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If Mark Zuckerberg is Facebook's brain, Chris Cox is its heart, employees say
Facebook’s Chief Product Officer Christopher Cox.
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Last June, Facebook was being rocked from the inside and out.
Protests were erupting across the U.S. after Minneapolis police were caught on camera killing George Floyd, an unarmed Black man. At Facebook, employees were demanding more from th....
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Authorities Take Down World's Largest Illegal Dark Web Marketplace
Europol on Tuesday said it shut down DarkMarket, the world’s largest online marketplace for illicit goods, as part of an international operation involving Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, Ukraine, the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA), and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
At the time of closure, DarkMarket is believed to h....
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Google removes Parler, popular with Trump supporters, from app store for Android
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google
Anindito Mukherjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Google has removed Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, from the Google Play Store, making it much harder for Android users to download and access the app.
Google said in a statement that its requires social media apps to have content moderati....
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New Attack Could Let Hackers Clone Your Google Titan 2FA Security Keys
Hardware security keys—such as those from Google and Yubico—are considered the most secure means to protect accounts from phishing and takeover attacks.
But a new research published on Thursday demonstrates how an adversary in possession of such a two-factor authentication (2FA) device can clone it by exploiting an electromagnetic side-channel....
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The fight to stymie adversarial machine learning is on
The use of machine learning (ML) technology is booming. This development is being driven by the many immediate gains that can be achieved using machine learning models in diverse domains, from image recognition to credit risk prediction.
However, just like the boom in software development and the Internet attracted hackers that leveraged vulnerabi....
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Secret Backdoor Account Found in Several Zyxel Firewall, VPN Products
Zyxel has released a patch to address a critical vulnerability in its firmware concerning a hardcoded, undocumented secret account that could be abused by an attacker to login with administrative privileges and compromise its networking devices.
The flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-29583 (CVSS score 7.8), affects version 4.60 present in a wide-range of Z....
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A Google Docs Bug Could Have Allowed Hackers See Your Private Documents
Google has patched a bug in its feedback tool incorporated across its services that could be exploited by an attacker to potentially steal screenshots of sensitive Google Docs documents simply by embedding them in a malicious website.
The flaw was discovered on July 9 by security researcher Sreeram KL, for which he was awarded $3133.70 as part of ....
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Strategizing for 2021 With Sentiment Analysis Using Product Review Data
2020 started with a lot of concern; individuals, businesses, and governments were all thrown into a state of confusion. COVID-19 ravaged the world and there was no known remedy.
2021, however, promises to be a year full of hope. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have filed for emergency authorization in the US of their Covid-19 vaccine; the advanced ....
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Russell Okung's bitcoin salary could trigger more pro athletes to invest
Russell Okung #76 of the Carolina Panthers
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It’s often referred to as a new form of gold, and now Carolina Panthers offensive linemen Russell Okung is making a massive bet on bitcoin.
After a nearly two-year battle, Okung finally had his wish granted and will have his salary diverted to purchasing bitcoin ....
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Four ways to improve the relationship between security and IT
Corporate security and IT departments and the people who lead them often have complicated relationships. But does it really have to be that way?
It’s a critical question as digital business accelerates in every industry and market, its rise only magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Never has it been more important for the CIO, CISO and other digi....
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New warning issued over COVID‑19 vaccine fraud, cyberattacks
Cybercriminals look to cash in on the vaccine rollout, including by falsely offering to help people jump the line
The US Department of Treasury has added its voice to a growing chorus of warnings about ransomware attacks, fraud and other cybercrimes that attempt to exploit the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
“The Financial Crimes Enforcement Net....
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Research: Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis
There has been a lot said about how women have done a better job leading during the Covid-19 crisis than men. According to an analysis of 360-degree assessments conducted between March and June of this year, women were rated by those who work with them as more effective. The gap between men and women in the pandemic is even larger than previous....
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Top Apple analyst pours cold water on the latest Apple car reports
Tim Cook at Apple Event
Source: Apple
A closely watched Apple analyst is warning that investors should be cautious about a report that the iPhone maker is planning to produce a self-driving car in 2024.
Last week’s report by Reuters sent shares of companies that build parts for autonomous cars, like lidar sensors, soaring. But the hype....
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Working together to suppress complex and organized fraud
As the entire world has learned throughout 2020, effective suppression of the COVID-19 pandemic requires concerted responses and coordinated action. Medical professionals must adopt new protocols; local, state, and national governments must implement track-and-trace programs; everyday citizens must adopt risk-minimizing tactics like wearing masks a....
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CFOs taking strategic roles after overcoming COVID-19 challenges
CFOs are taking on greater strategic and enterprise-building roles after guiding their organizations through the challenges of COVID-19.
CFO Research of Argyle Advisory & Research Services and FTI Consulting surveyed 325 corporate finance executives to better understand how CFOs and the finance function drive enterprise value.
Five key themes
The....
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Ignore the tech naysayers — San Francisco isn't dying
The TransAmercia building at the end of an empty Columbus Street in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020.
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images
If you believe what you read, San Francisco is dying.
Over the last few months, there has been a steady stream of investors, executives and companies leaving for places....
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Facebook-Apple skirmish is the latest in a fight that stretches back more than a decade
Apple CEO Tim Cook gave a slap at the business practices of Big Tech rivals during an impassioned speech at a privacy conference in Brussels in October 2018.
“Every day, billions of dollars change hands, and countless decisions are made, on the basis of our likes and dislikes, our friends and families, our relationships and conversations. Ou....
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‘They Were Watching Us, Not Watching Our Backs’
Earlier this week, the government of New Zealand released a comprehensive report on the 2019 Christchurch massacre, describing in chilling detail how a single white supremacist carried out the worst terror attack in the country’s modern history.
Although the nearly 800-page report, conducted by the Royal Commission, documents several major sho....
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NASA wants to build a lunar base by 2030. Could 3D printing with moon dust be the answer?
Written by By Rebecca Cairns
The last time a person stepped foot on the moon was 1972. Now, the moon is back on NASA’s space agenda. This time around the agency isn’t just visiting — it’s planning to stay.
With its Artemis missions starting next year, NASA aims to have astronauts on the moon in 2024 and anticipates a permanent lunar base ....
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Cloud ITSM market size to grow to $12.2 billion by 2025
The cloud ITSM market size is expected to grow from $4.7 billion in 2020 to $12.2 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 21.2% during the forecast period, according to MarketsandMarkets.
The flexibility and agility of cloud-based models would support the IT service needs of enterprises. The leading CSPs/hyperscalers—Microsoft, IBM, and AWS—are expected....
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Microsoft Says Its Systems Were Also Breached in Massive SolarWinds Hack
The massive state-sponsored espionage campaign that compromised software maker SolarWinds also targeted Microsoft, as the unfolding investigation into the hacking spree reveals the incident may have been far more wider in scope, sophistication, and impact than previously thought.
News of Microsoft’s compromise was first reported by Reuters, whic....
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Suspected Russian Hack Said to Have Gone Undetected for Months
The Treasury Department was among the agencies believed to have been compromised in the breach.
Photo: Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
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WASHINGTON—A suspected Russian hack of U.S....
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Secure enclave protection for AI and ML
You can’t swing a virtual bat without hitting someone touting the value of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to transform big data and human expertise.
A new generation of businesses is promising to accelerate and automate decision making. Most countries, including the United States, view AI technology as critic....
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FACEPOINT enhances NICE Actimize’s AML screening and KYC solutions
NICE Actimize announced that FACEPOINT has joined the X-Sight Marketplace, bringing its facial recognition technology for advanced KYC and watch list risk screening to the ecosystem.
NICE Actimize’s X-Sight Marketplace, which has grown to include more than 60 technology partners, is the first financial crime and compliance ecosystem that connect....
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SoftServe achieves AWS Migration Competency status for helping businesses move to AWS
SoftServe has achieved AWS Migration Competency status. This designation recognizes SoftServe’s expertise in helping businesses successfully move to AWS through all phases of complex migration projects, including discovery, planning, migration, and operations.
The AWS Migration Competency marks SoftServe’s sixth AWS Competency designation, fol....
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Governance Considerations for Democratizing Your Organization's Data in 2021
With the continuing rise of IoT devices, mobile networks, and digital channels, companies face a lot of pressure to generate meaningful and actionable insights from the wealth of data they capture. Gartner Research lists data democratization as one of the top strategic technology trends to watch out for.
While empowering non-technical users to run....
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Xsight Labs rearchitects the foundation of cloud infrastructure enabling end-to-end connectivity
Xsight Labs announced a bold vision to rearchitect the foundation of cloud infrastructure by delivering a broad portfolio of products that enable end-to-end connectivity.
Cloud infrastructure is evolving rapidly with the introduction of a broad range of xPUs, storage, and ML/AI accelerators. Xsight Labs is developing a portfolio of products that w....
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CPRA hints at the future of cybersecurity and privacy
One of the most notable ballot propositions impacting the privacy and cybersecurity world during the US 2020 election was the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
Predominantly considered an updated version of 2018’s California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the CPRA incorporates several changes other than the highly touted establi....
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Immuta now provides a single solution for data teams to automate cloud data access control
Immuta announced the availability of new features for its Automated Data Governance platform including new, native integrations with Starburst Presto and Presto.
By natively supporting popular cloud data platforms, Immuta now provides a single, powerful solution for data teams to automate cloud data access control, discovery and classification, an....
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Facebook Tracks APT32 OceanLotus Hackers to IT Company in Vietnam
Cybersecurity researchers from Facebook today formally linked the activities of a Vietnamese threat actor to an IT company in the country after the group was caught abusing its platform to hack into people’s accounts and distribute malware.
Tracked as APT32 (or Bismuth, OceanLotus, and Cobalt Kitty), the state-aligned operatives affiliated with ....
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Uber sells its self-driving unit to Aurora
Uber‘s self-driving unit, Advanced Technologies Group (ATG), is being acquired by its start-up competitor Aurora Innovation, the companies announced Monday.
The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2021, values ATG at approximately $4 billion. The unit was valued at $7.25 billion in Apr. 2019 when Softbank, Denso and Toyota took a....
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Facebook hopes the cryptocurrency it backs will launch in 2021, top exec says
David Marcus, now head of Facebook Financial or F2, testifying about Facebook’s proposed digital currency previously known as Libra, during a Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 16, 2019. The cryptocurrency was renamed Diem in December 2020.
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images
Fa....
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China regulator puts country's fintech giants on notice hinting at more rules
Alipay and WeChat Pay logos for online payment are displayed at a store on November 9, 2019 in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province of China. Ant Group which runs Alipay and Tencent which runs WeChat Pay, are the two dominant players in China’s mobile payments space. But both companies offer other financial services. Regulators are keeping a closer....
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Europe's tech sector is set to haul in record funding this year despite the pandemic
Klarna co-founder and CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski speaks on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2019 on December 11, 2019.
Noam Galai | Getty Images
LONDON — European tech start-ups are projected to raise a record $41 billion of funding in 2020, despite the devastating economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Investment in the cont....
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Achieving digital transformation by overcoming identity fatigue
Conversations about digital transformation (DX) are so frequent and pervasive that we tend to lose track of how incomplete they can be. You might think that DX only concerns the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, and application programming interfaces (APIs). It is certainly about those things, but there is a lot more to DX.
Transforming a busine....
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Remote security concerns drive communications in the future
Months into the pandemic, 81% of businesses were using business chat apps such as Slack and Microsoft Teams in 2020, a significant increase from 67% in 2019, according to a Spiceworks research.
Additionally, with more people working from home than ever before due to COVID-19, communications preferences shifted: 37% of IT decision-makers reported w....
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Digital thought clones manipulate real-time online behavior
In The Social Dilemma, the Netflix documentary that has been in the news recently for its radical revelations, former executives at major technology companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, among others, share how their ex-employers have developed sophisticated algorithms that not only predict users’ actions but also know which content wi....
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Lenovo unveils end-to-end data management solutions
Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) announces new end-to-end data management solutions allowing customers of all sizes to harness data more securely and efficiently, from edge to core to cloud, with a single set of tools and capabilities for a smarter way forward.
“Customers continue to face challenges implementing a cohesive data management system t....
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Kudelski Security expands research and advisory services focusing on quantum security
Kudelski Security announced the launch of a new focus on quantum security, including expanded research and advisory services that enable security leaders and product and system developers to align their long-term approach to risk and data protection to the era of quantum computing.
The global quantum practice for Kudelski Security is led by Dr. To....
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How DeepMind boss Demis Hassabis used chess to get billionaire Peter Thiel to ‘take notice’ of his AI lab
DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis at a 2017 event in China.
Source: Alphabet
LONDON — Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and chief executive of British artificial intelligence lab DeepMind, has revealed that he talked about chess instead of his start-up when he first met U.S. billionaire Peter Thiel.
Hassabis told The Sunday Times newspaper that....
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