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Fixed wireless access (FWA) is a secure networking option

CIO

Businesses considering adopting fixed wireless access (FWA) solutions—whether over 4G LTE or 5G networks—should understand both the security advantages of and potential pitfalls associated with the technology ahead of a deployment. All of these attacks can occur regardless of network access type, whether it’s cable, fiber, DSL or wireless.

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Securing 5G for 2023 and beyond

CIO

This includes advanced malware, command-and-control botnets, code injection, and application vulnerabilities. 5G is a wireless protocol and there is risk from rogue base stations in the radio access network (RAN) that can be used to attack the network. Radio rogues.

Security 280
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FBI?s router reboot call reminds us why to check for updates

The Parallax

On May 25, the FBI issued a clarion call to a broad swath of Wi-Fi router owners: To clear out a potential botnet malware infection, reboot your router. The malware, VPNFilter, allowed hackers to snoop on all traffic passing through the router, including stealing website log-ins, as well as disable the device.

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DNS and Cybersecurity: Are you Protecting Remote

Kaseya

During a recent business trip, while sipping a freshly brewed cappuccino in a local coffee shop, I thought it might be interesting to test the security of the publicly available wireless router. Though I am more of a network engineer than a hacker, I am always curious as to the vulnerabilities of a network to which I am connected.

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The Next Generation of Cognitive Campus Workspaces

Arista

How does one secure an IoT environment and guard against malware and outbreaks? Why do we cope with wired and wireless silos? Security concerns with ever-increasing threat vectors are substantiated. How is the network impacted as some workloads shift to the cloud?

IoT 87
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Fighting Ransomware: Using Ivanti’s Platform to Build a Resilient Zero Trust Security Defense – Part 2

Ivanti

The quickest method to check for the presence of malware on your iPhone, iPad or macOS devices is to look for the presence of an unknown configuration profile within the Settings > General > VPN & Device Management settings. Victims would then be coerced to pay money to remove the malware from their devices or laptops.

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Your old router could be a hacking group’s APT pawn

The Parallax

T o create layers of obfuscation that hide an attack’s origins, Grange says, Inception Framework then reroutes its malicious messages at least three times through the hijacked routers before ultimately sending them to their targets, or allowing the hidden malware to communicate with its control server.

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