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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

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You need to have a reasonable level of trust in the devices connecting to any network, so any policies you can set to require things like antivirus , updated operating systems and VPNs will protect both the network and its users. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an improvement of WEP introduced in 2003.

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10 Ransomware Examples to Stay Away From

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The following old versions of Windows still have that vulnerability: Windows 7 Windows XP Windows 2003 Security patches for those versions haven’t been released in a long time, which makes them unprotected. Therefore, if you don’t have an external backup, you may not be able to recover your files without paying a ransom.

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WannaCry Ransomware – a Call for Enhanced Cyber Hygiene

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In Great Britain, multiple medical organizations were infected presumably because they used Windows XP and Server 2003 that are no longer officially supported by Microsoft. Antivirus and internet security companies work hard on it, but you never know when the decryption software will become available. Look at the simple analogy.