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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices

TechCrunch

The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security.

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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

TechCrunch

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. Some compared this to the 2016 left-pad incident that briefly broke a large part of the internet after the project’s developer deleted his widely-used code in protest. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. How Spain is waging Internet war on Catalan separatists. Pretty much any software can be targeted to be ripped off,” says Mark Lechtik, a security researcher on the Check Point Malware Research Team who led the investigation into SiliVaccine.

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How the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

TechCrunch

The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion. Uber, which has operated in Ukraine since 2016 and is present in nine cities, paused operations within the country.

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The peculiar, persistent threat of bitsquatting

The Parallax

It was a serious enough problem in the early days of the commercial Internet for the United States to pass the AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, which contained measures to allow for prosecution of typosquatters. More and more devices are connecting to the Internet every day. READ MORE ON CYBERATTACKS.

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The peculiar, persistent threat of bitsquatting

The Parallax

It was a serious enough problem in the early days of the commercial Internet for the United States to pass the AntiCybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in 1999, which contained measures to allow for prosecution of typosquatters. “More and more devices are connecting to the Internet every day.

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I'm joining the fight against malware and ransomware with SentinelOne

Jeremiah Grossman

In this case, malware and ransomware. As I’ve said many times, we who work InfoSec are responsible for protecting the greatest invention we’ll see if our lifetime — the Web, the Internet, and the billions of people using it every day. You see, more than anything, I want to make a positive impact on InfoSec. A real gem of a start-up.

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