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The Server Message Block Protocol (SMB Protocol) is a client-server communication protocol used for sharing access to files, printers, serial ports, and data on a network. It can also carry transaction protocols for authenticated inter-process communication. In short, the SMB protocol is a way for computers to talk to each other. SMB works through a client-server approach, where a client makes specific requests and the server responds accordingly. This is known as a response-request protocol.

Many governments in many countries around the world recognise that contact tracing plays a very important part to reduce the spread of the deadly disease, COVID-19. In this article, we take a look at the conventional method of contact tracking and comparing it against how technology helps contact tracing and its pro’s and con’s.

I wrote recently about how Office 365 accounts are most commonly breached - through leaked credentials. This covered the different ways that credentials can be breached through various factors, including many human misconceptions and failures can be mixed with other internal and external forces. This article is going to cover the anatomy of what happens after the hacker has gained access. There are many things a hacker may be seeking including information extraction or means of corporate espionage.

Web scraping uses bots to collect large amounts of data from websites. Quite simply to extract content and data from a website. Data that’s publicly available. The scraper bot can then duplicate entire website content elsewhere. Scraper bots, most of the time, are not always bad. Bots are constantly at work behind the scenes making our digital lives run smoothly. They are usually looking for information that you are freely giving to your website’s visitors.

Chosen from a final shortlist of five companies, ThreatDetect was selected for service excellence and, in the words of the judges, for helping organisations ‘to reduce mean time to detect and respond to threats from months to minutes’. “We are delighted to have been recognised in the SC Awards for four consecutive years.” said Redscan’s Product Marketing Director, Simon Monahan.

As the Coronavirus disrupted the day-to-day lives of billions of people around the world over the last several months, businesses are in the middle of what Time Magazine describes as the “world’s largest work-from-home experiment.” Practically overnight, many companies were forced to adjust their operations by moving millions of workers out of their offices and into their homes.

There are around 39.5 million people in the U.S. aged over 65, and a high percentage of them, particularly women (nearly 40%) live alone. Living alone makes seniors more reliant on technology, which can be a savior (think Zoom, Skype and other communication-centered technology) as well as a threat (from phishing to fake antivirus software and bitcoin scams). Are seniors more vulnerable to cybersecurity threats, and if so, what can be done to reduce their risks?