4 Threat Hunting Techniques to Prevent Bad Actors in 2024

[ad_1] Today’s cybersecurity threats are highly sophisticated; bad actors are using technology like no-code malware and AI-generated phishing campaigns to breach company networks with alarming frequency. With traditional detection methods failing to adequately protect networks, data and users, security teams must take a more proactive…

ByNicole RennoldsFebruary 7, 20240Comments

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The Samsung Galaxy S24 is another landmark photography moment – for good and bad

[ad_1] The Samsung Galaxy S24 delivers the next-gen photography companion that the Samsung Galaxy Camera promised to be 12 years ago – a rethink of what we can expect from our pocket cameras. No longer is multi-frame processing the killer smartphone trick. Now, thanks to generative AI, phones such as the Galaxy S24 are starting…

Bymark.wilson@futurenet.com (Mark Wilson)January 20, 20240Comments

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Samsung’s Galaxy Ring reveal means smart rings have finally gone mainstream – which could be bad for Oura

[ad_1] Last year, I wore an Oura smart ring to a Christmas party. When people commented on it, and I explained what it was, I was surprised to learn that none of them had even heard of smart rings. I suppose I live in a little tech-journalism bubble, assuming everyone else has a passing knowledge…

Bymatt.evans@futurenet.com (Matt Evans)January 20, 20240Comments

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There’s more bad news about the AirTag 2 release date – but it makes perfect sense

[ad_1] A new and improved AirTag isn’t exactly number one on Apple fans’ 2024 product launch wishlist (Apple Vision Pro, anyone?), but given the popularity of Apple’s coin-sized object tracker, there’s every reason to believe that a second-generation AirTag model is in the works. The original AirTag arrived back in 2021, and the latest intelligence…

Byaxel.metz@futurenet.com (Axel Metz)January 8, 20240Comments

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DDoS attacks are getting bigger and more powerful, and that’s a really bad thing

[ad_1] There had been “thousands” of hyper-volumetric HTTP distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the time since the HTTP/2 Rapid Reset vulnerability was disclosed, a new report from Cloudflare has claimed, adding that 89 of those exceeded 100 million requests per second (rps). Thanks to these attacks, the total amount of HTTP DDoS…

ByTeam TeachTodayOctober 29, 20230Comments

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Real-life test of the world’s cheapest SSD was so bad, a hard drive would probably beat it — which is what the reviewer actually did and broke the poor thing in two

[ad_1] With Amazon Prime Day now here, you’re likely to be considering all kinds of deals for the cheapest SSDs out there right now. But just because something’s cheap, that doesn’t mean it’s worth buying – as the Goldenfir SSD proves. This $3 SSD – available on AliExpress – has a 120GB capacity and…

ByTeam TeachTodayOctober 10, 20230Comments

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Bad news – turns out even long passwords can be cracked easily

[ad_1] If you thought using a longer password is better for your security than a short one, then you may want to think again. New research from Specops Software has found that even passwords 15 characters long make it into the top ten of the most common password lengths to be compromised (placing eighth).…

Bylewis.maddison@futurenet.com (Lewis Maddison)September 30, 20230Comments

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Bad news – your superfast gigabit fiber network is no match for… a pigeon with a flash drive attached to it?

[ad_1] Although we stopped using carrier pigeons close to 100 years ago, one YouTuber has found these birds are faster at transferring 3TB of data – at distances of up to 500 miles – than today’s gigabit broadband connections. Jeff Geerling, who runs a popular YouTube channel, attached three full 1TB SanDisk Extreme PRO…

ByTeam TeachTodaySeptember 2, 20230Comments

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Mozilla wants Pocket users to switch to Firefox accounts, which may not be a bad thing

[ad_1] For years Pocket users have been able to get away with not having a Mozilla Firefox account despite the service being on its browser, but they'll soon have to make the switch. Starting on July 11, 2023, all Pocket users will be prompted to create a Mozilla Firefox account, and it will become mandatory…

Byallisa.james@futurenet.com (Allisa James)June 28, 20230Comments

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Google warning its own staff about chatbots may be a bad sign

[ad_1] It seems that despite the massive push to increase its own market share in the AI chatbot-verse, Google’s parent company Alphabet has been warning its own staff about the dangers of AI chatbots. “The Google parent has advised employees not to enter its confidential materials into AI chatbots” and warned “its engineers to…

Byallisa.james@futurenet.com (Allisa James)June 15, 20230Comments