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The chaotic and cinematic MGM casino hack, explained

Vox

MGM, which owns more than two dozen hotel and casino locations around the world as well as an online sports betting arm, reported on Monday that a “cybersecurity issue” was affecting some of its systems, which it shut down to “protect our systems and data.” Ransomware attacks aren’t unusual these days.

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Digital identity startup Evernym sells to Avast, looks to bring trust to a decentralized internet

GeekWire

There’s a lot of chatter these days about Web3 — a decentralized version of the internet that operates outside the confines and grips of social media and technology giants. “This could be a log-in credential, but it could also be a vaccine record, diploma, hotel reservation, driver’s license, etc.

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What is Flipper Zero: A comprehensive guide

Dataconomy

Engagement with RFID tags and cards In conjunction with NFC, Flipper Zero can engage with RFID, even reading a hotel key card. In September 2022, Flipper Zero disclosed via its social media channels that U.S. What is Flipper Zero’s standing with legal authorities?

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National Cyber Security Hall of Fame Announces 2015 Inductees

CTOvision

14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Hall of Fame has released the names of five innovators who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at its award ceremony on Thursday, October 29 , at the Four Seasons Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. BALTIMORE , Sept. Lipner is named as an inventor on 12 U.S.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Does this person like to buy only after having interacted on social media with his/her friends? Upon searching for authentic data for churn and reasons contributing to churn, we went to the TRAI website and found TRAI call drop data, which is by operator, but not to the granularity of circle level. So, why is churn happening in India?

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Bringing the Magic of Amazon AI and Alexa to Apps on AWS.

All Things Distributed

Businesses can use this metadata to create searchable indexes for social sharing and printing apps, categorization for news and media image archives, or filters for targeted advertisement. Also, we have a series of breakout sessions on using MXNet at AWS re:Invent on November 30th at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Face recognition.