Twitter verification is a two-edged sword. According to Twitter, it’s supposed to let people know “that an account of public interest is authentic.” That’s great, so long as the account is authentic, but what if, one day, it suddenly isn’t? An attacker that can wrestle a verified account from its owner can cloak themselves in …
The infamous cloud and its capabilities has quickly gained popularity in the average household as tech giants like Google, Apple and Amazon have created an expectation that cloud storage services are standard features. But while cloud storage may be convenient and cost-effective for personal use, there are many business cases where on-premise servers and …
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The infamous cloud and its capabilities has quickly gained popularity in the average household as tech giants like Google, Apple and Amazon have created an expectation that cloud storage services are standard features. But while cloud storage may be convenient and cost-effective for personal use, there are many business cases where on-premise servers and …
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ORLANDO, Fla. (April 29, 2022) – Jennifer McKinley joined the Florida High Tech Corridor as director of its Matching Grants Research Program at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where she brings extensive experience in high tech industry, academic research, public-private partnerships, industry-academic collaborations and new company creation. In her role, McKinley will drive applied …
Fraudsters like confusing and disorienting people. Successful ones avoid obvious lines of approach and try things you wouldn’t expect. A recent story highlights this, with a particularly devious method of parting someone from their money. The Daily Record reports scammers running off with an $11,000 haul from a lady in Scotland. They did this by subverting …
When someone finds their social media account compromised, they first think about letting their followers know. And they do. They warn others from reading any strange posts, usually containing a rogue link, before they sort out the matter behind the scenes. Some curious followers who missed these posts backtrack the feed—only to find that nothing …
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Google has launched its new “nutrition labels” for apps, a feature it promised in the spring of 2021. This release came days after the Chrome team released badges for the Chrome Web Store for browser extensions. The company said in a blog post that it’s rolling out the labels—which it calls the Google Play Data …
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The Computer Emergency Response Team in Ukraine (CERT-UA) has announced that Ukraine government web portals and pro-Ukraine sites are subjected to ongoing DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. They don’t currently know who is behind these attacks. The attack involves injecting a malicious JavaScript (JS)—officially named “BrownFlood”—into compromised WordPress sites, arming them with the ability …
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When she was assigned a group research project in her class on Ethical and Legal Issues in Student Personnel, Annaliese Bullock embraced the undertaking.
UCF-based Limbitless Solutions, which creates bionic arms for children, took top honors Thursday in front of some of the hottest companies in Orange, Brevard, and Volusia counties.
