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Top tools and best practices for WordPress security
If you run a WordPress website, you need to get serious about keeping it as secure as possible. WordPress continues to be a widespread target for hackers. Last November, more than a million GoDaddy-managed WordPress customers were part of a breach that could have exposed their email addresses, private SSL keys, and admin passwords. The attacker was…
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SentinelOne to buy Attivo Networks for $617M, bringing ID-based security to XDR platform
In a move designed to bolster its XDR (extended detection and response) platform, Singularity, to defend against the latest cybersecurity threats, endpoint security vendor SentinelOne plans to acquire IAM (identity and access management) provider Attivo Networks for $616.5 million. Singularity is an AI-based system that allows for automated response to many types of endpoint-based threats…
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UK Blocks Assange’s Extradition Appeal
WikiLeaks founder’s appeal against extradition to US refused by UK Supreme Court Read More
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Webroot files patent infringement claim against Trend Micro
Security endpoint protection vendor Webroot has filed a patent infringement complaint against competitor Trend Micro accusing it of implementing patented technology in its security software and systems without authorization. According to an official document from the Unites States District Court, Western District of Texas Waco Division, Webroot is seeking damages for lost sales, profits, and…
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Hackers Hit Rosneft
Cyber-attack on German subsidiary of Russian state-backed energy company Read More
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Nearly 300k Heart Patients’ Data Exposed
PHI of 287K patients at risk after cyber-attack on South Denver Cardiology Associates Read More
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NVIDIA staff shouldn’t have chosen passwords like these…
Last month, the LAPSUS$ hacking group stole up to one terabyte of internal data, including hashed passwords, from graphics card maker NVIDIA. Of course, you would hope that any sensible NVIDIA employee would have chosen a sensible hard-to-crack password, and ensured that they weren’t using the same password anywhere else on the internet… Read More
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Lawmakers Probe Early Release of Top RU Cybercrook
Aleksei Burkov, seated second from right, attends a hearing in Jerusalem in 2015. Image: Andrei Shirokov / Tass via Getty Images. Aleksei Burkov, a cybercriminal who long operated two of Russia’s most exclusive underground hacking forums, was arrested in 2015 by Israeli authorities. The Russian government fought Burkov’s extradition to the U.S. for four years…
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What Is a Crypto Wallet and How to Keep Your Wallet Secure?
A-list celebrities and social media influencers are now adding their voices to the roar of other cryptocurrency fans asking you to join them in the investments of the future. It’s impossible to deny the grip cryptocurrencies have on the world today, for better or worse. In some industries, they speed the pace of business and…
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US Critical Infrastructure Companies Will Have to Report When They Are Hacked
This will be law soon: Companies critical to U.S. national interests will now have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware, according to new rules approved by Congress. […] The reporting requirement legislation was approved by the House and the Senate on Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by President…