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‘I’ve been saying that data security and data protection are … coming together. And I would go as far as saying they are together. So folks who are looking at it differently are looking at it in an incomplete manner, to be honest with you. Where does data security end and data protection begin? We’ve…
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Microsoft is testing showing memory speeds as MT/s (mega-transfers per second) rather than MHz (megahertz) in the Windows 11 Task Manager. Historically, the data transfer speed of computer memory has been advertised under the MHz (megahertz) metric. MHz represents how many millions of cycles per second a memory module can perform, with each cycle being an action conducted on…
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The cybersecurity industry is facing a workforce gap. In fact, the gap between the number of skilled cybersecurity workers needed vs the amount available has grown 12.6% year over year worldwide. This is at a time when the number of threats security teams face continue to escalate in volume and sophistication, in many cases simply…
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The NCA, FBI, and Europol have revived a seized LockBit ransomware data leak site to hint at new information being revealed by law enforcement this Tuesday. On February 19, a law enforcement operation called Operation Cronos took down LockBit’s infrastructure, including 34 servers hosting the data leak website and its mirrors, data stolen from the victims, cryptocurrency…
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The Zero Trust network access (ZTNA) approach replaces the perimeter defense model with a “least privilege” framework where users authenticate to access specific data and applications. Access Control, Enterprise Buyer’s Guides, Network Security, Zero Trust Source link lol
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Cybersecurity has quickly moved from esoteric discipline to core competency across the IT space. The Complete 2024 Cyber Security Expert Certification Training Bundle provides five exam prep courses with over 120 hours of lessons to help you get certified and move ahead in your career. These five cybersecurity certification courses have been developed by the…
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May 06, 2024NewsroomVulnerability / Server Security More than 50% of the 90,310 hosts have been found exposing a Tinyproxy service on the internet that’s vulnerable to a critical unpatched security flaw in the HTTP/HTTPS proxy tool. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-49606, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10, per Cisco…
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The City of Wichita, Kansas, disclosed it was forced to shut down portions of its network after suffering a weekend ransomware attack. Wichita is the largest city in Kansas, with a population of 400,000 people, ranking it among the top 50 largest cities in the United States. In a rare display of transparency, the City confirmed they suffered the attack on Sunday,…
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Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection provided by…
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The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has called for a ban on commonly used and easily guessable passwords, citing the alarming rise in cybercrime. The agency highlights the vulnerability of users who rely on weak passwords, making them prime targets for cybercriminals. The NCSC emphasizes that passwords like “123456,” “password,” and “qwerty” are frequently…
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