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Cyber Best Practices for Overseas Asset Security

SecureWorld News

You should also exercise caution when partnering with foreign suppliers or manufacturers—particularly in regions without access to modern tech infrastructure—as they may not have the same level of cyber awareness. However, be extra vigilant, as adopting these solutions expands your attack surface.

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Optimizing PCI compliance in financial institutions

CIO Business Intelligence

Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern. All other needs, for example, authentication, encryption, log management, system configuration, would be treated the same—by using the architectural patterns available.

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If You Drive A Car, Or Know Someone Who Does, You Must Read This…

CTOvision

If a manufacturer issues a notification that a software update is available, it is important that the consumer take appropriate steps to verify the authenticity of the notification and take action to ensure that the vehicle system is up to date. Maintain awareness and exercise discretion when connecting third-party devices to your vehicle.

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How to counter the most risky cloud computing threats?

Dataconomy

Second, apply strong access controls and authentication mechanisms to secure API endpoints. Additionally, educate employees about cybersecurity best practices, enforce strong authentication measures, and implement advanced threat detection solutions to proactively identify and mitigate potential attacks.

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The Verge’s favorite unrealistic gift wishes for 2022

The Verge

Let me rephrase that: cycling is the only form of exercise I don’t absolutely detest. Unfortunately, there is really no substitution for the lateral movements and agility I get from exercising on a slippery surface: most gym equipment only trains forward motions and movements. 2TB Seagate storage expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

But this method of authentication is flawed; either hashed or hashed and salted, usernames and passwords can still be stolen and reused. Vamosi: Identity -- I’m talking specifically about authentication and to some degree its follow-on authorization -- is one of the most important, yet least talked about aspects of security.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication. It seemed that once you authenticated through the local network, the app maintain that access, even if you are halfway across the world.