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Security Affairs newsletter Round 175 – News of the week

Security Affairs

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Weekly podcast: 2018 end-of-year roundup

IT Governance

Also in January, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) fined Carphone Warehouse £400,000 – one of the largest fines it issued under the DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998 – for multiple security inadequacies that led to a 2015 data breach in which three million customers’ personal data was compromised.

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Polar Opposites: The CRM Exams and Vendor Product Language

Brandeis Records Manager

Mine has been a positive one, and I thank the ICRM for supporting the opportunity for measurable, professional validation. While vague vendor Web language was nothing new to us, this immersive exercise left us astounded by just how hollow and unclear much of the vendor promotional language is. They were for me. It’s almost ubiquitous.

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Artificial Intelligence: 6 Step Solution Decomposition Process

Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

Note: throughout this blog, when I use the term “artificial intelligence,” I mean that to include other advanced analytics such as deep learning, machine learning (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement), data mining, predictive analytics, and statistics (see Figure 1). Figure 3: PNC Financial Services Group 2015 Annual Report.

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Artificial Intelligence: 6 Step Solution Decomposition Process

Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

Note: throughout this blog, when I use the term “artificial intelligence,” I mean that to include other advanced analytics such as deep learning, machine learning (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement), data mining, predictive analytics, and statistics (see Figure 1). Figure 3: PNC Financial Services Group 2015 Annual Report.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

I've written before about what's involved in verifying data breaches and it's often a non-trivial exercise. The first site on the list I shared was 000webhost who was breached in 2015 , but there's also a file in there which suggests 2008. This gives you a sense of the origins of the data but again, I need to stress "allegedly".

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How to Track Your Kids (and Other People's Kids) With the TicTocTrack Watch

Troy Hunt

For example, there was VTech back in 2015 who leaked millions of kids' info after they registered with "smart" tablets. Wearco produces "mining consumables". Wearco produces "mining consumables". Cellnet is a publicly listed company with a heap of different brands.

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