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Dangerous nostalgia: Taking Windows XP online will result in auto-installed viruses in a matter of minutes

TechSpot

To prove how dangerous it can be to use old and deprecated operating systems without any antivirus program, firewall or routers in 2024, YouTuber Eric Parker performed a proof-of-concept experiment by setting up a Windows XP virtual machine with an unsecured internet connection.

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Remote code execution is possible by exploiting flaws in Vxworks

Network World

Eleven zero-day vulnerabilities in WindRiver’s VxWorks, a real-time operating system in use across an advertised 2 billion connected devices have been discovered by network security vendor Armis. That means the attack windows may have been open for more than 13 years. About IoT: What is the IoT?

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Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

Network World

OT security risks and ThreatLabz insights According to Zscaler ThreatLabz research, OT security risks are pervasive in large operating environments. Often more than 50% of OT devices depend on legacy, end-of-life operating systems that have known vulnerabilities. Our unique agentless architecture protects headless machines.

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Alexa, is this a scam? Amazon alleges tech support sites used fake apps to trick new users into paying to fix bogus bugs

GeekWire

.” A custom error message in Windows Notepad. “Among other things, this extension falsely purports to provide a firewall. In the firewall section of the extension, an animation shows that the firewall is off. In the firewall section of the extension, an animation shows that the firewall is off.

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Your security mirages

Network World

Everything is safe behind the firewall. While IPD/IPS and firewall networked-technology has improved so vastly, there’s nothing like a user with an infected laptop to bring in a lulu. Obscure operating systems never get hit. Hackers only go for the gold with Windows.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 gains security, networking upgrades

Network World

“It allows users to navigate the filesystem, upload new files to the machine, as well as regular file operations like copying, moving and renaming files.” Firewalld is a commonly used Linux firewall service while notables provides filtering and classification of network packets. Developer tools and container innovation RHEL 9.5

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