The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

And at this moment, wild cards – especially generative AI and quantum computing — are adding to the complexity of that challenge. I had the opportunity to sit down with DigiCert’s Jason Sabin , Chief Technology Officer and Avesta Hojjati , Vice President of Engineering to chew this over. We met at DigiCert Trust Summit 2023.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Federal Authorities Urge Healthcare Sector Entities to Take Caution A host of emerging technologies - including artificial intelligence, 5G cellular, quantum computing, nanomedicine and smart hospitals - offer the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but organizations must carefully evaluate the security risks, federal authorities warn.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 12, 2022

The Changes Security Leaders Expect to See in Technology and the Threat Landscape Security executives at Black Hat USA 2022 discuss the latest cybersecurity trends from confidential computing and unified threat hunting languages to attack surface management and recovery services, social engineering campaigns and blockchain vulnerabilities.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 28, 2021

Dell Issues Security Advisory to Address Flaws Security researchers at Eclypsium have reported that they had identified four vulnerabilities that could affect 30 million users of computer technology company Dell's laptops, desktops and tablets. The vulnerabilities have a cumulative CVSS score of 8.3

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide intriguing opportunities for immersive and interactive experiences in cybersecurity training. Related: GenAI’ impact on DevSecOps Here’s how these technologies can bridge learning gaps in cybersecurity awareness and enhance the overall training experience.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

William Dixon of World Economic Forum on the Need to Create a Coalition William Dixon of the World Economic Forum is calling for the formation of a "quantum computing security coalition" to help build trust in the technology, which could play a key role in enhancing security.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Yet IoE, at this nascent stage, holds much promise to tilt us towards a utopia where technology helps to resolve our planet’s most intractable problems. This was the theme of Infineon Technologies’ OktoberTech 2023 conference, which I had the privilege of attending at the Computer History Museum in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2024

Technology giant Fujitsu announced it had suffered a cyberattack that may have resulted in the theft of customer information. Japanese technology giant Fujitsu on Friday announced it had suffered a malware attack, threat actors may have stolen personal and customer information.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

27, 2023 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery has released “ TechBrief: Generative Artificial Intelligence.” Governance mechanisms for GenAI technologies must address the entirety of their complex supply chains. New York, NY, Sept.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 10, 2023

Related: Using ‘Big Data’ to improve health and well-being But there’s yet another towering technology mountain to climb: we must also overcome the limitations of Moore’s Law. Optical technology can enable us to control energy consumption so we can support increasing capacity and increasing bandwidth,” Gomi summarizes.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 22, 2020

Campaign Targets Unpatched Software and Weak Authentication, Defenders Warn Hackers wielding Nefilim ransomware are targeting unpatched or poorly secured Citrix remote-access technology, then stealing data, unleashing crypto-locking malware and threatening to dump data to try to force payment, New Zealand's national computer emergency response team (..)

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KnowBe4

MARCH 12, 2024

Elon Musk recently said : " I've never seen any technology advance faster than AI compute. We are on the edge of the biggest technology revolution ever. AI is evolving a breakneck speed. As in the Chinese curse; we are living in the most interesting of times. "

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

Can quantum computing break cryptography? Can quantum computing break cryptography? Advances in quantum computing mean that we don’t necessarily have to wait for a large quantum computer running at supercooled strengths at sufficient qubits to run Shor’s algorithm (the best-known algorithm for factoring large numbers).

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 8, 2023

Investment Gives Bain Controlling Stake in Managed Detection and Response Provider Bain Capital led a $190 million investment into a managed detection and response provider founded by a former National Security Agency computer operations expert.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2023

The international law enforcement operation involved seizing control over the botnet’s online infrastructure, and quietly removing the Qakbot malware from tens of thousands of infected Microsoft Windows computers. Dutch authorities inside a data center with servers tied to the botnet. Image: Dutch National Police.

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Information Management Resources

JANUARY 14, 2020

By merging edge computing capabilities with the power of artificial intelligence, organizations can move beyond traditional analytics capabilities and significantly improve predictive functionality and overall ROI.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 19, 2022

Future quantum computers will decrypt encrypted data, so businesses feel pressure to find quantum-resistant security solutions for data transmission. Wells Fargo Bank's Peter Bordow discusses the state of quantum computing, approaches to quantum security, and privacy-enhancing technologies.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 31, 2023

Computer chips have been part of cars for a long time, but no one really cares about them until they stop working or they are late to the production line. For most people, it will be things like how long the battery will last, how nice the screens are, and what computer chip it comes with. This is where laptops come back in.

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technology to iMessage.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

New technologies speed up pre-flight damage checks Regional Jet Center (RJC) is a dedicated maintenance, repair and overhaul organization of the Air France-KLM Group. Spatial computing blends the physical and digital world, using augmented reality, virtual reality or real-time 3D technologies.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Deal Would Strengthen Evidian's Hand in Cloud, Advanced Computing, Digital Security Airbus has made a formal offer to purchase a 29.9% Atos says it will initiate negotiations focused on both Airbus' offer and a long-term strategic and technological partnership between the two organizations. stake in Atos' $4.8

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Information Management Resources

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The market for edge computing, which supports a distributed computing model that brings analytics and data storage closer to the locations where they are needed, is on the rise, says new study.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2020

Campaign Targets Unpatched Software and Weak Authentication, Defenders Warn Hackers wielding Nefilim ransomware are targeting unpatched or poorly secured Citrix remote-access technology, then stealing data, unleashing crypto-locking malware and threatening to dump data to try to force payment, New Zealand's national computer emergency response team (..)

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have managed to compromise multiple artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including ChatGPT, Google Bard and Microsoft Bing Chat, to produce content that breaches their developers' guidelines—an outcome known as "jailbreaking."

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Chief information officers, chief technology officers, and technology leaders globally surveyed on key technology trends, priorities, and predictions for 2022 and beyond.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Doug then messaged the Mr. Lee account on Telegram, who said there was some kind of technology issue with the video platform, and that their IT people suggested using a different meeting link. Once the project team complies, their computer comes under the control of the hackers, leading to the theft of funds.”

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The announcement comes on the heels of a few major strides in quantum computing accessibility and speed—and may hopefully stave off the growing quantum security threat. Quantum technology is accelerating—and with it, the quantum threat. But it’s not unique.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. In 1971, researcher Bob Thomas and his team at BBN Technologies created a virus that was later coined the “Creeper” worm.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 29, 2024

The submarine would broadcast the noises and a computer—the Combo Signal Recognizer (CSR)—would detect the specific patterns and decode them on the other end. With the technology available, it would have been hard to scrub that out. During the Cold War, the US Navy tried to make a secret code out of whale song.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Complexity is the enemy of security, and information technology grows ever more complex. Have we created a problem space in computing so complicated that we will be unable to safely operate in it for its intended purposes? Fred Cohen says that's unlikely. He discusses managing risk in the future.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Privacy preserving aggregate statistics revolves around partitioning sensitive user data into pieces, which each on their own tells nothing about the original, but we can perform meaningful computations on the pieces, which can eventually be recombined. In addition to developing and getting in position to supply the technology, Boyle says.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Taking an active role Your cybersecurity policy should address your employees and technology systems. Taurins It’s also essential your business evaluates its technology and keeps it regularly updated to the latest security standards. Security places a crucial role in your technology. Employee training is crucial.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 14, 2023

Since then, Apple, Google and other mobile device makers have changed the way their hardware and software works so that their devices no longer automatically sync data when one plugs them into a computer with a USB charging cable. And there are now several products anyone can buy that are custom-built to enable juice jacking attacks.

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AIIM

MAY 11, 2021

A staple of many Information Technology (IT) policy suites is the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), intended to govern what people working in the organization can and cannot do with the technology we provide them. The problem is that not one of these items has anything to do with technology. Let's take a typical example.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 21, 2024

In this blog, we’ll explore seven key strategies to optimize infrastructure for AI workloads, empowering organizations to harness the full potential of AI technologies. High-performance computing systems Investing in high-performance computing systems tailored for AI accelerates model training and inference tasks.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 8, 2024

5G (fifth-generation mobile technology) is the newest standard for cellular networks. Like its predecessors, 3G, 4G and 4G LTE, 5G technology uses radio waves for data transmission. Since its release in 2019, 5G broadband technology has been hailed as a breakthrough technology with big implications for both consumers and businesses.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Without much fanfare, digital twins have established themselves as key cogs of modern technology. As data collection and computer modeling have advanced apace, so have the use-cases for digital twin technology. This translates into a gargantuan computer modeling puzzle, to say the least. This is very exciting stuff.

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