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3 ways to deter phishing attacks in 2023

CIO

Vishing: Voice over IP (VoIP) and Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) are also susceptible to phishing attacks – attackers use speech synthesis software and automated calls to solicit victims to share bank details and login credentials. Smishing: Phishing over text (SMS) messages.

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LeapXpert raises $22M to monitor employee chats for compliance

TechCrunch

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined Wall Street banks, including Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, $1.8 See Deutsche Bank, which last June forced bankers to install an app called Movius that tracks communications on their phones. In September, the U.S.

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This UK startup has come up with a unique way to verify small businesses on WhatsApp

TechCrunch

YourBusinessNumber strips out data, minutes, texts and use of apps or VOIP, offering just the UID. That’s our unique IP, and we are banking on the fact that we’re going to get the most people verified on WhatsApp business, versus somebody just going out in the street buying a phone number and trying to do it on their own.”

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We’ve resubmitted the HEY Calendar app to Apple

David Heinemeier Hansson

VOIP, Cloud Storage, Email Services , Web Hosting) do not need to use in-app purchase, provided there is no purchasing inside the app, or calls to action for purchase outside of the app. This is the rule we were banking on them following with the HEY Calendar app. They even cite Email Services(!!) as an example in 3.1.3(f):

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Cloud PC preps Grant Thornton for hybrid future

CIO

I’m certain we were well ahead of the game when major UK banks were calling our people for help because their employees couldn’t work from home.”. Grant Thornton’s partnership with Microsoft began when the firm scuttled its Mitel VoIP phone systems in favor of Skype for Business in 2016, just as Swift took over as CIO.

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How to Earn Interest with Bitcoin

David Walsh

When I was young I remember looking at my bank book and seeing nice interest payments for cash I had in the bank. Fast forward to today and banks are giving essentially nothing for interest — your money just sits there collecting dust. That got me thinking about new and creative ways to earn interest on USD.

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How to Ensure Supply Chain Security for AI Applications

Cloudera

Obviously, as an industry, we have learned nothing. The implications for ML are dire, considering the real-world decisions being made by ML models such as evaluating creditworthiness, detecting cancer or guiding a missile.