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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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Data Security and its Importance on the Internet

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Data Security and its Importance on the Internet - Information Technology Blog. Hacking and data breaches are a common thing today, especially with the rise of open source platforms and electronic transactions. Keep Systems Updated. Turn on your firewall. Install Anti-Virus.

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What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

Dataconomy

With VNC, we can seamlessly connect to and control computers from anywhere in the world, as long as we have an internet connection. and the open-source community. This feature is particularly useful in environments where only HTTP traffic is allowed, such as in a web proxy or firewall.

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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. Vulnerabilities at the operating system level may be exploited by rogue container workloads if not hardened.

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Technology Short Take #63

Scott Lowe

Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Matt Oswalt recently unveiled (and open sourced) a framework called ToDD, which stands for “Testing on Demand: Distributed”. Operating Systems/Applications. Read more about it here. Servers/Hardware.

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Technology Short Take #46

Scott Lowe

That’s right, it’s time for yet another collection of links and articles from around the Internet on various data center-related technologies, products, projects, and efforts. Operating Systems/Applications. you’ll need to be sure to unblock WMI in the Windows Firewall. Want to install ESXi 5.5

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. And it's a doozy program. How did this happen?