RSS_Virtulization

If you have a tween or teen, you’ve likely heard a lot of excited chatter about Roblox. With a reported 150 million users, there’s a good chance your child has the Roblox site on their phone, tablet, PC, or Xbox. In fact, in 2020, Roblox estimated that over half of kids in the U.S. under 16 had used the forum. However, as with all digital destinations, the fun of Roblox is not without some safety concerns.   Why do kids love Roblox?  Roblox is an online gaming forum (not an app or game as one might assume) where users can create and share games or just play games. Kids can play Roblox…

This is the seventh and final post in a series on Google Cloud VMware Engine and Google Cloud Platform. This post covers common networking scenarios, including accessing cloud-native services, viewing routing information, VPN connectivity, notes on DNS, and additional helpful resources. Other posts in this series: The last addition to this example that was started in the previous post is to include a cloud-native service. I’ve chosen to use Cloud Storage because it is a…

By Babur Khan, Technical Marketing Engineer – Enterprise Security at A10 Networks In the first quarter of 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic is still wreaking havoc around the globe. The coronavirus is continuously evolving and presenting new challenges. In addition to the direct effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we also saw a sharp rise in cybercriminal activity. From simple phishing attacks to one of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded, we saw the cyber threat landscape…

Experts want us to develop immunity to bad ideas that can wrongly influence the cybersecurity decision process. Image: Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images “In pursuit of knowledge, something new is learned. In pursuit of wisdom, something old is unlearned.” — Med Jones As to why Jones’ quote is important, many programs designed to help those plying the internet stay safe—either for work or for personal reasons—are failing because their overarching methodology does not include the…

A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in a popular content management solution used by high-profile companies including Deloitte, Dell and Microsoft. The bug in Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) was detected by two members of Detectify’s ethical hacking community. If left unchecked, the weakness allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain access to CRX Package Manager, leaving applications open to remote code execution (RCE) attacks. “With access to the CRX Package Manager, an attacker could upload a malicious package in…

A healthcare system located in Kentucky is notifying more than 40,000 patients of an error that saw their personal health information (PHI) emailed to the wrong address.  UofL Health, which is based in Louisville, consists of five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center. Earlier this month, the system notified the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights of an email security…

Android: How to enable the Password Checkup feature Length: 1:25 | Jun 28, 2021 Google has released a new password checker for Android. Find out how to enable and use this security feature on your Android device. Source link

The European Union (EU) has formally granted the UK adequacy status, allowing the flow of personal data between the two regions to continue seamlessly. Earlier today, it was announced that the EU adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK – one under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive. These acknowledge that UK data protection rules are “essentially equivalent” to EU standards in both areas. The decisions by the EU Commission…

Suspected HMRC-branded phishing scams grew by 87% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to official figures obtained by accountancy group Lanop Outsourcing following a Freedom of Information (FoI) request. This data revealed that reports of phishing scams impersonating the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority surged from 572,029 in the financial year 2019-20 to 1,069,522 from April 2020 to April 2021. Messages related to tax rebates or refunds made up the majority of reported scams, comprising 690,522 out…