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Accelerating Threat Remediation With AI (Tech HQ)

There is little doubt that AI-augmentation is vital for protecting digital systems in an era of information overload. AI can handle terabytes of data every day – a scale unthinka... More

IBM, AMD Team for ‘Confidential Computing’ for AI, HPC in the Cloud (DCD)

IBM has signed a multi-year joint development agreement with AMD to improve both companies’ security and artificial intelligence products. The agreement builds upon open-source s... More

Cyber Attacks are Growing More Sophisticated During the COVID-19 Pandemic (CPO)

Cybercriminals typically scramble to take advantage of any newsworthy event, and the COVID-19 pandemic is no exception.... More

How Piracy Helped Grow the Video Games Industry in India (Vice)

By making games affordable and accessible to generations of kids in the country, piracy primed the market, inspired talent, and paved the way for more legitimate businesses.... More

Weekend Patch Report, Nov. 8, 2020 (SecureTheVillage)

Important Security Updates Adobe Reader: Adobe has released version 2020.013.20064. Updates are available through the program’s Help menu/Check for Updates or from Adobe’s w... More

WannaCry: How the Widespread Ransomware Changed Cybersecurity (Security Intelligence)

If I had polled cybersecurity experts on their way to work on May 12, 2017, most of them would have said they knew a major cybersecurity event loomed. Yet, on that day no one expec... More

SEC Chair: Cybersecurity Threats to Corporate America are Present Now ‘More Than Ever,’ (CNBC)

SEC Chairman Jay Clayton told CNBC that corporate America must remain vigilant about cybersecurity threats. “Cyber risks have not gone away with the unfortunate, unforeseen risks... More

Survey: Cybersecurity Skills Shortage is ‘Bad,’ But There’s Hope (ThreatPost)

Automation, strategic process design and an investment in training are the keys to managing the cybersecurity skills gap.... More

Why Cybersecurity is Still So Complex (Forbes)

Today, digital assets have the highest value. Our neighborhood is now the entire globe. In response to this new type of cyber criminal, organizations have developed an equally evol... More

Weekend Patch Report, Nov. 1, 2020 (SecureTheVillage)

Important Security Updates Apple Music: Apple has released version 3.4.0 as an update for its Apple Music for Android. Updates are available within the browser or from Apple’s... More

Account Fraud is Killing Streaming Services: What Providers Can Do (Security Intelligence)

The use of online streaming services was already burgeoning well before most of the world started spending so much time at home. The current explosion in the demand for video and m... More

How Remote Working is Making Cyberattacks Easier to Pull Off (ZDNet)

This year has forced organizations to adapt quickly to enabling employees to work from home. That's creating 'chaos with no control' - which cyber criminals are exploiting. ... More

Startups are Re-Defining Cybersecurity as a Driver for Growth (Forbes)

Imagine a world where businesses execute strategies without worrying about securing data. Now imagine a world where fast paced cybersecurity capabilities enable trusted data to bec... More

Ransomware Attacks Show Little Sign of Slowing in 2021 (Dark Reading)

Attackers have little motivation to stop when businesses are paying increasingly larger ransoms, say security experts who foresee a rise in attacks.... More

Cybersecurity Strategy: Building Trust on Shifting Sands (Security Intelligence)

Transforming the enterprise for digital business requires a change in technology, process and culture. Along with this comes necessary changes on a cybersecurity strategy. Like wal... More

What CIOs Need to Know About 5G Cybersecurity (Tech HQ)

As the transition towards 5G looms, get prepared for a host of new cyberthreats.... More

The Pressures the Online Gaming Community Faces When it Comes to Cybersecurity (SM)

Online games and specifically the Massive Multi-Player games, experience multiple attacks from hackers, platform competition that try to block players’ access to the gaming platf... More

Weekend Patch Report, Oct. 25, 2020 (SecureTheVillage)

Important Security Updates Apple iOS: Apple has released version 14.1 for iPhones, iPads, etc. Updates are available from Apple’s website. Dropbox: Dropbox has released ver... More

Work From Home: Rethinking Security for a Boundaryless World (Avanade Insights)

The reality is that even before the coronavirus pandemic sent millions of employees to the home office, our personal digital ecosystems were already fraught with risk and complexit... More

Adobe Brings its Misinformation-Fighting Content Attribution Tool to the Photoshop Beta (TechCrunch)

Adobe’s work on a chain of custody that could link online images back to their origins is inching closer to becoming a reality. The prototype, part of the Content Authenticity In... More

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