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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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NEW TECH: LogicHub introduces ‘virtualized’ security analysts to help elevate SOAR

The Last Watchdog

Here are my takeaways: Skills deficit Over the past 20 years, enterprises have shelled out small fortunes in order to stock their SOCs with the best firewalls, anti-malware suites, intrusion detection, data loss prevention and sandbox detonators money can buy. But that hasn’t been enough. Talk more soon.

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RSAC insights: SolarWinds hack illustrates why software builds need scrutiny — at deployment

The Last Watchdog

They continue to rely on legacy defenses, i.e. the latest iterations of advanced firewalls, endpoint security, intrusion detection, intrusion prevent and data loss prevention systems, Pericin says. Acohido is dedicated to fostering public awareness about how to make the Internet as private and secure as it ought to be. (LW

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