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The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security

Schneier on Security

They're critical to national security as well as personal security. Before the Internet revolution, military-grade electronics were different from consumer-grade. And a lot of battle-hardened technologies are the same computer hardware and software products as the commercial items, but in sturdier packaging.

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500M Avira Antivirus Users Introduced to Cryptomining

Krebs on Security

KG is a German multinational software company best known for their Avira Free Security (a.k.a. Avira Crypto. Founded in 2006, Avira Operations GmbH & Co. Avira Free Antivirus). In January 2021, Avira was acquired by Tempe, Ariz.-based based NortonLifeLock Inc., the same company that now owns Norton 360.

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Norton 360 Now Comes With a Cryptominer

Krebs on Security

The FAQ also says Norton Crypto will only run on systems that meet certain hardware and software requirements (such as an NVIDIA graphics card with at least 6 GB of memory). “Norton creates a secure digital Ethereum wallet for each user,” the FAQ reads.

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SHARED INTEL: How NTA/NDR systems get to ‘ground truth’ of cyber attacks, unauthorized traffic

The Last Watchdog

It appears the cam in question was unwittingly set up by an employee for personal security reasons. Every time somebody rolls out a new application, new third-party service, new virtual machine, new software container or any new initiative this basically increases that attack surface. What’s that about?

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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month – What it Really Means for WordPress Users

SiteLock

Since October is National Cyber Security Awareness month (NCSAM), we thought it would be fitting to write a bit about the overall subject of cyber security and how that applies to WordPress website owners. It’s not just about WordPress-powered websites, it’s about all people who browse the internet. It’s led by the U.S.

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12 Top Vulnerability Management Tools for 2023

eSecurity Planet

A patch management solution that lets you deploy and patch any Microsoft and Linux OS, 3rd party and proprietary software, on-the-fly, from anywhere in the world and according to any schedule. With complete visibility and granular control over your entire software inventory. The solution is relatively easy to use and deploy.

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Customer Q and A: Advantasure Developers Talk AppSec

Security Boulevard

s solutions and methodologies into their software development process, Advantasure reduced its time to remediation for high-severity flaws, sped up deployment, alleviated training burdens with Veracode eLearning, and enabled compliance with state and federal regulations. m a Senior Software Engineer at Advantasure. Clay : I???ve