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There are best practices you can follow to secure your Mac and protect yourself against hack attempts. In this article, we'll cover some of the ways to protect yourself and show you how to make your Mac as secure as possible against hackers and those who would try to collect your data.

DDoS: DDoS attacks request a huge number of connections, to exhausts resources and potentially lead to a crash as the attack overwhelms both APIs and the backend systems that supply data to the APIs. Man in the middle attacks: MITM attacks occur when an outsider discreetly positions themself in a conversation between a user and an API endpoint, eavesdropping or impersonating one of the parties in a bid to steal or modify private data.

With cybersecurity incidents involving compromised credentials continually the most common cause of a data breach for enterprises – and account takeover for individuals, securing digital...

As server-side security advances, more attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities and launching malicious attacks through the less protected and seldom monitored client-side supply chain. Because of these attacks' sophisticated and subtle nature, they can be hard to detect until it's too late.

To up your security risk management game, these industry best practices will help you understand and mitigate risks before they take hold. Your strategy should include the potential risks you've identified for your organization, how likely they are to occur and your response plan in the event of an active threat.

In this Help Net Security video, Caroline Wong, Chief Strategy Officer at Cobalt, offers valuable insight into what leaders can do to instill stronger cybersecurity practices from the bottom up...

Starting in April 2023, Amazon S3 will change the default security configuration for all new S3 buckets.For new buckets created after this date, S3 Block Public Access will be enabled, and S3 access control lists will be disabled.

Even with good practices in place, the dynamic nature of vulnerability identification, and ever-increasing attack tools and techniques, vulnerabilities can escape the best defenses and make their way into released products. There are several key strategies and best practices to create an effective PSIRT. Understanding these strategies and best practices ensures that your organization is prepared to manage and address vulnerabilities as they arise effectively.

PCI compliance is a structure based on requirements mandated by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council to ensure that all companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure operating environment to protect their business, customers and confidential data. The PCI SSC was created by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Japan Credit Bureau to administer and manage the PCI DSS. Companies which adhere to the PCI DSS are confirmed PCI compliance and thus trustworthy to conduct business with.

PCI compliance is a structure based on requirements mandated by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council to ensure that all companies that process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure operating environment to protect their business, customers and confidential data. The PCI SSC was created by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Japan Credit Bureau to administer and manage the PCI DSS. Companies which adhere to the PCI DSS are confirmed PCI compliance and thus trustworthy to conduct business with.