Sat.Oct 26, 2024 - Fri.Nov 01, 2024

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The Crucial Role of Quality Assurance in Information Management: My Experience

AIIM

I want to share my thoughts on the importance of quality assurance in information management based on my extensive experience in the field , where I found it has been given short shrift in many or ganizations – particularly when implementing newer technologies. I'll discuss how even small issues can have significant ripple effects on an entire system and why thorough testing is essential to maintain data integrity.

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A crime ring compromised Italian state databases reselling stolen info

Security Affairs

Italian police arrested four and are investigating dozens, including Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, for alleged unauthorized access to state databases. Italian authorities have arrested four individuals as part of an investigation into alleged illegal access to state databases. The police are also investigating dozens of other individuals, including the son of Luxottica founder Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio.

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Booking.com Phishers May Leave You With Reservations

Krebs on Security

A number of cybercriminal innovations are making it easier for scammers to cash in on your upcoming travel plans. This story examines a recent spear-phishing campaign that ensued when a California hotel had its booking.com credentials stolen. We’ll also explore an array of cybercrime services aimed at phishers who target hotels that rely on the world’s most visited travel website.

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Inside Sophos' 5-Year War With the Chinese Hackers Hijacking Its Devices

WIRED Threat Level

Sophos went so far as to plant surveillance “implants” on its own devices to catch the hackers at work—and in doing so, revealed a glimpse into China's R&D pipeline of intrusion techniques.

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How to Start Virtual Care the Right Way: A Proven Roadmap for 2025 and Beyond

Speaker: Dr. Christine Gall, DrPH, MS, BSN, RN

The promise of virtual care is no longer theoretical and is now a critical solution to many of healthcare’s most urgent challenges. Yet many healthcare leaders remain unsure how to build a business case for investment and launching the right program at the right time can be the difference between value and failure. For organizations seeking a financially sound, clinically effective entry point, Virtual Patient Observation (VPO) offers a compelling case to lead with.

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How Intelligent Document Processing is Revolutionizing Document Management

AIIM

Forward-thinking organizations seek technologies that streamline operations, reduce errors and improve productivity. One such technology is intelligent document processing (IDP), powered by artificial intelligence (AI). In this blog post, I’ll define intelligent document processing (IDP) and outline some key benefits of IDP. We will also explore how AI-driven IDP enhances efficiency, accuracy and operational effectiveness while reducing errors and costs.

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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

Krebs on Security

Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. Image: Tamer Tuncay, Shutterstock.com. A ransomware attack at Change Healthcare in the third week of February quickly spawned disruptions across the U.S. healthcare system that reverberated for months, thanks to the company’s c

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I converted a mini PC running Windows 11 into a Linux workstation, and it blew me away

Collaboration 2.0

If you're looking for a small form-factor PC that doesn't skimp on performance, the Herk Orion might be just what you need.

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‘We’re a Fortress Now’: The Militarization of US Elections Is Here

WIRED Threat Level

From bulletproof glass, drones, and snipers to boulders blocking election offices, the US democratic system is bracing for violent attacks in 2024.

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Third-Party Identities: The Weakest Link in Your Cybersecurity Supply Chain

Security Affairs

A long supply chain adds third-party risks, as each partner’s security affects your own, making identity and access management more challenging. Identity-related attack vectors are a significant concern, with a substantial percentage of cyberattacks —often cited as over 70%—involving compromised credentials or identity theft. However, this problem primarily stems from a lack of visibility.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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Dutch Police and FBI Infiltrate Info-Stealer Infrastructure

Data Breach Today

Cops Recover Redline, Meta Infostealer Data; Promise Criminal Users: 'See You Soon' The Dutch National Police, working with the FBI, say they've disrupted the Redline and Meta info-stealing malware services after obtaining "full access" to them, including source code and extensive details pertaining to their users, with follow-on "legal actions" now "underway.

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iOS 18.1 update triggers eruption of iPhone battery life complaints - what to know

Collaboration 2.0

Keep calm and carry a power bank.

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Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack

WIRED Threat Level

A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse.

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Russia-linked espionage group UNC5812 targets Ukraine’s military with malware

Security Affairs

Suspected Russia-linked espionage group UNC5812 targets Ukraine’s military with Windows and Android malware via Telegram. Google TAG and Mandiant observed a Russia-linked group, tracked as UNC5812, targeting Ukraine’s military with Windows and Android malware via the Telegram channel “ Civil Defense.” The Telegram channel was created on September 10, 2024 and at this time has 189 subscribers.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Generative AI in Cybersecurity: A Mixed Bag

Data Breach Today

Forrester Analyst Allie Mellen on Misaligned Expectations and Future Trends Generative AI has shown some value in cybersecurity, but it hasn’t met early hopes for handling complex incident responses or providing precise recommendations. Analyst Allie Mellen discusses where AI fell short, why companies are deprioritizing it, and potential use cases in 2025.

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Sick of missing your exit? These new Google Maps features can help

Collaboration 2.0

The navigation app is getting enhanced directions like lane indicators, plus Gemini-curated spots to check out along your route.

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Tracking World Leaders Using Strava

Schneier on Security

Way back in 2018, people noticed that you could find secret military bases using data published by the Strava fitness app. Soldiers and other military personal were using them to track their runs, and you could look at the public data and find places where there should be no people running. Six years later, the problem remains. Le Monde has reported that the same Strava data can be used to track the movements of world leaders.

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Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard APT targeted 100+ organizations with a spear-phishing campaign using RDP files

Security Affairs

Microsoft warns of a new phishing campaign by Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard targeting hundreds of organizations. Microsoft warns of a large-scale spear-phishing campaign by Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard (aka APT29 , SVR group , BlueBravo , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , Midnight Blizzard , and The Dukes ), targeting 1,000+ users across 100+ organizations for intelligence gathering.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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Election Threats Escalating as US Voters Flock to the Polls

Data Breach Today

Foreign Influence Campaigns Intensify as Experts Tout Election Security Upgrades More than 50 million votes have already been cast in the 2024 United States presidential elections, but new reports indicate the cyber and physical threats continue to escalate - with potential implications that could extend well beyond Election Day.

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Android smartwatches can now transcribe and summarize your voice notes, thanks to AI

Collaboration 2.0

Jealous of Apple Watch's transcribable voice notes? Android has that, too. Here's how to access this feature.

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Vulnerability Recap 10/28/24 – Phishing, DoS, RCE & a Zero-Day

eSecurity Planet

Like last week, this week’s theme continues to be vulnerabilities, discovered months ago, that are still rearing their head. A July Microsoft SharePoint issue has been added to the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency’s catalog of known exploitable vulnerabilities. Additionally, VMware released a patch for an already-patched vulnerability from last month due to an insufficient heap overflow fix.

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New version of Android malware FakeCall redirects bank calls to scammers

Security Affairs

The latest FakeCall malware version for Android intercepts outgoing bank calls, redirecting them to attackers to steal sensitive info and bank funds. Zimperium researchers spotted a new version of the FakeCall malware for Android that hijacks outgoing victims’ calls and redirects them to the attacker’s phone number. The malware allows operators to steal bank users’ sensitive information and money from their bank accounts.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Microsoft Warns of Ongoing Russian Intelligence Campaign

Data Breach Today

Russian SVR Targeting Government, Academia, Defense Organizations Globally A Russian-state hacking group is posing as Microsoft employees and sending malicious configuration files as email attachments to target organizations across the world. The campaign has the hallmarks of a Midnight Blizzard phishing campaign although its use of an RDP configuration file is novel.

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This Lenovo laptop is my surprise pick for best MacBook Pro alternative (even for Apple users)

Collaboration 2.0

Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition pairs several unique and helpful features with the high-performing and efficient Intel Core Ultra 7 (Series 2).

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Cybercriminals Pose a Greater Threat of Disruptive US Election Hacks Than Russia or China

WIRED Threat Level

A report distributed by the US Department of Homeland Security warned that financially motivated cybercriminals are more likely to attack US election infrastructure than state-backed hackers.

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QNAP fixed NAS backup zero-day demonstrated at Pwn2Own Ireland 2024

Security Affairs

QNAP fixed critical zero-day CVE-2024-50388 which was demonstrated against a TS-464 NAS device during the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 competition. QNAP addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-50388, which was exploited by white hat hackers against a TS-464 NAS device during the recent Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 hacking competition. The flaw is an OS command injection vulnerability in HBS 3 Hybrid Backup Sync , a remote attacker could exploit it to execute arbitrary code commands on

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Delta Air Lines' IT Outage Lawsuit: CrowdStrike Countersues

Data Breach Today

Vendor Blames Delta's Outage Severity on Its 'Own Response and IT Infrastructure' CrowdStrike has countersued customer Delta Air Lines, accusing the airline of employing a lawsuit and seeking damages in "a desperate attempt to shift blame" for Delta's own IT inadequacies having exacerbated its outage, unlike "other major airlines" that quickly resumed operations.

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This $99 Android phone is no Pixel 9 Pro, but performs better than handsets twice the price

Collaboration 2.0

Not everyone needs a $1,000 phone​. If you're on a tight budget or you're shopping for the kids, the NUU N10 is a truly impressive budget handset.

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SEC issues $7 million in disclosure fines to SolarWinds victims

Data Protection Report

On October 22, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) issued a series of orders imposing almost $7 million in disclosure fines against four global digital service providers impacted by the 2020 SolarWinds compromise. The SEC accused each defendant of negligently making misleading cybersecurity statements to investors in light of the incident.