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Security

DLL sideloading and CVE attacks show diversity of threat landscape

Studies from Bitdefender and Arctic Wolf show that new tactics are using twists on concealment in social media and old vulnerabilities in third-party software.

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Tech & Work

Report: Stress will drive a quarter of cyber defenders out the door

There are too few cybersecurity experts to fill jobs, but a new study sees the crunch increasing through 2025 as cybersecurity experts head for the hills.

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Security

IBM: Most ransomware blocked last year, but cyberattacks are moving faster

A new study from IBM Security suggests cyberattackers are taking side routes that are less visible, and they are getting much faster at infiltrating perimeters.

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Artificial Intelligence

Salesforce offers 5 guidelines to reduce AI bias

The bias-reduction study guides companies in ways to build trust, safety and sustainability from their AI data stores and when to empower humans in the oversight of these models.

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CXO

Cisco CXO: Digital transformation means transforming customer outcomes

Cisco’s Chief Customer Experience Officer Thimaya Subaiya discusses low-power chips that will empower next-generation IoT, how data centers can reach net zero goals, zero trust and more.

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Security

Investigators uncover crypto scammers baiting ‘phish’ hooks on YouTube

A report reveals a new network of malefactors in the lucrative crypto fraud market using videos, channels and web apps.

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Tech & Work

What Twitter’s outage says about (over) zealous downsizing

The outage message that Twitter users got last week could be read as a warning for big tech firms looking to slash their IT workforce.

Security

Check Point’s annual cybersecurity event spotlights power of AI

The company showcased dozens of new security tools and services to detect and prevent malware, phishing, ransomware and other attacks, but AI took center stage.

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CXO

Cisco: Companies are spending on privacy protection, but do customers know it?

The 2023 Benchmark survey of security pros worldwide found that companies are taking action on customer privacy, but transparency is key.

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Big Data

For enterprise APIs, is Zero-Copy Integration the David to big data’s Goliath?

Analysts from IDC to PBT Group have predicted the volume of stored data worldwide could reach 180 zettabytes by 2025, packing the cloud and data centers. Is Zero-Copy Integration a solution?

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Karl Greenberg

DLL sideloading and CVE attacks show diversity of threat landscape

Report: Stress will drive a quarter of cyber defenders out the door

IBM: Most ransomware blocked last year, but cyberattacks are moving faster

Salesforce offers 5 guidelines to reduce AI bias

Cisco CXO: Digital transformation means transforming customer outcomes

Investigators uncover crypto scammers baiting ‘phish’ hooks on YouTube

What Twitter’s outage says about (over) zealous downsizing

Check Point’s annual cybersecurity event spotlights power of AI

Cisco: Companies are spending on privacy protection, but do customers know it?

For enterprise APIs, is Zero-Copy Integration the David to big data’s Goliath?

Media disposal policy

IT email templates: Upcoming software release

Mobile app development policy

New client audit checklist