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Window Snyder’s new startup Thistle Technologies raises $2.5M seed to secure IoT devices

TechCrunch

The Internet of Things has a security problem. The past decade has seen wave after wave of new internet-connected devices, from sensors through to webcams and smart home tech, often manufactured in bulk but with little — if any — consideration to security.

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Even North Korea has an antivirus program—but it’s used for spying

The Parallax

Malware and antivirus software usually go together like tacos and pickles. How Spain is waging Internet war on Catalan separatists. Pretty much any software can be targeted to be ripped off,” says Mark Lechtik, a security researcher on the Check Point Malware Research Team who led the investigation into SiliVaccine.

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Protestware on the rise: Why developers are sabotaging their own code

TechCrunch

His areas of interest include open source software security, malware analysis, data breaches, and scam investigations. Some compared this to the 2016 left-pad incident that briefly broke a large part of the internet after the project’s developer deleted his widely-used code in protest. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues

The Parallax

In their pursuit of patient data, cybercriminals often reach for the lowest-hanging bunches of fruit, which often are the least secured legacy Windows computers, as well as Internet-connected devices collectively known as the Internet of Things. Time for a Department of the Internet of Things?

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Karamba’s bold quest to secure connected cars

The Parallax

Here, and on the much larger urban byways of Moscow, Bogota, Shanghai, or any global city where car congestion has risen in the new century, vehicles are increasingly connected to the Internet. billion CAN bus interfaces were sold in 2016, and the overall data bus market is expected to be worth $19.47 billion by 2021.

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How the tech industry is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

TechCrunch

The attack began with cyberattacks that targeted Ukrainian government departments with floods of internet traffic and data-wiping malware, followed by a ground, sea and air incursion. Uber, which has operated in Ukraine since 2016 and is present in nine cities, paused operations within the country.

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Fragmentation likely to hinder Android P’s security chops

The Parallax

Google Play is an ‘order of magnitude’ better at blocking malware. Nougat, first released in 2016, collectively run on about 33 percent of Android devices around the world. For one, the new version hides the unique hardware identifier that all Internet-connected devices have, known as the MAC address. And Android 5.1