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Facebook links cyberespionage group APT32 to Vietnamese IT firm

Security Affairs

Vietnam-linked APT group APT32 , also known as OceanLotus and APT-C-00, carried out cyber espionage campaigns against Chinese entities to gather intelligence on the COVID-19 crisis. The APT32 group has been active since at least 2012, it has targeted organizations across multiple industries and foreign governments, dissidents, and journalists.

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DoppelPaymer, a fork of BitPaymer Ransomware, appeared in the threat landscape

Security Affairs

Cybercrime gang tracked as TA505 has been active since 2014 and focusing on Retail and Banking industries. This new variant was behind a series of ransomware campaigns beginning in June 2019, including attacks against the City of Edcouch, Texas and the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture.”

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

Hackers send offensive, sexual messages to Chicago suburban school districts (unknown) ‘Beyond troubling’ emails sent from hacked teacher’s account (1) South African firm Absa accuses employee of leaking customer data (unknown). In other news….

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Improving government services with Collibra Data Quality & Observability: A closer look at the food stamp program

Collibra

Navigating a complex data landscape SNAP is administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) division. Recipients can use their EBT cards at authorized retailers to purchase eligible food items. Each state has its own agency responsible for SNAP oversight.

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Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard

Schneier on Security

NIST has completed a study -- it was published last year, but I just saw it recently -- calculating the costs and benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard. Extending the approach of looking back from 2017 to the larger national economy required the selection of economic sectors best represented by the 169 survey respondents.

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The Internet of Things (IoT): Managing the Data Tsunami

Collibra

The Internet-of-Things has the potential to transform a range of industries – from automotive and agriculture through to healthcare, home appliances and insurance services. Although one can’t generalize entirely, it is predominantly retail and government uses of IoT that will potentially face the strictest scrutiny.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

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