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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

Journalists and activists are increasingly targeted by the wealthy and resourceful who seek to keep the truth hidden, from nation-state aligned hackers hacking into journalist’s inboxes to governments deploying mobile spyware to snoop on their most vocal critics. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt. Image: (supplied).

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Why you must extend Zero Trust to public cloud workloads

CIO

Today, many organizations are embracing the power of the public cloud by shifting their workloads to them. Additionally, 58% of these organizations use between two and three public clouds, indicating a growing trend toward multi-cloud environments. 3 We have seen an increase of 15% in cloud security breaches as compared to last year.

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What is Tailgating in Cyber Security

The Crazy Programmer

The main goal of tailgating is to enter the local place with no proper authentication. In this, the hackers follow the authorized person to enter in very restricted place of the organization. Nowadays, you can see several cases of tailgating where hackers and fraudsters steal the organizations’ assets.

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9 Types of Phishing and Ransomware Attacks—And How to Identify Them

Ivanti

End users are easily coaxed into divulging their precious personal information because of attention-grabbing headlines and authentic-looking, obfuscated or shortened hyperlinks. Pharming employs authentic-looking hyperlinks in phishing emails that redirect end users from a specific, legitimate site to a malicious one?by

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The Future of Security

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

This means that organizations must be focused on solutions that allow them to stay on the cutting edge of technology and business. Every device user and network flow is authenticated and authorized. Because people will trust an email from a person or organization that appears to be a trustworthy sender (e.g.,

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The Top 5 Mobile Security Threats and How to Mitigate Them

Palo Alto Networks

Mobile devices have emerged in recent years as the leading platform for cybercrime and cybersecurity threats against organizations. However, organizations are still working to protect these relatively new additions to enterprise networks, especially since they often contain a mixture of business and personal data.

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Congratulations to the Winners Who Escaped the Dreaded Haunted House of IT

Kaseya

The Weapon: Two-Factor Authentication. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), a form of multi-factor authentication, uses a second layer of authentication to access your systems by requiring users to provide a password (something they know) and a mobile app or token (something they have). The Threat: Malware.