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Satellites are critical infrastructure and need to be cybersecured

March 29, 2022 admin AT&T, cisa, communication, dsn, nasa, nb65, patchmanagement, rocosmos, satcom, Satellites, Shields Up, SpaceX, starlink, viasat, vital infrastructure

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:27:03 +0000

Satellites have become a main link in communications, and given some recent events it has become clear why we consider them to be critical infrastructure.

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White House urges US businesses: Protect against potential Russian cyberattacks

March 23, 2022 admin Business, cisa, cybersecurity & infrastructure security agency, cyberwar, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, russia-ukraine, russia-us, Shields Up

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 16:56:08 +0000

The US Administration has yet again called out business leaders to strengthen their defenses against a cyberattack from Russia.

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Four key cybersecurity practices during geopolitical upheaval

March 7, 2022 admin 2fa, awareness, cisa, covid-19, covid-19 scams, multi-factor authentication, phishing, phishing scam, privileges, rdp access, rdp ports, Russia, SCAM, Shields Up, small- and medium-sized business, SMB, two-factor authentication, Ukraine, us cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:37:29 +0000

In a time of rapid-changing crisis, here are four SMB cybersecurity best practices to help prevent the most common attacks.

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Four SMB cybersecurity practices during geopolitical upheaval

March 3, 2022 admin 2fa, awareness, cisa, covid-19, covid-19 scams, multi-factor authentication, phishing, phishing scam, privileges, rdp access, rdp ports, Russia, SCAM, Shields Up, small- and medium-sized business, SMB, two-factor authentication, Ukraine, us cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:37:29 +0000

In a time of rapid-changing crisis, here are four SMB cybersecurity best practices to help prevent the most common attacks.

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Some Basic Rules for Securing Your IoT Stuff

January 17, 2018 admin Censys.io, Glasswire, Internet of Things, Iot Security rules, Mirai, Security Tools, Shields Up, Steve Gibson, The Coming Storm, U.S. Justice Department, universal plug and play, UPnP

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:36:24 +0000

Most readers here have likely heard or read various prognostications about the impending doom from the proliferation of poorly-secured “Internet of Things” or IoT devices. Loosely defined as any gadget or gizmo that connects to the Internet but which most consumers probably wouldn’t begin to know how to secure, IoT encompasses everything from security cameras, routers and digital video recorders to printers, wearable devices and “smart” lightbulbs. Throughout 2016 and 2017, attacks from massive botnets made up entirely of hacked IoT devices had many experts warning of a dire outlook for Internet security. But the future of IoT doesn’t have to be so bleak. Here’s a primer on minimizing the chances that your IoT things become a security liability for you or for the Internet at large.