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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Never Mess With A Hacker

ForAllSecure

Here are some air travel tips from The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data by Kevin Mitnick and Robert Vamosi. Sometimes you can use surveillance tools in your favor. This is a short episode to tide everyone over until the new year.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. Pervasive surveillance capitalism­ -- as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone -- ­matters. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. Pervasive surveillance capitalism -- ­as practiced by the Internet companies that are already spying on everyone­ -- matters. The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century.

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Using Encryption with Access Controls to Mitigate Malware and Ransomware Damage

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Using Encryption with Access Controls to Mitigate Malware and Ransomware Damage. Recently the headlines have been dominated by infected enterprise software that has resulted in malware and hackers gaining access to mission critical infrastructures, taking control of systems, and stealing data. Mon, 12/21/2020 - 07:23. System Auditing.

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IoT and Cybersecurity: What’s the Future?

Security Affairs

IoT devices can spy on people, steal data, or bring down vast swathes of the internet, as happened in 2016 when Mirai malware infiltrated devices such as baby monitors and refrigerators and locked them into a botnet for the Dyn cyberattack. Big Data storage systems have weaknesses. And here’s another shocking fact.

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Top VC Firms in Cybersecurity of 2022

eSecurity Planet

Lightspeed’s enterprise sectors beyond cybersecurity include big data, SaaS, crypto, and IT services. In 1999, four investment professionals founded Lightspeed Ventures to serve entrepreneurs in enterprise and consumer markets. NightDragon. Sequoia Investments.