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Google account hacks dropped by half after pushing two-step authentication by default

The Verge

Nudging users toward security works. That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with Safer Internet Day on February 8th. Twitter, which rolled out two-factor authentication in 2013, revealed in 2020 that only 2.3

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Pulse Secure: New Deadline for Government to Patch

SecureWorld News

Have you patched the known vulnerabilities discovered in Pulse Secure's Connect Secure products? Patching for these issues is so urgent that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a deadline for federal agencies to complete patches by the end of the week.

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White House instructs government agencies to beef up cybersecurity, adopt ‘zero trust’ in new memo

The Verge

The strategy outlines the administration’s vision for moving government agencies towards a “zero trust” architecture — a cybersecurity model where users and devices are only given permissions to access network resources necessary for the task at hand and are authenticated on a case-by-case basis.

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Lessons from 2020, and What to Expect in 2021: An Evolutionary Time in Cyber and Privacy

SecureWorld News

But, as we head into the final month of 2020, and look forward to hopefully a calmer and safer 2021, it is a good opportunity to take stock of where things stand, and what we can expect around the corner. Businesses were not as prepared as they thought to spin up safe, secure, and functional remote environments. Looking back on 2020.

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10 Security Quotes: Microsoft, CrowdStrike, SolarWinds, and FireEye Talk to Congress

SecureWorld News

However, SecureWorld has picked off 10 quotes that speak to the state of information security and the mindset of these leaders from corporate America. They operated clandestinely, using methods that counter security tools and forensic examination. Risk management is on the agenda at SecureWorld conferences in 2021.

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Technology Short Take 136

Scott Lowe

Welcome to Technology Short Take #136, the first Short Take of 2021! The content this time around seems to be a bit more security-focused, but I’ve still managed to include a few links in other areas. Servers/Hardware. Want to enable logging in every AWS service that exists (as of 2021)? Networking. Compute safely.

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The best features of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS that Apple didn’t announce onstage

The Verge

Wary iPhone users will be able to put off upgrading to iOS 15 but still get security updates. It looks like iOS 15 is dramatically beefing up the print panel — finally pic.twitter.com/uXaflPoMPe — Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith) June 7, 2021. Wilson_boi_101) June 7, 2021. macOS Monterey. macOS Monterey.

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