Alexandra Tudoran

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Using Remote Access Tools to Adapt to Remote Work

This IDG Insider article describes how businesses can use remote access software to meet the challenges presented by the COVID-19 crisis. While there are many advantages to this approach, it's also important to be aware of the risks involved in ...
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Tech Trends Driving Remote Access Demand

It’s 2020 and while technology continues to expand and improve, experts keep warning that the cyber threat landscape has never been more treacherous. Attacks are increasingly sophisticated and the skill gap is widening, even as 44% of businesses plan to increase their tech spend ...
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Avoid RDP Exploits with a Secure Remote Desktop

Nobody wants to worry about extra security issues–especially around remote access to a business network. That's why recent issues with Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) are so troubling. In the past year, numerous RDP vulnerabilities known as BlueKeep, have been discovered in Windows XP, ...
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Avast hack is the latest reason to evaluate your VPN use cases

Cybersecurity company Avast announced that its internal network was hacked via a VPN connection. The attackers compromised an employee's VPN credentials and had network access for more than four months.  Through a successful privilege escalation, the actor managed to obtain ...
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That TeamViewer remote access hack was worse than previously thought

A security firm recently revealed new details about one of the more significant TeamViewer hacks, which happened in 2016, showing that billions of devices may have been affected or vulnerable. It seems that TeamViewer was hacked by Chinese-backed group APT41, ...
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VPN exploits are being targeted by state-sponsored hackers

It's one thing to protect your network from run-of-the-mill cybercriminals. It's quite another to fend off attacks from state-sponsored hacking consortiums. Yet that might be a real concern for your business, according to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, as ...
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