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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit group, underwritten by the top tech companies and biggest banks, that has been out there since 2001 promoting best practices and supplying programs to engrain this mindset in our society. Related: Using ‘gamification’ for security training.

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Roll your own VPN and other tech advice

Javvad Malik

Like many people, over the last couple of years, my main real interaction with people outside of my immediate family and Amazon delivery drivers has been via the internet. The beauty of the internet is that you don’t need to shower, put on decent clothes, or worry about offending anyone. Going back to another Mikko tweet, .

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Vulnerability Finding Using Machine Learning

Schneier on Security

Since 2001 Microsoft has collected 13 million work items and bugs. Sure, defenders can use the same systems, but many of today's Internet of Things (IoT) systems have no engineering teams to write patches and no ability to download and install patches. However, large volumes of semi-curated data are perfect for machine learning.

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News Alert: Swissbit introduces small-capacity memory for IIoT, smart city applications

The Last Watchdog

This expertise allows Swissbit customers to reliably store and protect data in critical industrial, NetCom, automotive, medical and finance applications as well as across the Internet of Things (IoT). Swissbit was founded in 2001 and has offices in Switzerland, Germany, USA, Japan and Taiwan. 2 and 2.5”

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What Is DNS And Why Should Your Business Care?

Adam Levin

A few days later, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ), the organization responsible for governing large parts of the internet, issued a bleak warning urging businesses to do the same, and to enact stronger security measures. DNS, or The Domain Name System, is a core Internet service.

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Who’s Behind the ‘Web Listings’ Mail Scam?

Krebs on Security

Searching the Internet for some of these Web listing domains mentioned in the company’s Twitter account brings up a series of press releases once issued on behalf of the company. A cached copy of Mark Scott’s blog Internet Madness from 2011 promotes Web Listings Inc. employed a number of people involved in the SEO business.

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Vladimir Putin ‘s computers still run Windows XP, Media reports

Security Affairs

“Windows XP, released in 2001, was the last Microsoft operating system given the green light for use on official Russian government computers, the Open Media website reported, citing defence ministry documents.” The predecessor of the internet was the Arpanet , which was founded by the US Department of Defense.”

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