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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

Today is the 20th Safer Internet Day. Since 2004, there's been an annual event designed to "Promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world." You may be asking, why 2004? Help required.

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NEW TECH: CyCognito employs offensive bot network to put companies a step a head of attackers

The Last Watchdog

Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. I first wrote about criminal botnets at USA TODAY in 2004. Bots do what they’re told. I’ll keep watching.

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Starfield themed malware blasts off

DoublePulsar

File hash: ea6af173a3577fa192821f746d701365b759689eb3562ad546230f6da99a18ae Another one posted yesterday as a full copy of the game (it’s also a Trojan, with little antivirus detection): In English This means the download was not, in fact, Starfield — it grants remote access to your PC, and allows stealing of information from your system.

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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

Most of us connect our mobile devices to a Wi-Fi router for internet access, but this connection can leave our network and data vulnerable to cyber threats. And even though it’s been around since 2004, WPA2 remains the Wi-Fi security standard.

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Top 20 Cybersecurity Companies You Need to Know in 2025

eSecurity Planet

billion Employees count: ~7,500 Appearances on eSecurity Planet s Top Vendors lists: 14 Trend Micro (OTC: TMICY) customers cite high value and ease of use across a portfolio of tools such as antivirus , full disk encryption , cloud workload protection platforms (CWPP), and intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPSs). Visit Broadcom 18.

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Sandboxing: Advanced Malware Analysis in 2021

eSecurity Planet

Antivirus protection isn’t enough to protect against today’s advanced threats. Malware isn’t going away and even advanced monitoring and antivirus software can’t always catch what a malicious program will do when executed. Antivirus software is notable for its ability to scan programs being transferred, downloaded, and stored.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Launched in 2004 in Bedford, Massachusetts, EDB specializes in software solutions for the open source relational database management system (RDBMS), PostgreSQL. McAfee is widely known for bringing the first antivirus software to market. EnterpriseDB. Power to Postgres” reads the EnterpriseDB (EDB) tagline.

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