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Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. According to an interview with the person who claimed responsibility for the hoax, the spam messages were sent by abusing insecure code in an FBI online portal designed to share information with state and local law enforcement authorities.
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Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed today that its fbi.gov domain name and Internet address were used to blast out thousands of fake emails about a cybercrime investigation. According to an interview with the person who claimed responsibility for the hoax, the spam messages were sent by abusing insecure code in an FBI online portal designed to share information with state and local law enforcement authorities.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SCSNMw

Farm to home, reimagined

We learn about a new kind of vertical farming in urban environments and get to know a company that helps restaurants provide at-home dining experiences.
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UK’s First Carbon Neutral Data Center Provider

“For UKFast, being sustainable is a priority, not because of optics or commercial pressure – but because it’s the right thing to do. Of course, our clients care that we’re carbon neutral. But if they didn’t, we still would be carbon zero. There’s a perception that data center providers are environmentally unfriendly, but that can and should be a misconception. That’s why it’s so important for us to do whatever we can to reduce the effects of our carbon footprint.” — Dr Chris Folkerd, director of enterprise technologies at UKFast To read this article in full, please click here
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Paul Mountford joins Protegrity as CEO

Protegrity announced the appointment of Paul Mountford as the company’s new CEO. Mountford joins Protegrity following a successful 30-year career in the technology industry, having held senior executive positions at companies such as Cisco Systems, where Mountford ran Cisco’s $34 billion Enterprise business, and Riverbed Technology where Mountford was CEO. Most recently, Mountford served as chief operating officer at Pure Storage, one of the fastest-growing enterprise IT companies that provides storage solutions for SaaS and … More → The post Paul Mountford joins Protegrity as CEO appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Paul Mountford joins Protegrity as CEO

Protegrity announced the appointment of Paul Mountford as the company’s new CEO. Mountford joins Protegrity following a successful 30-year career in the technology industry, having held senior executive positions at companies such as Cisco Systems, where Mountford ran Cisco’s $34 billion Enterprise business, and Riverbed Technology where Mountford was CEO. Most recently, Mountford served as chief operating officer at Pure Storage, one of the fastest-growing enterprise IT companies that provides storage solutions for SaaS and … More → The post Paul Mountford joins Protegrity as CEO appeared first on Help Net Security.
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SCQ2MR

Paul Mountford joins Protegrity as CEO

Protegrity announced the appointment of Paul Mountford as the company’s new CEO. Mountford joins Protegrity following a successful 30-year career in the technology industry, having held senior executive positions at companies such as Cisco Systems, where Mountford ran Cisco’s $34 billion Enterprise business, and Riverbed Technology where Mountford was CEO. Most recently, Mountford served as chief operating officer at Pure Storage, one of the fastest-growing enterprise IT companies that provides storage solutions for SaaS and … More → The post Paul Mountford joins Protegrity as CEO appeared first on Help Net Security.
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A year after SolarWinds, third-party risk still threatens the software supply chain

Using open source or commercially available software for digital transformation has introduced risk into organizations’ environments.
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BrandPost: Data Management: Forward Momentum “Beyond the Base”

I was recently asked what I expected in the “database management” space over the rest of the decade. My immediate reaction was to adjust the question: where we’re headed—for those who aren’t there already—is all about managing data to good effect. Databases will be in the mix of tools deployed to make the right things happen, but the conversation will shift toward outcomes. It’s a natural—if not inevitable—consequence of every company getting into the business of building what economists call “stocks” (your arsenal of data at rest)  and enabling “flows” of data that cause smart actions in real time (think getting data where it needs to be at the moment that matters most). For technical practitioners, careers will be less “tool centric”—staking your claim, for example, as “an Oracle DBA”—and more about building a track record as a member of teams that creatively leverage an ecosystem to drive business impact. To read this article in full, please click here
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SCPl2Q

BrandPost: Data Management: Forward Momentum “Beyond the Base”

I was recently asked what I expected in the “database management” space over the rest of the decade. My immediate reaction was to adjust the question: where we’re headed—for those who aren’t there already—is all about managing data to good effect. Databases will be in the mix of tools deployed to make the right things happen, but the conversation will shift toward outcomes. It’s a natural—if not inevitable—consequence of every company getting into the business of building what economists call “stocks” (your arsenal of data at rest)  and enabling “flows” of data that cause smart actions in real time (think getting data where it needs to be at the moment that matters most). For technical practitioners, careers will be less “tool centric”—staking your claim, for example, as “an Oracle DBA”—and more about building a track record as a member of teams that creatively leverage an ecosystem to drive business impact. To read this article in full, please click here
http://news.poseidon-us.com/SCPl2Q