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Google One gets certified by Internet of Secure Things Alliance

CyberSecurity Insiders

For building trust among users, companies manufacturing web connected devices should get the approval of Internet of Secure Things Alliance (iOXT) that approves the product only when it passes all the eight security principles planned by it before. And in coming days Gmail and Youtube will join the list.

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A New Standard for Mobile App Security

Google Security

Posted by Brooke Davis and Eugene Liderman, Android Security and Privacy Team With all of the challenges from this past year, users have become increasingly dependent on their mobile devices to create fitness routines, stay connected with loved ones, work remotely, and order things like groceries with ease.

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Spyware in the IoT – the Biggest Privacy Threat This Year

SiteLock

Simply defined, the internet of things (IoT) is a network of Internet-connected objects able to collect and exchange data. In today’s digital-driven world, IoT connects almost everything including homes, offices, and vehicles, allowing users the convenience of activating and operating nearly any device remotely.

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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Researchers this month uncovered a two-year-old Linux-based remote access trojan dubbed AVrecon that enslaves Internet routers into botnet that bilks online advertisers and performs password-spraying attacks. SocksEscort[.]com com , is what’s known as a “SOCKS Proxy” service. SocksEscort began in 2009 as “ super-socks[.]com

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Why BYOD Is the Favored Ransomware Backdoor

eSecurity Planet

Some of this 11% includes the common and recurring problem of overlooked legacy endpoints such as laptops, desktops, and mobile devices. While attackers often navigate laterally, network devices and IoT also lack the available memory to be common platforms for high volume encryption.

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Interview With a Crypto Scam Investment Spammer

Krebs on Security

Chaput said the spammers used more than 1,500 Internet addresses across 400 providers to register new accounts, which then followed popular accounts on Mastodon and sent private mentions to the followers of those accounts. has been associated with accounts at the mobile app site aptoide.com (user: CoolappsforAndroid) and vimeworld.ru

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Portnox Cloud: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

RADIUS and TACACS+ apply to specific types of endpoints, but the ZTNA-as-a-Service product works for all kinds of devices, including Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) endpoints, Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, operations technology (OT), industrial control systems (ICS), and industrial IoT (IIoT).

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