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Converge, collaborate and conquer IT and OT security risks

Converge, collaborate and conquer IT and OT security risks

As the world transitions towards Industry 4.0, cyberattacks are no longer limited to the IT infrastructure of organizations. Threat actors are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure and operational technology (OT) in organizations from different industries. For instance, The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has warned that ransomware groups will likely target and disrupt OT operations in the transport sector, in the foreseeable future. One reason is that IT and OT networks have historically operated in siloes with limited collaboration. This has resulted in the lack of a cohesive strategy for organization-wide security risk management. While IT security teams are often adept at handling the latest threats, risks on the OT plant network side usually go… Source link

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US House of Representatives pass bill that could ban TikTok

US House of Representatives pass bill that could ban TikTok

Featured Image Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images/ Tim Robberts/Getty The House has passed a bill that would ban TikTok in the US if its owner doesn’t sell Published Mar 13, 2024, 14:51:05 GMTLast updated Mar 13, 2024, 16:22:57 GMT The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which would ban TikTok in the US if its owners don’t sell. The bill would force the app’s owner ByteDance to sell its stake in the platform within six months or have the app be banned from US app stores and web hosting services. It was introduced amid concerns over ByteDance’s connections to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The bill passed by a vote of 352-65, and will now go on to the Senate, according to the Associated Press. TikTok currently has around 170 million users in the US. Lawmakers in favour of the bill… Source link

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Social media’s threat to children includes dangerous terms of service

Michael Bugeja is a distinguished professor of liberal arts and sciences at Iowa State University. Long after risks became apparent 20 years ago — including screen addiction, loss of face-to-face communication, cyber stalking, bullying and harassment — lawmakers finally are trying to restrict social media accounts of underage users and monitor effects of these perilous platforms. Lack of legislation has allowed tech CEOs to deflect deleterious effects, hire D.C. lobbyists and write service terms so obtuse that users simply ignore them and click “I agree,” the most pervasive lie told every day across Iowa. As the Des Moines Register reported, the Iowa House has approved a bill (House File 2523), requiring children under age 18 to get parental approval to open social media accounts… Source link

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BotGuard Raises €12M in Series A Funding

BotGuard Raises €12M in Series A Funding

BotGuard, a Tallinn, Estonia-based cybersecurity software company, raised €12M in Series A funding. The round was led by MMC Ventures. Existing investors Tera Ventures and Expeditions Fund also participated in the round, alongside prominent angel investors including Stefan Lindeberg. The company intends to use the funds to further develop its technology, recruit tech development talent, and expand its sales and marketing teams as it continues to scale globally.  Founded in 2019 by Nik Rozenberg, CEO, and Denis Prochko, CTO, BotGuard is a global web traffic management company that enables businesses to manage good, bad, and neutral web traffic. Its proprietary technology selectively blocks negative traffic (malicious bots) and neutral traffic – which would… Source link

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Here’s How Much Oscars Hosts Get Paid, And Wow, It’s Not What I Expected

Here’s How Much Oscars Hosts Get Paid, And Wow, It’s Not What I Expected

PATRICK T. FALLON via Getty Images We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how much “seat fillers” ― people who take the seats of temporarily-absent Oscars guests who’ve got up to pee or socialise ― get paid.  And while those people earn exactly zero dollars and naught point nil cents for the role, the same cannot be said of hosting the event.  Jimmy Kimmel, the host of the 2024 Oscars, shared the exact fee for his 2017 and 2018 hosting gig on his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! when chatting with former Oscars host, Wanda Sykes.  He revealed at the time that his pay was $15,000 for the task, which is honestly less than I’d thought. It’s still 15k!  That’s true ― but as he pointed out in conversation with Wanda, “It sounds like a lot for one night but it’s months of… Source link

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