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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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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks

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In February 2020, UK security researchers discovered a vulnerability in free, open source, automation servers that would allow cybercriminals to amplify a Distributed Denial of Service attack by 100. As of January 2019, the vast majority of Internet-accessible CoAP devices were located in China and used mobile peer-to-peer networks.

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Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Cost-Effective Defense Strategies

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Some of the most effective ones you can implement include: Employing employee training and awareness With human error often being the weakest link in any company’s operations, it's vital for nonprofits to educate their staff and volunteers, which includes safe internet practices and recognizing potential threats that exist.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Internet As A Pen Test

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And, as my guest will say later in this podcast, these virtual SOCs are like pen testing the internet. We can't just, you know, bust things up into small parts and say this is my world because again, internet is a pen test and we're all in this together. We do the same thing for firewalls. That's an example of AI.

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Top Ten Ways Not To Sink the Kubernetes Ship

Linux Academy

It is important to use security tooling such as OpenSCAP, the open source version of the Security Content Automation Protocol, to harden virtual machine images prior to their deployment in virtual private clouds. These policies, like any firewall, provide an invaluable means of limiting attack vectors both inside and outside the VPC.

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How to Protect WordPress Sites from Exploitation

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Hundreds of millions of websites on the internet today rely on the content management system WordPress. WordPress sites can be structured in an almost infinite number of ways, integrating with numerous other open-source plugins and third-party systems.

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A Roundup of WordPress Security Issues

SecureWorld News

Plus, it is readily available to anyone on an open-source basis. An endpoint web application firewall (WAF) can closely monitor incoming traffic and works wonders in forestalling zero-day incursions. Crude authentication The long-time mantra about strong passwords makes a whole lot of sense in the WordPress context.