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Lenovo issues fixes for laptop backdoors

Researchers have discovered three vulnerabilities affecting various Lenovo consumer laptop models. The vulnerabilities were found in UEFI firmware drivers originally meant to be used only during the manufacturing process, along with a vulnerability in the SW SMI handler function. The list of affected devices contains more than one hundred different laptop models with millions of …

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Accenture Acquires Ergo to Expand Data & AI Capabilities and Accelerate Data-Led Transformation on the Cloud

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina; April 21, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Ergo, a data-centered business located in Argentina that helps companies create a culture of data-driven decision-making using big data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Ergo’s team of 200 data specialists will join the Data & AI team within Accenture Cloud First. Financial terms of the acquisition …

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Beware of fake Twitter philanthropists offering to put $750 into your Cash App account

Twitter philanthropists are a controversial emergence on the social media platform. In essence, Twitter-based philanthropy is about incredibly rich people helping out those who need it. The help is random, and often focused around performing a task like listening to a podcast or simply retweeting something. Of course, not everyone can “win” and many, many …

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It’s legal to scrape public data—US appeals court

Web scraping—the automated extraction of data from websites—has been around for a long time. Simultaneously cursed and praised, with nobody being able to quite land the decisive blow about whether it should be allowed, one way or another. This may have changed, thanks to a recent US appeals court ruling. A tangled web of scraped …

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Ransomware Isn’t Just About Data: The Rising Risk of Cyber Business Interruption

April 20, 2022 Overview As the frequency of ransomware attacks increases, organizations must consider that it’s not just data that hackers are targeting. There is an increasing risk of business interruption (BI). This growing digital peril has presented new challenges to business continuity and security. “The landscape has changed the cyber risk,” says Bianca McKenzie, …

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Ransomware Isn’t Just About Data: The Rising Risk of Cyber Business Interruption

April 20, 2022 Overview As the frequency of ransomware attacks increases, organizations must consider that it’s not just data that hackers are targeting. There is an increasing risk of business interruption (BI). This growing digital peril has presented new challenges to business continuity and security. “The landscape has changed the cyber risk,” says Bianca McKenzie, …

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