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How to Create Your Own Online Resume
When you are trying to look for a job or winning the heart of a client, the first thing that they would require from you is a copy of your resume. A resume is simply a document that showcases your skills and abilities. Usually, it is composed of only a couple of pages. In the past, hard copies of resumes were handed out and submitted to companies and employers. But in this modern day and age where everything is already running online, it is practical to have an online resume. There are two ways on how you can go about this. One is by using a dedicated resume builder, and another is by using a website builder. Regardless of which approach you choose to take, below are some of the key steps that you should follow. Step 1- Choose a builder In creating an online resume, the first thing that you need to do is to choose a dedicated resume builder or a website builder. If you opt for the former, you can instantly proceed to the next step after choosing the builder. However, if you opt for the latter, you need to also sign up for a plan and choose a domain name, before you get to choose a template. Step 2- Select a template Take time in choosing the perfect template for your online resume. While most templates feature various types of graphics and color themes, make sure to pick one that best reflects your personality and your profession. Explore some resume examples that you may find online. Once you have an idea of what looks good...Introducing Button, Faster Installs with Yarn, and a Public Roadmap · React Native
We have heard from many people that there is so much work happening with React Native, it can be tough to keep track of what’s going on. To help communicate what work is in progress, we are now publishing a roadmap for React Native. At a high level, this work can be broken down into three priorities: If you have suggestions for features that you think would be valuable on the roadmap, check out Canny, where you can suggest new features and discuss existing proposals. What’s new in React Native Version 0.37 of React Native, released today, introduces a new core component to make it really easy to add a touchable Button to any app. We’re also introducing support for the new Yarn package manager, which should speed up the whole process of updating your app’s dependencies. Introducing Button Today we’re introducing a basic <Button /> component that looks great on every platform. This addresses one of the most common pieces of feedback we get: React Native is one of the only mobile development toolkits without a button ready to use out of the box. Experienced React Native developers know how to make a button: use TouchableOpacity for the default look on iOS, TouchableNativeFeedback for the ripple effect on Android, then apply a few styles. Custom buttons aren’t particularly hard to build or install, but we aim to make React Native radically easy to learn. With the addition of a basic button into core, newcomers will be able to develop something awesome in their first day, rather than spending that time formatting a Button and learning about Touchable nuances....TOP 10 ADVANTAGES OF .NET CORE
Introduction As soon as you decide to invest in a software application, you’ve surely identified a need on the market and you already have a solid business plan prepared. You might be an expert in your domain, but when it comes to implementing that idea, the right technologies and tools for it are not always clear from the beginning. The solution that best fits your needs in terms of technology used, hosting options, 3rd party integrations or platform, is often suggested by the development team, consultants or software architects – that know all the technicalities, as well as the pros and cons for each option available at the moment. Discover in this article the top 10 advantages of choosing to develop your application with .NET Core: .NET Core is Cross-Platform.NET Core is Open SourceMature Framework and Widely Used Programming LanguagesThe .NET Core Supports a Wide Range of Application TypesIncreased Security with .NET Core.NET Core Enables Top App Performance.NET Core Enables Flexibility.NET Core is Cost Effective.NET Core has a Large Community.NET Core was Created by Microsoft 1. .NET Core is Cross-Platform When you start creating an application, you go on the road with a few things already settled. One of them is the Operating System (OS) that your app targets. The decision is driven by the context, the market, the end users or, in some cases, even by your development team. Because the market and your budget are not linear, constantly evolving and changing, you need to be able to adapt your business fast. If at a given time you need to be able to support more users at the same...‘Restless’ B.C. web developer creates free food-ordering apps for local restaurants | CBC News
An app developer in B.C.’s Interior is using his talents and spare time to create mobile ordering apps at no charge for small, locally-run restaurants, to help them keep their businesses running amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though many restaurants have remained open, their business models have changed — takeout and delivery have become king, and third-party delivery services like Skip The Dishes and DoorDash are busier than ever. But when a restaurant signs up for one of those third-party delivery apps, they lose revenue. Kelowna restaurant owner Trevor Jones said it would cost him up to 30 per cent to have a third-party driver deliver food to customers. “It really is a complete ordering experience that kind of cuts out the middleman,” he said. That’s where Jeremy Buhler comes in; his app development business, Eazi-Apps, slowed down, just like many others, when the pandemic hit. He was growing restless and said he couldn’t sit on the couch any longer. He decided to put his skills to use, offering free mobile app development for restaurants. “Mobile apps are highly underappreciated and underutilized technology right now, because historically, this has been, apps are only for the big players,” he said. “[Any restaurant] can have their own mobile app and the mobile app goes directly on their customer’s phone.” On average, app development for a small restaurant would cost between $2,400 and $3,500, Buhler said. There is a maintenance fee of $149 per month to maintain the app and keep it current on Apple and Google. Once an app has been created, which Buhler said takes about a week, it has to be approved by Apple and Google before...
Machine learning could check if you’re social distancing properly at work
Andrew Ng’s startup Landing AI has created a new workplace monitoring tool that issues an alert when anyone is less than the desired distance from a colleague. Six feet apart: On Thursday, the startup released a blog post with a new demo video showing off a new social distancing detector. On the left is a feed of people walking around on the street. On the right, a bird’s-eye diagram represents each one as a dot and turns them bright red when they move too close to someone else. The company says the tool is meant to be used in work settings like factory floors and was developed in response to the request of its customers (which include Foxconn). It also says the tool can easily be integrated into existing security camera systems, but that it is still exploring how to notify people when they break social distancing. One possible method is an alarm that sounds when workers pass too close to one another. A report could also be generated overnight to help managers rearrange the workspace, the company says. Under the hood: The detector must first be calibrated to map any security footage against the real-world dimensions. A trained neural network then picks out the people in the video, and another algorithm computes the distances between them. Workplace surveillance: The concept is not new. Earlier this month, Reuters reported that Amazon is also using similar software to monitor the distances between their warehouse staff. The tool also joins a growing suite of technologies that companies are increasingly using to surveil their workers. There are now myriad cheap off-the-shelf AI...
Webinar Spamming Incidences Increase in Nepal, A Group Involved in Cyber Crimes Tracked
Schools, colleges, and various institutions have been hosting webinars to make the best use of the lockdown period after the COVID-19 crisis began. Girls In Tech – Nepal in collaboration with Genese Cloud Academy has been hosting webinars, three each week, since the end of March 2020. Over two dozen webinars have been already organized and getting encouraging participation of around a hundred enthusiastic youths in each session. Sadly, the webinar in Nepal has started getting disturbed by spammers who participate anonymously with the sole intention of disturbing these sessions. After severe disturbances, some of the webinars hosted by Girls In Tech – Nepal had to be terminated and postponed. Girls In Tech – Nepal is not the sole victim of such occurrences. Robotics Association of Nepal (RAN) also faced similar spammer activity in a virtual panel discussion hosted on 27 April by its Miss Tech wing. Few spammers posted comments with vulgar words in the chat thread of the session’s LIVE video making the situation awkward for all the guests and participants. Similarly, NxtGen – a non-profit organization under the Pulchowk Engineering Campus also faced a similar incidence on the ‘COVID-19 Preparedness for Students’ session hosted on 27 April. The session was hosted to prepare individuals for upcoming uncertain times due to the COVID-19 outbreak. During the event, the organizers noticed some audiences from fake emails violating cybersecurity laws which left the audience and the speakers to misery. However, NxtGen was able to immediately fix the lack of security on the platform that the individuals exploited and promptly began working with law enforcement. Furthermore, the NxtGen team has...
Cyber security review may spell end for Huawei 5G deal | Technology | The Guardian
The National Cyber Security Agency in the UK is expected to conclude that US sanctions against Huawei will make it impossible to use the Chinese company’s technology as planned for 5G networks. The emergency review, announced on Sunday, is designed to pave the way for Downing Street to push for the total elimination of Huawei equipment in British phone networks by 2023 and quell a Conservative backbench revolt. That move will amount to a hasty reversal of the policy announced by ministers in January to limit Huawei to 35% of the British 5G network supply. It also risks irritating China and adding hundreds of millions of costs to BT and other phone companies. Leaks on Friday suggested that Downing Street was preparing the ground for a dramatic climbdown. A government spokesman said: “Following the US announcement of additional sanctions against Huawei, the NCSC is looking carefully at any impact they could have to the UK’s networks.” In early May, the US said it would impose fresh sanctions against Huawei as part of a long-running campaign against the company, whose technology, the White House claims, could be exploited by China to conduct surveillance against the west. The US sanctions, due to be introduced in September, would prevent Huawei from using US semiconductors and software to build 5G equipment and force it to source alternatives, most likelyfrom China. Whitehall sources said the threatened US restrictions meant that any review would almost certainly say that Huawei posed a security risk. A particular concern was that Huawei would become reliant on unfamiliar and untested components, which could be exploited. Huawei has repeatedly denied...
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS: A local web developer is starting a new company despite the coronavirus pandemic
The Williamson County web developer Kishore Tummala planned to go all out on a party celebrating the start of his new business. He bought space on a billboard in Brentwood to announce the opening, and planned to invite friends and colleagues. Instead, on Thursday morning he celebrated the launch of his business on a Zoom call with nearly 80 participants hosted by Williamson Inc. The chamber created a virtual background to mark the occasion. Friends, family and colleagues cheered and posted clapping emojis when he mimed cutting the ribbon on the virtual background. Nearly 80 people joined a Zoom call to celebrate the launch of a new web development business called Bundle N, founded by Kishore Tummala. The coronavirus outbreak in Williamson County scuttled Tummala’s plans for a party, but it’s not stopping him from starting a business, a web development company called Bundle N. As businesses move more of their work online, he felt like he had something to offer, and he didn’t want to wait. “There is an opportunity for us to help small businesses that will be struggling with all the economic impact,” Tummala said. “We thought this might be the right time. It’s not the right time in an economic perspective, but we should be able to help.” The company already has clients. He said he’s building two mobile apps and working on a home security project. He’s also planning to help the local brand of the National Alliance for Mental Illness with their IT needs. Tummala has been working on web development in Middle Tennessee for two decades. He held positions at the insurance...Kooringal High School student among winners in 2020 CSU cyber-security challenge | The Daily Advertiser | Wagga Wagga, NSW
news, education, The next generation of cyber-security specialists has cleared the first hurdle into their careers, with the completion of a year-long intensive challenge. Founded by Charles Sturt University’s Professor Tanveer Zia, the Girls in Cyber Security Advancing program introduced 137 female years 9 and 10 students from all over the country to the world of information connectivity. Intended to be held in Wagga over three days this week, the final challenge was forced to migrate online. Between Monday and Wednesday this week, the 16 top-performing students went head-to-head in teams to devise a solution to common cyber-security issues. Kooringal High School year 10 student Maimuna Zaman took out the top prize with her team for an app that interactively teaches primary school students how to stay safe online. “We proposed a game for 10 to 14-year-olds to teach them cyber-security, how to recognise malicious activity, and how to avoid it,” said the Wagga-based 15-year-old. “We thought it’d be useful for younger generations to have those skills. Once they’ve got them, they’ll know it for life. “Cyber-hackers look for ways to attack kids because they don’t know what to look for or really what they’re doing online.” Until launching into the challenge on Monday, Maimuna and her fellow cyber-security geniuses had not met. Since they were scattered all over the state, travel restrictions required that they work together via online video networking, which provided its own set of challenges. “It was difficult at first, the internet was a problem and servers kept crashing,” Maimuna said. “We just had to make the best of it.” Aside from the team’s winning...
Top 5 Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Tools
Cross-platform mobile app development – one of the most sought-after terms in the mobile app industry. Everyone likes to code and customize the mobile app. But keeping the same time and definitely the same code. Yes, write once and run everywhere is becoming not just the trend but the demand indeed and in need of today’s world. The cross-platform mobile apps are the all-new form of mobility. Technology means there should not be the barriers resisting the mobility and power of making codes flexible as much as possible. Here are the top five imperative tools to consider for Cross-Platform Mobile App Development: Xamarin: Xamarin is the most called platform for native mobile applications. The latest and advanced. Mainly used for easy access to data and building apps for almost every mobile platforms such as iOS, Android and Windows. Xamarin uses C# as the base language. The one who enjoys coding with C sharp can surely mingle up with this platform as a developer. Also, the Swift language is fine to use with this platform for programming for cross-platform apps. The platform allows using an integrated development environment and APIs directly into the Xamarin Studio. The mobile apps built with this platform are highly seamless and device friendly for many different devices. So we can consider Xamarin as playing the most vital role in defining the cross-platform apps. PhoneGap: PhoneGap is one of the open source platforms and it is completely free for developing cross-platform apps. It builds a single app that works with several platforms and easy to handle the programming part. Because of its library functions and easy...
International Women’s Day: Anna Chung – one woman’s experience in cyber-security
My name is Anna Chung and I am a Principal Researcher at Unit 42, the global threat intelligence team at Palo Alto Networks. In celebration of International Women’s Day, I wanted to share my experiences as a woman working within cyber-security; and my advice for others who are looking to get involved within the technology and cyber-industries. My role on the Unit 42 team is to understand the cyber-threat landscape and provide intelligence assessments to help customers prioritise their actions, time and resources. I typically spend my day researching new malicious tools, tactics and procedures discovered by the global security community. I use both internal and external tools to monitor cyber-threats, and then transform the raw materials into actionable threat intelligence. The final research results are delivered through the Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 blog, and feed into our products, as well as community sharing programmes. My advice for women looking to start a career in cyber-security is don’t be put off by the scientific image sometimes presented. When many people hear the term cyber-security they think it is about mathematics, coding and engineering. This can create for some an assumption that there’s a high barrier to entry. I have a confession. My mathematics was terrible in high school and in the national entrance exam I received a score of 50 out of 100, leaving me feeling inadequate. However, I still found a career path in the information security industry. So how did I get here? Cyber-security is such a young industry and full of potential that it doesn’t just need people who are into maths, engineering and coding;...
Getting Started as an Ethereum Web Developer
UPDATE: I have created a repo for you to play around with that showcases most of the stuff covered in this article. I routinely build web applications that use Ethereum and I think I take for granted the amazing toolset that I use every day. Our ecosystem is growing rapidly and I think a lot of newcomers are feeling overwhelmed. Ethereum is an amazing technology, but it is also nascent and there simply hasn’t been enough time for expertise to sufficiently permeate. I want people to know that Ethereum development is actually very compatible with modern web developer workflows — it’s relatively easy to integrate Ethereum functionality into any web application, and you can start today .Because I fancy myself a champion of Ethereum on a mission to show mainstream developers the light, I have decided to put a bunch of scattered knowledge into one place (not very decentralized, I know). You will of course need to consult the proper documentation at each step, but my hope is that this article will show you how everything, more or less, fits together.If you’re ready to learn, please let me be your spirit guide. Come join the Ethereum ecosystem and help us conquer the world. Step 1: Get a blockchain There are lots of clients to choose from, but I suggest not yet worrying about geth vs parity vs pyethapp (the up and coming python client — represent!). For everyone who just wants a freaking blockchain so they can start building stuff (e.g. you), I suggest testrpc for all your development needs. Once you have it installed, you can start it...Harvey Weinstein jury selection: bias, big data and ‘likes’ – Reuters
(Reuters) – When lawyers in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial question potential jurors on Thursday, they may already know who has used the #MeToo hashtag on Twitter or criticized victims of sexual harassment in a Facebook discussion. FILE PHOTO: Harvey Weinstein exits the New York Criminal Court after his sexual assault trial in Manhattan, New York, January 7. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz The intersection of big data capabilities and prevalence of social media has transformed the business of jury research in the United States, which once meant gleaning information about potential jurors from car bumper stickers or the appearance of a home. Now, consultants scour Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and other social media platforms for hard-to-find comments or “likes” in discussion groups or even selfies of a juror wearing a potentially biased t-shirt. “This is a whole new generation of information than we had in the past,” said Jeffrey Frederick, the director of Jury Research Services at the National Legal Research Group Inc. The techniques seem tailor-made for the Weinstein trial, which has become a focal point for #MeToo, the social media movement that has exposed sexual misconduct by powerful men in business, politics and entertainment. Weinstein, 67, has pleaded not guilty to charges of assaulting two women. The once-powerful movie producer faces life in prison if convicted on the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault. On Thursday, the legal teams will begin questioning potential jurors, a process known as voir dire. More than 100 people passed an initial screening and the identities of many of those people have been known publicly for days, allowing for extensive background research. Mark Geragos, a...
Phishing Windows Credentials | Penetration Testing Lab
It is very common in Windows environments when programs are executed to require from the user to enter his domain credentials for authentication like Outlook, authorization of elevation of privileges (User Account Control) or simply when Windows are inactive (Lock Screen). Mimic this behavior of Windows can lead to harvest credentials of Windows users that could be used for lateral movement during red team assessments. This technique can be useful when initial foothold has been achieved on the system and credentials of the user cannot be discovered by alternative methods. C# Modern red teaming technique require tradecraft to be based in C# language since it allows in-memory execution by various frameworks such as Cobalt Strike, Covenant etc. The FakeLogonScreen is a Windows utility that was developed in C# by Arris Huijgen that will mimic Windows logon screen in an attempt to obtain the password of the current user. The tool has the ability to show the background that is currently configured in order to reduce the risk of security conscious users to spot this malicious operation. Windows Fake Logon Screen When the user enter his password on the fake logon screen it will perform a validation against the Active Directory or locally to ensure that the password is correct. The password will be displayed in the console. Fake Logon Screen – Credentials There is also a secondary binary which is part of the project and stores the credentials to a file (user.db) on local disk. Specifically executing the following will read the file that contains the credentials of the domain user. Fake Logon Screen – Credentials Stored A similar...6 Strategies An Online Business Should Apply During a Crisis
Crisis and unfortunate scenarios cause a significant effect on online businesses. During these trying times, you may need to employ certain strategies to ensure that your online business will continue to thrive. 1. Build your email list Take this time to build your email list, which can be one of your most valuable business assets. In doing so, make sure that you are targeting an audience who will greatly benefit from your products and services, particularly during a crisis. Thus, find ways on how you can reach your target market and have them sign up for your email marketing program. 2. Leverage PBNs to complement your SEO strategy Compliment your SEO technique with PBN (private blog network) links to ensure that your website will show up on the first page when users search for products and services within your business niche. The experts behind T-RANKS believe that a high-quality, premium, and homepage contextual PBN backlink will not only lead to an effective SEO strategy, but it will also make your results last. The reason behind this is that PBNs usually have a good record of backlinks, keyword relevance, and do-follow statistics. 3. Publish blogs on your site By publishing blogs on your site, your customers are constantly updated with new information relevant to your business. One of your blogs can center on letting them know how your business addresses the crisis. Make sure that your blogs are not only available on your site, but do share them too on your social media accounts to reach more people. 4. Reinvent your marketing tactics Another way for your online business to...
Clutch Names Appetiser Industry Leader in Mobile App Development
Recent trends have shown that both the creative and practical incorporation of mobile applications into the average person’s lifestyle is continuing to expand at a rapid rate. The role of a mobile app developer is more important now than it has ever been, making it increasingdifficult to set apart the diligent companies with proven expertise from their less effective counter parts. This issue is exactly what the Washington D.C. located company, Clutch is aiming to improve. Clutch is an established business to business review platform that helps firms across the globe connect with the best solution providers that they need in order to improve effectiveness and increase productivity. Their platform features formal, in depth reviews from former clients as well essential information about a company including their location, number of employees, typical prices, and service focus. Our company Appetiser, a team of mobile app developers focused on rapid agile development, is honored to announce that we have been ranked among the 2019 top mobile app developers in Australia. The research that our company was evaluated on was based on a holistic set of criteria, including our thought leadership, types of clientele, work portfolio, and especially our expertise. In addition, the client reviews are a great tool for our company to evaluate performance and to ensure that we are continually improving.With a 5-starrating and multiple flattering reviews, we have seen strong results from Clutch’s extensive research process. Our team is excited with the positive comments so far and are excited to see what feedback awaits us in the future. The dedication to our clients and commitment to producing quality results can also be verified through Clutch’s sister sites, “The Manifest” and “Visual Objects”. The manifest is a valuable tool...
International Women’s Day. Sexual harassment and discrimination: The dark side of cyber-security conferences
International Women’s Day is a time to celebrate the progress the cyber-security industry has made in improving gender diversity. Yet it’s a sad but true fact that women are still facing discrimination and sexual harassment when attending and speaking at conferences. The industry is trying to encourage more women to get involved in cyber-security events. Yet when your talk is followed by sexist remarks and in the worst cases, unwanted advances, it’s not hard to see why women might prefer to stay away altogether. The figures reflect the truth. More than 40 percent of women who attend cyber-security conferences experience derogatory, inflammatory or discriminatory language, comments or conduct, according to a study by Jane Frankland’s IN Security Movement. Jane Frankland Frankland’s study of 2,150 women across the world found one in four had been sexually harassed at conferences, often by older, more powerful men. When these incidents were reported, more than half were dissatisfied with how it was handled. Cyber security researcher Maggie Morganti has experienced the dark side of conferences first-hand. “People started leading with sentences like ‘not to be creepy but…’, physically touching me, and other very uncomfortable interactions. They did this whether I was alone, with other women, or with male friends.” Maggie Morganti Morganti tried several tactics in hope of avoiding these unwelcome advances, such as always ensuring she was accompanied by a male friend. But it solved nothing. “I was still pawed at by men I barely knew. I was nearly followed home by a total stranger because I was ‘Maggs from Twitter’ – and I’m willing to bet I wasn’t the only one.”...
