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6 cybersecurity trends we’re thankful for

The Parallax

You might think of cybersecurity professionals as tech’s collective “ watchers on the wall ”—the guardians who let you know when doom is coming. With that perspective, you might find it hard to believe that hackers, security researchers, and other cybersecurity experts have much to be thankful for, or to look forward to.

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How Wi-Fi router security has deteriorated since 2003

The Parallax

The Cyber Independent Testing Lab , a nonprofit organization that focuses on consumer cybersecurity, published research in December demonstrating how 28 home wireless routers fail to use even basic security techniques. D-Link takes the issues of network security and user privacy very seriously.”. READ MORE ON WI-FI SECURITY.

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Tough tumbler: Lock-picking vs. the pandemic shutdown

The Parallax

READ MORE ON LOCK-PICKING In post-massacre Vegas, security policies clash with privacy values How to choose a hacking camp for kids Default codes and the RemoteLock 6i: A cautionary IoT tale Competitive lock-picking dates back to the early 19th century, when lock manufacturers would offer rewards to anyone who could break their wares.

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Broadcom’s Approach Towards Delivering Customer Value

CIO

We’ve enabled customers to leverage unprecedented productivity and connectivity because, in hardware, we’ve pioneered seven generations of Wi-Fi products over the last two decades and increased Wi-Fi speeds by 100 times since our first smartphone chip. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the U.S.

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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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Fewer Small And Midsize Venture Funds Are Closing This Year

Crunchbase News

Not just fewer funds; less capital too Not only are investors raising fewer new funds; they’re securing less capital too. Quite a few are sector-focused in areas including cleantech, life sciences and cybersecurity. The rate of seed-funded companies graduating to Series A has also declined. This year, a total of $13.7

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A Great Engineering School Just Got Event Better: Fred Chang joins SMU, will focus on cyber security

CTOvision

It is also good news strategically for the cyber security community. Here is more from the press release : NATIONAL EXPERT TO LEAD BROAD CYBER SECURITY. in Cyber Security,computer science professor, Tower Center Senior Fellow. Lyle Endowed Centennial Distinguished Chair in Cyber Security. Frederick R. Gerald Turner. “Dr.