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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

They complicate attribution due to the often short-lived nature of the IP addresses of the nodes being used. Simply relying on multi-factor authentication is not enough to prevent complex breaches that rely on social engineering and impersonation to exploit existing relationships.

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Human firewalls: The first line of defense against cyber threats in 2025

CIO

A human firewall is a collective effort of individuals within an organization that fights and wards off cybersecurity threats (such as phishing and ransomware), especially ones that use social engineering. Human intelligence is the only mechanism that can evolve as fast as sophisticated cyber threats and social engineering attacks.

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Dulling the impact of AI-fueled cyber threats with AI

CIO

These days, digital spoofing, phishing attacks, and social engineering attempts are more convincing than ever due to bad actors refining their techniques and developing more sophisticated threats with AI. Moreover, AI can reduce false positives more effectively than rule-based security systems.

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AI dominates Gartner’s 2025 predictions

CIO

Guardian Agents’ build on the notions of security monitoring, observability, compliance assurance, ethics, data filtering, log reviews and a host of other mechanisms of AI agents,” Gartner stated. “In In the near-term, security-related attacks of AI agents will be a new threat surface,” Plummer said.

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Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Top Talent in a Competitive Market

N2Growth Blog

For instance, AI-powered Applicant Tracking Systems can efficiently sift through resumes to identify promising candidates based on predefined criteria, thereby reducing time-to-hire. The Power of Social Media in Candidate Engagement Unsurprisingly, social media platforms have become indispensable tools for candidate engagement.

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Chinese cyber espionage growing across all industry sectors

CIO

They complicate attribution due to the often short-lived nature of the IP addresses of the nodes being used. Simply relying on multi-factor authentication is not enough to prevent complex breaches that rely on social engineering and impersonation to exploit existing relationships.

Industry 147
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Gen Z social app Yubo rolls out age ‘estimating’ technology to better identify minors using its service

TechCrunch

Yubo , a social livestreaming app popular with a Gen Z audience, announced today it’s becoming one of the first major social platforms to adopt a new age verification technique that uses live image capture technology to identify minors using its app, in order to keep them separated from adult users.