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News Alert: i2Coalition launches ‘VPN Trust Initiative’ to promote VPN operators’ best practices

The Last Watchdog

26, 2023 — The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) launched the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) in 2020 to establish a baseline for how virtual private network (VPN) providers should operate. Social Responsibility: VPN providers will promote VPN technology to support access to the global Internet and freedom of expression.

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The Internet is Held Together With Spit & Baling Wire

Krebs on Security

A visualization of the Internet made using network routing data. Imagine being able to disconnect or redirect Internet traffic destined for some of the world’s biggest companies — just by spoofing an email. Lumen Technologies Inc. Image: Barrett Lyon, opte.org. Based in Monroe, La.,

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Announcing Expanded WebAuthn Support for MFA

Duo's Security Blog

In 2012 a group of 250+ security vendors formed the FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance to combat authentication challenges "with a focused mission: authentication standards to help reduce the world’s over-reliance on passwords”, and Web Authentication API, or WebAuthn for short, was born. How do users enroll? What is WebAuthn?

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for. I told Greenwald that he and Laura Poitras should be sending large encrypted files of dummy documents back and forth every day. Definitely.

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STEPS FORWARD: How the Middle East led the U.S. to adopt smarter mobile security rules

The Last Watchdog

Here are key takeaways: Middle East motivation Somewhat quietly since about 2012 or so, nation states of the Middle East, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, commenced a quiet surge to the forefront of implementing comprehensive cybersecurity regulations. You now actually have to prove the data is encrypted, both at rest and in transit.

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Best Enterprise VPN Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet and, now, cloud computing transformed the way we conduct business. Enter VPN technology. VPNs offer clients an encrypted access channel to remote networks through a tunneling protocol and can obfuscate the client’s IP address. Also Read: Tokenization vs. Encryption: Pros and Cons.

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StripedFly: Perennially flying under the radar

SecureList

It comes equipped with a built-in TOR network tunnel for communication with command servers, along with update and delivery functionality through trusted services such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, all using custom encrypted archives. The malware executable file is placed in /tmp directory with a random name. 8, 10.0.0.0/8, 8, 100.64.0.0/10,

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