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NEW TECH: Cequence Security launches platform to shield apps, APIs from malicious botnets

The Last Watchdog

These baseline account takeovers can then be leveraged to spread spam, distribute phishing scams, launch denial of service attacks, infiltrate and plunder networks, execute wire fraud and more. But then along came cloud services, mobile computing and the Internet of Things, which gelled into digital transformation.

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Multi-Factor Authentication Best Practices & Solutions

eSecurity Planet

Banking, financial services, and insurance industries constitute the largest share of adopters, with North America leading adoption, according to Orbis Research. And it’s not hard for them to use social engineering to get around it, or else phishing attacks wouldn’t be so popular. Privileged access management.