Mon Apr 20 2020: Finance Insights, a Security Sundae, and AI rates bugs

Mon Apr 20 2020: Finance Insights, a Security Sundae, and AI rates bugs

Today * Insight from the finance teams https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/pwc-covid-19-cfo-pulse-survey-2.html https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/pwc-covid-19-cfo-pulse-survey.html * Four security stories to make a sundae https://www.channele2e.com/news/maze-ransomware-attacks-cognizant-customers/ https://www.channelpartnerinsight.com/news/4014163/cognizant-hit-maze-ransomware-amid-surge-msp-focused-attacks https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-news/fbi-covid-19-cyberattacks-spike-400-in-pandemic/ https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-markets/asia-pacific/dhs-cisa-warn-of-north-korea-cyber-threat/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/04/16/hospitals-on-covid-19-frontline-face-double-extortion-threat-security-experts-caution/#420ed5d83c27 AND * A new AI system for security bugs https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/16/ai-spots-critical-microsoft-security-bugs-97-of-the-time/

Today

  • Insight from the finance teams

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/pwc-covid-19-cfo-pulse-survey-2.html

https://www.pwc.com/us/en/library/covid-19/pwc-covid-19-cfo-pulse-survey.html

  • Four security stories to make a sundae

https://www.channele2e.com/news/maze-ransomware-attacks-cognizant-customers/

https://www.channelpartnerinsight.com/news/4014163/cognizant-hit-maze-ransomware-amid-surge-msp-focused-attacks

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-news/fbi-covid-19-cyberattacks-spike-400-in-pandemic/

https://www.msspalert.com/cybersecurity-markets/asia-pacific/dhs-cisa-warn-of-north-korea-cyber-threat/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/04/16/hospitals-on-covid-19-frontline-face-double-extortion-threat-security-experts-caution/#420ed5d83c27

AND

  • A new AI system for security bugs

https://venturebeat.com/2020/04/16/ai-spots-critical-microsoft-security-bugs-97-of-the-time/

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