Data Breach Today
JANUARY 29, 2018
Cash-Out Malware Called 'Ploutus' Migrates North From Mexico U.S. Secret Service alert: For the first time, malware-using fraudsters have been draining U.S. ATMs of their cash via what's known as a jackpotting or cash-out attack. Two older models of ATMs made by Diebold Nixdorf appear to have been targeted.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 31, 2018
Data breaches are the new normal. According to our 2018 Global Data Threat Report , 67% of enterprises have been breached, with that percentage rate growing every year. Regardless of the security measures and efforts put in place, organizations need to act as if a successful cyberattack is not a question of “if” but “when.”. As organizations continue to embrace digital transformation, greater amounts of sensitive data is created, stored and transferred in digital form putting more data at risk.
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AIIM
JANUARY 29, 2018
Say you’re feeling a bit under the weather. Ache here, pain there, friends asking “Are you ok? You look.tired.” What’s the first thing you’ll do? Go to the doctor? Of course not. You Google your symptoms, so you can judge if 1) you can cure what ails you on your own, or 2) it’s worth the hassle of going in to see your doctor. If you do end up going, you’ll proudly share your diagnosis with her before she can even examine you, just to make sure she doesn’t waste your time.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 31, 2018
The special counsel is under attack, but if Robert Mueller gets fired, the investigation into Trump’s Russia ties and obstruction of justice could keep going.
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.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Millions of Payment Cards and Social Security Numbers Exposed The number of data breaches reported by U.S. organizations reached an all-time high last year. In 2017, organizations that described how bad their breach was - and one-third did not - collectively lost 14 million payment cards and 158 million Social Security numbers, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.
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AIIM
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
You manage a large facility with multiple buildings across the campus. Each building while somewhat unique, is equipped with plumbing, electrical, security, HVAC, and other elements that must be monitored, maintained and repaired at some point. Ideally, you would have an army of staff available to monitor and check everything constantly to provide feedback and predict what will happen before catastrophe strikes, but you don’t.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 29, 2018
The US military is reexamining security policies after fitness tracker data shared on social media revealed bases and patrol routes.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
On cybercrime forums and darknet marketplaces, there's an abundant supply of cybercrime products and services and lots of demand, plus prices remain low, says Flashpoint's Liv Rowley. All that's needed to leverage the products and services to make a profit, she says, is a bit of knowledge.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The way we work—the way we access, use, share and collaborate on business content—is undergoing a massive transformation. Workers today are more mobile. Projects demand greater collaboration, often across multiple sites and time zones. What’s more, the rise in consumer file sharing services has changed the way users interact with enterprise software, with vastly more … The post How ECM solutions are keeping pace with a new generation appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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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.
The Guardian Data Protection
JANUARY 29, 2018
Giving away all manner of personal information is only a tap away on your phone settings, as the fitness tracking site’s blunder has shown It was a great PR move: in November fitness tracking company Strava launched an updated global heatmap that visualised all the location data that its users had been collectively broadcasting, revealing popular running spots around the world.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
The Devin Nunes memo that purports to show improper surveillance practices is out—and national security experts say it falls far short of the hype.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 29, 2018
Coincheck Says It Was Hacked; Stolen XEM Transactions to be Blocked Coincheck, a Tokyo-based exchange, says it suffered a hack attack that led to the theft of $530 million worth of XEM cryptocurrency from its hot wallet. But the developers of XEM say they are tagging all accounts that receive the stolen funds to stop it from being converted to cash.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 30, 2018
The OpenText™ Business Network blog post Top Ten Supply Chain Predictions for 2018, prediction #9 Augmented Reality Technology — talks about how the growing number of products embedded with sensors blurs the line between a physical object and its digital twin. It also indicates an increased focus on the security of information exchanged from these … The post Connected Device Data Exchange – Who’s Minding the Store on Security?
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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.
TAB OnRecord
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Our most popular resources this month cover cost savings, risk management and RIM training. Learn how to reduce offsite box storage expenses, how to protect your most valuable documents, and how to deliver a world-class RIM training program. Tips for reducing your offsite storage costs Is too much of your RIM budget going to [.] Read More. The post Reader favorites February 2018: Our most popular RIM resources appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 31, 2018
The "jackpotting" ATM attack drained tens of millions of dollars worldwide before landing in the United States.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 30, 2018
CIA Chief Warns Russia Is Seeking to Influence US Midterm Elections How effective are nation-backed trolls at influencing individuals via social media? An analysis of Russian trolls' accounts suggests they're designed for "causing havoc by pushing ideas, engaging other users or even taking both sides of controversial online discussions.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 29, 2018
Digital transformation continues to progress in the government sector and this is unlikely to change in 2018. The underlying technologies are maturing and moving from implementation to optimization. That’s why my predictions for the tech trends of 2108 aren’t about revolutionary innovations. Instead, they cover areas where government agencies are likely to begin to realize … The post Top 2018 tech trends for Government appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 31, 2018
Join us 27 February at 1 PM ET for "Machine Learning Everywhere: Build Your Ladder to AI." Visit the event landing page to learn more about the event and register for a calendar reminder: ibm.com/mleverywhere.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 30, 2018
While helpful and creative, Chrome extensions have also become a new playground for hackers intent on stealing your data.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 31, 2018
5G Brings Great Speed But Also Great Complexity The U.S. government's idea to take the reins of the development of 5G mobile networks has been met with cynicism and criticism. But there are goods reasons the government is worried: Standards haven't been set in stone yet, and 5G will present a bevy of new security challenges. Here are some of them.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 31, 2018
Facing heightened competition and increasing demands from customers, many organisations are now leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to stay ahead of the curve. While the use of AI has predominantly been applied in heavy industries and financial services, it is now increasingly applied across a gamut of customer-facing industries, including retail and healthcare.
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IT Governance
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Business continuity management is the most comprehensive approach to organisational resilience, and involves managing risks to critical business functions to ensure continuity of service in the event of a disruptive incident. Implementing a business continuity management system (BCMS) is imperative to developing cyber resilience in today’s cyber security environment.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Two state-sponsored hacking operations are plaguing Pyeongchang, with murky motivations and no clear endgame.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Beyond Stolen CPU Cycles, Miners Pose Enterprise Security Risks The booming interest and sometimes surging values of cryptocurrencies are drawing the interest of cybercriminals on a scale never seen before - including attacks aimed at trying to steal computing power to mine cryptocurrency.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
When your core business is shipping and logistics, what do you do when you find yourself committing substantial resources to managing the complexities of EDI and B2B operations? For Matson Logistics, the solution was to turn to the B2B Integration experts at OpenText. Matson Logistics wanted to focus on their core competencies and move away … The post Matson Logistics transforms information exchange with OpenText B2B Managed Services appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
IT Governance
JANUARY 29, 2018
This week’s extract is taken from Toomas Viira’s book Lessons Learned – Critical Information Infrastructure Protection , which is a vital source of information and thought-provoking insights into potential issues within critical information infrastructure (CII). Episode 1 – Introduction: “These systems must be very well protected against cyber-attacks.
Troy Hunt
JANUARY 31, 2018
This is probably the most self-explanatory blog post title I've ever written! But be that as it may, it deserves some explanation as to how I've arrived at this point and like many great ideas, it began over some beers. I've just arrived home to the Gold Coast in Australia which I frequently describe to people as "the sunny part of the sunny country" I'm literally sitting on a beach writing this blog post and frankly, I'd like to spend more time here.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 31, 2018
Internet of Things Privacy Fallout, Now in Heat Map Form Fitness app and website developer Strava has landed in hot water after publishing a global heat map that shows users' workout routes in aggregate. By doing so, the firm has inadvertently revealed military installation layouts and other sensitive information.
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