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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Happy St Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick (c. AD 385–461), the foremost patron saint of Ireland.
Critical Flash update. Patch now!
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If you are “monetizing” your website using any of certain Google-banned advertising types, you will need to rethink your strategy and use approved advertising types only. Otherwise you run the risk of the Wrath of Google, and will see your advertising revenue drop along with your page rank.
Starting in mid-February, the most recent version of Google’s Chrome web browser proactively blocks certain ...
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Bots are alive, well, and busy on the Internet, making up nearly half of Internet traffic. Bad bots are used by cyber-criminals and cyber attackers to automate harmful exploits and attacks, such as denial of service attacks, crypto-coin mining, data mining, information exfilitration, account hijacking, vulnerability scanning, spamming, and other illegal or illicit activities.
Not all bots are bad. Some of these site visitors are helpful, such as the automated bots ...
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Yesterday marked the 28th anniversary of the World Wide Web protocol. In 1989, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who was a software consultant at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, proposed the concepts which became the World Wide Web. Prior to his proposal, the Internet existed almost solely as a research network for government and university science and engineering professionals. Sir Tim was concerned that saved research documents ...
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Are you like me, and tired of the twice annual changing of the clocks? My idea – move the clocks 30 minutes one more time, then leave them alone forever. A nice permanent compromise.
Here is an article from the Smithsonian that explains the reasons for this mess
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.
Equifax finds ANOTHER 2.4 million Americans hit by breach
…meanwhile, a new study says half of us haven’t checked our credit reports or scores since the breach. No time like the present!
“Big Bitcoin Heist” sees ...
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What if the biggest security risk your company faced was from an employee at a trusted vendor company? Third party risk management, or vendor risk management, is an emerging cybersecurity practice that larger companies are using to mitigate the risk that smaller, network connected third party and vendor companies can represent.
The classic example of the dangers a vendor can bring to another ...
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I recently read an article from Heimdal Security about online safety. In this article Heimdal had asked 18 experts in the field of cybersecurity for their top 3 ideas about how to stay secure. The contributors included top cybersecurity professionals from several anti-malware companies, security bloggers, and cybersecurity industry professionals. The original article is here.
What I found interesting were ...
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Looking to protect yourself from fraud, identity theft, and scams? Maybe you’re wondering about the best way to use credit, how to shop for a used car, or maximize your security online. Yesterday marked the start of National Consumer Protection Week.
National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) is an event to encourage people and businesses to learn more about avoiding ...
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