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TechCrunch+ roundup: Technical due diligence, web3’s promise, how to hire well

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Image Credits: AndreyPopov (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. 8 questions to answer before your startup faces technical due diligence. Image Credits: kutaytanir (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. After technical due diligence begins, no amount of storytelling can cover the secrets buried in GitHub and Jira.

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What you need to know about Okta’s security breach

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On October 20, 2023, Okta Security identified adversarial activity that used a stolen credential to gain access to the company’s support case management system. Once inside the system, the hacker gained access to files uploaded by Okta customers using valid session tokens from recent support cases.

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Prioritizing AI? Don’t shortchange IT fundamentals

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Data due diligence Generative AI especially has particular implications for data security, Mann says. Feed in your entire Slack or Teams history and you may end up with responses like, “I’ll work on that tomorrow,” which would be perfectly appropriate from human employees but aren’t what you expect from a gen AI system.

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February 2024 Patch Tuesday

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Microsoft updates this month impact the Windows OS, Office 365, Edge, Windows Defender, Sharepoint, SQL Server, Exchange Server,Net (reissued), multiple Azure components and a few odds and ends. Starting with the reissue: Microsoft reissued a spoofing vulnerability in Windows AppX Installer ( CVE-2021-43890 ). base score of 7.5

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Daily Crunch: Mobile gaming review — Playing on the Logitech G Cloud with Shadow

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Creating systems that are resilient against ransomware isn’t top of mind for early-stage startups, but many companies don’t even follow basic best practices, much to their detriment. “Enable multifactor authentication (MFA) on everything you have,” said Katie Moussouris, founder of Luta Security.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: How To Boost the Cybersecurity of AI Systems While Minimizing Risks

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As nations and organizations embrace the transformative power of AI, it is important that we provide concrete recommendations to AI end users and cultivate a resilient foundation for the safe development and use of AI systems,” she added. CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2019 STIG Benchmark v2.0.0 CIS Oracle Database 19c Benchmark v1.2.0

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CVE-2021-34527: Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Patch for PrintNightmare Vulnerability in Windows Print Spooler

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On July 6, Microsoft updated its advisory to announce the availability of out-of-band patches for a critical vulnerability in its Windows Print Spooler that researchers are calling PrintNightmare. This remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affects all versions of Microsoft Windows. Description. CVE-2021-34527.

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