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News in Networking: 160-Tbit/s Cable, Airline Network Issues, and a Patched-Mac Vuln

Kentik

EFI identifies what hardware components are available, starts those components up, and hands them over to the operating system,” reports Ars Technica. and Australia using multiple subsea cable systems, reports ZDNet. and Australia using multiple subsea cable systems, reports ZDNet.

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Busting 5 Common Myths About Vulnerability Assessment

Tenable

Video conferencing and VoIP solutions that became must-haves for remote-operating organizations (as necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic) were common attack vectors during 2020. Just under 50% of SMBs were specifically hit with a ransomware attack. Myth #3: "Running a vulnerability assessment will invalidate EULAs.".

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Announcing IoT Security: No Organization Is Protected Without It

Palo Alto Networks

Different IoT devices use different hardware, operating systems and firmware. Most recently, the Sofacy Group (Fancy Bear or APT28) was found compromising popular IoT devices such as VoIP phones, office printers and video decoders to infiltrate several corporate networks.

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How to Use Open Source Software: Features, Main Software Types, and Selection Advice

Altexsoft

Operating systems. Linux operating system has various versions aka distributions that will suit users with different levels of computer literacy. FreeBSD is a free open source OS, a Unix-like operating system that’s based on Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix. and Netcraft use it. Web servers.

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How conscious companies can thread IoT’s security and privacy needles

The Parallax

It has built-in speakers and microphones for listening to music, GPS audio cues, taking phone calls, and communicating with other Forcite riders via a built-in VoIP system. It supports up to five hours of continuous recording, which riders can download to their phones and back up on Forcite’s servers.

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Hardware VPNs or Software VPNs? What’s the Best Option?

Strategy Driven

When talking about VPNs, you might hear people referring to either “software VPNs” or “hardware VPNs.”. Pre-installed clients on your operating system also count as software VPN. What Is a Hardware VPN? Hardware VPNs are devices with dedicated processors that offer VPN, and firewall features.

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10 Technology Problems Modern Business Owners Have To Deal With

Strategy Driven

Every eighteen months or so, the ability of computers at the hardware level doubles on itself. Additionally, solutions like VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) make scaling-out less costly. Some programs could be compatible with either OS (Operating System), most won’t. But scaling out can be quite expensive.