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Nike just bought a virtual shoe company that makes NFTs and sneakers ‘for the metaverse’

The Verge

RTFKT claims that in February, a collaboration with teenage artist FEWOCiOUS to sell real sneakers paired with virtual ones managed to sell some 600 pairs/NFTs in just six minutes , netting over $3.1 RTFKT, meanwhile, was founded in January 2020. million at the time. We are here to accelerate our digital future now.”.

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Amazon blocked 10 billion counterfeit listings and spent $700M fighting fraud on its site last year

GeekWire

The number is included in Amazon’s 2020 Brand Protection Report , its first-ever attempt at showcasing — for customers, legitimate brands and legislators — the steps the e-commerce giant is taking to combat counterfeit products on Amazon.com. billion in this year’s first quarter. . billion in this year’s first quarter.

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Stop using your phone number to log in

Vox

Even things that those services might recommend as an added security measure — like text, SMS, or multi-factor authentication — can actually introduce more vulnerabilities. But that minimum waiting period was only put into effect in 2020. Use an authenticator app or hardware key instead. And that was after just one week.

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Deception and Forensics for the Next Generation — Part 5: Phantom Attacker

SecureWorld News

Going a bit deeper, we go to the events analysis on the deception net and find that this is a typical logon by 192.168.1.106 to 192.168.1.3. This provides an authentic extension to the real enterprise, and the adversary is hard-pressed to tell the difference between a decoy and a real device. That's enough for this post.

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Let’s get Kraken! Seattle hockey team has a name and logo as sports mystery finally surfaces

GeekWire

— NHL Seattle (@NHLSeattle_) July 23, 2020. Leiweke called the name unique to the NHL, but “authentic to our home” and said the day’s celebration would continue with a flag raising at the nearby Space Needle and an online performance by musician Brandi Carlile. Get ready, Seattle. It's real.

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Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO

GeekWire

billion for first nine months of 2020, down from $9.3 Its net loss for the first nine months of this year was $2.2 Identity authentication startup Auth0, which raised a $120 million Series F round in July, added three new board members: • Former Hewlett Packard Enterprise Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Sue Barsamian.

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Takedown notices are threatening online thrift shops — just as business is exploding

The Verge

Small businesses say their livelihoods are threatened even when they aren’t running afoul of copyright and trademark claims In January 2020, Jade Myers, a successful seller of secondhand clothes on Poshmark, came across a trove of designer swimwear and apparel at a thrift store that she knew would be a hit with her shoppers.

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