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The Sheriffs are in Town: Recent Developments in Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) Enforcement and Investor Education

Data Matters

State regulators are also investigating trading platforms or mining operations that may be operating as unregistered brokers or dealers. FINRA’s warning highlights similar themes to the mock ICO website the SEC recently launched as part of an investor education initiative. FINRA Investor Alerts. Conclusion. 293 (1946).

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How to unlock a scientific approach to change management with powerful data insights

IBM Big Data Hub

Grasping these opportunities at IBM, we’re increasingly building our specialism in process mining and data analysis tools and techniques we believe to be true ‘game changers’ when it comes to building cultures of continuous change and innovation. So how do you spot this early, and react or even prevent this in a timely and effective manner?

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Vollgar botnet has managed to infect around 3k MSSQL DB servers daily

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity researchers spotted a crypto-mining botnet, tracked as Vollgar, that has been hijacking MSSQL servers since at least 2018. Researchers at Guardicore Labs discovered a crypto-mining botnet , tracked as Vollgar botnet , that is targeting MSSQL databases since 2018. and Windows Script Host Object Model (wshom).

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Don’t Get “Wild” with Wildcards: eDiscovery Throwback Thursdays

eDiscovery Daily

We even covered a case where the parties negotiated terms that included the wildcard for “app*” because they were looking for phone applications or apps (an even more extreme example than the one I detail below). Words like “mink”, “mind”, “mint” and “minion” were all being retrieved in this search for files related to “mining”.

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Access to over 3,000 compromised sites sold on Russian black marketplace MagBo

Security Affairs

Most of the compromised websites are e-commerce sites, but crooks also offered access to websites of organizations in healthcare, legal, education and insurance industries and belonging to government agencies. According to the experts, most of the compromised servers are from U.S., Russian, or German hosting services. .

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for September 2023

IT Governance

Malwarebytes reports that, once installed, DarkGate Loader can be used for many nefarious purposes, including “remote access, cryptocurrency mining, keylogging, clipboard stealing, and information stealing”. You can help educate your staff with IT Governance’s Phishing Staff Awareness Training Programme.

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Learning Journey ? Apprentice Library Assistant

CILIP

My transition into an apprenticeship and the start of my time in the NHS followed a long journey of higher education, part-time work and an ongoing unfulfillment with my professional progress. Alongside my educational career I worked in various administration roles in different sectors which made do at the time but never left me satisfied.