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Safer Internet Day, or why Brad Pitt needed an internet bodyguard

Malwarebytes

February 6, 2024 is Safer Internet Day. When I was asked to write about the topic, I misunderstood the question and heard: “can you cover save the internet” and we all agreed that it might be too late for that. The internet has been around for quite some time now, and most of us wouldn’t know what to do without it.

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Supply-Chain Security and Trust

Schneier on Security

The engineers who design and program them come from over a hundred countries. And while nation-state threats like China and Huawei ­-- or Russia and the antivirus company Kaspersky a couple of years earlier ­-- make the news, many of the vulnerabilities I described above are being exploited by cybercriminals. There's more.

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Behind the scenes with the head of Kaspersky’s GReAT

SecureList

Unfortunately, none of the antivirus products that were available back then were actually able to clean the virus, so the teachers who knew I had some experience with computers asked me if I could write an antivirus for it. And slowly, this turned into a more capable antivirus product. What makes research successful?

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Ingenious Phishing Tactics in the Modern Scammer's Toolbox

SecureWorld News

When it comes to impactful types of internet-borne crime, phishing is the name of the game. Modern secure email gateways (SEGs) prevent the vast majority of dodgy messages from ever ending up in users' inboxes, and most antivirus tools can identify and block content that matches known phishing templates, as well. And for good reason.

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AI & ML Cybersecurity: The Latest Battleground for Attackers & Defenders

eSecurity Planet

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) have emerged as critical tools for dealing with the ever-growing volume and complexity of cybersecurity threats. Even some of the top consumer antivirus tools have begun to add machine learning-based detection. ML can automate the whole process.

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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE): NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) expands upon a basic Network Access Control (NAC) concept to include modules for network device control and integrated security options. With backing from the most dominant brand in network infrastructure, many larger organizations will need to seriously consider ISE as a NAC solution.

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Story of the year: the impact of AI on cybersecurity

SecureList

However, as the influence of artificial intelligence extends far beyond linguistic accolades, a nuanced narrative emerges, encapsulating both the marvels and challenges of our AI-infused reality. This issue is so pressing that OpenAI introduced legal guarantees for its enterprise customers in case they face legal claims.