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Published on April 5, 2023

via Dark Reading Anxiety over an artificial intelligence tool called ChatGPT is spreading across a wide range of sectors, from education to business to cybersecurity circles. Numerous articles have shown ChatGPT's efficiency in creating phishing emails, as well as passing medical and business school tests. Its ability to…

Test Your Mainframe Knowledge

Published on March 24, 2023

via Planet Mainframe The rise of cloud computing in recent decades has probably led some to believe that on-premise mainframe computing has become obsolete. Not so! In fact, argues Tamal Das, in a recent article outlining the similarities and differences (♧ HINT) between the two technologies, mainframe…

Published on March 17, 2023

via Security Affairs Experts warn that employees are providing sensitive corporate data to the popular artificial intelligence chatbot model ChatGPT. Researchers from Cyberhaven Labs analyzed the use of ChatGPT by 1.6 million workers at companies across industries. They reported that 5.6% of them have used…

Published on March 13, 2023

via Planet Mainframe In a recent YouTube post, Connor Pekovic a mainframe programmer at a large insurance company, addressed the question of whether pursuing a career in mainframe is a good idea in 2023. His answer is a fairly unequivocal “yes,” with multiple items on…

Published on February 24, 2023

via Security Intelligence The zero trust security model is proving to be one of the most effective cybersecurity approaches ever conceived.  Zero trust — also called zero trust architecture (ZTA), zero trust network architecture (ZTNA) and perimeter-less security — takes a “default deny” security posture.…

Published on February 2, 2023

via Security Intelligence On December 21, 2022, President Biden signed the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act. The risk of quantum-powered password decryption is increasing exponentially. The new legislation is designed to help federal agencies proactively shift to a post-quantum security posture. Agencies have until May 4,…

Published on January 24, 2023

via CSO Online Security awareness training — combined with the right technologies — have done a great job of alerting employees to the risks of phishing scams and clicking on suspicious links. But criminals are relentless and brutally crafty. They will continue to target end-users,…

Published on January 12, 2023

via Dark Reading New research from leading cybersecurity provider Hornetsecurity has found that 33% of companies are not providing any cybersecurity awareness training to users who work remotely. The study also revealed nearly three-quarters (74%) of remote staff have access to critical data, which is creating more…

Published on January 9, 2023

via Venture Beat It’s no secret that cybercrime is a growth industry. Just last year, the FBI estimated that internet crime cost $6.9 billion. The worse news is that Google’s cybersecurity predictions for 2023 anticipate that this malicious economy will only continue to expand and diversify.  Recently,…

Published on January 3, 2023

via Tech Republic Going into 2023, cybersecurity is still topping the list of CIO concerns. This comes as no surprise. In the first half of 2022, there were 2.8 billion worldwide malware attacks and 236.1 million ransomware attacks. By year end 2022, it is expected that six billion phishing attacks will…