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10 Mistakes in Cybersecurity and How to Avoid Them

It's easy to rest on our laurels. Prevent a few breaches – or go long enough without one – and you start to feel invincible. While our efforts are certainly laudable, we can't get too comfortable. As defenders, we always need to be on the hunt for what we've missed and ways to do better. Here are ten common cybersecurity mistakes that crop up (and how to avoid them).

OT Security: Risks, Challenges and Securing your Environment

Before the revolution of Information Technology (IT), the world experienced the revolution of Operational Technology (OT). Operational Technology is the combination of hardware and software that controls and operates the physical mechanisms of industry. OT systems play an important role in the water, manufacturing, power, and distribution systems that transformed the industry into the modern age. All of these systems function to operate, automate, and manage industrial machines.

The 443 Podcast - Episode 259 - iPhone's Latest 0-Day

This week on the podcast, we cover Microsoft's final report on their July incident involving nation-state actors compromising enterprise email accounts. After that, we discuss a zero-day, zero-click vulnerability in iOS being actively exploited in the wild before ending with a chat about an upcoming change to how Android handles CA certificates. The 443 Security Simplified is a weekly podcast that gets inside the minds of leading white-hat hackers and security researchers, covering the latest cybersecurity headlines and trends.

Millions of Users on Freecycle are Compromised in Data Breach

Freecycle is an online platform dedicated to helping its users exchange free goods with one another. Freecycle is designed to help reduce waste by helping people give away their unwanted items instead of throwing them away. The platform has more than 7 million users and helps divert huge amounts of waste from landfills each year.

Why a Layered Security Strategy Matters

In the world of cybersecurity, one thing is certain: no system is immune to vulnerabilities and bugs. Even security software, designed to protect your organization, can have its flaws. But before you start to panic, consider this: the presence of these bugs is not unique to any single security provider. In fact, if you were to investigate the history of major security vendors, you would discover that they too have encountered similar problems.

Rubrik Incremental Merge: A New Approach to Oracle Backups

When the well-renowned Oracle database started penetrating the enterprise, database administrators typically backed up to tape and disk, with the former being the preferred target. To support the various tape and disk vendors in the marketplace, Oracle came up with the concept of a media management layer that allowed vendors to provide front-ends to their tape or disk devices.