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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

.” Two decades later, that line from the Microsoft co-founder’s Trustworthy Computing memo would seem quaint if the reality weren’t so terrifying: ransomware, software supply chain attacks, privacy breaches, nation-state hacks, malware, worms, and adversarial machine learning are just a few of the looming threats.

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Non-repudiation offers certainty by design

Dataconomy

Some experts advise that relying solely on digital signatures may not provide complete protection against repudiation, as there is always a risk that an attacker could manipulate or coerce the signer, or compromise their private key through malware or other means. Proving that a bank transferred money to a specific account.

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Robin Hood of the Internet or the apocalypse of an industry

Dataconomy

One major issue is the presence of malware. This malware can also spread within a home or corporate network, posing a potential threat to critical business operations. This malware can also spread within a home or corporate network, posing a potential threat to critical business operations.

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and driver license images. What was compromised: Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases driver license numbers and credit card information. Records affected: 21.5

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Top 10 Data Breaches of All Time

SecureWorld News

What was compromised: b ank account numbers, bank statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers, wire transaction receipts, and drivers license images. What was compromised: Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, and in some cases drivers' license numbers and credit card information.

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IBM on the state of network security: Abysmal

Network World

This would put criminals on pace to make nearly $1 billion from their use of the malware just last year. The most popular types of malcode we observed in 2016 were Android malware, banking Trojans, ransomware offerings and DDoS-as-a-service vendors. The malware was named Nuclear Bot, or NukeBot , at the time.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

I’m Robert Vamosi and in this episode I’m exploring a novel database operating system that promises to be disruptive to how we mitigate malware today. What if we could further evolve the basic operating system beyond just managing resources but also now mitigating any malware trying to make changes. The point of this?