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This Open-Source Security Key Helps You Ditch Software Authenticators

Gizmodo

Accidentally deleting your Google Authenticator app is a nightmare. The app, which generates one-time codes for many websites, is usually your key to many major email services, including Gmail, domain name services like Namecheap, and even banking services. If you forget to move these codes over to a new phone when… Read more.

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Increasing access to blockchain and ledger databases

All Things Distributed

They've created a way to connect small farms in developing nations to banks and distributers of goods, like seeds, fertilizer, and tools. Traditionally, rural farms have been ignored by the financial world, because they don't normally have the information required to open an account or apply for credit.

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There’s a better way to protect yourself from hackers and identity thieves

Vox

Authenticator apps like Google Authenticator might seem intimidating, but they’re easy to use and safer than texts. If you’re using texts for two-factor authentication, it’s time to change to an app. And you always use two-factor authentication, or 2FA. How to choose and use an authenticator app.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

GeekWire

” The 30-person company has worked to create decentralized identifiers for open-source projects and efforts such as International Air Transport Association’s Travel Pass. Evernym describes itself as a leader in “self-sovereign identity.” Earlier this year, identity tech startup Auth0 sold to Okta for $6.5

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The Roles of SAST and DAST and Fuzzing in Application Security

ForAllSecure

From banking to shopping, nearly all daily tasks these days can be completed on a computer or smartphone. Similarly, Software Composition Analysis (SCA) looks at open source code. It does not always require access to source code. Applications have become a major part of our lives.

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What is Flipper Zero: A comprehensive guide

Dataconomy

This open-source tool reached its funding goal on Kickstarter in 2020, underlining its appeal to a niche community. It’s essential to note that while Flipper Zero can read NFC bank cards, it does not permit users to save and emulate them. What is Flipper Zero? Infrared: A frequent component in many remote controls.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. I mean, it was open source, right? What I want to know is how that vulnerability was able to persist for so long.