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Are Bad Bots Unleashing Havoc in the Digital Realm?

SecureWorld News

of total internet traffic in 2022, marking a significant 5.1% These findings shed light on the escalating prevalence of bots and the shifting dynamics of internet users. Internet Traffic in 2022 2. Internet Traffic in 2022 2. Advanced Bad Bots 2021-2022 3. rise compared to the previous year.

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US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics

The Verge

US athletes have been advised not to bring their phones to the 2022 Winter Olympics. But even if the Olympic athletes want to use their burner phones to browse the internet, they still might not get unlimited access. Photo by Yu Zhiqiang / VCG via Getty Images.

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Over 9,000 Exposed VNCs Threaten Critical Infrastructure

SecureWorld News

The company shared this graphic, depicting attacks on port 5900 from July 9 through August 9, 2022: It also shared the top five countries with exposed VNCs over the internet. Any organization that leaves VNCs exposed to the internet dramatically increases the likelihood of a cyber incident. The United States is third with 835.

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The Power of One

CIO Business Intelligence

Key ICT trends for 2022. The risks can be mitigated however, with a managed firewall, endpoint security, good policies, and user training. According to Gartner , spending on cloud services worldwide will top $480 billion in 2022 – a staggering $168 billion increase from 2020. Want to fast-track unified business growth?

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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

At its core, this tactic revolves around gaming the trust users put in reputable internet services, including search engines, and the familiarity they have with online advertising per se. In November 2022, cybercriminals somehow acquired the right to run ads on Google for the popular open-source graphics editor GIMP.

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China Says NSA Is Hacking Top Military Research University

SecureWorld News

The CVERC says that on June 22, 2022, the school suffered an "overseas cyberattack" and confirmed that there was a number of Trojan samples on the university's network. stealing over 140GB of high-value data. telecom operators to build a cyber attack environment through cover companies.

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Big Tech’s Russia problem

Vox

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with business leaders in Moscow, February 24, 2022. If they don’t follow the Kremlin’s orders, they risk being booted off of the local internet entirely. What happens next in Russia may continue to splinter the open internet. Alexei Nikolsky/TASS/via Getty Images.

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