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This Samsung Laptop Is On Sale For $1.2M

May 24, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

Would you pay more than a million dollars for a Samsung laptop that is 11 years old? How about I sweeten the deal by adding that it’s running the long-since out of date and unsupported Windows XP operating system?

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Dark Web Shutdowns Could Hamper Intelligence Gathering

May 22, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

The dark web, alternatively known as the darknet or deep web, has long been a subject of controversy. The concept of “onion routing,” that is messages encapsulated in layers of encryption like the layers of an onion, on a secure, private internet was originally conceived by researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Lab.

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HikVision: U.S. May Blacklist China's Surveillance Giant Over Xinjiang Role

May 22, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

Last year, the South China Morning Post reported that “surveillance spending in the far western [Xinjiang] region – one of the most policed places on earth – ballooned nearly 100% [in 2017] to US$8.8 billion.

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Everyone Benefits from Cybersecurity Safety in the Workplace

May 22, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

It’s been quite a year already. Global data breaches have already compromised 4.5 billion records in the first half of 2018, a 133% increase compared to the same time last year.

Daily Brief

Why Enterprise Blockchain Projects Fail

May 20, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

Blockchain technology, like other innovative breakthroughs before it, is undergoing a rapid prototyping and adoption phase.

Daily Brief

Trump vs. Huawei: The World Is Watching

May 20, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

President Trump’s new Executive Order on imported technology bares sharp teeth at Huawei and other Chinese companies, but it doesn’t have any teeth yet.

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Coming to the Office Environment: Virtual Reality Training

May 20, 2019 Susan Hoffman

Many enterprises use virtual reality training for their employees. It appears likely that other companies may eventually follow the same path.

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With A Second WannaCry Looming, More Than Half Of Industrial Sites Are Vulnerable

May 15, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

Microsoft issued an urgent warning to users of older Windows systems to apply an update in order to protect against a potential widespread cyber attack.

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Improving Network Security: Normal Addresses and Behavior

May 15, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

To understand network security from a technical vantage point, it is first necessary to know the answers to the questions of "What is my network address?" and "What is normal for my network?"

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WhatsApp patches security flaw that allows attackers to deliver malware through calls

May 15, 2019 Wes O'Donnell

WhatsApp is urging its 1.5 billion users to update their app after the company detected sophisticated hacking attempts that might have targeted human rights activists.