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Protect Your Business With This Seamless Firewall for $50

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Protect Your Business With This Seamless Firewall for $50

TL;DR: There’s no shortage of threats to business out there these days, but DNS FireWall can help protect you from cyberthreats. Grab it for $49.97 this week only at TechRepublic Academy. There are myriad digital threats to businesses today, and it’s crucial that decision-makers prioritize cybersecurity. You don’t need a dedicated IT team to protect proprietary information. You can get a great security foundation with DNS FireWall, a security app developed to protect an unlimited…

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Botnet Struck U.S. Routers; Here’s How to Keep Employees Safe

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Botnet Struck U.S. Routers; Here’s How to Keep Employees Safe

State-sponsored hackers affiliated with China have targeted small office/home office routers in the U.S. in a wide-ranging botnet attack, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Most of the affected routers were manufactured by Cisco and NetGear and had reached end-of-life status. Department of Justice investigators said on Jan. 31, 2024, that the malware has been deleted from affected routers. The investigators also cut the routers off from other devices…

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Smart TVs, Refrigerators Used in Internet-of-Things Cyberattack

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Smart TVs, Refrigerators Used in Internet-of-Things Cyberattack

The rise in popularity of Internet-connected smart devices has brought about a new era of convenience and functionality for consumers. From Smart TVs and refrigerators to wireless speakers, these devices have transformed the way we live and communicate. However, this advancement in technology is not without its downsides. One of the most notable is the increasing vulnerability to cyber-attacks. In this article, we’ll explore what happened when hundreds of thousands of these devices were roped…

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International authorities disrupt ‘world’s most dangerous malware’

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International authorities disrupt ‘world’s most dangerous malware’

A team of international law enforcement and judicial groups on Wednesday announced they had disrupted infrastructure used by cyber criminals to spread what authorities described as the “world’s most dangerous malware” and attack organizations around the world.   The Emotet botnet, one of the most prolific malware viruses used by cyber criminals over the past decade, saw its infrastructure disrupted by a coalition of authorities in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France,…

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