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Stop using your phone number to log in

Vox

Even things that those services might recommend as an added security measure — like text, SMS, or multi-factor authentication — can actually introduce more vulnerabilities. Back in 2001 when I worked at Vodafone, we saw this problem coming,” said Marc Rogers, who is now chief security officer at the cybersecurity firm Q-Net Security.

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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

Dataconomy

It works by exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system or other software on the target machine to gain access and create copies of itself. Worms can quickly spread to other devices connected to the same network, causing widespread damage and disrupting normal operations.

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The silent spreaders: How computer worms can sneak into your system undetected?

Dataconomy

It works by exploiting vulnerabilities in the operating system or other software on the target machine to gain access and create copies of itself. Worms can quickly spread to other devices connected to the same network, causing widespread damage and disrupting normal operations.

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Xbox architects share stories from the console’s early days and discuss the future of gaming

GeekWire

On Sega and Xbox: In Moore’s previous job at Sega of America, he was the executive who’d made the call to discontinue Sega’s last console, the Dreamcast, in 2001. To create authentic content, it needs to come from people who are like the audience, like Bonnie says.” But who makes the content?

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The Back-to-Basics Readings of 2012 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Jul - 13 Hints for Computer Systems Design Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp. Harris, Alex Ho, Rolf Neugebauer, Ian Pratt, Andrew Warfield, in the Proceedings of the 19th ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, October 19-22, 2003, Bolton Landing, NY USA.

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Sen. Ed Markey on the politics of technology

The Verge

MK: As all good memes should be, it’s authentic, right? NP: The Patriot Act happened in 2001 after 9/11, another moment that I thought would be the defining and formative moment of my life — and it certainly is one. Apple and Google are building a contact tracing exposure notification facility into their operating systems.

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