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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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Heptio founder leads Stacklok, a new software supply chain startup that just raised $17.5M

GeekWire

(Stacklok Photo) A pair of cloud computing vets are jumping back into entrepreneurship with a new startup that helps enterprises vet software supply chains amid a rise in cyber-breaches stemming from open-source code. Hinds is the project founder of Sigstore, a tool to verify and authenticate software artifacts. ”

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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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Configuration as code: securing the cloud

TM Forum

However, new challenges have been introduced in the journey to adopt and migrate applications and workloads to public clouds such as AWS, Google, and Azure. Thousands of settings must be maintained to establish policy for how employees authenticate and interact with company data. The first is by using open-source tooling.

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GeekWire Podcast: NY Times vs. Microsoft; Plus, Oren Etzioni on AI in 2023 and beyond

GeekWire

… It’s almost the love child of a search engine, like Google, which you can talk to about anything, with the somewhat limited but very real intelligence of AI systems.” ” The need for strong open-source models: “The consolidation of power in AI is a huge risk. I think we need education.

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Tech leaders discuss generative AI’s impact on enterprise, startups and society

GeekWire

Presenters at Google’s I/O keynote on Wednesday said the word “AI” more than 140 times. ” Moses said these conversations happen frequently, as leaders are concerned about authentication and attribution as it relates to AI-generated content.

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Malvertising Is a Cybercrime Heavyweight, Not an Underdog

SecureWorld News

These fake sites were promoted on Google and Bing search results. In November 2022, cybercriminals somehow acquired the right to run ads on Google for the popular open-source graphics editor GIMP. It's also imperative to verify website authenticity before interacting with its content.