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Identiq uses cryptographic algorithms and preserves customer privacy while enabling companies to to identify new customers through a network of trust. An ID validation and fraud prevention startup has developed what it claims is the first and only truly anonymous peer-to-peer verification network that enables companies to work together to validate identities without sharing or exposing any personal customer data.
The Docker cloud containerization technology is under fire, with an organized, self-propagating cryptomining campaign targeting misconfigured open Docker Daemon API ports. The attack pattern starts with the attackers identifying a misconfigured Docker API port that has been left open to the public internet.
Here are some of the best VPNs for small enterprises to use as they try to keep business going digitally. SurfShark has fewer features than the first two VPNs on this list but may be a better option for small enterprises and businesses because it allows users to have unlimited device support, meaning you can connect as many devices as needed.
Enterprise SaaS-based attacks are becoming more prevalent, according to Menlo, which said that 97% of these attacks use just five popular SaaS services. With the coronavirus spreading, such phishing attacks are likely to increase, while attackers are expected to continue to evolve their techniques.
MANRS over the past six years has worked to build up a team of 300 network operators, internet exchange points and other companies to provide "Crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats." The internet routing process is complex; exchanged traffic for instance runs on Border Gateway Protocol, a protocol that joins different networks together to build a "Roadmap" of the internet.
ESA's mission operations centre in Germany has got back to doing interplanetary science after a short stand-down due to COVID-19. At least as normal as operations get for Cluster, now over 20 years into a two-year mission, and the veteran Mars Express spacecraft.
It was just a matter of time once people began using Zoom more frequently to collaborate remotely, that their conversations would be hijacked in a phenomenon known as Zoom bombing. Zoom bombing is an emerging trend where attackers find publicly posted Zoom invite links, then join them to screenshare pornography or other inappropriate content, said Paul Bischoff, a privacy advocate with Comparitech, a pro-consumer website that provides information on tech services.
Work still means meetings, and meetings still mean people. With the coronavirus pandemic having caused many countries to define a "Group" as a maximum of two people, and prohibiting people from meeting up face-to-face anyway, even with friends and family, then meeting with people means an online meeting.
A recent analysis of the Zoom video conferencing application revealed that the keys used to encrypt and decrypt meetings may be sent to servers in China, even if all participants are located in other countries. "A scan shows a total of five servers in China and 68 in the United States that apparently run the same Zoom server software as the Beijing server. We suspect that keys may be distributed through these servers. A company primarily catering to North American clients that sometimes distributes encryption keys through servers in China is potentially concerning, given that Zoom may be legally obligated to disclose these keys to authorities in China," Citizen Lab explained in a report published on Friday.