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Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017

The Verge

To make the grade for verification, users will have to meet Twitter’s revamped verification criteria , which includes having an account of public interest that falls under one of six different types of categorizations as well as being “authentic, notable, and active.”. Twitter’s new verification application. Image: Twitter.

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How the SolarWinds hackers are targeting cloud services in unprecedented cyberattack

GeekWire

Specifically, if we decode the various reports and connect the dots we can see that the SolarWinds attackers have targeted authentication systems on the compromised networks so they can log in to cloud-based services like Microsoft Office 365 without raising alarms. It’s a method for authentication (i.e. total) access.

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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

Network World

In the latter case, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the routing protocol used by the global internet, is used to find the best path by weighing the latest network conditions based on reachability and routing information. One comparison likens BGP to GPS applications on mobile phones. What is Border Gateway Protocol?

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Liveblog: VMworld 2017 Day 1 Keynote

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. and vRealize Network Insight (vRNI) 3.5. Availability of VMware Cloud Services (Discovery, Cost Insight, Network Insight, AppDefense, NSX Cloud, Wavefront) (this has been a big part of my work life for the last year, great to see them available).

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What's the Prescription for Cyber Resilience in Healthcare?

SecureWorld News

Our modern healthcare system is deeply dependent on computers and data networks. Just like in 2017, when thousands of customers defected from small package delivery company TNT Express (now owned by FedEx) to DHL in the aftermath of the $10 billion NotPetya cyberattack, it's likely most of them will not return to Change.

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Are you ready for a state-sponsored cyber attack?

CTOvision

Geopolitical tensions ensure that 2017 will be another big year for state-sponsored cyber attacks. The lethality of state-sponsored attacks derives from their ability to bypass security point products by combining device, network and data center vulnerabilities into an integrated assault. Junaid Islam. Partition Supply Chain Resources.

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What Twitter should copy from Tinder

The Verge

Twitter hadn’t anticipated the authenticity of rank-and-file workers would ever be up for scrutiny. Twitter’s verification program, which it had just spent three years overhauling, had not anticipated a case in which the authenticity of rank-and-file workers would ever be up for scrutiny.