Surfshark VPN Undergoes Voluntary Third-Party Security Audit

Popular VPN service Surfshark has undergone a voluntary third-party security and privacy audit to ensure its service is up to scratch. The independent audit primarily focused on network and infrastructure security, ensuring that Surfshark users can take confidence that the VPN will actually protect their data. The audit found “a very solid security premise” at
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Microsoft Turns Counterfit AI Security Assessment Tool Open Source

Microsoft has turned its AI security risk assessment tool, Counterfit, open-source, allowing anyone to begin using the tool for free. Currently, organizations can use Counterfit to automate security risk assessments, ensuring the protection they’re using is up to scratch. Microsoft Releases Counterfit as Open-Source Tool Microsoft originally developed Counterfit as an internal tool that could
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The 8 Best ProtonMail Alternatives for Your Email Security

Although ProtonMail is the largest secure email provider on the market, some users may find its features unappealing, despite its ability to ensure extreme data security. There are now several email platforms competing with ProtonMail that offers just as good, if not better, security for your email. Here are a few ProtonMail alternatives that you
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Avira Launches an All-In-One Security Solution for Mac

German cybersecurity brand, Avira, has launched a new, complete antivirus suite for Mac. The antivirus solution, called Avira Security for Mac, comes with both free and paid versions. The latter offering additional security measures. Avira Security Runs Natively on Mac In the press release, Avira mentions that its cybersecurity offering “has been redesigned from the
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150,000 Surveillance Cameras Exposed in Verkada Security Breach

Hackers have breached the network of Silicon Valley startup that provides surveillance cameras to prisons, hospitals, schools, and police departments, along with major tech companies such as Tesla and Cloudflare. The breach provided access to the live feeds of 150,000 security cameras, some of which use facial recognition technology to identify and track the people
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Former SolarWinds CEO Blames Intern for Password Security Breach

A security researcher has claimed that it previously informed SolarWinds that its forward-facing servers were accessible using a ridiculously basic password in a strange turn of events. The security researcher advised the company at the root of the SolarWinds cyberattack that its password security was severely lacking in 2019. Still, the company did not update
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