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The gift that keeps on giving: 7 tips to avoid cyber security threats

Security Boulevard

While well intentioned, you may have inadvertently created a security breach for the recipient or opened your family up to unwanted surveillance. The Internet of security breaches The Internet of Things (IoT) is not just for your smart.

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Tor’s (security) role in the future of the Internet, with Alec Muffett

Malwarebytes

The open-source project lets people browse the Internet more anonymously by routing their traffic across different nodes before making a final connection between their device and a desired website. “There are so many security risks up the stack,” Muffett said. Tor has a storied reputation in the world of online privacy.

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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

Once the criminal redirects internet traffic to malicious websites or takes control of servers, the damage is inevitable. One of the most common methods of infiltration includes internet-based attacks, such as Denial of Service (DoS), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and DNS poisoning.

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SiteLock INFINITY Wins 2017 Cloud Computing Excellence Award

SiteLock

The Cloud Computing Excellence Awards recognize companies and products that most effectively deliver network security through cloud platforms and provide security for cloud based applications. INFINITY is a state of the art malware and vulnerability remediation service featuring unique, patent-pending technology.

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About 13,000 Wyze Customers Affected by Camera Glitch

Security Boulevard

Users of Wyze’s home security cameras over the past several days have reported glitches with the internet-connected devices, from losing camera coverage for hours to being able to see images and video from other people’s cameras. The post About 13,000 Wyze Customers Affected by Camera Glitch appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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SHARED INTEL: Threat actors add a human touch to boost effectiveness of automated attacks

The Last Watchdog

British antimalware and network security vendor Sophos refers to this new tactic as “automated, active attacks.” Sophos Senior Security Advisor John Shier broke it down for me. Lock your doors A big part of security basics has to do with configuring business systems as securely as possible. I’ll keep watch.

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Businesses Secretly Pentest Partners as Supply Chain Fears Grow

eSecurity Planet

But the mere presence of closet security testers secretly carrying out pentests on partner and customer internet-facing resources could have serious repercussions on relationships if discovered. Yes, pentesting and other forms of surveillance can help spot external threats.

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