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Rapid cyberattacks demand modernized security, says Palo Alto CEO

Nikesh Arora the CEO of Palo Alto Networks, told Jim Cramer on CNBC’s “Mad Money” that companies need to modernize their cybersecurity systems. The executive explained that hackers are moving faster and attacking companies more effectively than before. During the interview, he stated that companies with outdated security systems must pay attention to cyber attack s. He highlighted that the challenge isn’t the absence of cyber security vendors but the presence of a fragmented and sometimes outdated security infrastructure. Arora urged businesses to have a roadmap for modernizing their cyber security and adopting AI-based systems, noting that cyber attack s are now happening in hours rather than days. “Listen, you need to have a two- or three-year road map to try and modernize all of that. Put that in some sort of an AI stack, so you can actually do this in more real time. Because the bad actors are moving faster.” Nikesh Arora, CEO of Palo Alto Networks This empha...

Etherscan hides zero-value token transfers to deter address poisoning attacks

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Address poisoning is a phishing scam that can affect users who have received unwanted tokens and don't check their addresses carefully when sending crypto. According to an Apr. 10 post from Etherscan, the blockchain explorer has disabled the display of zero-value token transfers on its website by default. From now on, users must manually switch on the display from the website's setting page. Etherscan says it made the update to deter "address poisoning" attacks that have phished and spammed unsuspecting users.  "Preventing scams and attacks in a neutral and scalable way is an infinite cat-and-mouse game… please feel free to share your feedback as we continue to improve." Address poison ing is a type of crypto scam where an attacker sends a token with near-zero or no value to a user's address to " poison " it. Afterward, the transaction will be recorded in the soft or hard wallet's history and can be selected when making transfers . The ...