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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. One of the alternative mechanisms to stand resilient against malvertising is to create an "air gap" between web browsers and operating systems.

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Advisory: Malicious North Korean Cyber Activity

SecureWorld News

Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing.

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Government Agencies Discover New Chinese Malware Strain

SecureWorld News

Keep operating system patches up-to-date. If these services are required, use strong passwords or Active Directory authentication. Enable a personal firewall on agency workstations, configured to deny unsolicited connection requests. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

Our friends at the Center for Internet Security (CIS) listed “Secure Configurations” as the No. This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. These tools provide reporting on changes to the operating system — but come with a price tag.

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Stop Malware Attacks and Online Identity Theft

Galido

This is mostly done to steal the identity of any authorized user, rob confidential data, degrade performance, spy on a device, disrupt a service, and/or disable the targeted network or system for the sole purpose of misusing data or exploiting resources. Guard/Seal Your Existing Vulnerabilities. Update your browser.

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Hygiene does not only protect you against physical viruses

Dataconomy

Enable two-factor authentication Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to your accounts. Common features include real-time scanning, web protection, email scanning, firewall capabilities, and ransomware protection. Keeping your operating system up to date is critical.

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Top Ten Ways Not To Sink the Kubernetes Ship

Linux Academy

Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened. Fortunately Aquasec has provided us a utility for the automated scanning of our clusters against the Kubernetes benchmark published by CIS (Center for Internet Security). Implement RBAC.