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Q&A: Here’s why VPNs are likely to remain a valuable DIY security tool for consumers, SMBs

The Last Watchdog

The scale is so massive that it makes up 15 percent of all breached users globally since 2004 (the year data breaches became widespread). Essential security tool. VPNs factor into this shift, as the burden on individual consumers to preserve privacy and secure their sensitive data is greater than ever.

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MY TAKE: A few reasons to believe RSAC 2023’s ‘stronger together’ theme is gaining traction

The Last Watchdog

I attended my first one in 2004, while covering Microsoft for USA TODAY. Rising from the din of 625 vendors, 700 speakers and 26,000 attendees came the clarion call for a new tier of overlapping, interoperable, highly automated security platforms needed to carry us forward.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For years, security experts — and indeed, many top cybercriminals in the Spamit affiliate program — have expressed the belief that Sal and Icamis were likely the same person using two different identities. It states that the yearbook for the Amtek class of 2004 is hosted at 41.wmpay[.]com. w s, icamis[.]ru ru , and icamis[.]biz.

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

Wireless security is the protection of wireless networks, devices and data from unwanted access and breaches. Wireless security is critical because these networks are subject to eavesdropping, interception, data theft, denial of services ( DoS ) assaults, and malware infestations. What is Wireless Security?

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CVE-2021-31166 Windows HTTP flaw also impacts WinRM servers

Security Affairs

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2021 security updates addressed 55 vulnerabilities in Microsoft including a critical HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-31166. The flaw is wormable and affects different versions of Windows 10, Windows Server 2004 and Windows Server 20H2. Pierluigi Paganini.

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New Linux variant of BIFROSE RAT uses deceptive domain strategies

Security Affairs

A new Linux variant of the remote access trojan (RAT) BIFROSE (aka Bifrost) uses a deceptive domain mimicking VMware. The Bifrost RAT has been active since 2004, it allows its operators to gather sensitive information, including hostname and IP address. .” com) that mimics the legitimate VMware domain.

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Microsoft Out-of-Band security patch fixes Windows privilege escalation flaws

Security Affairs

Microsoft released an Out-of-Band security update to address privilege escalation flaws in Windows 8.1 Microsoft released this week an out-of-band security update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems that address two privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Windows Remote Access. and Windows Server 2012 R2 systems.