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Azure high-performance computing leads to developing amazing products at Microsoft Surface

Product level simulation models are routinely used in day-to-day decision making on design, reliability, and product features. Microsoft Azure HPC plays a vital role in enabling this vision for the Microsoft Surface team. The post Azure high-performance computing leads to developing amazing products at Microsoft Surface appeared first on Microsoft Azure Blog.
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Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform

Law enforcement from 19 countries severely disrupted one of the world’s largest phishing-as-a-service platform, known as LabHost. This year-long operation, coordinated at the international level by Europol, resulted in the compromise of LabHost’s infrastructure. International investigation disrupts phishing-as-a-service platform LabHost Between Sunday 14 April and Wednesday 17 April a total of 70 addresses were searched across the world, resulting in the arrest of 37 suspects. This includes the arrest of 4 individuals in the United … More → The post Authorities take down LabHost, phishing-as-a-service platform appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Who owns customer identity?

When I’m talking with prospective clients, I like to ask: which department owns customer identity? Everyone immediately looks towards a different team. While every team touches customer identity at some point, the teams that own it differ from organization to organization. From my experience, customer identity often doesn’t have a single owner because it’s critical across the business. This lack of clear ownership, however, makes it hard for organizations to get consensus. When organizations focus … More → The post Who owns customer identity? appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, April 18th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8944, (Thu, Apr 18th)

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National Weather Service financial system rollout less predictable than the weather

Last year, the Commerce Department rolled out a new financial system meant to improve financial management. Things have not gone as planned. The post National Weather Service financial system rollout less predictable than the weather first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Malicious PDF File Used As Delivery Mechanism, (Wed, Apr 17th)

Billions of PDF files are exchanged daily and many people trust them because they think the file is “read-only” and contains just “a bunch of data”. In the past, badly crafted PDF files could trigger nasty vulnerabilities in PDF viewers. All of them were affected at least once, especially Acrobat or FoxIt readers. A PDF file can also be pretty “dynamic” and embed JavaScript scripts, auto-open action to trigger the execution of a script (for example PowerShell on Windows, etc), or any other type of embedded data.
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Understanding next-level cyber threats

In this Help Net Security video, Trevor Hilligoss, VP of SpyCloud Labs, discusses the 2024 SpyCloud Identity Exposure Report, an annual report examining the latest trends in cybercrime and its impact. Researchers recaptured nearly 1.38 billion passwords circulating the darknet in 2023, an 81.5% year-over-year increase from 759 million in 2022. Within these passwords, the report finds a 74% password reuse rate for users exposed in two or more breaches in the last year. Researchers … More → The post Understanding next-level cyber threats appeared first on Help Net Security.
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IT and security professionals demand more workplace flexibility

The concept of Everywhere Work is now much broader, encompassing where, when, and how professionals get their work done — and flexibility has become a key workplace priority, according to Ivanti. Ivanti surveyed over 7,700 executive leaders, IT and cybersecurity professionals‌‌ , and office workers to explore the profound challenges and opportunities employers face when they empower their employees to work everywhere — with no limitations on place and time. “Employers seeking to hire top … More → The post IT and security professionals demand more workplace flexibility appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8942, (Wed, Apr 17th)

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