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Phishing Tactics

Whether attempting to steal passwords or sensitive information, attackers employ a variety of techniques in their phishing attacks. These attacks use email, text and phone calls to trick victims into clicking on malicious links or giving away information. Attackers often impersonate technical support, banks or government organizations to gain victims’

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The Rise of Ransomware

Ransomware has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a worm that encrypted files and required payment in order to return them to their owners. It now infects and steals digital assets, encrypts them, and then forces computers to use their computing power for cryptomining so that cybercriminals

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What Is Cloud Security?

Cloud Security refers to a variety of methods used to safeguard the data stored in the cloud. These include implementing strong authentication methods such as multi-factor or two-step authorization for administrative tasks, encrypting at rest and in transit to prevent data theft, and managing access controls on personal devices that

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The Discipline of Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is the discipline dedicated to protecting computer systems, networks, software and data from viruses, worms, spyware, hacker attacks, denial-of-service attacks, unauthorized access, data theft and other malicious activities that could harm or destroy valuable information. Governments, military, corporate, financial and medical organizations collect and store vast amounts of information

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What is a Botnet?

A botnet is a network of devices infected with malware and controlled by malicious software. Hackers that control botnets are called bot herders and they typically use them to conduct cyber attacks against targets. Attacks can include stealing credentials, executing CPU-intensive tasks or taking services and websites offline through Distributed

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