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Nord Security, the startup behind NordVPN, raises its first-ever funding, $100M at a $1.6B valuation

TechCrunch

VPN usage has surged in the last several years, with growing concerns over data privacy and security — and sometimes completely different motivations like people wanting to access content otherwise blocked in their regions — driving an estimated 30% of all internet consumers globally to use a VPN at some point this year.

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What does Stack Overflow want to be when it grows up?

Coding Horror

I currently do other stuff now , and I have since 2012, but if I will be known for anything when I'm dead, clearly it is going to be good old Stack Overflow. Which reminds me, I should check my Twitter and see who else is wrong on the Internet today. It's called Stack Overflow. But I didn't do that. Uh, have you met me?

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CVE-2020-1350: Wormable Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows DNS Server Disclosed (SIGRed)

Tenable

On July 14, Microsoft patched a critical vulnerability in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) Server as part of Patch Tuesday for July 2020. CVE-2020-1350 is a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Windows DNS servers due to the improper handling of DNS requests. Background. It was assigned a CVSSv3 score of 10.0,

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Microsoft’s February 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 99 CVEs Including Internet Explorer Zero-Day (CVE-2020-0674)

Tenable

This month’s updates include patches for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Office Service and Web Apps, Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool and Windows Surface Hub. CVE-2020-0706 | Microsoft Browser Information Disclosure Vulnerability.

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Collabio lets you co-edit documents without the cloud

TechCrunch

Document collaborating will be possible from anywhere in the future, not only (as now) via a local network: A major release slated for next month will add p2p collaboration that works via the Internet — but still without the privacy risk of having a remote server in the loop. Image credit: XCDS/Collabio.

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How African CIOs can serve as agents of adoption for digital currencies

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Despite an evolving internet penetration rate of 47% in 2020, according to Internet World statistics, the social use of ICTs remains the main cause of digital illiteracy in Africa. This educational gap is also driven by some companies exploiting the system, perpetuating a lack of inaccurate information and confidence of populations.

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The Slow Death of Internet Explorer and the Future of Progressive Enhancement

A List Apart

Of far more significance is the increasingly gaping chasm between Internet Explorer and every other major browser. Internet Explorer, meanwhile, has been all but abandoned by Microsoft, which is attempting to push Windows users toward Edge. Internet Explorer’s global market share since 2013 is shown in dark blue.