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February 2025 Web Server Survey

In the February 2025 survey we received responses from 1,180,650,484 sites across 274,656,941 domains and 13,480,350 web-facing computers. This reflects an increase of 19.2 million sites, 1.3 million domains, and 56,361 web-facing computers. nginx made the largest gain of 12.5…

The ultimate cyber spring cleaning checklist

A cluttered digital space slows you down, adds stress, and can even make you more vulnerable to cyber threats. Who needs that? Nobody. So, let’s fix it. Here’s how: This article has been indexed from blog.avast.com EN Read the original…

As a SOC/DFIR Team Member, How To Investigate Phishing Kit Attacks

Phishing kit attacks have become a pervasive threat in cybersecurity landscapes, lowering the barrier to entry for cybercriminals and enabling even low-skilled actors to launch sophisticated campaigns. These kits contain pre-built templates, data-harvesting scripts, and evasion tools designed to mimic…

Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock Safety’s Cease and Desist Demand

< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> Flock Safety loves to crow about the thousands of local law enforcement agencies around the United States that have adopted its avian–themed automated license plate readers (ALPRs).…

Rethinking remote assistance security in a Zero Trust world

The rise in sophisticated cyberthreats demands a fundamental shift in our approach. Organizations must rethink remote assistance security through the lens of Zero Trust, using the three key principles of Verify Explicitly, Use Least Privilege, and Assume Breach as a…

PostgreSQL 12 End of Life: What to Know and How to Prepare

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-compatible edition major version 12.x and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 12 reach the end of standard support on February 28, 2025. Higher database versions introduce new features, enhancing operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.  Identifying qualified databases and upgrading them…