I recently caught up with Or Lenchner, CEO at Luminati, to discuss his company’s Data Collector product, an automated data collection tool, allowing customers to collect the most accurate data at scale quickly, easily, and without getting blocked. Ever since his appointment as CEO, Lenchner has continued to expand the company’s market base, as a data collection operator, … [Read more...] about Interview: Luminati CEO, Or Lenchner
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Coronavirus vaccines selling on darknet black markets
In December of 2020, the US FDA approved the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. Within 24 hours, one of the largest global vaccination campaigns in history kicked off, with countries around the world rushing to begin the end of the pandemic. Unfortunately, supply chains haven’t been able to keep up, and poorly designed vaccination programs have resulted in long delays. And, of … [Read more...] about Coronavirus vaccines selling on darknet black markets
Google Will Use ‘FLoC’ for Ad Targeting Once 3rd-Party Cookies Are Dead
Signaling a major shift to its ads-driven business model, Google on Wednesday unequivocally stated it would not build alternate identifiers or tools to track users across multiple websites once it begins phasing out third-party tracking cookies from its Chrome browser by early 2022. "Instead, our web products will be powered by privacy-preserving APIs which prevent individual … [Read more...] about Google Will Use ‘FLoC’ for Ad Targeting Once 3rd-Party Cookies Are Dead
Apple Hearing Study shares new insights on hearing health
About 10 percent of Apple Hearing Study participants have been diagnosed with hearing loss by a professional. Of these, 75 percent do not use assistive support such as a hearing aid or cochlear implant, even though such devices can help reduce the impacts of hearing loss. According to data collected using the study’s hearing … [Read more...] about Apple Hearing Study shares new insights on hearing health
TOP 10 insideBIGDATA Articles for February 2021
In this continuing regular feature, we give all our valued readers a monthly heads-up for the top 10 most viewed articles appearing on insideBIGDATA. We’ve heard from many of our followers that this feature will enable them to catch up with important news and features flowing across our many channels. We’re happy to oblige! We understand that busy big data professionals can’t … [Read more...] about TOP 10 insideBIGDATA Articles for February 2021
Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection
Cybercriminals are now deploying remote access Trojans (RATs) under the guise of seemingly innocuous images hosted on infected websites, once again highlighting how threat actors quickly change tactics when their attack methods are discovered and exposed publicly. New research released by Cisco Talos reveals a new malware campaign targeting organizations in South Asia that … [Read more...] about Hackers Now Hiding ObliqueRAT Payload in Images to Evade Detection
New Zealand students prototype their own Samoan language app with iPad
After brainstorming ideas and creating wireframes for their app, the students divided into content creation teams, sketching illustrations with Apple Pencil, creating animations in Keynote, and recording voice overs using the iPad’s built-in microphone. Testing was also an important part of the process. “This is where we discovered … [Read more...] about New Zealand students prototype their own Samoan language app with iPad
AI and 3D: A New Era of Geospatial Intelligence
In this special guest feature, San Gunawardana, Co-founder and CEO of Enview, discusses the marrying of AI and mapping, and why the two matter for the future of national security, disasters, infrastructure and city planning. Enview is a company creating living 3D models of our rapidly changing world. San’s background includes a PhD from Stanford on AI, embedding with the Army … [Read more...] about AI and 3D: A New Era of Geospatial Intelligence
New ‘unc0ver’ Tool Can Jailbreak All iPhone Models Running iOS 11.0
A popular jailbreaking tool called "unc0ver" has been updated to support iOS 14.3 and earlier releases, thereby making it possible to unlock almost every single iPhone model using a vulnerability that Apple in January disclosed was actively exploited in the wild. The latest release, dubbed unc0ver v6.0.0, was released on Sunday, according to its lead developer Pwn20wnd, … [Read more...] about New ‘unc0ver’ Tool Can Jailbreak All iPhone Models Running iOS 11.0
Third-Party Software Security Scanning – Cisco Blogs
This blog is co-authored by Nur Hayat and is part two of a four-part series about DevSecOps. Earlier in this series we covered how Continuous Security Buddy (CSB) for continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) — CSB for CI/CD — provides an automation framework for holistic, continuous security based on DevSecOps principles. In this blog, let’s take a closer look at … [Read more...] about Third-Party Software Security Scanning – Cisco Blogs