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What Women in Tech Should Look for in Their Employers

Rocket Software

A new survey reports that nearly half of all women say the pandemic negatively impacted their career. From factors like taking on the weight of childcare, to being over-represented in service industries that were highly disrupted, women have been pushed out of the workforce at greater rates than men. Fortunately, the majority of women who left jobs throughout the pandemic are planning to return to work.

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TechLaw Australia podcast: The shifting landscape of privacy and data governance in the Asia Pacific region

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Author: Sinead Lynch. At DLA Piper we advise clients that develop or create technology, are enabled by technology, or whose business model is fundamentally based on technology. From start-ups, to fast growing and mid-market businesses, to mature global enterprises, DLA Piper supports innovative businesses and new ventures. It is at the heart of what we do.

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Microsoft helps close the UK digital skills gap

IT Governance

The urgent need for qualified IT professionals was made evident at Microsoft Digital Skills Week (15 – 19 November ), a series of online events that supports the development of digital skills and technological knowledge, and empowering a new digital workforce. The event programme includes keynote presentations and technical workshops aimed at business leaders, IT professionals, HR/training managers and students.

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Addressing the Low-Code Security Elephant in the Room

Dark Reading

The danger of anyone being able to spin up new applications is that few are thinking about security. Here's why everyone is responsible for the security of low-code/no-code applications.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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Cybersecurity Mesh, Decentralized Identity Lead Emerging Security Technology: Gartner

eSecurity Planet

New cybersecurity buzzwords are always in abundance at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, and the concepts that took center stage this week, like cybersecurity mesh and decentralized identity, seem well suited for new threats that have exploded onto the scene in the last year. Gartner analyst Ruggero Contu noted that security risks are becoming external: the software supply chain , the public cloud , the trading of breached data, and IoT and operational technology (OT) are all th

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How Hackers Use Payloads to Take Over Your Machine

eSecurity Planet

A payload is a piece of code that executes when hackers exploit a vulnerability. In other words, it’s an exploit module. It’s usually composed of a few commands that will run on the targeted operating system (e.g., key-loggers) to steal data and other malicious acts. Most operations use payloads, but there are a few payload-less attacks, such as phishing campaigns that do not include malicious links or malware , but rely on more sophisticated deception such as spoofing to trick their targets.

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Run and Transform – Your Network Opportunity

Micro Focus

Right now, we are helping our customers run and transform their IT. But what does that mean? Lars Rossen, Micro Focus Chief Technology Officer, cites his recent thought leadership piece as offering a relatable perspective on our new mindset. Our enterprise customers are taking stock of the strategic impact of COVID. The pandemic has either. View Article.

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FBI: FatPipe VPN Zero-Day Exploited by APT for 6 Months

Threatpost

The bureau's flash alert said an APT has been exploiting the flaw to compromise FatPipe router clustering and load balancer products to breach targets' networks.

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Zero-Day flaw in FatPipe products actively exploited, FBI warns

Security Affairs

The FBI is warning of a zero-day vulnerability in FatPipe products that has been under active exploitation since at least May 2021. FatPipe Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) products provide solutions for an easy migration to Hybrid WAN. FatPipe delivers companies the ability to centrally manage their wide area network, manage branch office configurations, and deploy appliances with zero-touch installation.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.

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Spear-Phishing Campaign Exploits Glitch Platform to Steal Credentials

Threatpost

Threat actors are targeting Middle-East-based employees of major corporations in a scam that uses a specific ‘ephemeral’ aspect of the project-management tool to link to SharePoint phishing pages.

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Phishing campaign targets Tiktok influencer accounts

Security Affairs

Threat actors have launched a phishing campaign targeting more than 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts in an attempt to hijack them. Researchers from Abnormal Security uncovered a phishing scam aimed at hijacking at least 125 TikTok ‘Influencer’ accounts. The original phishing email used a TikTok copyright violation notice lure, the messages instructed the victims responding to the message to avoid the deletion of their accounts in 48 hours. “An email campaign sent in two rounds on October 2

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Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data

WIRED Threat Level

Voyeurs. Sabotaged accounts. Backdoor schemes. For years, the retail giant has handled your information less carefully than it handles your packages.

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3 Top Tools for Defending Against Phishing Attacks

Threatpost

Phishing emails are now skating past traditional defenses. Justin Jett, director of audit and compliance at Plixer, discusses what to do about it.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, and 5G Will Be the Most Important Technologies in 2022, Says New IEEE Study

Dark Reading

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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How to Choose the Right DDoS Protection Solution

Threatpost

Pankaj Gupta, Senior Director at Citrix, outlines how distributed denial of service attacks have become increasingly sophisticated, bigger and economically motivated.

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North Korean Hacking Group Targets Diplomats, Forgoes Malware

Dark Reading

The TA406 group uses credential harvesting to target diplomats and policy experts in the United States, Russia, China, and South Korea, rarely resorting to malware.

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Android banking Trojan BrazKing is back with significant evasion improvements

Security Affairs

The BrazKing Android banking trojan is back with significant improvements and dynamic banking overlays to avoid detection. Researchers from IBM spotted a new version of the BrazKing Android banking trojan that pull fake overlay screens from the command and control (C2) server in real-time. In the previous version, BrazKing abused the accessibility service to detect which app the user was opening and pull the associated overlay screen from a hardcoded URL and present it on top of the legitimate a

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Two Iranian Nationals Charged for Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and Threat Campaign Designed to Influence the 2020 US Presidential Election

Dark Reading

An indictment was unsealed charging two Iranian nationals for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate and influence American voters, and otherwise undermine voter confidence and sow discord, in connection with the 2020 US presidential election.

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US, UK and Australia warn of Iran-linked APTs exploiting Fortinet, Microsoft Exchange flaws

Security Affairs

U.S., U.K. and Australia warn that Iran-linked APT groups exploiting Fortinet and Microsoft Exchange flaws to target critical infrastructure. A joint advisory released by government agencies (the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)) in the U.S., U.K., and Australia warns that Iran-linked threat actors are exploiting Fortinet and Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilit

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PerSwaysion Phishing Campaign Continues to Be an Active Threat for Organizations

Dark Reading

Research shows that multiple attack groups have been using the Microsoft file-sharing service - leveraging phishing kit for much longer than previously thought.

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Attackers deploy Linux backdoor on e-stores compromised with software skimmer

Security Affairs

Researchers discovered threat actors installing a Linux backdoor on compromised e-commerce servers after deploying a credit card skimmer into e-stores. Security researchers from Sansec Threat Research Team discovered a Linux backdoor during an investigation into the compromised of an e-commerce server with a software skimmer. The attackers initially conducted a reconnaissance phase by probing the e-store with automated eCommerce attack probes.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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DuckDuckGo Wants to Stop Apps From Tracking You on Android

WIRED Threat Level

The privacy-focused tech company's latest update promises to block invasive data collection across your whole phone.

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Ken Underhill, posts 208 pages of notes, to help one prepare for the Certified Ethical Hacker certification

IG Guru

Check out the post on LinkedIn here. The post Ken Underhill, posts 208 pages of notes, to help one prepare for the Certified Ethical Hacker certification appeared first on IG GURU.

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How Iran Tried to Undermine the 2020 US Presidential Election

WIRED Threat Level

From faked emails to a hacked voter registration database, a new indictment offers fresh details on the attempted interference.

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Microsoft Exchange Server Flaws Now Exploited for BEC Attacks

Dark Reading

Attackers also are deploying ProxyShell and abusing the vulnerabilities in stealthier manner, researchers say.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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Ransomware Phishing Emails Sneak Through SEGs

Threatpost

The MICROP ransomware spreads via Google Drive and locally stored passwords.

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Assessing the Proportionality of Modern Data Types

eDiscovery Daily

The Costs of eDiscovery. As time passes, the definition of electronically stored information (ESI) must expand to accommodate emerging data types. As discussed in our recent article, ( Don’t Get Spooked by Communication Applications! ), these changes can be intimidating and uncomfortable for some legal teams. Since modern data types are unavoidable in eDiscovery, litigators must adapt and address any subsequent challenges.

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Search CT Logs for Misconfigured SSL Certificates

Dark Reading

Security defenders can run these queries against Certificate Transparency logs to identify misconfigured SSL certificates before they can be used by adversaries to map out attacks.