CILIP

MARCH 12, 2020

ve lived through Pinterest, library services offered via Second Life, social tagging in cataloguing and more 23 Things programmes than I want to think about. In an era increasingly defined by fake news this is an incredibly important step. Having worked in academic libraries for nearly twenty years I?ve However, in this time I?ve

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Krebs on Security

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The Daily Beast ‘s Kevin Poulsen broke the news last week that federal authorities in Alaska indicted Kenneth Currin Schuchman of Washington on two counts of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by using malware to damage computers between August and November 2017. They were under attack from a new Mirai variant.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

However, improved response time and on-site work will come with higher price tags, and many organizations cannot afford the most responsive service. Just keep in mind that reports can also be faked, so consider a clause in the contract to punish vendors for fraudulent assurances. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2023

However, improved response time and on-site work will come with higher price tags, and many organizations cannot afford the most responsive service. Just keep in mind that reports can also be faked, so consider a clause in the contract to punish vendors for fraudulent assurances. You can unsubscribe at any time.

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John Battelle's Searchblog

MAY 7, 2017

Oh, and then there’s the whole Fake News, trolling, and abuse problem…which despite its cheapening by our president, is actually a Really, Really Big Deal, and one that threatens Facebook in particular (did you see they’re hiring 3,000 people to address it? Here are some possible additions: Close Friends. Key Moments.

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Scary Beasts Security

MAY 5, 2017

For what it’s worth, the woeful state of WebKit packaging on Linux was discussed in Feb 2016 in this blog post , which was picked up by Linux Weekly News. u.asInt64 & TagMask); } Where tag() returns the latter 4 bytes of the value, CellTag==0xfffffffb and TagMask==0xffff000000000002. Fake the JSUint8Array object.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Fu: So, yes, it's part of the threat model and from that you can actually drive some good news. Vamosi: The good news is that what we’re talking about today isn’t yet in the realm of active threats so there’s plenty of time to work out the mitigations. Or using sound to fake FitBit steps, or disable your hard drive.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Fu: So, yes, it's part of the threat model and from that you can actually drive some good news. Vamosi: The good news is that what we’re talking about today isn’t yet in the realm of active threats so there’s plenty of time to work out the mitigations. Or using sound to fake FitBit steps, or disable your hard drive.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Fu: So, yes, it's part of the threat model and from that you can actually drive some good news. Vamosi: The good news is that what we’re talking about today isn’t yet in the realm of active threats so there’s plenty of time to work out the mitigations. Or using sound to fake FitBit steps, or disable your hard drive.

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The Texas Record

MARCH 7, 2019

“ Reading Metadata to Combat Disinformation and Fake News Campaigns “ — UT iSchool. No, we didn’t write these articles —hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”— but fortunately, we didn’t need to in order to share the knowledge with our subscribers.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 3, 2021

This appears to be precisely what the file name suggests - statuses posted to Gab. And the trend just continues. Gab isn't a free speech alternative to incumbent tech behemoths with a rich collection of wide-ranging views, rather it's an echo chamber of the same political, religious and scientific opinions.

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