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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. Back in 2001 when I worked at Vodafone, we saw this problem coming,” said Marc Rogers, who is now chief security officer at the cybersecurity firm Q-Net Security.

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Spotlight on Cybersecurity Leaders: William Lidster

SecureWorld News

Answer : Cybersecurity became front-and-center for most organizations globally in 2001, and I was already dabbling in it as an additional consideration with my IT management duties. A : Outside of training and awareness, full-on MFA (multi-factor authentication). Get to know William Lidster. See the conference agenda and register here.

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ChatGPT could make bioterrorism horrifyingly easy

Vox

Over the course of 2001, Rauf used his scientific credentials to make headway toward acquiring anthrax. These artificial intelligence tools are usually trained on biological data, such as genetic sequences. This might require advancing ways for legitimate scientists to authenticate themselves online.

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The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

In Proceedings of the Eighteenth Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP-18), Banff, Canada, October, 2001. Traiger, Modeling in Data Base Management Systems, G.M. Sep 28 - Why Bloom filters work the way they do , Michael Nielsen, Data driven Intelligence, September 26,2012. Lorie, G.F. Putzolu, and I.L. Nijssen ed.,

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The Sony Hack in Context

CTOvision

Admittedly, estimates of US data losses and their economic impacts are guesstimates, if only because we don’t know how many attacks remain undetected, but by any measure the losses are staggering. Even the lower estimates correspond to the total losses suffered by the City of New York in 2001. It’s a taste of things to come.

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Tech Moves: Ex-Tableau sales chief Kelly Breslin Wright joins Gong; Slalom expands board; more

GeekWire

“I’m ecstatic to jump back into an operational role that integrates my lifelong passions for sales, data, and culture,” said Wright in a statement. Founded in 2001, Slalom currently has more than 9,500 employees globally. Wright is also an adjunct professor at the University of Washington Foster School of Business.

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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

Dataconomy

.” This term refers to a type of data storage device that can be written only once but read many times. The term “worm” was first used in the 1970s to describe early forms of optical storage media that used lasers to etch data onto the surface of a disk.

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