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MY TAKE: Why DDoS weapons will proliferate with the expansion of IoT and the coming of 5G

The Last Watchdog

A couple of high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks will surely go down in history as watershed events – each for different reasons. Related: IoT botnets now available for economical DDoS blasts. This attacker easily located IoT devices that used the manufacturers’ default security setting. Barest tip.

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

In part 1 of this series, I posited that the IoT landscape is an absolute mess but Home Assistant (HA) does an admirable job of tying it all together. As with the rest of the IoT landscape, there's a lot of scope for improvement here and also just like the other IoT posts, it gets very complex for normal people very quickly.

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MCCrash botnet targets private Minecraft servers, Microsoft warns

Security Affairs

“The botnet’s spreading mechanism makes it a unique threat, because while the malware can be removed from the infected source PC, it could persist on unmanaged IoT devices in the network and continue to operate as part of the botnet.” ark—event[.]net ” reads the post published by Microsoft. onto the device.

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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

IBM Big Data Hub

safety equipment, parts for trucks, and raw materials for infrastructure), weather events, customer demand levels, and logistics can help prevent disruption in operations, too. However, maintenance inventory optimization is only part of the solution. Visibility into other key inventory (e.g.,

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What is a Cyberattack? Types and Defenses

eSecurity Planet

Cisco Umbrella , analyzing the threat environment for 2022, found that 86% of organizations experienced phishing, 69% experienced unsolicited crypto mining, 50% were affected by ransomware, and 48% experienced some form of information-stealing malware. Security information and event management (SIEM). Ransomware. Other methods.

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How to Take Your Business to The Next Level with Data Intelligence

erwin

With tools such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Mining, businesses and organizations can collate and analyze large amounts of data reliably and more efficiently. Transforming Industries with Data Intelligence. Data intelligence has provided useful and insightful information to numerous markets and industries.

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What is Incident Response? Ultimate Guide + Templates

eSecurity Planet

Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. Cryptojacking : Unauthorized use of a computer’s processing power to mine cryptocurrencies.