Deliver Us, Lord, From the Startup Life
In the Midwest, Christian entrepreneurs are searching for relief from the corrosive grind of company-building—while some faith leaders preach the gospel of crushing it….
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YouTube Gaming’s Most-Watched Videos Are Dominated by Scams and Cheats
YouTube is littered with bot-driven videos promising big in-game riches—that also try to steal your personal information….
The Trouble with Free and Open Source Software
Insecure developer accounts, legacy software, and nonstandard naming schemes are major problems, Linux Foundation and Harvard study concludes. …
Rise in Malware Using Encryption Shows Importance of Network Traffic Inspection
The criminal use of encryption to hide malware is growing rapidly. In the first half of 2019 the use of encryption by malware almost equaled the entire encrypted volume of 2018, and is not likely to slow. Today, nearly a quarter of malware communicates using TLS.
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Samsung made the ultra-thin glass used in its Galaxy Z Flip – CNET
The foldable display has been criticized for not being as durable as glass found in other phones….
Iranian Hackers Exploiting VPN Flaws to Backdoor Organizations Worldwide
A new report published by cybersecurity researchers has unveiled evidence of Iranian state-sponsored hackers targeting dozens of companies and organizations in Israel and around the world over the past three years. Dubbed “Fox Kitten,” the cyber-espionage campaign is said to have been directed at companies from the IT, telecommunication, oil and gas, aviation, government, and security sectors…
Facebook backs Indian education startup Unacademy
Unacademy, one of India’s fastest growing education startups, has just received the backing of a major technology giant: Facebook. The social juggernaut has participated in the four-year-old Indian startup’s Series E financing round, sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. General Atlantic is leading the round, the size of which is about $100 million, the […] …
Alphabet pulls support for Makani wind kites, Shell might continue development
Since Sundar Pichai’s appointment to Alphabet CEO last December, there have been a number of high-level changes. The latest sees the parent company today pull support for offshore wind kites developed by former X project Makani.
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Banking Trojans and Ransomware — A Treacherous Matrimony Bound to Get Worse
To combat the threat of banking Trojans and ransomware, organizations should stay up to date with the rapidly evolving threat landscape by utilizing the latest threat intelligence.
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Do developers take full responsibility for security? MongoDB finds only a third do
MongoDB poll suggests organizations haven’t got to grips with DevSecOps but are headed in the right direction.
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Critical Bug in WordPress Theme Plugin Opens 200,000 Sites to Hackers
A popular WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installations contains a severe but easy-to-exploit software vulnerability that, if left unpatched, could let unauthenticated remote attackers compromise a wide range of websites and blogs. The vulnerable plugin in question is ‘ThemeGrill Demo Importer’ that comes with free as well as premium themes sold by the software development…
Ovum to Expand Cybersecurity Research Under New Omdia Group
Informa Tech combines Ovum, Heavy Reading, Tractica, and IHS Markit research. …
Protect yourself from coronavirus with a mask that looks like your face – CNET
The Face ID-compatible mask is supposed to be so accurate you can unlock your phone with it….
African crowdsolving startup Zindi scales 10,000 data scientists
Cape Town based startup Zindi has registered 10,000 data-scientists on its platform that uses AI and machine learning to crowdsolve complex problems in Africa. Founded in 2018, the early-stage venture allows companies, NGOs or government institutions to host online competitions around data-oriented challenges. Zindi opens the contests to the African data scientists on its site […] …