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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

It is astounding that billions of online accounts have been breached over the past 18 years and that US consumer accounts are by far the most compromised. Much of the hard evidence came from correlating breached databases sitting in the open Internet. accounts have been breached so far. That’s for the B2C users.

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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

The nonstop intensity of these attacks is vividly illustrated by the fact that malicious bot communications now account for one-third of total Internet traffic. This activity can be seen at any moment of any day by examining the volume of malicious botnet traffic moving across the Internet. Shifting security challenge.

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Access Control: The 5 Single Sign-On Benefits

IT Security Guru

In other words, users sign in to one account, one single time, and automatically gain access to multiple applications. Supports Business to Business (B2B), Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Employee (B2E) activities (e.g., provisioning and de-provisioning a single account). fewer requests to reset passwords).

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McAfee Enterprise & FireEye 2022 Threat Predictions

McAfee

Equally, direct messages have been used by groups to take control over influencer accounts to promote messaging of their own. After all, it does demand a level of research to “hook” the target into interactions and establishing fake profiles are more work than simply finding an open relay somewhere on the internet.

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The story of the year: ransomware in the headlines

SecureList

The former target both B2B and B2C, while the latter target primarily the B2C sector. In 2020, both groups accounted for over 50 percent of all ransomware attacks, with REvil making up a small 1.7%. Together, those two sectors accounted for nearly fifty percent of all IR requests in 2020. Back up data regularly.