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J&J’s Jim Swanson brings mission-driven leadership to the CIO role

CIO Business Intelligence

He started out as a scientist, working his way up the research and development ranks in the pharmaceutical industry, an experience steeped in curiosity that has helped shape his emphasis on continuous learning to this day.

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Russian hackers are targeting vaccine development, officials say

The Verge

The group frequently uses publicly available exploits to conduct widespread scanning and exploitation against vulnerable systems, likely in an effort to obtain authentication credentials to allow further access,” the advisory reads. According to an NCSC report , APT29 uses “a variety of tools and techniques” in its hacking operation.

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Read This If You Do Business in China

SecureWorld News

According to the Flash report, this threat is believed to have existed since 2016, with several encounters since the June 2020 incident: In July 2018, an employee of a US pharmaceutical company with business interests in China downloaded the Baiwang Tax Control Invoicing software program from baiwang.com.

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Women IT leaders take center stage

CIO Business Intelligence

Cultivating visibility matters for a few reasons,” says Kathryn Guarini, a former IBM CIO and now a board member at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Kathryn Guarini, board member, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and former IBM CIO Guarini “You want to be the one considered for opportunities to have an impact,” she says.

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Hashing from A to Z

Dataconomy

Hash functions are also the foundation of digital signatures, serving to confirm the authenticity and integrity of digital documents and transactions. If two different passwords generate the same hash, an attacker could potentially use one password to gain unauthorized access, thereby posing a direct threat to password security.

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Ryuk Ransomware Evolution: Now 'Wormlike'

SecureWorld News

And that if this user's password is changed, the replication will continue as long as the Kerberos tickets (an authentication method) are not expired. These entities are believed to be American hospitals and government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and universities in the rest of the world.".

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New Alert: Russian Hackers Are Targeting COVID-19 Research

SecureWorld News

The NCSC and CISA are currently investigating a number of incidents in which threat actors are targeting pharmaceutical companies, medical research organisations, and universities. Use multi-factor authentication to reduce the impact of password compromises. Treat people as your first line of defense.