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Why Do Spammers Love The Internet Of Things?

CTOvision

The Internet of Things is the marketing term for those devices. Most aren’t the laptops, tablets, and phones we think of as using the internet: they’re appliances like routers, fridges, cameras, and a million others, each of which is equipped with storage space, an operating system, and a connection to the internet.

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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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Why You Need to Get on the Zero Trust Network Access Express Lane

CIO Business Intelligence

Today’s work from anywhere culture, escalating ransomware, and an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are among the trends that are driving enterprises to rethink their approach to secure network access. In a zero trust world, everything is authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated wherever it is found.

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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. Enforce a strong password policy and implement regular password changes. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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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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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. Enforce a strong password policy and implement regular password changes. Scan all software downloaded from the Internet prior to executing. Disable File and Printer sharing services.

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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 Pod Security Policy.