Wed.Jan 08, 2025

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Meta's Fact-Checking Pull Back Could Help Scammers Thrive

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Facebook Unveils Community Notes Program But Has Done Little to Curb Fraud Meta has decided to end its fact-checking program. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced significant changes to the company's moderation policies and practices on Tuesday, attributing the shift to a renewed commitment to free speech. Some fear the move will embolden financial scammers.

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Autonomous businesses will be powered by AI agents

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The Accenture Technology Vision 2025 report explores how AI-powered autonomy is shaping technology development, customer experience, the physical world, and the future workforce, where people and AI agents work together to drive customer success.

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UN Cybercrime Treaty Faces Longs Odds to US Passage

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US Senate Unlikely to Ratify Contentious Cybercrime Treaty Amid Mounting Concerns Experts tell Information Security Media Group that a controversial United Nations cybercrime convention is unlikely to be ratified in the U.S. Senate due to mounting concerns from technology, human rights, and privacy advocates over its potential impact on internet security and privacy protections.

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Update Chrome and Firefox now to patch these critical security flaws

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The latest updates for both browsers squash several high-severity security bugs. Here's how to grab them.

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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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High-Paying Security Career: Choosing a Path, Getting There

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Know the Challenges and Opportunities of Working as a CISO, Architect or Pen Tester Cybersecurity jobs typically pay well and they can be personally rewarding because they merge advanced technical challenges with a vital mission - protecting critical systems, data and people. In this post, we'll focus on the highest-paying jobs and the challenges and opportunities they offer.

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2 HIPAA Business Associates Pay HHS Ransomware Settlements

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Agency Kicks Off New Year With First HIPAA Enforcement Actions, $170K in Fines A Massachusetts firm that provides billing and other services to home health agencies and a Virginia-based data hosting and cloud provider are the latest companies paying federal regulators settlements. HHS levied $170,000 in fines following investigations into ransomware breaches.

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Dell just took a leap of faith by renaming its entire laptop portfolio - and it might just work out

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This week at CES 2025, Dell revealed the Pro series will be its new flagship line - while bringing back an old favorite.

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Abandoned Backdoors: How Malicious Infrastructure Lives On

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Studying Backdoors in Web Shells, Researchers Find 4,000 Infected Systems How many servers are infected by web shells designed to give attackers remote access to systems, but now "phone home" to malicious infrastructure that's now abandoned or expired? Security researchers who posed that question have counted 4,000 such systems, including in government and education.

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The best AI tech of CES 2025: Neural wristbands, smart mirrors and more

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AI was featured in nearly every consumer tech category at CES. Here's what stood out.

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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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Veracode Fuels Supply Chain Security With Phylum Acquisition

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Phylum's Product Delivers Real-Time Detection of Malicious Open-Source Packages To combat the rise in software supply chain attacks, Veracode has acquired Denver-area startup Phylum and its advanced tools to detect malicious open-source packages. The acquisition strengthens Veracode's software composition analysis offering and enables faster, more reliable threat mitigation.

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Nvidia Project Digits: A Linux-powered desktop for AI developers

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The most powerful desktop of all time will be arriving soon - and it will be running Linux.

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European Court Fines European Commission for Privacy Violation

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Transfer of German Man's IP Address Wins Him 400 Euros European privacy regulation - bane of American technology companies and a favorite cudgel of activists - came to haunt no less an organization than the European Commission, which must pay 400 euros to aggrieved German national Thomas Bindl, peeved that Facebook obtained his IP address.

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This $200 Android is the only smartphone at CES that you should care about

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TCL's CES mobile lineup includes the TCL 60 XE Nxtpaper 5G, an Android handset with a brilliant display and competitive price point.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Cymulate Expands Exposure Management with Cync Secure Deal

Data Breach Today

Cync Acquisition Bolsters Exposure Validation Through Advanced Offensive Expertise Cymulates acquisition of Cync Secure enhances its ability to bridge vulnerability identification and resolution. The deal integrates Cync offensive capabilities, creating a next-gen exposure prioritization platform to tackle vulnerabilities effectively and address unmet market demands.

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Best laptops of CES 2025: These 5 Windows PCs left the biggest mark on the show floor

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Our quest to go hands-on with every new laptop announced at CES has led us to these five picks, which stood out thanks to features, design, and value.

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European Court Fines European Commission for GDPR Violation

Data Breach Today

Transfer of German Man's IP Address Wins Him 400 Euros European privacy regulation - bane of American technology companies and a favorite cudgel of activists - came to haunt no less an organization than the European Commission, which must pay 400 euros to aggrieved German national Thomas Bindl, peeved that Facebook obtained his IP address.

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Audio-Technica is turning the tables with new earbuds offering 65 hours of playback

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The audio brand Audio-Technica announced the new ATH-CKS50TW2 earbuds at CES 2025.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

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.

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Meta's Fact-Checking Pull Back to Could Help Scammers Thrive

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Facebook Unveils Community Notes Program But Has Done Little to Curb Fraud Meta has decided to end its fact-checking program. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced significant changes to the company's moderation policies and practices on Tuesday, attributing the shift to a renewed commitment to free speech. Some fear the move will embolden financial scammers.

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Gayfemboy Botnet targets Four-Faith router vulnerability

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Gayfemboy, a Mirai botnet variant, has been exploiting a flaw in Four-Faith industrial routers to launch DDoS attacks since November 2024. The Gayfemboy botnet was first identified in February 2024, it borrows the code from the basic Mirai variant and now integrates N-day and 0-day exploits. By November 2024, Gayfemboy exploited 0-day vulnerabilities in Four-Faith industrial routers and Neterbit routers and Vimar smart home devices, with over 15,000 daily active nodes.

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The best smart home tech of CES 2025

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Smart home tech is one of the main events at CES and we've gathered the best you can find at the showcase.

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Phishing for Gamers: Fake Offers Invite Gamers to Test New Gaming Titles

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A phishing campaign is targeting users with phony offers to beta test new video games, according to researchers at Malwarebytes.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Halliday just unveiled the AI glasses that Meta, Google and Apple have been trying to build

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I tried Halliday's AI smart glasses at CES 2025. With a display that's built into the frame - not the lens - they beat my Ray-Ban Metas in key ways.

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AI Governance vs. Data Governance: Understanding the Differences and Opportunities

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AI Governance vs. Data Governance: Understanding the Differences and Opportunities Written by In our current rapidly evolving technological landscape, enterprises are collecting, analyzin g, and lev eraging unprecedented amounts of data. This massive influx of data, coupled with the growing capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI), has made governance a critical aspect of modern organizations.

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CES 2025: The 7 most advanced smart glasses we tried on - and loved

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If these smart glasses are any indication of what we're in for in 2025, it's going to be a wild ride.

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SonicWall warns of an exploitable SonicOS vulnerability

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SonicWall warns customers to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its firewall’s SonicOS that is “susceptible to actual exploitation.” SonicWall is urging customers to upgrade the SonicOS firmware of their firewalls to patch an authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-53704 (CVSS score of 8.2). The vulnerability resides in SSL VPN and SSH management and according to the vendor is “susceptible to actual exploitation.” “We have identi

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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The best audio gear of CES 2025: Headphones, sound systems, and turntables to watch

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CES 2025 is in full swing, and there are plenty of audio products to check out. From open-ear headphones to booming sound systems, there's audio gear for everyone this year.

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How AP automation is helping LuLu Group International deliver seamless shopping experiences

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LuLu Group International has a wide-ranging business portfolio, but retail is the cornerstone of what we do. Around the world, we have over 260 stores with a combined floor area of more than 1.1 million square meters, offering high-quality products to millions of customers every year. Weve placed the customer experience at the heart of our long-term growth strategy.

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How to protect yourself from phishing attacks in Chrome and Firefox

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Phishing is a form of social engineering where attackers try to get you to reveal your sensitive information through malicious links, SMS, QR codes, and more. Here's how to protect yourself in Chrome and Firefox.

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