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Agencies Warn of Pro-Russia Hackers Targeting OT Control Systems

SecureWorld News

According to a new joint cybersecurity alert , the hacktivists have been observed gaining remote access to small-scale industrial control systems used in water/wastewater, dams, energy, and food and agriculture by exploiting internet-exposed human-machine interfaces (HMIs) and using default or weak passwords.

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DIDComm and the Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

Because of its general nature and inherent support for self-sovereign relationships, DIDComm provides a basis for a self-sovereign internet much more private, enabling, and flexible than the one we've built using Web 2.0 Once Bob's agent receives the message, it authenticates that it came from Alice and decrypts it. technologies.

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Naturally Better Security: Leveraging the power of nature to enhance Internet security

CTOvision

Engineers in academia, industry and government have designed approaches to address these challenges, including mechanisms like Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to safeguard and manage security keys for authentication and conduct encryption and decryption. The use cases for a Trusted Security Foundation touch every user of the Internet.

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Unlocking the Secrets of Software-based DRM: A Comprehensive Guide

Kitaboo

Gone are the days of clunky hardware-based DRM solutions that relied on physical tokens or specialized hardware components. At its core, software-based DRM relies on a combination of encryption, licensing, and authentication mechanisms to secure digital content. Software-based DRM can be designed to allow offline content access.

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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. Ensure that the antivirus software is compatible with your operating system and its specific version. Keeping your operating system up to date is critical.

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Getting Started with Vulnerability Scanning

ForAllSecure

External vulnerability scans are performed by scanning the public internet for systems and networks that are publicly exposed. Authenticated Scans. Organizations can perform authenticated vulnerability scans to identify vulnerabilities in systems or networks that are not publicly exposed.

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The Generative Self-Sovereign Internet

Phil Windley

Summary: The self-sovereign internet, a secure overlay on the internet, provides the same capacity to produce change by numerous, unaffiliated and uncoordinated actors as the internet itself. This article explores the properties of the self-sovereign internet and makes the case that they justify its generativity claims.

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