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Why Businesses Can’t Afford Anything Less Than Zero Trust in IoT

Security Boulevard

39% see malware and ransomware as their biggest risk. Considering there will be over 64 billion IoT devices in use by the end of 2025, it will be impossible to secure your organization and achieve a Zero Trust environment without securing all connected devices that make up your IoT. 27% say resilience is a top three priority.

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Windows 11 is out. Is it any good for security?

Malwarebytes

United Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI). UEFI is a specification for the firmware that controls the first stages of booting up a computer, before the operating system is loaded. (It’s It’s a replacement for the more widely-known BIOS.) Make no mistake that threat actors will adapt, as they have done before.

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Cloud Security: The Shared Responsibility Model

eSecurity Planet

Drivers, Firmware, Software : Cloud providers bear responsibility to secure, test, and update the software and code that supports the firmware and the basic software infrastructure of the cloud. See the Best Backup Solutions for Ransomware Protection. Identity and access management (IAM).

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EP 31: Stopping the Mirai IoT Botnet, One CnC Server At A Time

ForAllSecure

But that's when you can see the damage that they could do the same thing with ransomware, was the same thing with IoT malware, you know, DDoS attack. Vamosi: The devices themselves are becoming less and less expensive, Yay, but would you rather upgrade the firmware on a toothbrush, probably not. But then you can monetize it.

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