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Breaking the Ice on DICE: scaling secure Internet of Things Identities

The Security Ledger

We know that intuitively just from our experiences online, where phishing attacks and identity theft are rampant – often taking advantage of weak identities like user names and passwords, or Social Security Numbers. We have those libraries and we’ve wrapped our heads around how that works.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. There's a smart IoT enabled toothbrush for example, I mean, a toothbrush is a stick with bristles. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions. And then there's this other example.

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The Hacker Mind: Hacking IoT

ForAllSecure

It's like using a hash of your street address, as the password for your front door. There's a smart IoT enabled toothbrush for example, I mean, a toothbrush is a stick with bristles. The Department of Justice, have submitted letters to the Library of Congress who manages those exemptions. And then there's this other example.

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

This article dives into the lexicon of malware, offering descriptions, protections, and examples of each. Examples of Adware Malware Attacks. While there are hundreds of adware versions, some of the most common examples include Fireball, Appearch, DollarRevenue, Gator, and DeskAd. Examples of Backdoor Malware Attacks.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

Passwords are everywhere, but they probably weren't intended to be used as much as they are today. Maybe you are at an organization that requires you to change your passwords every 90 days or so, and so you have password fatigue -- there are only so many variations you can do every 90 days or so. I must have the password.

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3D Printing with Kids on Lenovo Yoga 7i

Troy Hunt

But also full disclosure, I do buy Lenovo machines at full retail with my own hard-earned dollars because frankly, they're awesome: Bought @charlottelyng a *very* nice Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme to replace her MacBook Pro. These machines came courtesy of the Insiders program so full disclosure, I didn't pay for them.