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Students at Fayetteville Technical Community College find themselves on the front lines of 21st century warfare

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Fayetteville Technical Community College is training people to protect others from cyber attacks.

The FBI issued a new warning about the possibility of Russian cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure, placing some students in Fayetteville on the front lines in a way they didn’t initially expect.

Christopher Barksdale is a retired veteran and former Army aircraft mechanic. Now, his new boot camp is inside a classroom at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

“It does kind of feel like you’re on the front line but in a digital sense,” Barksdale said. “You hear about digital attacks here and digital attacks there and it’s almost like you’re getting involved in a major conflict going on again.”

Barksdale enrolled in a six-week program designed to teach students foundation in cyber security.

Instructor Darryl Carter specializes in taking students with zero experience and building them into finely-tuned experts.

“The same technology that they use to operate your car is the same technology that they are going to use to try and break into your computer at home,” Carter explained. “So we have to (get) them scripting and we have to teach them software development and teach how programs are written and how to do that safely and effectively.”

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Got a text about your 3rd vaccine dose? It’s a front for spreading malware

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Updated 10/11/2021 – Tanglebot malware started spreading last month through fake text messages regarding COVID-19 regulations and vaccinations. Cybercriminals behind this tricky scheme are now sending bogus messages claiming you’re about to experience local power outages. If you click links found inside these messages, your device will be infected with Tanglebot malware. Keep reading for more details and how to avoid falling victim.

As if we didn’t have enough to worry about with the Delta variant of COVID-19, we also have to deal with crooks taking advantage of people during the pandemic. All sorts of scams are coming to light, from tried-and-true methods to new ones created just for these challenging times.

Crooks don’t always directly focus on COVID-19 itself. The Federal Trade Commission reported on a scam involving text messages that inform people their unemployment insurance benefits are running out. If there was ever a time for people to panic and make uninformed decisions, this is it. Tap or click here to check out the details of this phishing scam.

A new scam has surfaced involving text messages that address COVID-19. Bad actors are luring potential victims with phony messages about COVID regulations and third doses of the vaccine in hopes of getting them to download malware. Read on for details.

Phishing, smishing

A report from analysts at Cloudmark points to a new threat involving malware attacks launched via text messages. This particular scam combines SMS (short message service, or text messages) and phishing and is thus known as smishing.

Phishing attacks attempt to gain a victim’s trust by imitating brands and companies they know or support. In this case, the crooks are posing as an ambiguous official or government entity.

Messages claim to include COVID regulations and information on the third dose of vaccines. But the text is malicious and contains links that infect your device with malware.

If the malware infects your device, the crooks can steal data and take over your phone. This…

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Global Digital Security Market Analysis 2021 to 2026 – Top Key Players are Morpho Inc, NEC Corporation, Gemalto NV, 3M – Out Front Colorado

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Are You Savvy about Digital Security? - The Open Notebook

The report titled Global Digital Security Market 2021 by Company, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2026 offers a robust assessment of the market to understand the scope of the growth potential, revenue growth, product range, and pricing factors besides analyzing the market size, market performance, and market dynamics of the market. This report is professional and a detailed report focusing on primary and secondary drivers, market share, leading segments, and geographical analysis. The report concentrate on the development trends as well as history, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions in the global Digital Security industry. The report provides precise information about the crucial aspects of key components and players of the market.

The report studies the nature of the global Digital Security market, global and regional pricing structure, and variance by region, country, and multiple factors for the price variations. The report analyzes the existing state of the market by definitions, classifications, applications, and industry chain structure.  A methodically organized market analysis study is developed based on primary and secondary tools. It illustrates the data gathered in a more communicative and descriptive manner that encouraged the consumer to develop a well-structured strategy to grow and improve their companies in the expected time from 2021 to 2026.

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Some Players from complete research coverage:

  • Morpho Inc
  • NEC Corporation
  • Gemalto NV
  • 3M
  • Fireeye Inc
  • HID Global
  • Oberthur Technologies
  • Vasco Data Security International
  • SafeNet
  • RSA Security LLC

Product Type Segment Study:

Not just new products but existing products are covered along with the ever-changing market…

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