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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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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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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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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

ForAllSecure

And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. We do the same thing for firewalls. That's an example of AI.

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IoT Security: Designing for a Zero Trust World

SecureWorld News

Today, organizations are also embracing a record number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices to accomplish objectives. These devices interweave with each other, creating an essential fabric in our data collection methods, manufacturing operations, and much more. Encrypt sensitive data in the cloud.

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What’s in the NIST Privacy Framework 1.1?

Centraleyes

Enhanced Support for NIST Frameworks Integration Stakeholders need improved support in integrating NIST frameworks and resources, particularly in privacy, cybersecurity, AI, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Cybersecurity measures focus on safeguarding digital systems, networks, and data from unauthorized access, breaches, and cyber threats.

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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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