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US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics

The Verge

In 2019, China was caught secretly installing spyware on tourists’ phones who entered from the Xinjiang region. But even if the Olympic athletes want to use their burner phones to browse the internet, they still might not get unlimited access. The Committee’s fears aren’t unfounded.

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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. This ends up executing sketchy code that installs viruses, ransomware, spyware, or adware behind the victim's back.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s not as simple as just extending traditional firewall capabilities to the cloud. But securing cloud workloads isn’t as easy as you think… To secure your cloud workloads, it requires a radically different approach. In fact, a few of the most common challenges include: Risk. 6 On top of that, the average cost of a data breach is over $4.4

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Why Malware Prevention Should Be A Priority This Year

Galido

The internet has become such a daily part of everybody’s lives that it would be difficult to imagine life without it. On average, according to the Office for National Statistics , 89% of adults in Great Britain use the internet at least weekly, and so for hackers, it is like a goldmine. What is Malware? Why should you be aware?

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Stop Malware Attacks and Online Identity Theft

Galido

The modern and common types of malware, such as the viruses, worms, spyware, adware, Trojans, and Zombies, primarily target confidential personal, business, or financial information. If used together, they can easily protect your identity, device, and network from the most vicious but genuine-looking Internet applications.

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Hygiene does not only protect you against physical viruses

Dataconomy

Use antivirus software Installing reputable antivirus software helps protect your system from various types of malware, including viruses, ransomware, and spyware. Malware, including viruses, ransomware, or spyware, can infiltrate devices and networks, causing significant damage. Stick to trusted and secure devices whenever possible.

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What?No Angry Birds? - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

There’s nothing wrong with trying to protect your users from malicious apps, malware and spyware. Is the best way to handle that to cut off the streams at the firewall? One of the first software companies I worked for in the early 2000s prevented all office-based desktops from accessing Internet – apart from one.

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