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It’s Google’s World. Your Business Is Just Living in It
Adam Levin
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Fifty attorneys general announced earlier this month that Google is the target of an antitrust probe. Any business owner who has happened to find themselves stuck in the company’s orbit–that would be any company with a digital presence–won’t hesitate to tell you such a move is long overdue. Case in point: I just did a Google search for Basecamp, an online project management tool.
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AI Surveillance Tech Promises Safety, But at What Cost?
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Security, Privacy, Data Protection and Liability Questions Remain Unanswered Artificial intelligence technologies that provide surveillance capabilities can have upsides as well as downsides. Unfortunately, as developers and governments rush to experiment, security, privacy, data protection and liability questions remain unanswered.
Identity-based Cryptography
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Public key infrastructure (PKI) requires key distribution and has been long criticised for its usability issues [13,14,15]. In an experiment [15] conducted for analysing the usability of Mailvelop, a modern PGP tool rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Chrome web store, 9 out of 10 pairs of participants failed to complete the assigned task of exchanging encrypted emails, i.e. 90% failure rate.
State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025
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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.
#ModernDataMasters: Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach
Reltio
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Kate Tickner, Reltio. Nicola Askham is the leading data governance training provider in the UK with over 16 years of experience and research in the field. She delivers training and consulting to major organisations to help them implement full data governance frameworks. Nicola’s powerful methodology breaks down the data governance initiative into logical steps to implement a framework that suits each unique client.
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MyPayrollHR CEO Arrested, Admits to $70M Fraud
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Earlier this month, employees at more than 1,000 companies saw one or two paycheck’s worth of funds deducted from their bank accounts after the CEO of their cloud payroll provider absconded with $35 million in payroll and tax deposits from customers. On Monday, the CEO was arrested and allegedly confessed that the diversion was the last desperate gasp of a financial shell game that earned him $70 million over several years.
DoorDash Says 4.9 Million Records Breached
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
'Unusual Activity' By Third-Party Service Provider to Blame Food delivery startup DoorDash says 4.9 million customer, contractor and merchant records were breached after "unusual activity" by a third-party service provider. Even aside from the usual identification data, experts say certain, specific data - such as food allergies - could pose risks in the wrong hands.
Extreme-Risk Laws Reduce Gun Violence
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
Opinion: Red Flag laws help prevent suicides and mass shootings, and buy time for people in crisis to get help.
Checkm8: unpatchable iOS exploit could lead to permanent jailbreak for iOS devices running A5 to A11 chips
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
A security expert has released a new jailbreak, dubbed Checkm8, that impacts all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets , it works on iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X. The security expert Axi0mX has released a new jailbreak, dubbed Checkm8 , that works on all iOS devices running on A5 to A11 chipsets. The jailbreak works with all Apple products released between 2011 and 2017, including iPhone models from 4S to 8 and X.
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
My Revolut bank accounts are disrupted - they've locked me out of them!
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
My first hand experiences being locked out of my Revolut accounts and being kept in outer space by their support
Emotet Botnet Now Using Snowden's Memoir as a Lure
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Attackers Sending Emails Promising Copy of 'Permanent Record' A week after the Emotet botnet crept back to life, the attackers behind it are already trying a new way to ensnare victims - using Edward Snowden's newly released memoir as a phishing lure, according to the security firm Malwarebytes.
Unfixable iOS Device Exploit Is the Latest Apple Security Upheaval
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
Any iPhone device from 2011 to 2017 could soon be jailbroken, thanks to an underlying flaw that there's no way to patch.
A new Fancy Bear backdoor used to target political targets
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Security experts at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group aimed at political targets. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group (i.e. APT28 , Sednit , Sofacy , Zebrocy , and Strontium ) aimed at political targets. In the recent attacks, the hackers used a new set of malicious payloads, including a backdoor written in a new language.
Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap
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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.
SHARED INTEL: Here’s one way to better leverage actionable intel from the profusion of threat feeds
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Keeping track of badness on the Internet has become a thriving cottage industry unto itself. Related: ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ is upon us There are dozens technology giants, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies and industry consortiums that identify and blacklist IP addresses and web page URLs that are obviously being used maliciously; and hundreds more independent white hat hackers are doing much the same.
Google Calendar Privacy Concerns Raised
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Companies Need to Be Aware of Risks A misconfiguration in a Google Calendar function that allows Google to index calendars raises serious privacy concerns because it could lead to inadvertent, broad public exposure of calendars that contain sensitive information, including corporate details, a researcher reports.
A Simple Way to Make It Harder for Mobile Ads to Track You
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 21, 2019
Beating back the scourge of online ad tracking entirely is almost impossible. But you can futz with your smartphone's "ad ID" to slow it down.
North Korea-linked malware ATMDtrack infected ATMs in India
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Kaspersky experts spotted a new piece of ATM malware, dubbed ATMDtrack, that was developed and used by North Korea-linked hackers. Kaspersky researchers discovered a new piece of ATM malware, tracked as ATMDtrack, that was developed and used by North Korea-linked hackers. Threat actors deployed the malware on ATM systems to steal payment card details of the back customers.
Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management
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Document Management vs. Content Management: What's the Difference?
AIIM
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
In this digital era, organizations are looking for ways to streamline their business processes. Companies are adopting different management solutions driven by AI-based software or apps to automate it. There are so many solutions to choose from, but the process gets quite tricky when the boundaries between the solutions are not defined properly. For instance, businesses are looking for cost-effective methods to capture, organize, share, and document digital data.
Kaspersky: Dual-Use Dtrack Malware Linked to ATM Thefts
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Remote Access Trojan Is Capable of Cyberespionage and Financial Fraud A newly discovered remote access Trojan called Dtrack has been targeting banks in India for well over a year, Kaspersky researchers say. The malware, which can steal data from ATMs and doubles as a cyberespionage tool, appears to be linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group.
Edward Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
Book excerpt: As a systems administrator, the young man who would expose vast, secret US surveillance saw freedom being encroached and decided he had to act.
Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Wyoming hit by ransomware attack
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming is facing service disruptions after a ransomware attack hit its computer systems on Friday. On Friday, the Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gilette, Wyoming, suffered a ransomware attack that is still causing service disruptions. “Campbell County Health has been the victim of a ransomware attack.
The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report
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NEW TECH: How ‘cryptographic splitting’ bakes-in security at a ‘protect-the-data-itself’ level
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
How can it be that marquee enterprises like Capital One, Marriott, Facebook, Yahoo, HBO, Equifax, Uber and countless others continue to lose sensitive information in massive data breaches? Related: Breakdown of Capital One breach The simple answer is that any organization that sustains a massive data breach clearly did not do quite enough to protect the data itself.
JPMorgan Chase's Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Andrei Tyurin Stole Details of 83 Million Customers During Cybercrime Campaign Russian national Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to perpetrating massive hack attacks against leading U.S. financial services firms and others from 2012 to mid-2015. Victims included JPMorgan Chase, from which he stole details of 83 million customer accounts.
Some Voting Machines Still Have Decade-Old Vulnerabilities
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
The results of the 2019 Defcon Voting Village are in—and they paint an ugly picture for voting machine security.
Critical flaws affect Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 22, 2019
Atlassian released security updates for Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center to address a critical flaw that can lead to information disclosure. Atlassian released security updates to address critical vulnerabilities in Jira Service Desk and Jira Service Desk Data Center. One of the flaw can lead to information disclosure, while another critical vulnerability addressed by Atlassian could allow server-side template injection leading to remote code execution.
Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder
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Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.
NEW TECH: The march begins to make mobile app security more robust than legacy PC security
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Is mobile technology on a course to become more secure than traditional computing? Seven or eight years ago, that was a far-fetched notion. Today, the answer to that question is, “Yes, it must, and soon.” Related: Securing the Internet of Things I’ve been writing about organizations struggling to solve the productivity vs. security dilemma that’s part and parcel of the BYOD craze for some time now.
Senator Demands Answers About Exposed Medical Imaging Data
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 27, 2019
TridentUSA Allegedly Exposed Data on More than 1 Million Patients Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is demanding answers from TridentUSA Health Services about its data security practices following the recent discovery that it exposed more than 1 million patient files on the internet due to an unsecured server.
Ring Camera Surveillance Is Transforming Suburban Life
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Consumer surveillance cameras are everywhere now, and they’re capturing moments we otherwise would never have known happened.
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