In today’s society, cyber protection is a major concern for companies and governments alike. In order to secure their data and information from hackers, these entities are increasingly investing in cybersecurity to guard against the rising number of cyberattacks.

Cyber Security is a Growing Sector

It’s a growing sector. Cyber defence professionals work to protect digital information, assets, and communications from unauthorized access or use. They may be involved in monitoring software and systems for any breaches that could put confidential data at risk, as well as developing programs to prevent those breaches from happening. The global cyber defence market has seen robust growth over the last few years with demand driven by increasing awareness of data risks and threats. 

Cyber Defence in Gambling, Banking, & Healthcare

Also cyber defence is an increasing concern for key market players, such as banks, casinos and healthcare organizations as they become more reliant on digital assets. Cyberattacks pose a risk not only to the company but also to the products that are manufactured. 

Increasing implementation of enterprise safety solutions in gambling, manufacturing, banking, finance, and healthcare is expected to facilitate market development. The market winners are looking for new ways to strengthen customer authentication methods by implementing the latest technologies like AI, machine learning, IOT devices into their networks.

Cyber Protection Trends for 2024

The future of cyber protection is an ever-changing field, and it’s difficult to predict what might happen in the next 10 years. However, some trends seem likely to be significant moving forward. 

The first trend is that the attack surface is going to expand and so there will be more areas where an attacker can find vulnerabilities in software. Protection of identification systems will also be key because attacks on these systems have become easier with advances in technology. Risk in the delivery of software has increased too as people download new updates without being aware that they are running malware or allowing third parties to access their data.

In 2024, it will be increasingly important for entrepreneurs and governments alike to assure that they are under protection across all spheres. This will also include: expanding the attack surface with BYOD; protecting identification systems such as social media accounts; risks in delivery of software updates or even through IoT devices; consolidation of suppliers.

Which Businesses Are the Weakest?

As the saying goes, “there’s no such thing as a small business.” But in today’s world of cyberattacks and digital security breaches, there are businesses that are just more vulnerable than others. According to the US National Cyber Security Alliance, 60% of small businesses that suffer a cyberattack go out of business within half a year. 

The average cost of a cyberattack to small businesses is $5.4 million, which includes damage and lost revenue as well as the costs for recovery. The most common form of cyberattack on small businesses are ransomware attacks, where hackers encrypt company data until they’re paid off with ransom money. It’s easy to assume that larger corporations would be more at risk than smaller ones because they have more valuable information; however, while this is true, it’s also easier for them to hire professionals in the sector.

In conclusion

There are a lot of things to consider when running your own business, but one that many overlook is cyber security. In the digital age, cyber attacks are becoming more and more common for small businesses. There’s been a reported 60% chance of failure for those who have suffered from a breach.

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Official developer’s website: www.nessus.org/plugins/index.php

Distribution: Paid and Free (trial) version

Platform: Win / Unix / Mac

If someone has not tried Nessus, he has at least heard of it. One of the most famous security scanners has a rich history: once an open source project, the program stopped being distributed in open source. Fortunately, there is a free version left, which was initially severely deprived of access to vulnerability database updates and new plugins, but later the developers took pity and only limited it in the frequency of updates. 

Plugins are a key feature of the application’s architecture: any penetration test is not hardwired into the program, but takes the form of a plugin. Addons are categorized into 42 different types: in order to perform a pentest, you can activate individual plugins or all plugins of a certain type – for instance, to perform all local checks on an Ubuntu system. And no one restricts you in writing your own penetration tests: a special scripting language – NASL (Nessus Attack Scripting Language) – was implemented in Nessus for this purpose, which was later borrowed by other utilities as well.

The developers achieved even more flexibility by separating the server part of the scanner, which performs all the actions, from the client program, which is no more than a graphical interface. In the latest 4.2 version, the daemon on port 8834 opens a Web server; with it, you can control the scanner through a convenient Flash-based interface with just a browser. 

After installing the scanner, the server one starts automatically as soon as you specify the activation key: you can request it for free on the Nessus homepage. However, to log in, both locally and remotely, you will need to create a user beforehand: in Windows this is done with two mouse clicks via the GUI interface of the Nessus Server Manager, with which you can also start and stop the server.

Any penetration test starts with the creation of so-called Policies, i.e. the rules to be followed by the scanner during the scan. Here you select the types of port scanning (TCP Scan, UDP Scan, Syn Scan, etc.), the number of simultaneous connections, and the typical Nessus-specific options such as Safe Checks. The latter enables safe scanning by deactivating plugins that could harm the system being scanned.

An important step in creating rules is connecting the right plugins: you can activate entire groups, say Default Unix Accounts, DNS, CISCO, Slackware Local Security Checks, Windows, etc. The choice of possible attacks and checks is huge! What makes Nessus stand out is the clever plugins. The scanner will never scan a service only by its port number. You won’t fool Nessus by moving a web-server from the standard port number 80 to, say, 1234. If an anonymous user is disabled on the FTP-server, and some plugins use it for checking, the scanner will not run them, knowing full well that they will be useless. 

If a plugin exploits a vulnerability in Postfix, Nessus will not try its luck with tests against sendmail, etc. It is clear that to run the tests on the local system, you have to give the scanner Credentials (logins and passwords for access) – this is the final part of the rule configuration.

OpenVAS

Official developer’s website: www.openvas.org

Distribution: Free (trial) version

Platform: Win / Unix / Mac

Despite the fact that the source codes of Nessus have been closed, the Nessus 2 engine and some of its plugins are still distributed under the GPL license as the OpenVAS project (OpenSource Vulnerability Assessment Scanner). Now the project is developing quite independently of its big brother and is making good progress: the last stable version was released just before this issue went to print. 

Not surprisingly, OpenVAS also uses client-server architecture where all scanning operations are performed by the server part – it works only under nix. To run it, you will need to download openvas-scanner packages, as well as a set of openvas-libraries. As a client part for OpenVAS 3.0 is only available as a nix GUI-program, but I think that, as with previous versions, soon will appear port for the Windows. 

In any case, the easiest way to use OpenVAS is to use the notorious LiveCD Backtrack (4th version), where it is already installed. All basic operations to get started are placed in menu items: OpenVAS Makecert (create SSL certificate to access the server), Add User (create a user to access the server), NVT Sync (update plugins and vulnerabilities databases), and finally OpenVAS Server (start the server through menu item). Then it remains only to run the client part and connect to the server to start a pentest.

Openness and extensibility of OpenVAS allowed it to strongly pimp the program. In addition to plugins for security analysis, it integrates many well-known utilities: Nikto for finding vulnerable CGI scripts, nmap for port scanning and other things, ike-scan for detecting IPSEC VPN hosts, amap for identifying services on ports using fingerprinting, sovaldi for supporting OVAL – a standard language for describing vulnerabilities – and many others.

XSpider 7

Official developer’s website: www.ptsecurity.ru/xs7download.asp

Distribution: Paid version

Platform: Win

The first lines of XSpider code were written on December 2, 1998, and in the 12 years since then this scanner has become known to every Russian information security specialist. Generally speaking, Positive Technologies is one of the few companies in the domestic market of information security whose employees know how to really break something, not just sell services beautifully. 

The product was written not by programmers, but by IS specialists, who know how and what to check. What did we end up with? We have a very high quality product with only one major drawback: XSpider has to be paid for! For free, the developers offer a limited demo version that lacks a whole bunch of checks, including heuristic ones, as well as online updates for the vulnerability database. Moreover, the developers’ efforts are now fully focused on another product – information security monitoring system MaxPatrol, for which, alas, there is not even a demo version.

Even with all its limitations, XSpider is one of the most convenient and efficient tools for analyzing network and host security. Like Nessus, the scan settings are made up as a special set of rules, only in this case they are not called Policies, but Profiles. You can set both general parameters for network analysis and scanner behavior for specific protocols: SSH, LDAP and HTTP. 

The type of daemon on each port is determined not by the conventional classification, but by using heuristic fingerprinting algorithms – one click on the scanning profile option. Particular mention should be made of the full identification of RPC services (Windows and *nix), which allows identifying vulnerabilities in different services and detailed computer configuration in general. 

The weak passwords scan performs optimized password matching for almost all services that require authentication and helps identify weak passwords. The result of the scan is presented in a handy report, and for each potential vulnerability found, there is a tiny description and an external link where you can go for details.

GFI LANguard

Official developer’s website: www.gfi.com/lannetscan

Distribution: Paid and Free (trial) version

Platform: Win

What I particularly like about this product is the set of preset scanning profiles. In addition to the full remote system scan, which includes all kinds of available scans (by the way, there is a special version for slow connections – for example, for slow VPN connections over the States), there are many individual groups of scans. 

For example, you can quickly check dozens of hosts for vulnerabilities from the Top20, compiled by the well-known security corporation SANS. You can also activate here the search of machines with uninstalled patches or service packs, select a profile for the pentest of web applications, etc. Moreover, besides the profiles directly aimed at searching for vulnerabilities, there are also a number of tools for auditing: balloon search, smart port scanner, including for searching for open malware connections, computer configuration detection, etc. It turns out, a lot of useful utilities can coexist in one product.

The GFI LANguard vulnerability database contains more than 15000 entries, allowing scanning of most different systems (Windows, Mac OS, Linux), including those installed on virtual machines. The scanner automatically pulls up updates for the database, which, in its turn, are generated according to reports from BugTraq, SANS and other companies. 

As usual, you can implement your own checks yourself. To do that you are provided with a special scripting language compatible with Python and VBScript and, for full comfort, with a handy editor and debugger – you get a real IDE. Another unique LANguard feature is the ability to detect if a machine is running in a virtual environment (supported by VMware and Virtual PC for now) – this is one of the scanner’s unique features.

Retina Network Security Scanner

Official developer’s website: www.eeye.com

Distribution: Paid version

Platform: Win

The main disappointment of this legendary scanner befell me immediately after launching it. The installer of the latest version swore and said that I couldn’t run Retina on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 at the moment. Not very polite, I had to open a virtual machine, but I knew it was worth it. 

Retina is one of the best scanners that identifies and analyzes hosts on a local network. Physical and virtual servers, workstations and laptops, routers and hardware firewalls – Retina will give you a complete list of devices connected to the network, displaying information about wireless networks. It is going to probe each of them in every way to detect even a hint of vulnerability, and it does it very fast. It takes about 15 minutes to scan a class C local network. 

Retina detects operating system and application vulnerabilities, potentially dangerous settings and parameters. The result is a network overview that shows potential vulnerabilities. The vulnerability database, according to the developers’ assurances, is updated hourly and information about vulnerabilities is added to the database no later than 48 hours after the first bug-track about it appears. However, the very fact that it is a product of the eEye factory is already a kind of quality guarantee.

Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer

Official developer’s website: www.microsoft.com

Distribution: Free (trial) version

Platform: Win

What is it? A security analyzer from Microsoft that checks computers on the network for compliance with Microsoft requirements, of which there are quite a few. The most important criterion is, of course, the presence of all installed updates on the system. 

I don’t need to remind you what Conficker did with the MS08-67 patch, which was released two months before the outbreak. In addition to missing patches in the system, MBSA also detects some common configuration flaws. 

The program downloads updates for its databases before scanning, so you can be sure that Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer knows everything about the latest updates for the Windows system. The results of the scan (of a domain or a range of IP addresses) are summarized in a report. 

Even without that intuitive report, it can be transferred to a fictitious network diagram and the scan results can be displayed in Visio. For this purpose, a special connector is available on the program’s website, which will display various nodes of the local network with symbols, fill in the object parameters, add the information about the scan, and in the most convenient way allow you to see what problems there are on this or that computer.

SAINT

Official developer’s website: http://www.saintcorporation.com

Distribution: Paid version

Platform: Unix

Only two IPs you can send SAINT to during the trial period are hardwired into the key, and it’s sent to your email address. Not one step to the left, not one step to the right, but it’s definitely worth trying, even with these draconian restrictions. The scanner is controlled through a web interface, which is not surprising – SAINT solutions are also sold as rack servers (SANDbox), but here you have to follow fashion. 

It is very easy to run tests with an ascetic web interface and use the years of experience to find potential vulnerabilities in the system. Let me tell you more: one of the SAINT exploit modules allows not only detecting but also exploiting vulnerabilities! Take the notorious bug MS08-67. If the scanner detects an uncovered hole and knows how to exploit it, it provides a link with the word EXPLOIT right next to the vulnerability description. 

In one click, you get a description of the vulnerability and, moreover, a Run Now button to launch it. Then, depending on the sploit, you will get different parameters, such as the exact OS version on the remote host, the shell type and the port on which it will be launched. If the exploit is successful, the Connections tab in the SAINT exploit module shows the IP address of the victim and the selection of actions that became available as a result of running the exploit: working with files on a remote system, the command line, etc.! 

Just imagine: a scanner that breaks itself! That’s why the product slogan reads: “Examine. Expose. Exploit. The system of checks is very diverse, with the latest version 7 adding a module for pentesting web applications and additional features for database analysis. By specifying a target via the web interface, you can monitor the scanner’s actions in all the details, knowing exactly what and how the scanner is doing at the current moment.

X-Scan

Official developer’s website: http://www.xfocus.org

Distribution: Free (trial) version

Platform: Win

The last version of this scanner was released back in 2007, which does not prevent it from being used now thanks to a system of plugins and scripts written in NASL, the same language used in Nessus/OpenVAS. It is easy to find and edit existing scripts – all of them are located in the scripts folder. 

To start the scanner, specify the scan parameters through the menu Config -> Scan Parameter. The object for scanning may be either a specific IP or a range of addresses, but in the latter case you should be morally prepared for the duration of the test. The scanner, alas, is not the fastest. 

The speed is proportionally affected by the number of plugins connected: the add-ons that check password strength for SSH/VNC/FTP are among the most voracious ones. Externally, X-Scan looks more like a home-made tool created by someone for their own needs and released to the public for free floating. Maybe it wouldn’t be so popular if it weren’t for the support of Nessus scripts, activated with the Nessus-Attack-Scripts module. 

On the other hand, you should look at the scan report, and all doubts about the usefulness of the scanner recede into the background. It will not be designed according to one of the official IS standards, but it will definitely tell us a lot about the network.

Rapid7 NeXpose

Official developer’s website: www.rapid7.com

Distribution: Free (trial) version

Platform: Unix / Win

Rapid 7 – is one of the fastest growing information security companies in the world. It recently acquired the Metasploit Framework project, and it is the company that is responsible for the NeXpose project. 

The cost of “entry” to use the commercial version is almost $3000, but for enthusiasts, there is a Community-version with slightly reduced features. This free version can be easily integrated with Metasploit (you need version 3.3.1 or later). 

The scheme is quite tricky: first you start NeXpose, then Metasploit Console (msfconsole), then you can start the scanning process and configure it with a number of commands (nexpose_connect, nexpose_scan, nexpose_discover, nexpose_dos and others). 

The most fascinating thing is that you can combine the functionality of NeXpose and other modules in Metasploit. The simplest but the most effective example: search for computers with some vulnerability and immediately exploit it with the corresponding Metasploit module – we get auto-routing at a new qualitative level.

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What is a Cybersecurity Hackathon?

Cybersecurity hackathons are events where tech experts combine efforts to educate people on how they can navigate online platforms such as casinos without their data being hacked. These events take place over a set period, such as a day.

They are essential because as cybersecurity continues to evolve, cybercriminals are also finding their way into the market. However, players can protect their personal data when they are enlightened.

Importance of Cybersecurity for Australia’s Best Online Casinos

Australian online casinos and players are responsible for keeping their databases safe from cybercriminals. In case of negligence, these scammers can harm both the players and the casinos.

Here are some of the attacks that cybersecurity helps to prevent in online gambling.

Accounts Hacking

Most real money online casinos in Australia require players to create an account to play games and place bets. During this process, the player should provide a strong password that scammers cannot easily guess. Besides, they should keep it a secret or else put their details such as email and phone number in danger. Unfortunately, if a cybercriminal gets hold of the player’s password, they can break into the account and do nasty things. For example, they can top up the player’s betting account through their saved credit details and exploit the money.

Interference with Game Integrity

Cybercriminals also target casino games. They can manipulate a game and influence the results, making the casino or the player lose. If players bet on such compromised games, they may lose significantly and as a result, never trust that casino again. However, with cybersecurity measures, online casinos can provide fair games. This is possible by working with trustworthy third-party agencies such as eCogra.

DDoS and Ransomware Attacks

Distributed denial of service attacks happens when players are participating in eSports tournaments. The criminal targets the player’s internet service, so the game doesn’t end. This can cause players to lose their bets. On the other hand, scammers can also hold players’ data in the casino’s database and demand a ransom. This is devastating because the casino is responsible for maintaining privacy over players’ data. In the process, some personal information is stolen, and players lose trust in that casino. Casinos can combat such crimes by implementing cybersecurity measures.

Money Laundering

Some online casinos have had to pay penalties because of money laundering activities. These behaviors can be from players themselves or hackers. For example, a casino should follow after a player who makes large deposits to know their source of funds. Also, some criminals may use stolen credit cards to fund their betting accounts. Therefore, online casinos should take the proper measures to prevent such activities as they may damage their reputation or even make them leave the market.

Cybersecurity Measures for Online Casinos in Australia

Cybercrimes can cost a casino to the extent of being closed or losing numerous players. However, the online gambling industry can stay above these crimes with suitable cybersecurity measures.

Some of the strategies that Australian online casinos can use to protect their players include.

SSL Protection

Players need to fund their betting accounts to play real money games. Therefore, they provide their bank information during transactions. A casino needs to use Secure Socket Layer Protection to keep off this financial information from hackers. This measure encrypts all the data players and casinos transfer. As a result, even if a cybercriminal gets hold of this information, they cannot be able to read it. SSL also helps to keep players’ personal information safe. Casinos can use the 128-bit or 156-bit for encryption. This technology turns data into chains of unbreakable code.

Two-step Authentication

During the registration process in an online casino, players are asked to activate the two-step authentication to protect their password. This measure reduces the chances of criminals guessing a player’s password because they have to provide the username, password, and a one-time code that players receive every time they log in to their account. One can opt to receive the code via SMS or email. 

Software Testing

Online casinos use software to provide gambling services to their players. Therefore, if they do pay attention to their tools of work, hackers may find a loophole to harm the players or the casino itself. They should work with third parties to check their games. For example, all casino games should use Random Number Generators (RNG) to ensure that the games are fair. These measures help to determine games’ results without bias. As a result, players can confidently play the games because they know nothing will happen behind their backs during the gameplay. However, if an online casino doesn’t test its software from time to time, hackers can compromise the games’ integrity which leads to losing players.

Firewalls

Another cyber security measure online casinos can put in place is the use of firewalls. A firewall helps to determine which web traffic can be allowed on an online platform. Therefore, if a hacker tries to get into an online casino, the operator can easily track and stop them from accessing the site. These parameters also help prevent the web servers from being manipulated by malicious codes that can steal players’ data. Lastly, it helps to reduce the risks of Distributed Denial of Service.

Secure Payment Methods

Most online casinos, if not all, are accepting electronic wallets for payments. These payment methods are technically crafted to protect players’ financial information. They allow players to deposit into their betting accounts and withdraw their winnings without revealing their personal data. They are also faster and more convenient. Therefore, hackers may not be able to steal any transaction details.

Conclusion

As the gambling and cybersecurity industries evolve, more criminals are finding loopholes to harm players and casinos.

Bets.io casino has planned a cybersecurity hackathon to educate its stakeholders. The event will cover essential cybersecurity aspects that players and the casino need to implement to keep players’ personal and financial data safe. It will also touch on strategies to help the casino serve its customers transparently.

Through this event, players will learn how to use the two-step authentication process to keep their accounts’ passwords safe from hackers. They will also understand the different payment options that implement cybersecurity measures to transact safely when gambling. On the other hand, the software providers will know how they can work with appropriate third parties to provide game fairness. Other cybersecurity aspects that will feature during the event are SSL encryption and firewalls. All this is meant to protect players and the casino from cybercriminals.

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Hacking

Hacking a bank account is an operation whose purpose is to steal money from a user’s account. In one way or another, attackers obtain data such as the user’s full name, the bank in which he is served, bank card number, login, password from the Internet banking system, and so on. Using this information, a bank account can be hacked, followed by the theft of the user’s funds.

Hacking Bank Accounts – How to Recognize Something Is Wrong?

The first thing that should alert you is messages from unknown numbers asking you to follow the link. This means that the hackers have already contacted you and are trying to access your data through SMS phishing. Another little thing that not everyone will notice is minor changes in the user interface of the online banking application. Unfortunately, in some cases, their presence may mean that the application is a hacker trick very similar to the original.

You should also be wary of, with two-factor authentication enabled, your mobile phone number does not receive a one-time code to confirm entering the Internet banking system. It is quite possible that these are temporary problems with the mobile network, but it is also worth considering the worst option – all of a sudden a scammer has replaced your SIM card.

In the modern world, people often have to deal with payroll, credit, currency, and other accounts. Most users may think that electronic money is under reliable protection. However, the perpetrators continue to withdraw millions from the accounts of ordinary citizens and go unpunished. As a rule, cardholders are to blame for this, because there are at least 6 ways to protect your bank account from fraudsters.

Not in all cases, do withdrawals occur after the user loses the card or uses a combination of four zeros instead of a password. Professional IT specialists recommend using protection that will protect your bank account from hacking.

6 Ways to Keep Your Account Secure

1. Creating a complex pin code and password from a bank account. Many people simply have “masha2000” or “12345678” as their password. How long will it take an attacker to crack such a password? That is why programmers recommend setting complex combinations for protection, consisting of numbers and letters of different sizes.

2. Confirmation of entry by SMS or through the application. This protection system is relatively new and very reliable. Even if an attacker gains access to the card and password, he still will not be able to pay for the purchase or withdraw money until he enters the secret code that comes to the card owner on the phone.

3. Setting up privacy when buying. Before you use your card to buy anything online, you first need to make sure that the site is trustworthy. The fact that a particular resource encrypts the input data is indicated by a green padlock located in the address bar.

4. Using the daily limit. Almost every bank has the ability to set a certain amount that a client can withdraw per day. If the user is sure that he will not spend more than 5 thousand rubles, then this can significantly upset the attackers.

5. Notification about operations. A mandatory point of protection is a notification of all ongoing operations. After all, even if the hacker can cash out the money, the cardholder will be able to report this to the relevant authorities, indicating the ATM number and the time of withdrawal.

6. issue of emergency codes – serve as an alternative to a pin code and are requested during purchases and withdrawals;

• ban on operations – in the settings of your personal account, you can simply put a ban on any operations;
• protecting your phone with a password is an important aspect since all data is stored on it.

Not in all cases, the main methods help protect against hacking. It is then that additional opportunities come to the rescue.

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In the case of banking Trojans and fake apps, it is important to choose the download source very carefully. Pay attention to the number of downloads, as well as the presence of positive or negative reviews. If the application positions itself as official, downloads cannot be small. In addition, you need to pay special attention to what rights the application requests. If the application needs access to your SMS messages, but this is not justified in any way, it is better to refuse to download it. To avoid becoming a victim of SMS phishing, do not trust the messages that come from unknown numbers. Even if the sender’s number is familiar to you, and the information looks quite reliable, you should definitely not follow links from SMS messages (or emails). To get started, contact the person through other channels and find out if they sent you anything.

How to Protect Your Bank Account

• To protect yourself from key loggers, install a reliable antivirus and regularly check your devices for various problems and failures.

• However, it should be borne in mind that not all anti-virus programs are able to correctly recognize keylogging, so it is additionally worth using two-factor authentication.

• To prevent hackers from intercepting your data, avoid transmitting sensitive information over an insecure network. Many fall for this trap when they transmit data over a public Wi-Fi network. In any such case, you need to use a really reliable VPN service that will encrypt all transmitted information.

• To prevent a hacker from gaining access to your bank accounts by changing your SIM card, it is extremely important to take care of the confidentiality of personal information. If the scammer does not have enough information about you, he will not be able to pull off the trick with the mobile operator. In addition, it will not be superfluous to make sure that the mobile operator you are using is reliable.

Conclusion

If the user is guided by these principles, then his money will remain safe and sound. The most important thing is not to neglect any opportunity that will allow you to secure your bank account. And don’t forget about Capital One Get My Offer! So, I hope this article was useful for you!

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A Smartphone for A Child

A smartphone for a child is an assistant in learning, communication, and games. But not only: it is also a source of danger. For more than a generation, it’s only natural to get your own smartphone before learning to read and write. Children have enough pictures, music, and, most importantly, toys. But adults are obliged to understand that a modern gadget carries a lot of dangers.

How Does Parental Control Work, And What Is It For?

• Today, the situation has become much more complicated, the capabilities of smartphones surpass any technical means of those years, and the Internet has made children practically uncontrollable. But not quite, there is a so-called “parental control”, which at least partially returns to adults the knowledge of what their child is watching and listening to. And where exactly is it located?

• Many of the listed functions are pre-installed in the iOS and Android operating systems, and the missing ones are implemented in fairly powerful applications. Their work is based on databases of cybercriminals and sites that distribute inappropriate content.

• The Internet and mobile communications are completely new civilizational challenges previously unknown to mankind. Never before have such threats been created to the physical and psychological safety of children and adolescents.

Dangerous and Illegal Content

Internet users under the age of 18 are at risk. Their unformed and unprotected children’s psyche can be irreparably crippled by information on pornographic and destructive sites calling for violence and extremism. A new phenomenon is cyberbullying, collective bullying in social networks, capable of two hundred young people to suicide. After all, virtual reality acquires special significance for them. Children are lured into risky stunts, selfies in dangerous places and situations.

Unwanted Contacts

Most children trust people and communicate easily. But among the interlocutors, there may be a pedophile looking for a new victim. Or sectarians who introduce antisocial behavior and vicious moral values. And, finally, criminals trick children into information about their parents’ work, family income, security alarm codes, and access to the Internet.

Inefficient Waste of Time

Children will always be more interested in playing than learning. But thoughtless spending time in front of the screen also harms the nervous system and psyche.

The Impact of The Smartphone on The Health of The Child

Not surprisingly, Internet addiction has become a universal scourge and entered the list of medical diagnoses. The stories of game manufacturers and social network owners about the benefits of their products for the younger generation are nothing more than marketing ploys to increase sales. Excessive interest in the Internet can lead to scoliosis from constant sitting in the wrong position, obesity from lack of physical activity, visual impairment, and nervous diseases.

How to Install and Set Up Parental Controls on Your Phone

The iOS system running on the iPhone and iPad protects against outside interference, but inside the gadget, it is possible to limit the installation of certain programs and the viewing of age-inappropriate content. And also limit screen time, music volume, prohibit purchases in the AppStore and online stores. Parents receive a message asking them to remove the block. In the latest versions, GPS tracking and battery level control are available through the pre-installed Locator application.

Android gives you a lot more external control. Like competitors, it is possible to restrict downloading and installing programs from the Play Market, as well as setting content filters according to age. A definite plus for parents is the built-in tracking of the geolocation of the smartphone. Moreover, you can create a Google account yourself only if the user is over 13 years old. Otherwise, when creating an account, you must specify the mail and phone number of one of the parents. And confirm your actions by responding positively to the incoming message. Now all actions in the child account are reported to the parent.

If parents allow the child to spend time on social networks, then it is necessary to warn the child about the correct communication with other people. It happens that children and adolescents do not know how to manage their anger, their grievances, express their feelings in comments and discussions, set the interlocutors against each other, and create a generally negative atmosphere. Parents need to talk with the child about the fact that he should not make dubious acquaintances on the network because a dangerous and unfriendly person can be hiding behind a cute and attractive avatar.

Some Tips

1. Parents should agree with the child that without the permission of adults, he will never respond to messages from strangers, publish or communicate in correspondence such important information as phone numbers, home address, parents’ passport data, bank card data.

2. Parents will not be able to control the child all the time and constantly be near him. But you can always set rules that will satisfy both you and the child:

3. Admission to the network is possible if it does not interfere with studies and is subject to the observance of the daily routine and the fulfillment of family responsibilities.

4. Set up a schedule for using the Internet. For example, after school, the child should eat, do homework, take a walk with friends, and only then use the phone.

5. Limit the time: for younger students – no more than one hour of the Internet per day, for middle school students – no more than two hours per day.

6. Parents should keep up with life, and not only navigate social networks, but also know what sites and how their children spend time, and in addition, raise their own level of awareness.

Bottom Line

The Internet is constantly evolving, new social networks, new games, new communication options appear. Be prepared to learn too, because you probably won’t know much of what your child will learn and quickly learn online. Only the right schedule for a child visiting the Internet, his readiness, as well as the constant participation and control of parents can protect children from the negative influence of information and intruders.

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Relevant information can be found on the DOD website in a document titled “DOD Releases Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Proposal.” Recall that the Trump administration requested $9.6 billion for 2020.

All of the U.S. president’s executive office’s investments in cyberactivity are literally itemized:

• Cybersecurity – $5.4 billion;
• Cyberspace operations – $3.8 billion;
• Science and technology in the digital space – $556 million;
• Artificial intelligence developments – $841 million;
• Cloud technology, $789 million.

What is meant by investing more than five billion in cybersecurity? First of all, strengthening cross-domain solutions (CDS) and next-generation encryption solutions. Work in this direction is expected to help reduce the risk of cyberattacks on government networks.

$3.8 billion for operations – This spending will support both offensive and defensive operations and help introduce a unified cyber strategy.

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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden proposed using $10 billion of the $1.9 trillion in post-CoVID-19 economic recovery funds to support the IT industry and cybersecurity.

According to Biden’s “American Recovery Plan,” about $9 billion will be allocated to the Cyber Security and Information Security Agency (CISA) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to implement projects to modernize cybersecurity and IT. Another $1 billion is proposed for a number of IS and IT initiatives, including:

$200 million for the rapid hiring of security experts to work in the U.S. Office of the Director of Information Security and the General Services Administration;

$300 million for additional Office of General Services IT projects;

$690 million for CISA projects to improve incident monitoring and response at federal agencies.

The increase in funding for IS and IT improvement projects is a direct response to the SolarWinds attack that affected U.S. federal agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Commerce, Homeland Security, Justice and Energy. As Biden previously noted, the SolarWinds incident is a prime example of a gap in U.S. cybersecurity.

Some cybersecurity experts hope that Biden’s proposal is just an initial installment in a much larger initiative.

“Investing more money in agencies without strategic objectives does not produce the best or at least desirable results. We cannot continue to invest in strategies and technologies already proven ineffective against today’s threats. The initiative needs to be narrowed because the problems are not always due to a lack of funding, but rather inadequate strategy and architecture and poor execution,” says retired U.S. Brig. Gen. Greg Touhill, who was the nation’s first federal chief information security officer.

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