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Data brokers may be banned from selling your social security number
In the wake of high-profile hacks affecting hundreds of millions of Americans, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing a rule limiting data brokers’ ability to sell Americans’ sensitive personal and financial information. Under the proposed rule, data brokers that sell information about consumers’ income, credit history, credit score, or debt payments would be considered consumer reporting agencies. As…
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Dell Technologies CTO: ROI on AI should be the number one focus for execs
Business leaders need to focus more on the return on investment (ROI) from AI projects, prioritizing those with definable value, according to John Roese, Global CTO at Dell Technologies. In conversation with ITPro at Dell Technologies Forum London 2024, Roese argued that there’s immense potential for AI and generative AI in the enterprise but that customers still struggle with identifying…
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How to Swap Your Google Voice and Regular Phone Number (and Why You Should)
In 2010, Google Voice was launched, giving users a free virtual number that could send and receive texts and phone calls, plus help people with multiple phones simplify their lives. If you’re a Google Voice user, perhaps you’ve considered porting your virtual Google Voice number over to your wireless carrier, but you don’t want to lose the phone number that’s…
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Sleep Number Black Friday mattress sale 2024: Save up to $600 on smart beds
Black Friday is undoubtedly the best time of year to buy a new mattress with prices falling across the board. Leading smart bed manufacturer Sleep Number has launched some early deals in their Fall sale, making it a great time to snap up a decent discount, with up to $600 off Sleep Number mattresses. Sleep Number makes some of the…
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6 Advantages of Using a Fixed VoIP Number (+ 4 Drawbacks)
A fixed VoIP number is directly associated with a physical address unlike a non-fixed VoIP number, which is tied to a user instead. Getting a fixed VoIP number generally costs more than a non-fixed number. That’s because your VoIP provider must verify your address and comply with local regulations. While the cost varies depending on your provider and package, you’ll…
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Human error is cybersecurity’s number one concern, Kaseya report finds
User behavior is the biggest cybersecurity challenge facing IT organizations today, new research from Kaseya has found, as threat actors and defenders alike increasingly adopt AI. The 2024 Kaseya Security Survey quizzed IT professionals across North America, the UK and EU, as well as APAC and New Zealand, working for companies with annual revenue of between $1 million and $10…
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Dental company Henry Schein raises number of data breach victims from 29K to 166K
Dental product distributor Henry Schein this week raised the number of victims whose private information was compromised in 2023 data breaches from 29,112 to 166,432. Henry Schein suffered two cyberattacks in September and October 2023 claimed by ransomware gang ALPHV/BlackCat. The gang claimed responsibility for those attacks in November and December 2023, respectively, and threatened a third attack as well.…
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Stable Diffusion 3.5 Is Out with Better Performance & the Right Number of Limbs
Stability, the AI startup behind popular image generator Stable Diffusion, has announced a new generation of models that are designed to be more customizable and versatile while outputting more “diverse” and representative content. The new Stable Diffusion 3.5 is being made available in three variations: Large, Large Turbo, and Medium. Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large clocks in at 8 billion parameters…
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Number of Active Ransomware Groups Highest on Record
This year has seen the highest number of active ransomware groups on record, with 58 attacking global businesses in the second quarter. Threat intelligence platform provider Cyberint has reported only a slight dip in the third quarter, with 57 active groups. Furthermore, in Q3, the top 10 ransomware groups were responsible for only 58.3% of all detected attacks. This reflects…
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The saga of the National Public Data Social Security number leak continues
Now, Krebs On Security reports a roughly identical website to NPD called recordscheck.net was found to be hosting an archive containing site logins as well as source code for some of the site’s tools in plaintext. That would’ve been enough information to access the same consumer records as NPD. The now-removed file contained email data belonging to NPD founder Salvatore…
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