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How Card Skimming Disproportionally Affects Those Most In Need

Krebs on Security

When a participant uses a SNAP payment card at an authorized retail store, their SNAP EBT account is debited to reimburse the store for food that was purchased. And while some of these EBT cards have Visa or MasterCard logos on them, it is not up to those companies to replace funds in the event of fraud. Image: The Baltimore Banner.

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Weekly Update 395

Troy Hunt

Data breach verification: that seems like a good place to start given the discussion in this week's video about Accor. Watch the vid for the whole thing but in summary, data allegedly taken from Accor was published to a popular hacking forum and the headlines inevitably followed.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

Promote cross- and up-selling Recommendation engines use consumer behavior data and AI algorithms to help discover data trends to be used in the development of more effective up-selling and cross-selling strategies, resulting in more useful add-on recommendations for customers during checkout for online retailers.

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Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press

CILIP

Uncensored Library in Minecraft: Promoting Free Press Zakariya Gayle, Academic Support Librarian at UAL High Holborn made the switch from retail management to libraries, starting as a Casual Assistant in the public sector. As avatars, individuals from around the globe can explore archives, accessing real articles, audio, and video content.

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FBI warns of crooks targeting online shoppers during the holiday season

Security Affairs

.” Cybercriminals will attempt to entice their victims in multiple ways including: E-mails advertising hot-ticket or products that are hard to find on the market, such as event tickets or gaming systems. Feds recommends purchasing a pet online only after met the animal and owner via video chat.

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The Third Modern Data Management Summit: Making Data Work!

Reltio

The event consisted of over 40 sessions and panels featured more than 60 speakers across industries. Speakers represented life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, consumer goods, financial services, consulting services, and hi-tech. Reltio was the Diamond sponsor and host of the event.

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11 cyber security predictions for 2020

IT Governance

With better audio and video simulations, phishing will move on from email and text to things like Facebook videos. The retail and hospitality industries will continue to have their POS equipment targeted. Deep fake technology will be used in social engineering attacks. Business email compromise attacks will increase.