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Cyber Risks · Unit 42 Palo Alto Networks

Threat Brief: Twelve Tips for the Holidays

Summary: Unit 42 published a twelve-item holiday guidance list for securing newly received devices, covering password managers, home router and Wi-Fi hardening, separate non-admin accounts on PCs and Macs, and passcodes, encryption, location and remote wipe for tablets and smartphones. The list also addresses smartwatches and fitness devices, smart home devices, entertainment apps and TVs, gaming consoles, voice assistants, smart speakers and smart cars, and closes with patching firmware, operating systems and apps, which it calls the most important step.

Key Takeaway: The brief notes that attackers crack and sell compromised accounts to streaming services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, and that for gaming consoles and entertainment devices it is the cloud-based account, not the device, that attackers are more interested in.

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