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2017 in cybersecurity and privacy news

The Parallax

government computers Kaspersky Lab security software, developed in Russia, it took months longer than its predecessors to publicly unveil a computer security stance. Ransomware, a particularly nasty form of malware that locks your computer until you pay off your attackers and has been around for decades, continued to wreak havoc in 2017.

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Container Security – What Are Containers? – Part 1

Xebia

It could be from development to production or the testing environment (Paul Rubens, 2017, ref.2). The following blogs will be about container security and tools to help secure containers during the software development lifecycle. Hypervisor software separates the virtual machine’s resources from the host hardware.

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Fermyon raises $20M to build tools for cloud app dev

TechCrunch

Matt Butcher and Radu Matei worked on container technologies for years, “containers” in this context referring to software packages containing all the necessary elements to run in any environment, from desktop PCs to servers. It’s also more secure, he asserts, because it can safely execute even untrusted code.

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Tape It launches an AI-powered music recording app for iPhone

TechCrunch

Walther had previously spent three and a half years at Spotify, following its 2017 acquisition of the audio detection startup Sonalytic , which he had co-founded. This can be useful when reviewing the recordings later on, Walther says. The app itself is a free download on iOS and will later support desktop users on Mac and Windows.

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Make a resolution to clean up your digital act? Here’s how

The Parallax

Did you get hacked in 2017? Consumer-grade VPNs that work on your Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS devices are effective and affordable. Step 5: Keep your software up-to-date. That includes the operating system, the programs and apps that run on it, and the aforementioned Internet of Things.

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WannaCry Ransomware Review and Global Impact.

ProtectWise

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. Any network with hosts running a version of the Windows operating system missing the MS17-010 patches is vulnerable to WannaCry's infection mechanism. Who Created The Malware?

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Automated Patching: Spend Less Time Patching and More Time on the Beach 

Kaseya

Due to all these factors, patching has become a perennial thorn in the side of IT professionals. Regularly patching applications and operating systems (OS) is a crucial security practice. A common way for cybercriminals to gain access to organizations is by exploiting software, web applications and OS vulnerabilities.