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BEST PRACTICES: Resurgence of encrypted thumb drives shows value of offline backups — in the field

The Last Watchdog

Encrypted flash drives, essentially secure storage on a stick, are a proven technology that has been readily available for at least 15 years. Co-founder Jay Kim was running a family steel fabrication business when he took a trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. Related: Can Europe’s GDPR restore data privacy?

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NEW TECH: DataLocker extends products, services to encrypt data on portable storage devices

The Last Watchdog

Launched as a one-man operation in 2007, DataLocker has grown into a leading manufacturer of encrypted external drives, thumb drives, flash drives and self-encrypting, recordable CDs and DVDs. DataLocker’s steadily advancing technology is another piece of the puzzle to making digital commerce as private and secure as it ought to be.

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Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

Transportation Command in 2017, after learning that their computerized logistical systems were mostly unclassified and on the internet. And militaries need to have well-developed backup plans, for when systems are subverted. Gone are the days when we can pretend that our technologies will work in the face of a military cyberattack.

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Meet Ika & Sal: The Bulletproof Hosting Duo from Hell

Krebs on Security

For example, in 2010 Spamdot and its spam affiliate program Spamit were hacked, and its user database shows Sal and Icamis often accessed the forum from the same Internet address — usually from Cherepovets , an industrial town situated approximately 230 miles north of Moscow. And there were many good reasons to support this conclusion.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

According to statistics from the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report , complaints to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have been rising since 2017. This made a lot of sense, especially in the earlier days of the Internet where cybersecurity measures were nowhere near as robust as they are today. Technological Tactics.

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Portnox Cloud: NAC Product Review

eSecurity Planet

Founded in 2007, Por t nox began selling a software-based NAC solution to be used in local networks. However, local RADIUS instances can be established to maintain protection even when internet connections are broken. While Portnox Cloud is the current focus of Portnox, they also continue to offer on-premises Portnox Core.

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Securing Elections

Schneier on Security

In 2007, the states of California and Ohio conducted audits of their electronic voting machines. They're computers -- often ancient computers running operating systems no longer supported by the manufacturers -- and they don't have any magical security technology that the rest of the industry isn't privy to.