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Microsoft makes performance, speed optimizations to ONNX machine-learning runtime available to developers

January 21, 2020Category: hacking news

Credit: Microsoft Microsoft is open sourcing and integrating some updates it it has made in deep-learning models used for natural-language processing. On January 21, the company announced it is making available to developers these optimizations by integrating them into the ONNX Runtime. Microsoft and Facebook announced the ONNX (Open Neural…

#hacking | Journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes in Brazil

January 21, 2020Category: Government security

The charges come following a series of stories published in 2019 by Greenwald’s news site The Intercept, based on a trove of data that it said “provides unprecedented insight into the operations of the anti-corruption task force that transformed Brazilian politics and gained worldwide attention.” The stories included excerpts of…

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Meghan Markle Gets Mom-Shamed For Holding Baby Archie “Wrong”

January 21, 2020Category: hacking news

Mommyshame By Teddi Welch | January 21, 2020 Instagram / Sussex Royal Meghan Markle has been criticized from the moment she joined the royal family. “Her avocados” are wrecking the environment, she’s “torn” Prince Harry from his family, yada, yada, yada. Their announcement that they would be leaving their professional royal roles to…

#infosec | Surge in Ships Seeking Cybersecurity Classification

January 21, 2020Category: computer security

A leading offshore safety and verification body has reported a rapid rise in the number of ships seeking to gain a cybersecurity classification. Ship classification society Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore (BV) says it has seen a surge in the number of ships applying for its “Cyber Managed” notation. The notation…

#infosec | US Cybersecurity Firm Founder Admits Funding DDoS Attacks

January 21, 2020Category: computer security

An American businessman who co-founded a cybersecurity company has admitted to hiring criminals to carry out cyber-attacks against others. Tucker Preston, of Macon, Georgia, confessed to having paid threat actors to launch a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks between December 2015 and February 2016. DDoS attacks prevent a website from functioning…

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Don’t worry about CurveBall just yet — get your Citrix systems patched

January 21, 2020Category: News

Hey, admins! It’s been an exciting week, eh? Most of you have been inundated with requests — demands — that you patch all of your systems immediately to protect them from the highly publicized CVE-2020-0601 Crypt32.dll security hole, known as “Chain Of Fools” or “CurveBall.” While you were scrambling to comply with…

#infosec | Scottish Police Deploy Tech That Extracts Data from Locked Smartphones

January 21, 2020Category: computer security

Police Scotland has announced plans to establish “cyber kiosks” that will allow officers to scan locked smart devices for evidence. The 41 new kiosks will be located in police stations across local policing divisions, where they will be operated by over 400 specially trained officers. Each kiosk is essentially a desktop computer…

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | US election still vulnerable to attacks, despite security improvements

January 21, 2020Category: News

Days away from the Iowa caucuses, and less than 11 months from the general election, voting and election security continues to be a challenge for the U.S political system. Threats to a secure election appear to loom as large today as they did in 2016, when Russian state-backed hackers and…

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Smart Government Market High Demand Driving Market Profit

January 21, 2020Category: hacking news

Pune, Maharashtra, January 21, 2020 (Wired Release) Prudour Pvt. Ltd. The Global Smart Government Market Research Report is expected to display a high CAGR according to the recent report added by MarketResearch.Biz. Distinct growth driving forces and upcoming trends which will boost the market growth are included in this study….

#infosec | Hong Kong to Strengthen Privacy Laws Following Cathay Breach

January 21, 2020Category: computer security

Hong Kong is set to follow the lead of European regulators in applying tougher penalties for data protection infractions, following a serious breach at airline Cathay Pacific in 2018. Proposed amendments to the regional government’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, which cited the GDPR, would see fines levied as a percentage…

#infosec | UK Gov Database Leak Exposes 28 Million Children

January 21, 2020Category: computer security

The UK government is facing urgent questions after it was revealed that betting companies were given access to a Department for Education (DfE) database containing personal information on 28 million children. Known as the Learning Record Service, the database stores information on students in England, Wales and North Ireland choosing…

#infosec | Zero-Day IE Bug is Being Exploited in the Wild

January 21, 2020Category: computer security

Both Microsoft and the US government are warning computer users of a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which is currently being exploited in the wild. The zero-day bug, CVE-2020-0674, exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in IE, according to a Microsoft advisory…

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | £150m cybersecurity framework to go live next month

January 21, 2020Category: News

A £150m public sector cybersecurity framework is set to go live next month, replacing Cyber Security Services 2. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) published the contract notice for Cyber Security Services 3 earlier this month, with the framework available for buyers to purchase from on 14 February. Related articles A dynamic…

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Hanna Andersson Hacked, Credit Card Details Out on the Dark Web

January 21, 2020Category: hacking news

U.S. kids’ wear brand Hanna Anderson’s online purchase platform was hacked during the holiday season of December 2019. The attackers stole the credit card details including customer name, payment card number, CVV code, expiration date along with billing and shipping address of its customers from the checkout and payment page…

#hacking | Federal policy change takes proactive approach to election hacking, lo | Depend On WOKV – Jacksonville’s News, Weather, and Traffic

January 21, 2020Category: Government security

With election season ramping up across the country, local election officials are happy to see a new change in federal policy. The FBI announced last week that the agency is working toward a commitment to notify state officials if election systems have been breached. Chris Chambless is the supervisor of…

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Lawmakers pass Judiciary Police bill creating 7 new units

January 21, 2020Category: News

The Legislative Assembly (AL) on Monday passed the outline of a government-initiated bill amending the current law regulating the powers, functions and duties of the Judiciary Police (PJ), which proposes to expressly grant the Judiciary Police “exclusive competence” to investigate crimes endangering national security and crimes related to cybersecurity. According…

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | The Great U.S.-China Tech Divide

January 20, 2020Category: News

In terms of technology, the world had been unifying for years. Now it is reverting back to the likes of the VHS-versus-Betamax era, with much bigger consequences. Imagine two countries with completely different sets of hardware and software for the internet, electronic devices, telecommunications, and even social media and dating…

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Extraditing ‘Princess of Huawei’ Meng Wanzhou to the US would ’embarass’ Canada, lawyers claim as trial begins

January 20, 2020Category: News

Extraditing Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the US would “embarrass” Canada and undermine its autonomy, her lawyers have argued, kicking off the first day of a court case that has whipped up a geopolitical storm between China and the west. Lawyers acting for Ms Weng, the “Princess of Huawei” who has been under house…

#infosec | US Could Appoint a Cybersecurity Leader for Each State

January 20, 2020Category: computer security

The USA is considering legislation that would protect local governments by requiring the appointment of a cybersecurity leader for each state. Backers of the Cybersecurity State Coordinator Act of 2020 say the proposed law will improve intelligence sharing between state and federal governments and speed up incident response times in the event…

#hacking | What happens when we unmask the hackers?

January 20, 2020Category: Government security

Cyber-threat activity has become an increasingly common topic of discussion in the media, and society in general. Why is this? Because of public disclosures, which have helped to shine a light on a hitherto murky part underworld of malware and hacking across the internet. But until now, little has been…

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#deepweb |
Microsoft makes performance, speed optimizations to ONNX machine-learning runtime available to developers

#hacking | Journalist Glenn Greenwald has been charged with cybercrimes in Brazil

#deepweb |
Meghan Markle Gets Mom-Shamed For Holding Baby Archie “Wrong”

#infosec | Surge in Ships Seeking Cybersecurity Classification

#infosec | US Cybersecurity Firm Founder Admits Funding DDoS Attacks

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Don’t worry about CurveBall just yet — get your Citrix systems patched

#infosec | Scottish Police Deploy Tech That Extracts Data from Locked Smartphones

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | US election still vulnerable to attacks, despite security improvements

#deepweb |
Smart Government Market High Demand Driving Market Profit

#infosec | Hong Kong to Strengthen Privacy Laws Following Cathay Breach

#infosec | UK Gov Database Leak Exposes 28 Million Children

#infosec | Zero-Day IE Bug is Being Exploited in the Wild

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | £150m cybersecurity framework to go live next month

#deepweb |
Hanna Andersson Hacked, Credit Card Details Out on the Dark Web

#hacking | Federal policy change takes proactive approach to election hacking, lo | Depend On WOKV – Jacksonville’s News, Weather, and Traffic

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Lawmakers pass Judiciary Police bill creating 7 new units

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | The Great U.S.-China Tech Divide

#nationalcybersecuritymonth | Extraditing ‘Princess of Huawei’ Meng Wanzhou to the US would ’embarass’ Canada, lawyers claim as trial begins

#infosec | US Could Appoint a Cybersecurity Leader for Each State

#hacking | What happens when we unmask the hackers?

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