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Is Climbing the Corporate Ladder Still a Thing?

erwin

Thoughts on erwin Insights Day No. 2 Keynote. If you didn’t watch New York Times Best-Selling Author Keith Ferrazzi’s keynote from erwin Insights 2020 , what are you waiting for? I was blown away by Keith’s perspective on “Leading Without Authority” and it got me thinking about my own career, our employees here at erwin, work as we knew it, and work as we’ll know it in a post-COVID world.

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Elite Russian Sandworm Hackers' OPSEC Problem

Data Breach Today

US Indictment Airs Russian Military's Dirty Laundry Although Russia's elite nation-state hackers are capable of waging destructive attacks, the GRU military intelligence Sandworm operators have not been able to remain in the shadows, a U.S.

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The Now-Defunct Firms Behind 8chan, QAnon

Krebs on Security

Some of the world’s largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based security researcher, those seeking to de-platform these communities may have overlooked a simple legal solution to that end: Both the Nevada-based web hosting company owned by 8chan’s current figurehead and the California firm that provides its sole connection to the Inte

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Microsoft Continues Trickbot Crackdown

Data Breach Today

But Some Researchers Say Botnet's Operators Using Workarounds to Restore Activity Microsoft and its partners are continuing to put pressure on the Trickbot malware operation, eliminating an estimated 94% of its infrastructure. But some security researchers warn that the botnet's operators are developing workarounds to re-establish its infrastructure, enabling the group to resume its activities.

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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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Positioning Rules as Solutions

AIIM

As you already know, people are more likely to follow your rules after they buy in to the reasons behind them. But you can take it one step further, and provide your “rules” as solutions instead of orders. Amazon’s Kindle publishing team understands this concept well. I was preparing the Kindle edition of my recent book , following the production of the softcover edition.

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Microsoft Teams Phishing Attack Targets Office 365 Users

Threatpost

Up to 50,000 Office 365 users are being targeted by a phishing campaign that purports to notify them of a "missed chat" from Microsoft Teams.

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Indian Pharmaceutical Company Investigates Security Incident

Data Breach Today

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Says Plants in Four Countries Affected Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, a multinational pharmaceutical company based in India that's testing a COVID-19 vaccine, says it isolated its data center services Thursday following what it calls a "detected cyberattack.

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8 New and Hot Cybersecurity Certifications for 2020

Dark Reading

While the usual security certs remain popular, interest in privacy skills and cloud experience are pushing new credentials into the market.

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VMware fixes several flaws in its ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T

Security Affairs

VMware patched several flaws in its ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T products, including a critical code execution vulnerability. VMware has fixed several vulnerabilities in its ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T products, including a critical flaw that allows arbitrary code execution. The critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3992, is a use-after-free issue that affects the OpenSLP service in ESXi.

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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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Need for 'Guardrails' in Cloud-Native Applications Intensifies

Dark Reading

With more organizations shifting to cloud services in the pandemic, experts say the traditionally manual process of securing them will be replaced by automated tools in 2021 and beyond.

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Webinar on the Latest Developments on Cookie Guidance Featuring the UK ICO and CNIL

Hunton Privacy

On November 5, 2020, Hunton Andrews Kurth will host a panel discussion with representatives from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) to explore the latest developments on cookie guidance and compare their respective approaches. In our webinar titled “ From a Regulator’s Perspective: Latest Developments on Cookie Guidance from the ICO and CNIL ,” our speakers will discuss practical cookie law issues, including: How to design and

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Botnet Infects Hundreds of Thousands of Websites

Dark Reading

KashmirBlack has been targeting popular content management systems, such as WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, and using Dropbox and GitHub for communication to hide its presence.

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Cisco addresses 17 high-severity flaws in security appliances

Security Affairs

Security Advisory Bundled Publication for October 2020 – Cisco announced the release of patches for 17 high-severity flaws in its security appliances. Cisco announced the release of security patches for 17 high-severity vulnerabilities in its security appliances as part of its Security Advisory Bundled Publication for October 2020. The vulnerability impacts Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Firepower Threat Defense (FTD), and Firepower Management Center (FMC). “The October 21, 2020

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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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Facebook Promises Privacy Reform. Critics Aren't Convinced

WIRED Threat Level

In an interview with WIRED, Facebook's chief privacy officers argue that the company has turned a corner. Again.

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Taiwanese vendor QNAP issues advisory on Zerologon flaw

Security Affairs

Taiwanese vendor QNAP published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of its NAS OS (QTS) are affected by the Zerologon vulnerability. The Taiwanese vendor QNAP has published an advisory to warn customers that certain versions of the operating system for its network-attached storage (NAS) devices, also known as of QTS, are affected by the Zerologon vulnerability ( CVE-2020-1472 ).

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7 Mobile Browsers Vulnerable to Address-Bar Spoofing

Dark Reading

Flaws allow attackers to manipulate URLs users see on their mobile devices, Rapid7 says

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12 Cyber Threats That Could Wreak Havoc on the Election

WIRED Threat Level

From targeted misinformation to manipulated data, these are the cybersecurity concerns election officials worry about most.

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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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EU Council sanctions two Russian military intelligence officers over 2015 Bundestag hack

Security Affairs

The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers for 2015 Bundestag hack. The Council of the European Union announced sanctions imposed on Russian military intelligence officers, belonging to the 85th Main Centre for Special Services (GTsSS), for their role in the 2015 attack on the German Federal Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag).

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Facebook, News and XSS Underpin Complex Browser Locker Attack

Threatpost

An elaborate set of redirections and hundreds of URLs make up a wide-ranging tech-support scam.

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SEC Lifts Moratorium on Registration of UK-Based Managers

Data Matters

Recent communications from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicate that the SEC is again considering registration of advisers located in the UK. The SEC had delayed approving UK and European Union (EU) investment managers’ applications for registration since the adoption of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), due to concerns that the GDPR would impede the SEC’s ability to collect data from, and supervise, these UK and EU investment managers.

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Building a business case for your governance program

Collibra

Most data and IT leaders know that their organizations need data governance to stay afloat in the current market landscape. However, some struggle to communicate the value when it is not tied to a defensive need. In order to implement data governance, your organization needs to see that there is value in embarking on the journey. It’s up to data and IT leaders to build business cases, both defensive and offensive, to demonstrate how data governance is critical for transforming your organization

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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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Why Twilio’s $3.2B acquisition of Segment may not be enough

Reltio

POV on Twilio’s $3.2B Acquisition of Segment . Twilio as an acquirer is not a surprise because Twilio is positioned as a Customer Engagement Platform for voice and messaging but did not have any coverage for data. Segment is a Customer Data Platform (CDP) player that focuses exclusively on person data. Its target audience are marketing developers who value Segment’s list of pre-integrated systems.

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Romania: Key aspects in the Romanian Data Protection Authority’s annual activity report (2019)

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Irina Macovei, Roxana Rosu and Andrei Stoica. On 28 September 2020, the Romanian National Supervisory Authority for the Processing of Personal Data (ANSPDCP) published on its website the annual activity report for 2019. The report offers insights on the activity of the authority, its opinion on legislative proposals, points of view on certain data protection matters, as well as a summary of the sanctions applied throughout 2019.

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To Err Is Human: Misconfigurations & Employee Neglect Are a Fact of Life

Dark Reading

The cyber kill chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so organizations should reinforce that link with a properly equipped dedicated security team.

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Chrome 86 Aims to Bar Abusive Notification Content

Threatpost

Google said Chrome 86 will automatically block malicious notifications that may be used for phishing or malware.

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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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Credential-Stuffing Attacks Plague Loyalty Programs

Dark Reading

But that's not the only type of web attack cybercriminals have been profiting from.

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Building Upon Zowe: How Rocket is Building Commercial Software for Zowe Users

Rocket Software

This content was originally presented at the inaugural Open Mainframe Project Summit in September 2020. Over two years ago, Rocket Software joined forces with IBM and Broadcom/CA to create the Zowe project. Our goal? To build a z/OS framework for the modern age. As long-time mainframe users, we all wanted to come together to create something that would make the user experience a little bit better on a mainframe, opening up the possibility for other businesses to harness the power of the mainfram

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Implementing Proactive Cyber Controls in OT: Myths vs. Reality

Dark Reading

Debunking the myths surrounding the implementation of proactive cyber controls in operational technology.

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