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Beyond the Office: Securing Home Devices and Networks Against Corporate Breaches

SecureWorld News

The rise of personal gadgets, the shift towards remote work, the BYOD trend , and advances in AI have all contributed to home networks becoming an extension of companies' cyber defense perimeters. However, many end-users do not recognize their home networks as extensions of their company's security boundaries.

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DDoS: Understand The Growing Threat From Botnet #14

CTOvision

We learned from the source code that this malware makes an attempt to prevent it from being hijacked, but if the host device reboots, it once again becomes available for compromise. If IoT devices supporting IPv6 over Low power Wireless Personal Area Networks (6LoWPAN) are introduced, the potential for larger DDoS attacks compounds.

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A Tutorial For Enhancing Your Home DNS Protection

CTOvision

The operator played a critical function in establishing a global telephone network where any phone could talk to any phone. And when you authorize any device to join your home network, your network and your device are smart enough to automatically configure themselves to use your ISP's DNS service.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Scanning the Internet

ForAllSecure

Traditional anti-malware research relies on customer systems but what if a particular malware wasn’t on the same platform as your solution software? éveillé from ESET joins The Hacker Mind podcast to talk about the challenges of building his own internet scanner to scan for elusive malware. Marc-Etienne M.Léveillé

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What matters about Matter, the new smart home standard

The Verge

Thread is a primary protocol used by Matter and a border router is a bridge between a Thread network and a Wi-Fi network, the other protocol used by Matter. Amazon’s mesh Wi-Fi network company Eero has committed to supporting Matter , too. This exposes them to hacking, malware, etc.,” said Mitch Klein of Z-Wave Alliance.

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