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Two ransomware groups abuse Microsoft’s Office 365 platform to gain access to target organizations

Security Affairs

Two ransomware groups exploiting Microsoft 365 services and default settings to target internal enterprise users. Sophos researchers started investigating two distinct clusters of activity, tracked as STAC5143 and STAC5777, in response to customer ransomware attacks in November and December 2024. Threat actors used their own Microsoft 365 tenants and exploited a default Teams setting allowing external users to contact internal users for attacks.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max: Which phone should you buy?

Collaboration 2.0

Samsung and Apple have introduced two of the best flagship smartphones on the market. Here's how to choose which one is right for you.

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Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 1: organizers awarded $382,750 for 16 zero-days

Security Affairs

Trend Micros Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that $380K was awarded on Day 1 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025. Trend Micros Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that over $380,000 was awarded on Day 1 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, a hacking contest that was held in Tokyo. In total, the organizers awarded $382,750 for 16 unique working zero-day exploits targeting infotainment systems, electric vehicle (EV) chargers, and automotive operating systems.The team fuzzware.io (composed of Tobias Scharnowski

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Have a genealogy mystery? How I used AI to solve a family puzzle

Collaboration 2.0

I met my third cousin on Ancestry. Even though we share just 1% of our DNA, we used ChatGPT to connect the dots between generations.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Measures to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care Under HIPAA

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

HHS Office for Civil Rights Proposes Measures to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Health Care Under HIPAA madhav Thu, 01/23/2025 - 06:25 Data Breaches in Healthcare: Why Stronger Regulations Matter A data breach involving personal health information isnt just about stolen filesits a gut punch to trust and a serious shake-up to peoples lives. Think about it: sharing your deepest, most personal health concerns, only to have them spilled out into the world because of a cyberattack.

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Box-Checking or Behavior-Changing? Training That Matters

Data Breach Today

Exploring New Ways to Deliver and Measure Cybersecurity Awareness Programs Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA and CMMC have made security awareness training a staple of corporate security programs. But compliance is only part of the story. Organizations face an even deeper challenge: influencing employee behavior in ways that create a truly secure workplace.

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Is classic Outlook crashing when you start or reply to an email? A fix is on the way

Collaboration 2.0

A fix is due out in late January. For now, Microsoft has a workaround.

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Fraud Watch: E-Skimmers and Scam E-Commerce Sites Still Bite

Data Breach Today

Criminals Listed 269 Million Stolen Payment Card For Sale in 2024, Researchers Find It's an old story: Criminals rake in profits by using digital "e-skimming" software, running scam e-commerce sites and selling stolen payment card data. Unfortunately, it's made continually new thanks to adaptability of cybercriminals, who keep their tool set relevant and ever more lucrative.

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You can control your Chromebook with just a glance now

Collaboration 2.0

Google just announced a huge leap in accessibility for its Chromebook computers.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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US Congress Hears Calls for Aggressive Anti-China Cyber Ops

Data Breach Today

House Homeland Security Committee Mulls Response to Volt Typhoon, Future of CISA The United States needs to respond more aggressively to nation-state hacking, members of Congress heard Wednesday against a backdrop of changes, actual and planned, at the primary federal civilian cyber defense agency. "We need to call them out for this," said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas.

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How to clear the cache on your TV (and why it makes such a big difference)

Collaboration 2.0

Clearing the cache on your TV can be a great way to optimize its performance, fix bugs, and ensure you get the best viewing experience. Here's how to do it.

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Vishal Rao to Pull Double Duty as CEO of Trellix, Skyhigh

Data Breach Today

Rao Replaces Bryan Palma, Who Combined McAfee Enterprise, FireEye to Form Trellix Symphony Technology Group tapped Vishal Rao to take over as CEO of Trellix while continuing to serve as chief executive of sister company Skyhigh Security. The San Jose, California-based platform security vendor tasked longtime Cloudera and Splunk leader Rao with accelerating Trellix's market share.

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Why I recommend this Windows 2-in-1 for work travel over the iPad Pro and Lenovo Yoga

Collaboration 2.0

Months after launch, Microsoft's 11th-edition Surface Pro still delivers with a brilliant OLED display and a snappy processor.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Texas Investigates Insider Breach, Theft of Benefit Funds

Data Breach Today

7 Texas Health and Human Services Workers Fired in Incident Affecting 61,000 people Authorities in Texas are investigating an insider incident at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that led to the firing of seven employees, an investigation into hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen funds and notification of a breach of personal information affecting 61,000 people.

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge was sneakily the best announcement at Unpacked 2025

Collaboration 2.0

The company teased at Unpacked that it's launching a new Galaxy S25 Edge, although it'll likely come later as Apple prepares its iPhone 17 Air.

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ENISA: Embedding Resilience in Critical Infrastructure

Data Breach Today

ENISA's Marnix Dekker on Supply Chain Attacks, Harmonizing the New NIS2 Regulations The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity is at the center of rolling out new cybersecurity frameworks for critical infrastructure providers across Europe. But a major priority, according to ENISA's Marnix Dekker, is helping smaller vendors withstand supply chain attacks.

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Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge first look: Specs and features, release date, price, more

Collaboration 2.0

The company teased at Unpacked that it's launching a new Galaxy S25 Edge, although it'll likely come later as Apple prepares its iPhone 17 Air.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Russian Spear-Phishing Campaign Targets WhatsApp Accounts

KnowBe4

The Russian threat actor Star Blizzard has launched a spear-phishing campaign attempting to compromise WhatsApp accounts, according to researchers at Microsoft. The operation targets individuals who are involved in providing assistance to Ukraine.

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How 5G and edge computing further drive VR to mass adoption as 6G rides into view

Collaboration 2.0

While VR hasn't been ubiquitous en masse, edge computing, 5G, and soon 6G could be the key ingredients to catapult it further into the mainstream.

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Malvertising Campaign Abuses Google Ads to Target Advertisers

KnowBe4

Researchers at Malwarebytes are tracking a major malvertising campaign thats abusing Google Ads to target individuals and businesses interested in advertising.

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Samsung is giving SmartThings an AI upgrade to simplify your smart home routines

Collaboration 2.0

The new Home AI features will sense when you're working out or sleeping, for example, to suggest different routines for the activity. Here's how that would work.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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4 Ways to Mature Your Human Risk Management Program

KnowBe4

Human risk management (HRM) is now the primary approach to addressing the ongoing need for strong security cultures in organizations of all sizes. HRM focuses on more than just security awareness training (SAT) delivered at regular intervals.

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Should you upgrade to Wi-Fi 7? My buying advice after testing a next-gen router at home

Collaboration 2.0

The Asus RT-BE86U is loaded with security tools, letting you enjoy the next generation of high-speed internet safely. But should you upgrade to one?

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OpenText™ recognized as a leader in KuppingerCole’s 2024 IGA Leadership Compass 

OpenText Information Management

What do secure systems, smooth audits, and a solid nights sleep have in common? A resilient identity governance solution. And guess what? KuppingerCole agrees. In its 2024 Leadership Compass, KuppingerCole Analysts AG goes over the latest trends and leading solutions in Identity Governance and Administration. Were proud to be recognized as a leader, reflecting our decades of expertise as NetIQ, now OpenText IAM, and our dedication to guiding customers through complex governance challenges.

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How to retrieve recently deleted texts on Android

Collaboration 2.0

If you've accidentally deleted important text messages (or if they've somehow disappeared), you have options to restore them.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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How Collibra is leading the way in AI Governance with its ISO 42001 certification, joining the AI Pact and advanced compliance tools

Collibra

AI governance has become a defining challenge for organizations worldwide as regulations tighten and public scrutiny grows. Collibra is tackling these challenges head-on with three major announcements: earning ISO 42001 certification, joining the European Commissions AI Pact and introducing a new EU AI Act assessment tool. These initiatives, as well as Collibras AI Governance product, demonstrate Collibras mission to empower organizations to implement AI with confidence.

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4 surprise products we may see at Samsung Unpacked 2025 - and are worth getting excited for

Collaboration 2.0

The Galaxy S25 series is slated to be announced today at Unpacked, but we may also get surprise appearances on the wearables side.

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15 States Sue HHS to Drop HIPAA Reproductive Health Info Reg

Data Breach Today

HHS' Privacy Rule Update Limits Use, Disclosure of Reproductive Health PHI A Biden administration HIPAA Privacy Rule that went into effect last June to restrict the disclosure of reproductive health information is being challenged in federal court by the attorneys general of 15 states. The AGs are asking a Tennessee federal court to overturn the rule.

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