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Estonia, which created a volunteer Cyber Defence Unit after cyberattacks in 2007, offers key lessons to the US in attracting tech talent and educating citizens (Monica M. Ruiz/Wired)

Monica M. Ruiz / Wired: Estonia, which created a volunteer Cyber Defence Unit after cyberattacks in 2007, offers key lessons to the US in attracting tech talent and educating citizens  —  The tiny European nation has come a long way after crippling cyberattacks in 2007.  Now, it offers key lessons in attracting tech talent and

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The court filing sheds light on how US was able to attribute the Equifax hack to China and the techniques alleged state sponsored hackers used (Jeff Stone/CyberScoop)

Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: The court filing sheds light on how US was able to attribute the Equifax hack to China and the techniques alleged state sponsored hackers used  —  Even for U.S. law enforcement, the Equifax hack was different.  —  Unlike in previous examples of apparent Chinese government-backed cyber-operations … The court filing sheds

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How AI is being used to detect and fight ransomware attacks, and how criminals could use AI to plot more efficient ransomware attacks (Khari Johnson/VentureBeat)

Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: How AI is being used to detect and fight ransomware attacks, and how criminals could use AI to plot more efficient ransomware attacks  —  Imagine getting to a courthouse and seeing paper signs stuck to the doors with the message “Systems down.”  What about police officers in the field unable …

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GitHub goes GUI-less

Git is a handy tool that many of us are using for more than just software development. Having a cloud-based upstream repository is also surprisingly useful, but until now using GitHub — the most common upstream server — meant firing up a web browser, at least for certain tasks. Now GitHub is releasing a beta

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India-based social commerce startup Simsim, which supports local languages like Hindi and Tamil, raises $16M across seed, Series A, and Series B in seven months (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India-based social commerce startup Simsim, which supports local languages like Hindi and Tamil, raises $16M across seed, Series A, and Series B in seven months  —  Simsim, a social commerce startup in India, said on Friday it has raised $16 million in seven months of its existence as it attempts …

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