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MY TAKE: New tech standards, like ‘Matter’ and ‘BIMI,’ point the way to secure interoperability

The Last Watchdog

This is precisely what the consortium of software companies and device manufacturers, led Google, Amazon and Apple, set out to achieve when Matter was conceived four years ago. It’s important that as consumers are shopping for these smart home devices that they learn to recognize the Matter trademark so that they can make educated decisions.”

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The U.S. CISA and FBI warn of Royal ransomware operation

Security Affairs

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. The Royal ransomware can either fully or partially encrypt a file depending on its size and the ‘-ep’ parameter.

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New Linux Ransomware BlackSuit is similar to Royal ransomware

Security Affairs

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. New #ransomware #BlackSuit targets Windows, #Linux. BlackSuit appends the .

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CISA, FBI shared a joint advisory to warn of Zeppelin ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

The ransomware was involved in attacks aimed at technology and healthcare, defense contractors, educational institutions, manufacturers, companies across Europe, the United States, and Canada. To each encrypted file, it appends a randomized nine-digit hexadecimal number as an extension. ” reads the joint advisory. “The

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City of Dallas shut down IT services after ransomware attack

Security Affairs

According to government experts, the Royal ransomware attacks targeted numerous critical infrastructure sectors including, manufacturing, communications, healthcare and public healthcare (HPH), and education. reads the alert.

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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The command-and-control beacons allowed Royal to prepare the City’s network resources for the May 03, 2023, ransomware encryption attack.” . “During the surveillance period, Royal performed several actions to inject command and control software and established command-and-control beacons. ” continues the report.

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IoT Cybersecurity: 5 Major Vulnerabilities and How to Tackle Them

Security Affairs

As a result, you will prevent unauthorized access or communication interception. As an example, we could use communications between systems that are not properly encrypted. Improper encryption. Hackers or other malicious sources can intercept poorly encrypted communications on the web. Poor credentials.

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