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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

To protect against those threats, a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol is recommended. WPA2 is a security protocol that secures wireless networks using the advanced encryption standard (AES). WEP and WPA are both under 4%, while WPA2 commands a 73% share of known wireless encryption connections.

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Smart home security advice. Ring, SimpliSafe, Swann, and Yale

Pen Test Partners

Encryption: End-to-end encryption isn’t enabled by default for doorbells but should be activated. Enhanced encryption protocols now provide better protection against unauthorised access to Wi-Fi credentials. Encryption: What’s the deal? Since then, Ring has made substantial improvements to address this issue.

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Post-Quantum Cryptography: Standards and Progress

Google Security

Encryption is central to keeping information confidential and secure on the Internet. Today, most Internet sessions in modern browsers are encrypted to prevent anyone from eavesdropping or altering the data in transit. How is encryption at risk? What is PQC? Unfortunately, that's an advantage that won't last forever.

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How to protect your business from supply chain attacks

Malwarebytes

Think of it as Let's Encrypt for code signing. Supply chain attacks are here to stay We can see that software is everywhere to the point that, as one of the most notable venture capitalists put it in 2011, it's eating the world. They cannot function normally without technology, systems, and open-source code anymore.

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Mobile malware evolution 2020

SecureList

The manufacturer of the mobile device preloads an adware application or a component with the firmware. It could only make its way there via another Trojan that exploited system privileges or as part of the firmware. This is a typical example of the kind of old-school text-message scams that were popular in 2011 and 2012.

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