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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

TechCrunch

Welcome, friends, to TechCrunch’s Week in Review (WiR), the newsletter where we recap the week that was in tech. Also featured are stories about WeWork’s perennial struggles, Google’s Messages app fully embracing RCS, and spyware maker LetMeSpy shutting down after a massive data breach. Now, on with the recap.

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO

7 With the vast majority (estimated around 85%) of Internet traffic encrypted, there is exponential growth in security risks posed by encrypted channels that can hide harmful content such as viruses, spyware, and other malware challenging security teams to secure an increasingly distributed enterprise and avoid costly repercussions.

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What Is Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)?

Kaseya

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) is among the latest breed of security software designed to keep emerging and sophisticated cyberthreats like ransomware at bay. According to a security report, 58% of organizations are aware of fewer than 75% of the assets on their network. Does an EDR really make a difference?

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A Brief History of the Internet’s Biggest BGP Incidents

Kentik

In the summer of 2022, I joined a team of BGP experts organized by the Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG) to draft a comprehensive report covering the security of the internet’s routing infrastructure. Experts in this area can hold varying opinions about what constitutes a BGP leak vs a BGP hijack.

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A Look at the 5 Most Common Types of Cyberattacks

Tenable

Malware: This catch-all term encompasses a number of different cybersecurity threats, including everything from viruses and worms to banking trojans, adware, spyware and ransomware. 4 The injection of malicious code puts a database at the mercy of an unauthorized user, who can then steal any business-critical information within it.

Malware 101
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3 Necessities Your IT Department Should Have

Strategy Driven

Since your IT officers in your business have to deal with large networks and several branches of reports, analytics, and operations, having the software is necessary to maintain the systems’ smooth running. These systems are designed to facilitate businesses to assemble reports and manage performance in a more organized way.

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The Future of Security

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

This report covers four of the most important trends: Zero trust (ZT) security (also known as context-aware security, policy-based enforcement), which is becoming more widespread and dominates many enterprise and vendor conversations. What are some of today’s trends, and what might be future trends in this area? Mobile Device Security.

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