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Threats And Attacks

@EduardKovacs shared
On Feb 16, 2021
Russia-Linked Threat Group Caught Deploying Backdoors on Linux Servers in an Attack That Triggers New Conversations on Software Supply Chain Security https://t.co/tpjNPAQnAI
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Sandworm Hackers Hit French Monitoring Software Vendor Centreon

Sandworm Hackers Hit French Monitoring Software Vendor Centreon

France's national cybersecurity agency is publicly blaming the Sandworm APT group for a string of long-term intrusions at European software and web hosting organizations, including Centreon.

@cloudsa shared
On Feb 11, 2021
We're excited to announce the newest recipients of our CSA Fellowship Awards. The recipients are: Dr. Jim Angle, Edward Chiu, Bruno Huttner, Anil Karmel, Balaji Karumanchi, Vishwas Manral, Ashish Mehta, Nya Murray, Michael Roza, and Onn Chee Wong. https://t.co/an7d2hT0Ur https://t.co/CmdnqnwIaM
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Cloud Security Alliance Announces 2021 CSA Research Fellows

Cloud Security Alliance Announces 2021 CSA Research Fellows

Award honors volunteers for significant accomplishments, contributions to CSA research SEATTLE – Feb. 4, 2021 – The …

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Innovations And Trends

@archonsec shared
On Feb 12, 2021
RT @ChuckDBrooks: GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks: A Guide for Emerging Technologies Impacting Government in 2021 and Beyond - GovCon Wire @ChuckDBrooks #emergingtech https://t.co/AMO4zTr1d9
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GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks: A Guide for Emerging Technologies Impacting Government in 2021 and Beyond

GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks: A Guide for Emerging Technologies Impacting Government in 2021 and Beyond

GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks has published his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon

@archonsec shared
On Feb 11, 2021
RT @DigitalFawad: https://t.co/9DinRJmgpi #cio #tech @fklivestolearn @fogle_shane @DrJDrooghaag @junjudapi @junjudapi @sarbjeetjohal @afigueiredo @alcgroup @archonsec @avrohomg @imoyse @rmogha @ShadRaza1 @digitalcloudgal @shanebrighton @asokan_telecom
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Top ten tech trends for 2021 [Sponsored]

Top ten tech trends for 2021 [Sponsored]

As the CEO of Kalon Venture Partners, Clive Butkow has offered insight into the top tech trends to keep an eye on in 2021. 

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Data Privacy

@BrianHonan shared
On Feb 12, 2021
RT @vmanancourt: 🇸🇪 Swedish police authority gets slapped with a EUR 250,000 fine for unlawful use of Clearview AI facial recognition tech: https://t.co/VpmYqTwrYL
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Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

Police unlawfully used facial recognition app

Upon news in the media of the Swedish Police Authority using the application Clearview AI for facial recognition the …

@anthonymfreed shared
On Feb 12, 2021
RT @StopMalvertisin: Cybereason | Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1 https://t.co/8XtBHQ0owY
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Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1

Malicious Life Podcast: Should Law Enforcement Use Facial Recognition? Pt. 1

Clearview AI scrapes billions of images off social media and the open web, applies facial recognition algorithms on them, and sells that data to law enforcement agencies all over the world. ...

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Startups And Investments

@fintechf shared
On Feb 11, 2021
Nationwide partners with Swindon IoT to deliver apprenticeships https://t.co/IzONYho8L7 #Fintech #Data #Datascience #Analytics #fintechlife #Banking #Bank #FintechFinance #Lendtech #knowyourcustomer #KYB #Regtech #Compliance #Credit #SME #CrossBorder #XBorder #payments #Paytech
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Nationwide partners with Swindon IoT to deliver apprenticeships

Nationwide partners with Swindon IoT to deliver apprenticeships

Nationwide has announced the opening of applications for its new apprenticeships to be delivered in partnership with Swindon’s IoT

@chrismessina shared
On Feb 15, 2021
@adayeoyh Yeah, was pointed to this: https://t.co/xSbkvAwhn5
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Clubhouse in China: Is the data safe?

Clubhouse in China: Is the data safe?

The audio chat app “Clubhouse” went viral among Chinese-speaking audiences. Stanford Internet Observatory examines whether user data was protected, and why that matters.

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Companies And Services

@tonymorbin shared
On Feb 12, 2021
Investment in Israeli cybersecurity firms totaled $2.9 billion in 2020, up 70% from the previous year. Plus, there were more than 20 acquisitions of Israeli cybersecurity companies last year with a total value of $4.7 billion. #cybersecurity https://t.co/04DQ7QQ2Dr
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Investments in Israel's Cybersecurity Sector Grow 70%

Investments in Israel's Cybersecurity Sector Grow 70%

Pre-IPO investments in Israeli cybersecurity firms totaled $2.9 billion in 2020, up 70% from the previous year, and exports of products and services increased as

@RSAsecurity shared
On Feb 11, 2021
ICYMI: RSA NetWitness Detect #AI is now available! 🎉 Learn how this all-new #SaaS solution uses #cloud-scale processing + #MachineLearning to detect, investigate and respond to advanced cyber threats: https://t.co/lIPxqwzyFs https://t.co/bzAbNixRDA
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RSA NetWitness® Detect AI Harnesses Unsupervised Machine Learning to Detect Advanced Cyber-Threats

RSA NetWitness® Detect AI Harnesses Unsupervised Machine Learning to Detect Advanced Cyber-Threats

Cloud-native solution provides advanced analytics for high-fidelity, actionable threat detection

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Business And Industries

@cybersecboardrm shared
On Feb 11, 2021
What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all. — Krebs on Security #Cybersecurity #infosec #security https://t.co/k94bw00uP2
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What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.

What’s most interesting about the Florida water system hack? That we heard about it at all.

The only federal law that applies to the cybersecurity of water treatment facilities in the United States is America’s …

@cybersecboardrm shared
On Feb 16, 2021
Myanmar's proposed cybersecurity bill draws wide condemnation #Cybersecurity #security https://t.co/zDyZ1EJlBp
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Myanmar's proposed cybersecurity bill draws wide condemnation

Myanmar's proposed cybersecurity bill draws wide condemnation

Sent to internet service providers for feedback just days after February 1 military coup, the draft security laws have been described as draconian -- giving the government sweeping powers ...

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