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World Password Day is Dead. Long Live World Password Day!

The State of Security

In 2002 I sat in a local bookstore in Jackson Hole, WY that offered a few Internet-connected computers for hourly use. After chatting with the owner and petting the resident store dog, I took a few guesses at the password protecting these computers. It took me maybe 10 attempts. The post World Password Day is Dead.

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World Password Day is Dead. Long Live World Password Day!

Security Boulevard

In 2002 I sat in a local bookstore in Jackson Hole, WY that offered a few Internet-connected computers for hourly use. After chatting with the owner and petting the resident store dog, I took a few guesses at the password protecting these computers. It took me maybe 10 attempts. It was, of course, some variation […]… Read More.

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Elders And Digital Burden Fears | Avast

Security Boulevard

He’s had the internet since 1995, but didn’t start spending so much time on it until he retired from his position as chief helicopter pilot of the Port Authority New York/New Jersey in 2002. “It Jay McGowan, 83, spends about seven or eight hours a day online. It keeps my mind busy,” McGowan tells Avast. “It

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VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

Krebs on Security

The NSA said that in order to exploit this particular flaw, hackers would already need to have access to a vulnerable VMware device’s management interface — i.e., they would need to be on the target’s internal network (provided the vulnerable VMware interface was not accessible from the Internet).

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Security Yearbook’ preserves cybersecurity history — highlights tectonic shift

The Last Watchdog

Related: The role of PKI is securing digital transformation That was in 2002. Then along came cloud computing and the Internet of Things. With everyone connecting to the Internet to interact, new security regimes, like Zero Trust and Edge Security are gaining traction. Much has changed; much has remained the same.

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The Origins and History of the Dark Web

Identity IQ

The Origins and History of the Dark Web IdentityIQ The dark web is a hidden part of the internet that cannot be accessed as easily. The dark web consists of websites and services that operate anonymously and aren’t accessible in the “public” part of the internet. The deep web is far and away the largest part of the internet.

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Architecture Matters When it Comes to SSE

CyberSecurity Insiders

To paraphrase a well-known movie from 2002, “SSE, it’s all about the PoPs.” Cloud changed the game in the 2010s and led the enterprise to move to an “internet as the WAN” for connectivity. As the internet is now the onramp for Cloud and SaaS-based applications/services, SSE and SASE will be the means to access them.