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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

What might be alarming about CITL’s latest research is that despite the alarm bells, CITL finds that vendors are generally building Wi-Fi routers with fewer protections than they had in 2003. The organization’s acting director, Tim Carstens, says the research will be published soon on the CITL site. READ MORE ON WI-FI SECURITY.

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Founder of spyware maker Hacking Team arrested for attempted murder: local media

TechCrunch

David Vincenzetti, who launched Hacking Team in 2003, was arrested when police showed up to his apartment after his cousin called the police, local media reported, because […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Squarespace raises $300M at a staggering $10B valuation

TechCrunch

Squarespace, which has helped millions create their own websites, was founded in 2003 and bootstrapped until a $38.5 The move comes less than two months after the company filed confidentiality to go public via a direct listing or initial public offering. million Series A in 2010 that was co-led by Accel and Index Ventures.

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$10B is the new $1B, and we need a new framework for startup valuations

TechCrunch

based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors). Here’s Lee from the past: We found 39 companies belong to what we call the “Unicorn Club” (by our definition, U.S.-based That’s about.07 07 percent of venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups.

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How doing everything wrong turned Automattic into a multibillion dollar media powerhouse

TechCrunch

Back in 2003, that was the context for the so-called weblog, which would shortly be elided to blog. The first version of WordPress was released in May 2003 and became the official version of b2, an older project that had been abandoned. Massive changes often begin as ephemeral, uncertain ideas.

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Holmes’ sentencing sends a clear message that the startup ecosystem must be built on good faith

TechCrunch

As TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling wrote on Friday about the company : Holmes founded Theranos in 2003 after dropping out of Stanford. I would argue what she did helped undermine the entire venture compact, and that’s why she’s going to jail.

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Why so many SaaS companies are launching their own media operations

TechCrunch

Around 2003, as blogs began to take hold in the internet psyche , it became clear that these writing tools could be more than an outlet for an individual’s ruminations — they also had vast potential for business and marketing.

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