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2017 in cybersecurity and privacy news

The Parallax

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. Margaret MacAlpine and Harri Hursti, voting machine researchers, appear with the AVS WinVote System at DefCon 25, July 30, 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). A VM is the virtualization/emulation of a physical computer with its operating system, CPU, memory, storage and network interface, which are provisioned virtually. The most popular container technology is Docker.

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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. Whether you’re using an iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, or Linux device, one of the easiest ways to avoid getting hacked is to ensure that all your software is up-to-date.

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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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Active Directory is Now in the Ransomware Crosshairs

Tenable

The joint CISA, FBI and NSA alert described the following: “According to a recently leaked threat actor “playbook,” Conti actors also exploit vulnerabilities in unpatched assets, such as the following, to escalate privileges and move laterally across a victim’s network: 2017 Microsoft Windows Server Message Block 1.0 Learn more: .

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Why health care cybersecurity is in ‘critical condition’

The Parallax

government-sponsored Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force delivered more than 100 recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to make medical technology more resistant to hackers. Both cyberattacks, Corman said, hit health care systems by accident. READ MORE FROM ‘NO PANACEA FOR MEDICAL CYBERSECURITY’.

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