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U.S. Govt. Apps Bundled Russian Code With Ties to Mobile Malware Developer

Krebs on Security

But that story omitted an important historical detail about Pushwoosh: In 2013, one of its developers admitted to authoring the Pincer Trojan , malware designed to surreptitiously intercept and forward text messages from Android mobile devices. Pushwoosh employees posing at a company laser tag event. Pushwoosh says it is a U.S.

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Ransomware Protection in 2021

eSecurity Planet

The internet is fraught with peril these days, but nothing strikes more fear into users and IT security pros than the threat of ransomware. Adaptive Monitoring and Tagging. With the extensive use of the internet, malicious ads pose a long-lasting threat if not blocked. Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD)Restrictions. Statistics.

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Predictions From Last Year: How I Did (2012 Edition)

John Battelle's Searchblog

I hope 2013 keeps pace. Predictions 2012: #1 – On Twitter and Media - Twitter will become a media company, and the only “free radical of scale” in our Internet ecosystem. . Twitter is now seen as an essential partner for every major media company in the world – the hash tag is now a television and movie marketing essential. (Oh,

Marketing 101
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Predictions 2014: A Difficult Year To See

John Battelle's Searchblog

If you’re wondering what’s made me feel this way, a couple of choice articles from 2013 (and there were too many to count) should do the trick. It will be seen as the year the Internet adopted the planet as its cause. The only time we’ve seen a platform like that emerge is the Internet itself.

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Part 1: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about understanding the business drivers?

ARMA International

His vision and prediction influenced the development of ARPANET, and eventually the Internet. The exponential growth in content is fueled by a plethora of connected devices, colloquially called “Internet of Things (IoT),” from cell phones, mobiles, and wearable technologies, to sensors in homes, appliances, cars, and so on.

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A Decade of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Search for your account across multiple breaches [link] — Have I Been Pwned (@haveibeenpwned) December 4, 2013 And then, as they say, things kinda escalated quickly. 🤣", the internet quipped. And I never envisioned a time where dozens of national governments would be happy to talk about using the service.

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Guest Post -- New Global Data  and Privacy Regulations in 2018 and the GDPR

AIIM

We can be sure that issues like the Equifax breach and Yahoo’s recent disclosure of the scope of the 2013 breach will remain topics of discussion and litigation for some time to come. Information governance frameworks and retention policies only work insofar as they can be applied to the content you need to manage.

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