Etiket: F-Secure

Report: Top Endpoint Security Packages Perfectly Foil Drive-By Attacks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Drive-by attacks on the Internet are a particularly pernicious form of online threat, especially for individual Web surfers. On the corporate level, though, a company with good endpoint protection software can foil the malicious practice. A drive-by occurs when an infected website automatically downloads malware onto a Net traveler’s computer. Several companies make endpoint solutions…

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Old-Timey Mischief on Display at the Malware Museum

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Internet Archive on Friday cut the ribbon on its online Malware Museum, an online compendium of malware programs computer users in the 1980s and 1990s sometimes encountered. Everything old is new again, so the saying goes, and apparently that retro fascination applies to computer viruses. The museum presents examples of the viruses, complete with…

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Hacks Highlight Zuckerberg’s Cavalier Attitude Toward Security

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Facebook top dog Mark Zuckerberg had several of his social media accounts breached and defaced, according to reports that surfaced Sunday. Zuckerberg’s Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest memberships were hacked, but evidence of the attacks quickly disappeared, according to Engadget, which copied and posted samples of the vandalism before they were erased. “No Facebook systems or…

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Norton Core Router Gives Home Security a New Design

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Norton by Symantec on Tuesday announced the Norton Core secure router for smart devices in the connected home at CES in Las Vegas. The router protects up to 20 PCs, Macs, Android and iOS smartphones and tablets on a home network, and unlimited devices connected to the Internet of Things. It will update its firmware…

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AI Raises the Bar for Home Network Security

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about the hacking of their devices and data as they hear about more data breaches and have their own experiences with issues such as ransomware, identity theft and botnet attacks. Concerns about data security also have been shown to increase with ownership of more connected devices. Currently, U.S. broadband households…

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Beware of Counterfeit Network Equipment

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Counterfeit hardware, especially in corporate settings, is a recurring problem that often goes unnoticed. Having such gear online poses serious financial, operational, and security risks. Cybersecurity company F-Secure on July 15 released an investigative report detailing counterfeit Cisco Catalyst 2960-X series switches. The report highlights challenges facing organizations that discover counterfeit devices in their IT…

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F-Secure Discovers HP Printers Loaded With Security Holes

Eylül 8, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Beware of your HP printers. They are hackable. Finland-based security consultancy F-Secure on Tuesday announced the discovery of vulnerabilities affecting more than 150 different HP multifunction printer (MFP) products. HP has since issued patches for these vulnerabilities, essentially improving the security of a significant portion of its MFP units. Still, now might be a good…

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