Information Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Since 2005 we’ve grown organically to a team of 9 people with a fairly even split between product and tech and those working in marketing and sales. The market already has lots of tender portals but nobody has taken the tenders and contracts and turned them into an intelligent database which can be mined efficiently.

Sales 40

Sales Marketing Government Mining 40

ChiefTech

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Dendrobium mine is the first to trial the iPICK(Information Point, Illawarra Coal Kiosk) technology, with management, contractors and employees enjoying improved access to information and reduced complexity. Clearly in many industries, extending the intranet beyond the office environment can add tremendous value.

Computer and Electronics 40

Computer and Electronics Mining Retail Records Management 40

Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2022

You just knew 2022 was going to be The Year of Crypto Grift when two of the world’s most popular antivirus makers — Norton and Avira — kicked things off by installing cryptocurrency mining programs on customer computers. The data is published after Medibank reportedly declines to pay a US$10 million ransom demand.

Passwords 225

Passwords Ransomware Computer and Electronics Encryption 225

IT Governance

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

million Gumtree user records allegedly for sale A user database from the classified advertising platform Gumtree has allegedly been offered for sale on a hacking forum. At the time of writing, it’s unclear whether this is related to a 2023 data breach suffered by the company, as discussed by Have I Been Pwned’s Troy Hunt last March.

Data Privacy 88

Data Privacy Privacy Insurance Security 88

eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Banks, financial services, and insurance companies are especially vulnerable to fraud due to their access to large amounts of money and sensitive information for customers and employees alike. They’re also useful for background checks, data analytics, and data mining. of attacks IBM handled, respectively.

Analytics 113

Analytics Risk Authentication Financial Services 113

IT Governance

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Source (New) Transport USA Yes 129,611 Tcman Source (New) Manufacturing Spain Yes 108 GB (179 files) Compass Group Italia Source (New) Hospitality Italy Yes 107 GB Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Inc. Incorporated Source (Update) Insurance USA Yes 7,361 Advantis Global, Inc. and Robert W. Baird & Co.

Data Privacy 101

Data Privacy Energy and Utilities Privacy Manufacturing 101

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 17, 2023

These models have been trained on IBM curated datasets that have been mined to remove hateful, abusing and profane text (HAP). Each IBM-trained foundation model brings together cutting-edge innovations from IBM Research and the open research community.

Analytics 65

Analytics Data science Cloud Metadata 65

Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Number 1 is "Mining, Resources & Energy" which had a local boom here but is now rapidly declining (down 14% on the previous year). Take mining out of the picture and the top industry ("Consulting & Strategy"), pays only 5% more than tech. I would never want to live in any of our properties we bought as investments.

Education 111

Education Marketing IT Insurance 111

Security Affairs

APRIL 28, 2024

Gov imposed Visa restrictions on 13 individuals linked to commercial spyware activity A cyber attack paralyzed operations at Synlab Italia Hackers threaten to leak a copy of the World-Check database used to assess potential risks associated with entities Windows DOS-to-NT flaws exploited to achieve unprivileged rootkit-like capabilities A flaw in the (..)

Security 94

Security Data breaches Ransomware Mining 94

Troy Hunt

MARCH 2, 2020

These were companies spanning all sorts of different industries; big tech, general infosec, antivirus, hosting, finance, e-commerce, cyber insurance - I could go on. The point is the net was cast very wide. We whittled the original 141 companies down to the 43 that were best aligned to the goals I outlined in the original blog post.

IT 136

IT Mining Sales Data breaches 136

Reltio

JULY 23, 2019

I worked in several Telcos and latterly in the City for an international insurance company. I eventually came to join Agile in its former guise moving from Consulting into Sales where I met my future business partner and Agile’s current CEO, Owen Lewis. I’ve got a favourite book but it may be a bit boring to share!

MDM 40

MDM Cloud Analytics Marketing 40