Kevin Lancaster on Nov 28, 2018 12:43:39 PM Breach news to share This week, Amazon experienced technical issues, and cybersecurity culture isn’t where it needs to be in 95% of organizations. Dark Web ID Trends: Top Source Hits: ID Theft Forums (98%) Top Compromise Type: Domains Top Industry: Manufacturing Top Employee Count: 11-50 employees (36%) Global Breach – Amazon https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/11/21/amazon_data_breach/ Exploit: Technical error. Amazon: Online […]
Steve Andriole Contributor Enterprise & Cloud This is the second installment of the annual Gartner prediction/trends set. The last one focused on strategic predictions. This one focuses on Gartner’s technology trends. This year’s list feels a little like a redo (with some new names for already pretty well-defined trends). Part of the problem with solid research organizations like Gartner is how visible […]
Harvard Business Review Abraham Zaleznik FROM THE JANUARY 2004 ISSUE The traditional view of management, back in 1977 when Abraham Zaleznik wrote this article, centered on organizational structure and processes. Managerial development at the time focused exclusively on building competence, control, and the appropriate balance of power. That view, Zaleznik argued, omitted the essential leadership elements of […]
After 301 million miles of travel at a cost of $850 million, scientists hope to learn more about what’s beneath the surface of Mars NASA spacecraft lands on Mars Nov. 26, 2018 / 11:43 AM PST / Updated 12:06 PM PST By Denise Chow and David K. Li NASA’s InSight landed safely on Mars on Monday afternoon, with […]
Frank Gruber @FrankGruber November 5, 2017 Are you ready to prepare a feast for the Thanksgiving holiday? Thanksgiving ranks at the top of my list of favorite days of the year, so it’s important to me that we get it right at my house. To prepare for this challenge, I like to turn to technology […]
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker / 20 hours ago A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor codes, shipping notifications and more. The exposed server belongs to Voxox (formerly Telcentris), a San Diego, Calif.-based communications company. The server wasn’t protected with a password, allowing anyone who knew where to look […]
John Biggs@johnbiggs / 14 hours ago This simple spreadsheet of machine learning foibles may not look like much but it’s a fascinating exploration of how machines “think.” The list, compiled by researcher Victoria Krakovna, describes various situations in which robots followed the spirit and the letter of the law at the same time. For example, in the video below a machine […]
INNOVATION AGENTS Sociality aggregates and sorts 20,000 social media patents into a searchable database that reveals just how invasive our digital devices have become. [Photo: courtesy of Paolo Cirio] BY DJ PANGBURN For years, Paolo Cirio has been turning data into digital activist art in inventive ways. His Obscurity social justice project, for instance, took on the predatory online mugshot […]