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Malware: Bad for business and the environment

Capgemini

The risks of malware. The harsh reality is that malware doesn’t only threaten data security – it can also have a direct impact on sustainability initiatives and impede enterprise climate targets. Malware can jeopardize the robust quality control procedures that ensure a product is being produced safely and meets standards.

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Landmark EU Law Strengthens Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructures

Palo Alto Networks

It is especially important in a time of growing geopolitical tensions and cyberattacks where European citizens and their economies depend on a stable and secure digital infrastructure. In addition, some malware is embedded in word documents, PDFs and other files that may include personal data.

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Critical infrastructure is more vulnerable than ever—your industry could be a prime target

Lacework

One of the only major changes in cybercriminal operations is who their victims are—today, instead of targeting individuals, they’re targeting critical infrastructure. So, why did this shift occur, and which types of critical infrastructure are most at risk? Critical infrastructure is organized into 16 different sectors.

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Keep the Water Flowing for the DoD: Securing Operational Technology from Cyberattacks

Tenable

This progress has transformed critical infrastructures into interconnected, digitized systems that leverage advanced functionalities like automation, real-time data monitoring and remote access. However, integrating internet of things (IoT) devices and cloud computing has increased the number of connections to the critical infrastructure.

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Radar Trends to Watch: October 2023

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

This service allows you to use their infrastructure to train large language models at scale. The NSA, FBI, and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have published a CyberSecurity Information Sheet about Deepfakes that includes advice on detecting deepfakes and defending against them. You have to read it just for the title.

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Radar trends to watch: December 2021

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

On-premises infrastructure will never disappear; there will always be some data that’s too difficult or important to move. The Trojan Source vulnerability uses Unicode’s ability to handle bi-directional text to hide malware directly in the source code, where it is invisible. The code literally does not appear to say what it means.

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CIOs Discover That Dumb Technology Can’t Always Be Upgraded

The Accidental Successful CIO

Problems include confusion about how controls work, software bugs leading to physical accidents and, most worryingly, cyberattacks on infrastructure like chemical plants or power stations that could cause catastrophes. Dealing With The Old And The New. utilities to Volkswagen AG engineers who fraudulently passed U.S.