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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

Today is the 20th Safer Internet Day. 2004 was a key year for several safety activities, encompassing both Safer Internet Day and the Safer Internet Forum. Was the general state of the Internet at the time so bad that all of these events sprang up almost out of necessity? You may be asking, why 2004?

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

Back to the bit about risks impacting data collected by IoT devices and back again to CloudPets, Context Security's piece aligned with my own story about kids' CloudPets messages being left exposed to the internet. Or are they just the same old risks we've always had with data stored on the internet?

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DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination

Malwarebytes

Firefox recently announced that it will be rolling out DNS-over-HTTPS (or DoH) soon to one percent of its Canadian users as part of its partnership with CIRA (the Canadian Internet Registration Authority), the Ontario-based organization responsible for managing the.ca top-level domain for Canada and a local DoH provider.

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Comparing Antivirus Software 2025: Avast vs. AVG

eSecurity Planet

An antivirus can offer some security for users worried about stumbling upon malware while browsing the Internet. Instead, I am looking at Avast Premium Security, AVG Internet Security, and any higher-priced subscription tiers. This was its Premium Security antivirus plan for Avast; for AVG, this was AVG Internet Security.

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Letting the Internet of Things into Your Home

SiteLock

I’ve decided it might be time to consider a letting the Internet of Things (IoT) into my home. Does it work without internet? One of my biggest peeves about IoT devices is when they aren’t able to function without internet. Utilize restriction options in your router/firewall to give the device minimal access.

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MY TAKE: SMBs can do much more to repel ransomware, dilute disinformation campaigns

The Last Watchdog

The personal data collected by the criminal botnets is the source of baseline intelligence that ideologues and propagandists continue to use to target and refine their disinformation campaigns, which they typically disperse by social media. Bandura Cyber complements existing firewalls and intrusion detection and prevention systems.

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The Case for Multi-Vendor Security Integrations

Cisco Security

This new integration supports Umbrella proxy, cloud firewall, IP, and DNS logs. This integration enables security analysts to detect threats and visualize Cisco Umbrella data, and also correlate Umbrella events with other data sources including endpoint, cloud, and network. New Cisco Firepower Next-Gen Firewall Integrations.

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