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4 Best Antivirus Software of 2021

eSecurity Planet

With the rise in malware and ransomware and a growing reliance on the internet, antivirus solutions are critical for protecting your data and applications. We here at eSecurity Planet have our own views and methodology on this much-debated issue, and present to you our reviews of the Best Antivirus Software of 2021. Bitdefender.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. In 2021 alone, IC3 received 847,376 complaints which amounted to $6.9 According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2% since Q3 of 2007.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. What's on your mobile than our external API's and in the past few years there's been an explosion of external API data. And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking APIs

ForAllSecure

APIs are vital in our mobile digital world, but the consequences of API security flaws have yet to be seen. What's on your mobile than our external API's and in the past few years there's been an explosion of external API data. And in May of 2021 Researchers disclosed that the Peloton API authentication was broken.

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Happy 13th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Krebs on Security

Until recently, I was fairly active on Twitter , regularly tweeting to more than 350,000 followers about important security news and stories here. Facing a backlash from lawmakers and the public, the IRS soon reverses course , saying video selfies will be optional and that any biometric data collected will be destroyed after verification.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

Smart Meters provide the data to support a cleaner future, showing how much energy is being used and how much this will cost you. Vamosi: But as someone who wrote a book questioning the security of our mass produced IoT devices, I wonder why no one bothered to test and certify these devices before they were installed? In February 2021.

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Ransomware Evolves as Groups Embrace as-a-Service Models

eSecurity Planet

McAfee researchers addressed the shift in ransomware strategy this week in their McAfee Threats Report: June 2021. While 2021 has been noteworthy for headline-grabbing ransomware attacks like the one on Colonial Pipeline , the trend toward bigger targets had been underway before then, Samani told eSecurity Planet in an email interview.