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Cybercriminals can use stolen information for extortion, scams and phishing schemes, and the direct theft of money, says Kaspersky. Image: wildpixel, Getty Images/iStockphoto Cybercriminals who capture your personal information often do one of two things with it. They’ll either use it themselves to directly hack your accounts, or they’ll sell it on the Dark Web. And once your personal data is up for sale, buyers can use it for financial gain or for doxing, a…

We are happy to share that we will be presenting at Tech Field Day 22 with an exciting hot new topic: Optimized DRaaS with VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery.   Tech Field Day is a series of invite-only technical meetings between delegates invited from around the world and sponsoring enterprise IT companies that share their products and ideas through presentations, demos, roundtables, and more. And at Tech Field Day 22, VMware experts will talk about our…

Experts found a critical flaw in Real-Time Automation’s (RTA) 499ES EtherNet/IP stack that could allow hacking industrial control systems. Tracked as CVE-2020-25159, the flaw is rated 9.8 out of 10 in severity by the industry-standard Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) and impacts all versions of EtherNet/IP Adapter Source Code Stack prior to 2.28, which was released on November 21, 2012. Security researchers from security company Claroty have discovered a critical flaw in Real-Time Automation’s (RTA) 499ES EtherNet/IP (ENIP)…

An American hacker has been sent to prison for carrying out a series of cyber and swatting attacks, including sending bogus threats of shootings and bombings to schools in the United Kingdom and the United States. North Carolina resident Timothy Dalton Vaughn also called in a false report of an airplane hijacking involving a jetliner traveling from London to San Francisco. The 22-year-old, known online by the handles “WantedbyFeds” and “Hacker_R_US,” was arrested in February 2019 by special…

Top Phishing Lures to Look Out for This Holiday Season And just like that, the holidays are here! That means it’s time to grab your devices and credit cards for some online holiday shopping. But while you plan to share the merry and shop for gifts, criminals are preparing some not-so-festive tricks of their own. According to Threatpost, various phishing scams are currently targeting eager consumers this holiday season. Let’s unwrap the top four phishing scams…

Top Phishing Lures to Look Out for This Holiday Season And just like that, the holidays are here! That means it’s time to grab your devices and credit cards for some online holiday shopping. But while you plan to share the merry and shop for gifts, criminals are preparing some not-so-festive tricks of their own. According to Threatpost, various phishing scams are currently targeting eager consumers this holiday season. Let’s unwrap the top four phishing scams…

Putting Protection to The Test  This year has thrown a lot of challenges at us, and our digital lives were not immune. As millions of people around the world suddenly switched to working and learning online from home during the pandemic, digital threats spiked, making security and performance essential. At McAfee, we are hyperaware of what our users are going through this year, with changes to their work, school, and lifestyles. At the same time,…

Docker and AWS Resources for Developers – Docker Blog Pull rate limits for certain users are being introduced to Docker Hub starting November 2nd. Learn more …

The move to a distributed workforce came suddenly and swiftly. In February 2020, less than 40% of companies allowed most of their employees to work from home one day a week. By April, 77% of companies had most of their employees working exclusively from home. Organizations have been in the midst of digital transformation projects for years, but this development represented a massive test. Most organizations were pleasantly surprised to see that their employees could…