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Winnti uses a new PipeMon backdoor in attacks aimed at the gaming industry

Security Affairs

Winnti hacking group is using a new malware dubbed PipeMon and a novel method to achieve persistence in attacks aimed at video game companies. The APT group targeted organizations in various industries, including the aviation, gaming, pharmaceuticals, technology, telecoms, and software development industries.

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Q&A: The drivers behind the stark rise — and security implications — of ‘memory attacks’

The Last Watchdog

For a comprehensive drill down, please view the accompanying YouTube video of my full interview with Leichter and Jakab at RSA 2019’s broadcast alley. Merck had one of its pharmaceuticals delayed, which led to a global shortage. Here are excerpts, edited for clarity and length: LW: Can you frame this new class of hacking?

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Why You Need to Tune EDR to Secure Your Environment

eSecurity Planet

For example, the marketing department in a pharmaceutical company should never be trying to access the drug research data, and the warehouse employees of an e-commerce company should not be trying to access employee personal information from the file server’s human resources (HR) folders. Gaps in Endpoint Coverage.

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Reltio Advances in Gartner Magic Quadrant for MDM Solutions

Reltio

Our customers include global pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, market leaders in healthcare, financial services, and technology, major travel and hospitality brands, and prestigious international luxury consumer brands in fashion, retail, and personal care. A Gartner analyst openly said that the MQ is a lagging indicator.

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The most valuable AI use cases for business

IBM Big Data Hub

For example, Amazon reminds customers to reorder their most often-purchased products, and shows them related products or suggestions. Running on neural networks , computer vision enables systems to extract meaningful information from digital images, videos and other visual inputs. See what’s ahead AI can assist with forecasting.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

For example, customers might want to change passwords for other sites or check their bank account for signs of fraud. Video-sharing app TikTok agreed to a record $5.7 GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca warned job hunters about recruitment scams that imitated the pharmaceutical giants. million (£4.2

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Business of Data – issue 6

Information Matters

. “Corvus Insurance, a two-year-old, Boston-based insurance company that uses data across more than 50 criteria to predict and prevent losses for its corporate customers in the food and pharmaceutical industries, has attracted $10 million in funding from.406 The company had previously raised $4 million seed funding led by Bain.