By Chetan Venkatesh, CEO and Co-Founder of Macrometa The simplest answer is… No. But, if history has taught security professionals anything it’s that the most secure network is the one without any users. It also happens to be the least useful of networks.   So what are we actually asking when we discuss security and the edge? Most often, the question is usually hiding the subtext of:   “In a new deployment methodology involving edge…

By Roman Davydov, Technology Observer, Itransition Legacy systems continue to play a vital role in the operations of many enterprises. However, over time, things like poor user adoption, increased maintenance costs, frequent errors and downtime significantly reduce the value of such digital solutions. The situation may be even worse if we look at legacy software from the cybersecurity perspective. Legacy vulnerabilities pose one of the biggest enterprise cyber threats; experts state that any software that…

Organizations around the world take on average more than two business days to respond to a cyber-attack, according to new research by American cybersecurity company Deep Instinct.  The finding was published in the company’s second bi-annual Voice of SecOps Report, which was based on a survey of 1,500 senior cybersecurity professionals in 11 countries who work for businesses with more than 1,000 employees and annual revenue north of $500m.  The survey revealed the average global response time…

Dutch police warn customers of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) website of stopping using the service to avoid prosecution. Dutch police warn customers of a booter service, abused to carry out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, of to stop using it to avoid prosecution. The letter sent by the Dutch Police aims to work as a deterrent for cybercriminal activities explaining to them the consequence of prosecution due to criminal activities. The Dutch authorities have already contacted…

How to use DocSecrets to encrypt sections of your Google Docs Length: 1:23 | Oct 15, 2021 If you need to hide sections of text in Google Documents, give the handy DocSecrets add-on a try. Source link

Apple’s plans to implement new phone-scanning features have been heavily criticized by more than a dozen cybersecurity experts. The tech company announced in August its intention to start scanning iPhone users’ iCloud Photos libraries. Apple presented the move under the pretext that it would locate users’ caches of illicit content, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In September, after its plans to introduce the new technology were widely condemned, Apple said the launch of the phone-scanning feature would…

Data center admins: Learn how to run a basic vulnerability scan on your Linux servers with Nessus Length: 1:33 | Oct 15, 2021 Make sure the Linux servers in your data center are free from vulnerabilities by scanning them immediately using Nessus. Source link

This week the White House held a summit with various nations to address the threat of ransomware. Experts weigh in on the important security takeaways and why certain nations were excluded. Image: Shutterstock/Peshkova The White House held a virtual ransomware summit this week with over 30 countries in attendance—although a few notable nations were excluded, such as China, Russia and North Korea. Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Japan, United Arab Emirates and the United…