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Chinese threat actors extract big data and sell it on the dark web

SC Magazine

A sign is posted on the exterior of Twitter headquarters on April 26, 2017 in San Francisco, California. Among the incidents data stolen by Chinese hackers involved a Twitter database. The data allegedly originated from big data sources of the two most popular mobile network operators in China.

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Interview with the Head of the NSA’s Research Directorate

Schneier on Security

There’s a lot of talk about quantum computing, monitoring 5G networks, and the problems of big data: The math department, often in conjunction with the computer science department, helps tackle one of NSA’s most interesting problems: big data.

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Data-Centric Security and Big Data

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

It’s called the “Zero-Trust Model” and nothing supports it like data-centric security since the methods used can render data useless if it is ever stolen or removed from the enterprise. The Big Data Conundrum. Effective data-centric security solutions are the only reasonable path to realizing a Zero-Trust Model.

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Dell notifies customers about data breach

Malwarebytes

A cybercriminal called Menelik posted the following message on the “Breach Forums” site: “The data includes 49 million customer and other information of systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024. I am the only person who has the data.” So, this is another big data breach that leaves us with more questions than answers.

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NHS to share UK Patient data with a notorious US Company

CyberSecurity Insiders

News is out that the data will be shared with a notorious US Software firm named Palantir, whose core business is to supply information to companies that are into the business of big data and offering surveillance tech to firms associated with Military, law enforcement, and border forces. .

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The Essential Guide to Radio Frequency Penetration Testing

Pen Test

It endeavors to elucidate the underlying methodology, a comprehensive array of tools employed, and the typical vulnerabilities that security experts strategically target (Anderson & White, 2017). These regulations necessitate thorough assessments of wireless systems to ensure compliance and mitigate the risk of data breaches.

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MY TAKE: How advanced automation of threat intel sharing has quickened incident response

The Last Watchdog

At the same time, digital transformation has redoubled the complexity of company networks, catapulting us from Big Data to Very Big Data. Consider that 90% of the data that exists in the world was created in two years — 2017 and 2018 — and that our digital universe is on track to swell from 3.2

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