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A Lincoln health care company has been targeted by cybercriminals, but company officials said there's no evidence of any patient data being compromised. NRC Health said it immediately shut down its system Feb. 11 to contain the ransomware attack, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
As a result, thousands of events around the world are being canceled, postponed or turned into online-only events in the wake of the coronavirus and the looming threat of COVID-19. Shopify Unite 2020 developers conference was set for May 6-8 in Toronto and now the in-person portion is canceled and it will be an online-only event.
Machine learning creates a profile of expected email contacts and turns on a stop sign when new people pop up.
In a RSA 2020 simulation, the Red Team compromised email accounts, created deepfake videos and spread disinformation on Election Day in Adversaria.
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As companies continue to grapple with the challenges of insider threats, machine learning coupled with behavioral analytics can assist in predicting and detecting potential threats from employees and contractors, according to a panel of security experts at RSA 2020. To mitigate insider threats, experts suggest that enterprises develop their own risk algorithms by coupling machine learning capabilities with behavioral analytics to understand discrepancies in employee activities.
DigiCert, the world's leading provider of TLS/SSL, IoT and PKI solutions, is upgrading channel partners to DigiCert CertCentral Partner, a comprehensive TLS certificate management solution for cloud and hosted environments. CertCentral helps partners customize and automate all stages of certificate lifecycle management for their end customers, as well as easily deliver new features and solutions, while simplifying business management.
There is a darker side to the Latin American hacking scene. "The cartels aren't using hackers to provide an alternative to drug money, just a relatively easy additional source of income - it's easier to use a hacker to syphon money out of an ATM than to break into one, or rob a bank."
Among the top issues being discussed at the RSA 2020 conference this week is the need for more cybersecurity collaboration between government agencies and the private sector. Alexander says private sector organizations need to share anonymized information on cybersecurity issues with the government so that further attacks can be prevented.