Category: Kamban
“AI is certainly the topic of topic of the day, but I think we are going to think of AI differently,” says incoming TD Synnex President of North America Reyna Thompson. “It’s not just that AI is emerging. It is how do you monetize AI?… We’re actually focused on how do you build a business…
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reported a massive increase in losses to Bitcoin ATM scams, nearly ten times the amount from 2020 and reaching over $110 million in 2023. Bitcoin ATMs are typically located in convenience stores, gas stations, and other busy areas, but instead of dispensing cash like the traditional ATMs they…
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Zyxel has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting multiple models of its business routers, potentially allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform OS command injection. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-7261 and assigned a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (“critical”), is an input validation fault caused by improper handling of user-supplied data, allowing remote attackers…
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Microsoft has released a new Workspaces PowerToy that helps launch sets of applications using custom desktop layouts and configurations with a mouse click. The tool lets you easily save your current desktop environment configuration as a workspace and relaunch all the apps later, knowing their windows will pop up in the same positions on your…
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The FBI warned today of North Korean hacking groups aggressively targeting cryptocurrency companies and their employees in sophisticated social engineering attacks to deploy malware designed to steal their crypto assets. According to the FBI, their social engineering tactics are highly targeted and difficult to detect, even for those with advanced cybersecurity expertise. Over the last several…
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“Reyna is focused and ready to take the reins- no pun intended- to create change,” said Michael Kanan, chairman and CEO of InaCOMP. TD Synnex North America Advanced Solutions Chief Reyna Thompson is taking over as North America President on December 1, replacing 40-year TD Synnex sales and distribution icon Peter Larocque, who is moving…
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The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) has imposed a fine of €30.5 million ($33.7 million) on Clearview AI for unlawful data collection using facial recognition, including photos of Dutch citizens. Clearview AI is an American technology company specializing in facial recognition software and is known for creating a vast database of facial images scraped from public…
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires security camera vendor Verkada to create a comprehensive information security program as part of a settlement after multiple security failures enabled hackers to access live video feeds from internet-connected cameras. Many cameras were located in sensitive environments, such as women’s health clinics, psychiatric hospitals, prisons, and schools. FTC alleges that…
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D-Link is warning that four remote code execution (RCE) flaws impacting all hardware and firmware versions of its DIR-846W router will not be fixed as the products are no longer supported. The four RCE flaws, three of which are rated critical and do not require authentication, were discovered by security researcher yali-1002, who released minimal…
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Three men have pleaded guilty to running OTP.Agency, an online platform that provided social engineering help to obtain one-time passcodes from customers of various banks and services in the U.K. The codes – temporary passwords also known as OTPs, were part of multi-factor authentication protections and criminals subscribing to the illegal service could use them to access…
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