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University of Michigan Cyber Incident Causes Internet Outage

SecureWorld News

The University of Michigan experienced an internet outage on August 27th that affected students, faculty, and staff across all three campuses just as the fall semester was kicking off. Students and faculty were also unable to connect to the internet on their personal devices. The outage began at approximately 1:40 p.m.

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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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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO Business Intelligence

Modern security challenges Data from the Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) shows the three primary ways in which attackers access an organization are stolen credentials, phishing and exploitation of vulnerabilities.

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2016 Internet of Things (IoT) Predictions

CTOvision

The recently released Adobe Digital Trends Report indicates that "51% of smartphone owners have already interacted with home electronic IoT devices." In 2016 there will be a growing number of authentic success stories where the IoT provides real value to consumers and enterprises. Hacks will increase in scope and complexity.

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The High-Stakes Game of Ensuring IoMT Device Security

SecureWorld News

Being constantly connected to the internet, they are either protected by basic passwords or, in some cases, have no password protection at all. A 2021 Cynerio report revealed a staggering 123% increase in ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities, resulting in more than 500 incidents and costs exceeding $21 billion.

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12 great apps for your new iPhone in 2020

The Verge

Check out our app picks for iPhones , Android phones , Windows PCs , and M1-equipped Macs ; our favorite mobile games from Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass ; and our top choices for gaming PCs , the PS5 , Xbox One and Series X / S , Nintendo Switch , and VR. In other words, it’s the most fun place on the internet right now.

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7 Tactics Recently Used By SolarWinds Hackers

SecureWorld News

Abuse of multi-factor authentication leveraging 'push' notifications on smartphones.". Security researches discuss four main areas related to the threat actor's infrastructure: residential internet access; geo-located Azure infrastructure; compromised WordPress sites hosting second stage payloads; and TOR, VPS and VPN providers.