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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

A sign of Chinas maturing cyber capabilities CrowdStrike attributes Chinas increasingly dominant position in global cyber espionage to a decade of strategic investments, following General Secretary Xi Jinpings 2014 call for the country to become a cyber power.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

A sign of Chinas maturing cyber capabilities CrowdStrike attributes Chinas increasingly dominant position in global cyber espionage to a decade of strategic investments, following General Secretary Xi Jinpings 2014 call for the country to become a cyber power.

Industry 147
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South African payments gateway Ozow raises $48M Series B led by Tencent

TechCrunch

Unlike other African countries, South Africa also has a functioning credit system with the prevalent use of credit cards. Chinese internet giant Tencent led the round, with other investors Endeavor Catalyst and Endeavor Harvest Fund participating. Faster deals, less diligence: The African startup market mirrors its larger rivals.

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Google expands program to help train the formerly incarcerated

TechCrunch

million in grants to assist state governments in reducing barriers to employment with Code for America’s Clear My Record tool, which uses an open source algorithm to review records and produce clearance motions. .” There are over 77,000 people incarcerated in New York across the state and New York City correctional systems.

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ZirooPay raises $11.4M to scale its mobile POS solutions for retailers across Nigeria

TechCrunch

In Nigeria, POS terminals are used to process card payments at retail locations as well as for agency banking purposes, a branchless banking system where agents act like human ATMs. One of the biggest challenges to the mass adoption of card payments at retail locations is the rate of transaction failures due to poor internet connection.

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Critical Vulnerability Found, Exploited, Patched in Internet Explorer

CTOvision

Microsoft acknowledged a zero day vulnerability in Internet Explorer – the default web browser for many computers, laptops, and tablets – in a security advisory released last weekend. Vulnerable Internet Explorers include versions 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. But patching systems requires actions. By ShannonPerry. Did you patch them?

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Guidance Software Federal Summit 6 March 2014

CTOvision

By Bob Gourley 2014 Guidance Software Federal Summit: Cybersecurity | E-Discovery | Enterprise Forensics. As an information security trailblazer, Mr. Bigman participated in developing security measures for Government computers well before commercial industry found the Internet.