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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

IoT devices help remotely control our household appliances, power plants, smart buildings, factories, airports, shipyards, trucks, trains and military. In one very recent caper, the attackers targeted the CFO of a financial services firm, as he worked from home, Sherman says. And we’re just getting started.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

At present, the most important area of relevance around AI for cybersecurity is content generation. In a statement by Xavier Chango, the National Head of Forensic Science, "It's a military-type explosive, but very small capsules." Per the Ecuadorian government, these attacks were fueled by attempts to intimidate the media.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Healthcare and financial services are the most attacked industries. But what distinguishes Ryuk’s deadliness is its military-grade levels of encryption, ability to delete shadow copies on the endpoint , and encrypt network drives and resources. Ransomware facts. Heilig : Heilig Defense RansomOff.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. We use public key cryptography in https and secures how we use our financial services or order online. Fact is, we’ve long had passwords as a credential. Lewis: Good. Other: Wait.