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Tough tumbler: Lock-picking vs. the pandemic shutdown

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The art of lock-picking, many of them will tell you, is hacker philosophy made real, but the longtime hacker sport has faced an uncertain future since the coronavirus pandemic shuttered the world’s social gatherings. Within 50 years, there were public competitions to reveal how secure the latest locks were.

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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

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All major router vendors shipped fewer routers with firmware sporting ASLR protections in 2018 than in 2012, he said. As Internet-connected devices have proliferated, security experts have stepped up pressure on vendors to improve IoT security. Chart showing the D-Link DAP-2690 dropping ASLR in 2016. Slide courtesy CITL.

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