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8 everyday technologies that can make you vulnerable to cyberattacks

Credit to Author: Kayla Matthews| Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:00:00 +0000

The security vulnerabilities of the latest developments in tech have been well documented. But what about everyday technologies that have been around for a while or are widely adopted? Here are eight commonly-used tech conveniences that are not as ironclad as you might hope.

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Fighting the Skills Gap Via Industry Leading Research and Inspiring Events

Credit to Author: Trend Micro| Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:00:53 +0000

By Kevin Simzer Among the headline-grabbing reports of election hacking, nation-state raids on utilities firms, and mega-data breaches, few outside the industry ask the question: Did the cybersecurity skills shortage play a part? It’s impossible to say for sure. However, what we do know is that chronic industry skills gaps are putting organizations across the…

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Cryptocurrency miner hits IoT devices, mostly affects Brazil and Russia!

Credit to Author: Pradeep Kulkarni| Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2018 08:46:11 +0000

According to a blogpost published on Aug 1, 2018, 200,000 routers in Brazil were compromised to deliver Cryptocurrency mining scripts to mine Monero (XMR) cryptocurrency. Hackers compromised the vulnerable MikroTik routers by injecting CoinHive scripts into the routers web pages in order to carry out the mass Cryptocurrency miner attack….

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