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Data center provider fakes Tier 4 data center certificate to bag $11M SEC deal

CIO

Deepak Jain, CEO of a Maryland-based IT services firm, has been indicted for fraud and making false statements after allegedly falsifying a Tier 4 data center certification to secure a $10.7 million contract with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). From 2012 through 2018, the SEC paid Company A approximately $10.7

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Corsha lands $12M to bring MFA security to machine-to-machine API traffic

TechCrunch

based cybersecurity startup, has secured a $12 million Series A investment to bring multi-factor authentication (MFA) to machine-to-machine API traffic. Typically, if an application or service wants to make an API call, it leverages a primary authentication factor like a PKI certificate or a JSON web token.

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Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues

The Parallax

Hackers often talk about practicing good “cybersecurity hygiene” : making sure that basic standards, such as using unique passwords for each log-in, are met. This breadth of information can be much more valuable on the black market—sometimes up to $30 per record—than the typical consumer financial profile , which sells for $10 to $12.

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There is no longer any such thing as Computer Security

Coding Horror

Remember "cybersecurity"? pic.twitter.com/phONMKHBle — Mustafa Al-Bassam (@musalbas) September 9, 2018. security-facabook.com. security-facabook.com. They were working with IT and security professionals. Mysterious hooded computer guys doing mysterious hooded computer guy. Quick phishing demo.

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Runa Sandvik’s new startup Granitt secures at-risk people from hackers and nation states

TechCrunch

Sandvik is also a renowned hacker and security researcher and, as of recently, a founder. Sandvik told me about her work and her new bootstrapped startup, how leaders should prioritize their cybersecurity efforts, and, what piece of security advice she would give that every person should know. Runa Sandvik, founder of Granitt.

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Set your iPhone up as a Google 2FA key in 5 steps

The Parallax

Google has made it possible to use your iPhone as a two-factor authentication key, just as it did last year for Android phones. Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of security to account log-ins. That form of 2FA, while certainly more secure than single-factor authentication, is susceptible to SIM card jacking.

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How to protect your Ring from hackers (and Amazon partners)

The Parallax

The Ring doorbell spent much of 2019 getting buzzed by perceived security and privacy issues, from secret agreements with law enforcement agencies to cybersecurity practices that put its users at risk. It’s designed to be a Wi-Fi-enabled, 180-degree security camera pointed perpetually at your doorstep and your neighbors.

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