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5 Things Your Small Business Cybersecurity Plan Must Cover

CyberSecurity Insiders

Small businesses have far less sophisticated and encrypted communications, making it possible to easily compromise their systems. . Protect your wireless system with full backups. Make sure your wireless network is protected, concealed, and safe. . Use passcodes and anti-spyware programs.

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How to avoid Video Conferencing Security Risks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Encryption of audio and video- Most apps like ZOOM that are used to hold video conferences offer audio and video conferences with end-to-end encryption video conferencing. For instance, a 2FA received on a mobile phone through an SMS delivered through wireless connection.

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Extortion, precision malware, and ruthless scams. Read the State of Malware 2021 report

Malwarebytes

April’s global shutdown was accompanied by a staggering rise in the use of stalkerware, a short-hand term for the type of mobile monitoring and spyware apps that are sometimes deployed by abusive partners. In short, in 2020, cyberthreats evolved. New adversaries crawled out of the woodwork, too.

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IDS & IPS Remain Important Even as Other Tools Add IDPS Features

eSecurity Planet

For example, Mandiant researchers discovered a threat actor that ran attacks off of equipment usually ignored on the network such as wireless access point controllers, storage area network (SAN) arrays, load balancers, and video conferencing camera systems. The most significant barrier to visibility is encryption.

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Network Protection: How to Secure a Network

eSecurity Planet

Wireless Scanners: Use wireless scanners to detect unexpected wi-fi and cellular (4G, 5G, etc.) Unsecured wireless connections must be identified, and then blocked or protected by network security. Unsecured wireless connections must be identified, and then blocked or protected by network security.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. Records included details like name, email address, and encrypted passwords.

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What is Network Security? Definition, Threats & Protections

eSecurity Planet

Connections still encompass hard-wired physical switches and routers, but also now include wireless cellular networks, wi-fi networks, virtual networks, cloud networks, and internet connections. Encryption will regularly be used to protect the data from interception.