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3 inexpensive steps to secure IoT

IoT devices can be openings for attackers, causing major disruptions to businesses. Follow these three steps to secure your IoT devices. The post 3 inexpensive steps to secure IoT appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Partner Summit 2022: Let’s Own the Opportunity to Build a World of Secure, Resilient Organizations

It’s Partner Summit week and, for me, it’s an important reminder that no one company, not even Cisco, can do it alone. Our partners provide diverse perspectives, expertise, and solutions offerings. Each partner plays a key part in delivering the outcomes and experiences our customers need, want, and expect. So, when we say, “Let’s Own […]

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Iran’s Digital Surveillance Tools Leaked

It’s Iran’s turn to have its digital surveillance tools leaked: According to these internal documents, SIAM is a computer system that works behind the scenes of Iranian cellular networks, providing its operators a broad menu of remote commands to alter, disrupt, and monitor how customers use their phones. The tools can slow their data connections […]

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  • November 1, 2022

The OSPO – the front line for secure open-source software supply chain governance

Organizations of every shape, size, and sector have embraced open-source software (OSS). The financial, medical, and manufacturing industries – and even national security – now use OSS to power their most critical applications and activities. However, this widespread adoption comes with pitfalls: a corresponding increase of almost 800% in software supply chain attacks according to […]

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NCSC Issued 34 Million Cyber Alerts in Past Year

UK security agency helps organizations with early warning service

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Choosing a DAST solution: What to pay attention to?

The content of this post is solely the responsibility of the author.  AT&T does not adopt or endorse any of the views, positions, or information provided by the author in this article.  The majority of today’s web applications contain dangerous vulnerabilities. To analyze their security, one cannot do without a dynamic scanner. DAST (Dynamic Application […]

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FTC Takes Enforcement Action Against EdTech Giant Chegg

Regulator’s order requires firm to improve data security practices

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Fraudulent Instruction Losses Spike in 2022

Insurer says claimants have risen in nearly every sector

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  • October 31, 2022

Accused ‘Raccoon’ Malware Developer Fled Ukraine After Russian Invasion

A 26-year-old Ukrainian man is awaiting extradition from The Netherlands to the United States on charges that he acted as a core developer for Raccoon, a popular “malware-as-a-service” offering that helped paying customers steal passwords and financial data from millions of cybercrime victims. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the defendant was busted in March 2022, after […]

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