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Hackers are stealing personal medical data to impersonate your doctor

Jun11
by on June 11, 2019 at 12:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


When it comes to health, prevention is the best cure. Now it’s becoming apparent it is time to extend this philosohphy to medical data as well. While personally identifiable information — full names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, credit card numbers — can be exploited by criminals to commit identity fraud, the theft of medical information can have equally serious impact on victims. Thanks to a new report published by Carbon Black, we now know exactly how hackers use stolen healthcare data to their benefit. “Valuable data from the healthcare industry exceeds protected health information (PHI) and the…

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Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency on Reddit, followed by Ethereum and Monero

Jun11
by on June 11, 2019 at 12:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Bitcoin is the most popular cryptocurrency on Reddit with an average of 3,600 comments about the digital currency being posted every day. On the other hand, Ethereum and Monero are the protagonists of 500 and 380 daily comments respectively. That’s according to a new research paper by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which analyzed three years worth of discussions on Reddit from January 2015 to January 2018.  As part of their study, the researchers sought to measure the speed and scale at which discussions about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero spread. The paper says cryptocurrencies “are disproportionately used by criminals and hackers,…

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Cryptocurrency hackers sneak malware into Oracle servers to mine Monero

Jun11
by on June 11, 2019 at 10:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Security researchers have identified yet another cryptocurrency mining malware. This time it’s installing itself on enterprise application servers, and using a clever trick to remain hidden. If that wasn’t enough, the malware has already claimed its first major victim: Oracle servers. The malware takes advantage of a common vulnerability and exploit that was first identified in April this year by researchers from cybersecurity firm Trend Micro. It attacks Oracle WebLogic Servers to install a Monero cryptocurrency mining bot. Reports of the malware first surfaced on the SANS ISC InfoSec Forums last week. Trend Micro researchers verified that the exploit has…

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You’ll only be able to watch Steven Spielberg’s new horror series after dark

Jun11
by on June 11, 2019 at 10:13 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Lifestyle


Steven Spielberg is in the process of writing a horror show for a new stream service called Quibi (Short for Quick Bites), reported Variety. The catch is you can only watch an episode once its dark. Speaking at the Banff World Media Festival in Canada, Quibi’s co-founder and former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg recently said Spielberg had already written five or six episodes. When the well-known director approached Quibi with the show, he had a condition that viewers should only watch it at night. The upcoming streaming service’s engineers have fulfilled that request with a clever approach. Using the phone’s timing…

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Why your workplace sucks at internal communication

Jun11
by on June 11, 2019 at 8:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Internal communication seem to be this mystical concept that means very different things to everyone. For a PR nerd, it is a silver bullet that helps you improve everything about a company. If you are an HR specialist, it is something that reduces the workload. And for management, it is often a tick in a checklist: something that needs to be done to look like a professional and a successful company. The thing is, they are all correct answers. Internal communication is a wide field that has the potential to solve many problems a company faces. And as it is…

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