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Push Security launches to make SaaS sprawl and shadow IT safer

TechCrunch

Using chatbot-style prompts that can be integrated into communication tools such as Slack, Push can guide users through important security procedures such as setting up two-factor authentication (2FA), or prompting them to improve their passwords or activate specific security settings within an app. Push Security prompt. Shadow IT.

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Technology Trends for 2024

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

There were over 28,000 registrations, with attendees and sponsors from industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, logistics, and manufacturing. Malicious operators have discovered that they can corrupt software archives, getting programmers to inadvertently incorporate malware into their software.

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Triaging modern medicine’s cybersecurity issues

The Parallax

A hard drive may contain cryptomining malware , which can slow down or cause other malfunctions on devices. And restoring a device’s firmware to factory settings may not remove any potential malware infestation. Photo by Seth Rosenblatt/The Parallax. There’s no forensics being done on these devices,” Dameff says.

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Radar trends to watch: July 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Microsoft is stressing biometrics (which have their own problems) and multi-factor authentication. The malware somehow slipped through Microsoft’s signing process. Authentication using gestures, hand shapes, and geometric deep learning ? This is a huge, institutional problem in the pharmaceutical industry.

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2017 in cybersecurity and privacy news

The Parallax

Ransomware, a particularly nasty form of malware that locks your computer until you pay off your attackers and has been around for decades, continued to wreak havoc in 2017. And NotPetya cost pharmaceutical giant Merck more than $310 million , FedEx more than $300 million , and shipping company Maersk more than $200 million.