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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. A stepping stone to impactful cybercrime This tactic has tangible real-world implications.

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Usage of TLS in DDNS Services leads to Information Disclosure in Multiple Vendors

Security Affairs

Introduction to TLS and Certificate Transparency Log Securing Internet communications is crucial for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of information in transit. Although the Certificate Transparency Log is designed to improve security and transparency, its public nature leads to known Information Disclosure risks.

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Your Guide to Vulnerability Scanning

CyberSecurity Insiders

companies lost nearly $7 billion to phishing scams, malware, malvertising, and other cybercrimes. In addition to software vulnerabilities, a comprehensive vulnerability scanner can also detect risks such as configuration errors or authorization issues. Is your organization doing enough to protect its environment from hackers?

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. It foreshadowed how encryption would come to be used as a foundation for Internet commerce – by companies and criminals. Lessons learned.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 454 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Security Affairs

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Can Hackers Create Fake Hotspots?

Identity IQ

IdentityIQ We rely on the internet, from communicating with loved ones on social media to working and conducting business. As a result, vulnerability to cybercrime is a serious concern. If you can connect to the network without a password, open your web browser and see if you can browse the internet.

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Threat actors are offering access to corporate networks via unauthorized Fortinet VPN access

Security Affairs

In early October, Fortinet addressed the critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-40684, that impacted FortiGate firewalls and FortiProxy web proxies. The company urged customers to address this critical vulnerability immediately due to the risk of remote exploitation of the flaw. and from 7.2.0 and 7.2.0.

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