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Technology Short Take 176

Scott Lowe

Rob McBryde shares his story of reviving a 2012 MacBook Pro with Linux. Think Linux doesn’t have malware? And here’s another example of malware that is targeting Linux (along with Windows). Storage Gergely Imreh discusses ZFS on a Raspberry Pi. (TL;DR: It’s not as easy as it might seem.)

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Hacking News Roundup: Even 'Fast Company' Isn't Safe

SecureWorld News

This summer has seen an increase in attackers' use of the Deadbolt ransomware variant, which affects network-attached storage (NAS) devices. This report dives into how this growing tactic works, including how NAS boxes are vulnerable due to their "plug-and-play" nature for network attached storage. Deadbolt ransomware variant.

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Security News: @Invincea Raises $16 Million in C-Series Funding Led by Aeris Capital and Dell Ventures

CTOvision

“In June of 2013, we began shipping a solution powered by Invincea — Dell Data Protection | Protected Workspace — to provide our customers with advanced malware protection out of the box. Invincea is the premier innovator in advanced malware threat detection, breach prevention, and forensic threat intelligence.

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5 reasons to shift from Flash to HTML5 for Mobile Learning

Kitaboo

Besides, it could easily be misused by malware developers. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, withdrew support to Flash in its iOS platforms in 2012, given the numerous malfunctions that happened due to it. Besides, HTML5 facilitates data storage, which can then be accessed offline. Rapid updates in Flash made it prone to crash.

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25 Feb Cloudera Federal Forum in Tysons Corner: Amazing agenda filled with lessons learned and best practices

CTOvision

After two years as product manager for Zing at Azul Systems, she joined Cloudera in 2012 to help drive the future of distributed data processing through Cloudera''s Distribution of Hadoop. She also pioneered Deterministic GC which was productized as JRockit Real Time at BEA Systems (bef. Eddie Garcia. Audie Hittle. where he was their CSO.

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Join Architects, Planners, Program Managers, Data Scientists at 4th Annual Cloudera Federal Forum in DC 25 Feb

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After two years as product manager for Zing at Azul Systems, she joined Cloudera in 2012 to help drive the future of distributed data processing through Cloudera''s Distribution of Hadoop. She also pioneered Deterministic GC which was productized as JRockit Real Time at BEA Systems (bef. Eddie Garcia. Audie Hittle. where he was their CSO.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks

Sean Daniel

I’ll copy the Windows ones here Turn off File & Printer Sharing Enable Your Firewall Use SSL Where Possible Consider using VPN Turn it off when you’re done Change to the Public Profile Some other things I’d recommend above and beyond are: Make sure you have an Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware solution installed. ► 2012. (23).

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