Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Bitcoin Exchange Job Lure Traces to Hackers Tied to North Korea Bitcoin-seeking phishing attacks have been trying to socially engineer would-be cryptocurrency exchange executives, warn researchers at Secureworks. The attacks use Word documents with malicious macros and control code previously seen in attacks launched by the Lazarus Group, which has been tied to North Korea.
Information Management Resources
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Adoption of the Internet of things and the Industrial Internet of Things show no signs of slowing down. If anything, adoption and implementations will only increase.
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Data Matters
DECEMBER 21, 2017
It’s the holiday season once again and brands are launching their campaigns for the occasion. Here are some of the best Christmas ads and campaigns on social media that you can take inspiration from for your own promotions. Best Christmas ads on Twitter: Marks & Spencer “Two Fairies” Magic was the theme of British clothing […]. The post The Best Christmas Ads on Social Media of All Time; Get Festive!
AIIM
DECEMBER 20, 2017
We Want Simplicity, Commitment, Strategy, and Solutions. This time of year, if you start a Google search with the words “funny letters,” Google will immediately complete the phrase with “funny letters to Santa.”. So for those of you who are hanging in there and thinking about content management in the shrinking shopping days before the holidays, here is your reward – a few nuggets that pop up in the “funny letters to Santa” search stream.
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
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Student Disrupted Amazon, NatWest, Netflix for vDOS 'Stresser' Service Users A British teenager has avoided jail time after pleading guilty to thousands of DDoS disruptions against Amazon, Netflix, NatWest Bank and others. Separately, a U.S. man has pleaded guilty to launching DDoS attacks on behalf of Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp, among other offenses.
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Data Matters
DECEMBER 21, 2017
In a decision that may have profound implications for social media companies, the big data industry and website terms of use everywhere, Judge Edward Chen of the Northern District of California granted hiQ Labs’ motion for preliminary injunction on August 14, 2017, enjoining LinkedIn from “preventing hiQ’s access, copying, or use of public profiles on LinkedIn’s website.” hiQ Labs, Inc. v.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 19, 2017
The urge to fight one decisive battle has undone countless real-world rebellions—and those in the Star Wars universe as well.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Online Resources Clarify When Patient Info Can Be Shared With Families, Caregivers Federal regulators have set up online resources to help healthcare providers as well as consumers navigate circumstances under which HIPAA permits a covered entity to disclose mental health or substance abuse information to a patient's family members and caregivers.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Cloud security architecture skills to customer-service savvy are among the key IT security skills needed next year as CIOs ramp up hiring.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 18, 2017
It can be difficult to keep up with all the best podcast episodes during the year. That's why we've compiled the Top 10 podcasts of the year from the IBM Big Data & Analytics Hub Insights Podcast feed right here.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 22, 2017
The NSA leaker's latest project aims to secure your computer—and you—from not just digital but physical attacks.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Federal Software Ban Violates Due Process, Anti-Virus Firm Alleges Kaspersky Lab has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for issuing an order that bans the Moscow-based anti-virus firm's software from being used on federal systems, saying DHS violated the company's right to respond to the allegations against it.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Thanks to heightened consumer confidence, a rise in proximity payments adoption and ongoing developments in biometrics, the payments industry continued to undergo digital transformation throughout 2017. We’re now seeing big data play an increasing role in how retail sales and payments are being tailored to individual consumer’s preferences, and providers are adopting and integrating smarter, more efficient ways of completing the path-to-purchase.
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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.
Troy Hunt
DECEMBER 20, 2017
This week, I've been writing up my 5-part guide on "Fixing Data Breaches" On Monday I talked about the value of education ; let's try and stop the breach from happening in the first place. Then yesterday it was all about reducing the impact of a breach , namely by collecting a lot less data in the first place then recognising that it belongs to the person who provided it and treating with the appropriate respect.
The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 19, 2017
German watchdog accuses site of merging data from WhatsApp and Instagram into users’ Facebook accounts without consent Germany’s competition authority has accused Facebook of abusing its dominant market position to improperly amass third-party data on its users. A statement released on Tuesday criticised the world’s largest social media site for collecting data via Facebook-owned services, such as WhatsApp or Instagram, and then absorbing it into users’ Facebook accounts.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 19, 2017
21st Century Oncology Faces More Than $29 Million in Penalties in Two Settlements In an usual move, federal regulators have made arrangements to have a cyber insurer cover a $2.3 million HIPAA penalty on behalf of a bankrupt cancer care clinic chain, 21st Century Oncology, which also signed false claims settlements totaling $26 million.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 20, 2017
They can be hacked. They're a privacy nightmare. This year, it's not too late to keep the IoT toys away from the tree.
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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.
IT Governance
DECEMBER 18, 2017
With the number of data breaches increasing every year, they are now a huge issue for organisations. 46% of all UK businesses identified at least one cyber breach in the past 12 months and it’s been predicted that a quarter of the world’s population will have been affected by a data breach by 2020. It should be obvious that it’s a priority for companies to learn how to keep data secure.
The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for ‘business intelligence’ purposes WhatsApp has been ordered to stop sharing user data with parent company Facebook or face sanctions. The French data protection agency, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), said on Monday that WhatsApp did not have a legal basis to share user data under French law for “business intelligence” purposes.
OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 20, 2017
At OpenText, we talk often about digital transformation. Technology makes businesses more competitive, opens access to information and provides new opportunities for everyone. Unfortunately, it also creates new vehicles for hackers, scammers and criminals. To effectively stop hackers, prosecute criminals and uncover wrongdoing – investigators must understand what happens on digital devices and networks via … The post Forensic research awards highlight the difficulty of digital privacy appe
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 20, 2017
As the year winds down, questions tend to arise about what the big trends of the past year have been and what the year to come may hold.
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“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.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 19, 2017
As the US government points the finger at North Korea for the WannaCry ransomware epidemic, it also needs to acknowledge the role of its leaked hacking tools.
Record Nations
DECEMBER 18, 2017
Video Transcription Offsite Storage: Starting Off the Process More businesses are shifting towards paperless management, but between retention laws and the reality that there are some files businesses need to keep but rarely reference, it’s often cheaper to keep these records as hard-copies instead of spending the money to scan them instead. On average, storing […].
OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 21, 2017
The holidays are fast approaching and our colleagues are starting to get festive in their offices around the world! In this post, OpenText employee, Nadja Trützschler, shares her favourite customs and traditions that take place in Oldenburg during the holidays. What’s it like in Germany over the holiday season? Drizzle, rain, fog, and gray skies … The post Spreading OpenText cheer: Germany appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
The Texas Record
DECEMBER 20, 2017
Merriam-Webster ’s online dictionary defines “interactive” as, “involving the actions or input of a user.” When you stop to think about it, that’s not very clear. So, is eLearning with nothing but a next button interactive? The learner clicks something. Is a choose your own adventure book interactive? The reader picks which page to turn to. Let’s dive into this.
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.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
DECEMBER 19, 2017
As 2017 draws to a close, the trends and innovations that will shape the technology industry over the coming weeks, months and years were brought into sharper focus over the course of the last twelve months. Cloud computing has gone mainstream for many enterprises, and the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how both industrial and consumer-oriented companies do business.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 20, 2017
To safeguard AI, we’re going to need to solve the problem of ‘adversarial examples.’.
OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 19, 2017
As 2017 sails into the sunset it’s that time of year when analysts around the world release their predictions for the following year. I thought it would be interesting to pull together a set of supply chain related predictions from the OpenText™ Business Network product marketing team. Trying to predict what will happen in 2018 is … The post OpenText Business Network – top ten supply chain predictions for 2018 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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