WIRED Threat Level

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here's what they listen to—and how to delete it.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This week, we discuss Uber’s cover-up of a 2016 breach that compromised 57 million drivers’ and customers’ personal information, the theft of almost $31 million worth of USDT and more than €100,000 worth of Bitcoin, and good news for victims of Western Union transfer scams. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 24 November 2017.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

This is going to be a couple of weeks of polar opposite updates: This week I'm in Rockhampton, a regional centre in my home state where I'm surrounded by gum trees, chirping birds and a croc-invested river. Next week will be Washington DC where I'll have just finished testifying in front of US Congress. Whoa. That's the big story this week. This year.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

The personal information of almost 1,700 customers has potentially been exposed after builders merchant Jewson suffered a data breach. The affected data is said to include “names, location, billing address, password, email, phone number, payments details, card expiry dates and CVV numbers” and “may have fallen into the hands of an unauthorised person”.

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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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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

The European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is leading to a change culture, which will increase not only data protection but also security awareness. Below you will find the main takeaways of the data protection and cybersecurity seminar held with the GIOIN Open Innovation Network in Turin. Cyberattacks (and more broadly IT security threats) are inevitable.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

'Russia is seeking to undermine the international system,' Martin said.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

Falsely labeled squid snacks were seized in Cambodia. I don't know what food product it really was. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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