rootkit Threats and How to Protect Yourself

eSecurity Planet

Recent innovations in the attack technology, like the “BlackLotus” UEFI rootkit , have ensured that rootkits are still a very present danger to modern networks and devices. First discovered in 2010, Stuxnet was used to severely disrupt Iran’s nuclear facilities, apparently in an effort to halt the nation’s development of an atomic bomb.

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