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UK government targets IoT devices shipped with weak or preset passwords A man has been jailed for two years after being mistaken for someone who stole his identity Are you familiar with the latest scam? All this and more is discussed in the latest episode of the Smashing Security podcast from cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault, who is joined this week by Paul Ducklin. Warning: This podcast may contain nuts, adult themes, and crude language. organizer: Graham Crowley – @gcluleyCarol Serio – @caroletheriault guest: Paul Duckling – @duckblog Episode link: Sponsored by: Sonrai’s Cloud Permission Firewall – A…
Parrots are naturally social animals. In captivity, they often don’t have a group to interact with, which can cause them some real challenges keeping them happy and healthy. But recent research suggests technology may be able to help them meet more of their social needs. A study led by researchers from the University of Glasgow and Northeastern University compared the responses of parrots when they were able to video chat with other birds via Meta Messenger and watch pre-recorded videos. They seem to prefer instant conversations.The research builds on a series of smaller studies over the past few years, including…
Arthur Korsun, CFA, Director, Investment Management, Northwestern Mutual BankArthur Korsun is an experienced leader with a proven track record of effectively managing investment equities, fixed income regulatory and financial contracts. His expertise extends to cultivating strong client relationships, including hedge funds and major organizational clients globally.Korsun currently serves as Director of Investment Management at Northwestern Mutual, where his ability to translate complex financial concepts into clear explanations makes him an invaluable asset to the investment management community.In an interview with CIOReview, Korsun shared his insights on the challenges and emerging trends facing the investment banking industry and modern approaches to…
this Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today imposed fines totaling nearly $200 million on four major players, including AT&T, sprint, T move and Verizon — Illegal sharing of customer location information without consent. The fine marks the culmination of more than four years of investigation into the conduct of major airlines. In February 2020, the FCC sent notices to all four wireless providers that they may be violating the law by sharing access to customer location data. The FCC said it found that the carriers each sold access to their customers’ location information to “aggregators,” which then resold access to that…
We’ve all heard the legendary “garage founder” stories about some of today’s largest tech companies, such as Apple. But the founder’s story you may not know begins in a basement about an hour’s drive from Ottawa. In 2007, in the small town of Plantagenet, an employee of a large telecommunications company had just resigned and was preparing to open a store in his basement to test his entrepreneurial instincts. Soon after, more colleagues joined him, and together the founders set out to establish PiiComm, a name chosen to reflect their dream of providing organizations with endless possibilities for mobile communications…
LinkedIn, a professional network known for its job listings and unsolicited career advice, is getting into the game. A few weeks after the app’s launch, the platform officially launched a set of Wordle-style puzzle games.The company started with three games: Pinpoint, a word game in which players must guess a theme that connects a series of words together; Queens, a puzzle game that’s sort of a cross between Sudoku and Minesweeper; and Crossclimb, a A trivia game where you need to guess a series of four-letter words and put them in the correct order.LinkedIn describes them as “thinking-driven games,” although…
Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphics solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries. DIC Group companies have combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and more than 22,000 employees worldwide to support a variety of customers around the world.question:“Our use of Microsoft 365 has increased dramatically following our latest acquisition,” said Stuart Hudson, senior manager of global IT infrastructure for Sun Chemical’s strategic infrastructure projects. “We have added 2,200 new employees across more than 30 international sites. Sites were…
Joseph Stokes, Group Head of Cyber Security and IT Governance, Telesure Investment Holdings Joseph Stokes, Group Head of Cyber Security and IT Governance, Telesure Investment HoldingsPerhaps it’s important to set the scene with some interesting and up-to-date statistics to reposition us in light of the current state of cyber risks facing the world today. According to forecasts, ransomware alone will be worth $1 billion by 2018, with global losses of $20 billion by 2021, and current projections suggest that number will reach 250,000 within the next 10 years. One hundred million U.S. dollars.Cybercrime and its threat actors have…
Beats today announced the Solo 4, a $200 set that looks almost identical to the Solo 3 but has major upgrades on the inside.The Solo 4 don’t have any active noise cancellation at this price point, and according to Billy Steele, who tested the new headphones, they sound a bit thin. However, the sound has been improved overall, and playtime has been bumped up to 50 hours (with USB-C), which is a significant improvement over its predecessor. They are available for purchase now. enjetBeats also surprised us with its new sub-$100 Solo headphones, wireless (non-ANC) headphones with 18 hours of…
Every business has certain documents that are too important to lose. To guard against this possibility, security experts often recommend keeping online backups. With Internxt cloud storage, you can take advantage of cloud storage without compromising security. This decentralized platform uses open source coding, zero-knowledge infrastructure, and end-to-end encryption to ensure your files are completely private. Additionally, you can get a 2TB lifetime subscription through TechRepublic Academy for just $149.97. 74% off the regular price and the best price on the internet. Most cloud storage is centralized, meaning your data is stored on servers owned by the provider. There are…