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How to use your Android as a 2FA key

The Parallax

They are considered to be more secure than two-factor codes sent by SMS or generated by apps, but many consumers have balked at paying $20 to $50 for an additional piece of hardware they’d have to carry around. Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. Opinion: To stay safer on Android, stick with Google Play.

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Fragmentation likely to hinder Android P’s security chops

The Parallax

But even locking down a long-criticized Android privacy flaw won’t help the operating system beat its biggest security flaw: its own success. Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. Oreo, released in 2017, at 5.7 READ MORE ON ANDROID SECURITY. How to FBI-proof your Android. And Android 5.1

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Three Reasons Endpoint Security Can’t Stop With Just Patching

Ivanti

AI generated polymorphic exploits can bypass leading security tools Recently, AI-generated polymorphic malware has been developed to bypass EDR and antivirus, leaving security teams with blind spots into threats and vulnerabilities. The asset data should feed into an enterprise endpoint patch management system.

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Zero-Day: Vulnerabilities, Exploits, Attacks and How to Manage Them

Kaseya

Those tools also take an inventory of all IT assets, such as servers, desktops, virtual machines, operating systems, applications and active ports, on each machine to scan them for security flaws. Originally developed by NASA as a cyberattack tool, it was stolen and leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacking group in March 2017.

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Android: The Next Decade

Ivanti

Google Play Protect launched in 2017 to intelligently scan apps at scale for malware. View webinar ).

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Patch Management Policy Features, Benefits and Best Practices

Kaseya

This vulnerability was disclosed in 2017 and found to be one of the most exploited by nation-state hackers. A common theme that emerged in the wake of Equifax’s 2017 data breach , which was the result of a security flaw the company should have patched weeks earlier, was lack of accountability. Monitor and assess continuously.

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — May 2019

Linux Academy

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?

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