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Five healthy digital habits for 2023 from Kaspersky 

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2023

Early January is a great time to start using healthy digital habits and you still have time to make a promise to yourself and try to follow them during the next year.

Kaspersky experts have prepared a list of simple healthy digital habits that can strengthen the safety of your personal data and even make life easier in the coming year.

New Year, new passwords!

Start the New Year with a real password revision. Now is the time to check and change passwords on all accounts. And remember the main rule – don’t use the same password for multiple accounts!

If you are like many people and have several online accounts, then a reliable password manager is a good help. Modern password managers have features that greatly simplify life with passwords. For example, you can use auto-fill features for different browsers and platforms. Another handy option is the automatic password generator. As a result, a password manager will help you generate unique and complex passwords for each account – and you only need to remember one master password.

Subscribe to notifications about account data leaks

Besides weak passwords, data leaks are another threat to your personal and corporate accounts. Unfortunately, data breaches happen quite often, and it’s hard to keep track of all of them. If your account details leak, fraudsters can use them to take over your accounts. However, you can get ahead of scammers in 2023 if you use services that scan the latest leaks and look whether they contain your data. Advanced password managers include this feature as well and quickly notify users if any of the saved logins or passwords are found in the recent data leaks.

Need more privacy, get a VPN!

Once a niche product for geeky users and businesses, VPNs are now a must-have for anyone who wants to stay safe and private online. Modern VPN solutions meet all user needs, for example, they are easy to use, provide high traffic speeds and keep personal data private.

Now the range of possible scenarios for using a VPN has expanded significantly. It allows you to securely shop online, watch streaming services from anywhere in the world, or access local content. Modern VPN services also provide high traffic speeds and let users watch content even in 4K without quality loss or delays.

Moreover, it hides your IP address from websites and advertisers, granting better privacy. Web tracking can lead to unexpected consequences, for example, targeted ads can reveal the presents you bought for your family. Don’t let advertisers spoil your next celebration!

Transfer documents to a safe place

With the development of digital services, scans and electronic versions of documents are now used as often as their paper originals. This raises a reasonable question – how to store electronic versions so they remain safe and do not fall into unwanted hands? You can create a folder on your computer or upload them to a password-protected cloud – but both of these options are potentially insecure and can lead to the loss of personal data.

A secure alternative would be to store documents in a password manager app. Modern password managers are capable of storing more than just passwords or banking data. Now, these are full-fledged encrypted electronic storages where you can upload scans, PDFs and other important documents that you want to protect. This can also include medical records and telephone addresses, as well as any documentation or files related to work and business.

At the same time, such storage services are many times safer compared to more traditional storage locations, because they are specially encrypted, and can be decrypted only with the help of one master password, which should only be in the user’s head.

Learn more about child’s hobbies on the Internet with kids

Today, children have digital devices in their hands from an early age – about five years old. For a child’s path to the digital world to be safe and interesting, it is important to teach and share with them the rules of online safety from childhood. To make such talks more enjoyable and interesting, parents can use games and other entertaining formats.

Another tip for the New Year is to dive deep into your kids’ online interests. For instance, parents can ask about a favourite series, or listen to music tracks together so you can both together learn some secure practices to stay safe online. There is also a range of child safety software that can help parents learn more about kids’ hobbies and help kids develop healthy digital habits from an early age.

“Privacy and security are not a result, but a process. Just like you cannot get fit or become a healthy-eating person overnight, securing your account and digital footprint also requires some dedication. However, small steps such as creating unique passwords for different accounts and using advanced tools like password managers can greatly boost your privacy while making this task much simpler. And there’s no better time to start a new, more secure digital life than in the New Year,” commented Vladislav Tushkanov, Lead Data Scientist at Kaspersky. 

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Worldwide IT spending to Grow 2.4% in 2023

MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2023

Inflation Throttles Consumer Purchasing Power, But Enterprise IT Spending Remains Strong in 2023, according to the forecast by Gartner, Inc.

Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $4.5 trillion in 2023, an increase of 2.4% from 2022, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc.

This is down from the previous quarter’s forecast of 5.1% growth. While inflation continues to erode consumer purchasing power and drive device spending down, overall enterprise IT spending is expected to remain strong.

“Consumers and enterprises are facing very different economic realities,” said John-David Lovelock, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner. “While inflation is devastating consumer markets, contributing to layoffs at B2C companies, enterprises continue to increase spending on digital business initiatives despite the world economic slowdown.

“A turbulent economy has changed the context of business decisions and can cause CIOs to become more hesitant, delay decisions or reorder priorities. We’ve seen this in action with the reshuffling taking place among some B2B companies, especially those that overinvested in growth. However, IT budgets are not driving these shifts, and IT spending remains recession-proof.”

The software and IT services segments are projected to grow 9.3% and 5.5% in 2023, respectively. The devices segment is forecast to decline 5.1% this year as both consumers and enterprises lengthen device refresh cycles.

“During the height of the pandemic, employees and consumers had technology refreshes of tablets, laptops and mobile phones due to remote work and education,” said Lovelock. “Without a compelling reason for an upgrade, device assets are being used longer and the market is suffering.”

In Thailand, IT spending is forecast to reach almost THB 934.9 billion in 2023, an increase of 4.2% from 2022. Gartner forecasts double-digit growth in software and IT services as organisations increase spending on digital projects.

“Inflation, skills shortages and supply chain issues continue to have a significant impact across Thailand, driving CIOs to be more hesitant, delay decisions or reorder priorities,” said Lovelock. “Despite these economic realities, we continue to see local enterprises increase spending on digital business initiatives.”

Tight Labor Market Impacts IT Services Spend

Job vacancy rates have been increasing every quarter and the open jobs per unemployed rate is at record lows in many countries. High competition for talent is challenging CIOs to hire skilled IT staff, limiting growth for companies that struggle to scale without the requisite talent.

Simultaneously as software spending continues to rise, the IT services market is growing as companies look to bring in outside IT staff for implementation and support. For example, spending on consulting is expected to reach $264.9 billion in 2023, a 6.7% increase from 2022.

“CIOs are losing the competition for talent,” said Lovelock. “IT services spending is growing more quickly than internal services in every industry. Skilled IT workers are migrating away from the enterprise CIO towards technology and service providers (TSPs) who can keep up with increased wage requirements, development opportunities and career prospects.”

Gartner’s IT spending forecast methodology relies heavily on rigorous analysis of the sales by over a thousand vendors across the entire range of IT products and services. Gartner uses primary research techniques, complemented by secondary research sources, to build a comprehensive database of market size data on which to base its forecast.

The Gartner quarterly IT spending forecast delivers a unique perspective on IT spending across the hardware, software, IT services and telecommunications segments. These reports help Gartner clients understand market opportunities and challenges. The most recent IT spending forecast research is available to Gartner clients in “Gartner Market Databook, 4Q22 Update.”

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Hackers using Google search ads for software to push malware, website warns

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023

Hackers have been pushing malware via Google search ads for popular software, including VLC, 7-Zip, CCleaner, and Winrar, warns tech security website BleepingComputer.

Hackers are setting up fake websites for free, open-source software to promote malicious downloads through advertisements that appear in Google search results, the website said.

It cited the case of crypto influencer Alex, also known as “NFT God”, who was recently hacked after launching a fake executable for the open broadcaster software that allows video recording and live streaming, which he had downloaded from an advertisement that appeared in Google search results.

Alex was likely attacked by information-stealing malware targeting saved browser passwords, cookies, and cryptocurrency wallets.

According to BleepingComputer, he soon found that his account at the OpenSea NFT marketplace had also been compromised and that a different wallet was listed as the owner of one of his digital assets.

BleepingComputer listed 10 popular programs that users should double check before clicking on the download links that appear in Google searches:

• 7-Zip
• Blender 3D
• Capcut
• CCleaner
• Notepad++
• OBS
• Rufus
• VirtualBox
• VLC Media Player
• WinRAR
• Putty

The website advises that the latest antivirus software, either free or paid, be installed and updated on any device before downloading from sites users are unsure of.

Furthermore, using ad-blockers, which are available as extensions in most web browsers, can decrease the risk of accidentally clicking on sponsored links, as they stop advertisements from being loaded and displayed on a web page, including search results.

BleepingComputer has submitted their findings to Google, who responded by removing the reported malicious ads in accordance with the company’s policy on brand impersonation prevention.

Source: BleepingComputer

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What should our governments do about emerging technologies?

SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023

Never before have the governments around the world found themselves in a situation where they are not certain what to do. They are facing a rapidly changing technological landscape, as new and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things are rapidly transforming industries and society as a whole.

In order to ensure that these technologies are developed and deployed in ways that benefit society, governments are expected to take a proactive and strategic approach to their regulation and adoption.

In addition, they should also take a holistic approach to the development and deployment of emerging technologies. This includes considering the broader social, economic, and environmental impacts of these technologies, as well as their potential long-term effects on society. They should also work to ensure that all members of society have access to the benefits of these technologies, and that no one is left behind.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is perhaps the fastest developing technology that has the potential to transform almost every industry and improve people’s lives in many ways. However, there are also potential risks and challenges that must be addressed. Governments are increasingly recognizing the need to take a well-defined approach to the development and deployment of AI in order to ensure that the benefits of this technology are widely distributed and that the potential negative impacts are minimized.

One key aspect to AI is to establish clear and consistent regulations for its development and deployment. This includes guidelines for the ethical use of AI, as well as rules for data privacy and security. Additionally, governments can establish national AI ethics boards, which will help ensure that the development of AI aligns with social values and ethical principles.

One specific example of this is the use of AI in the workplace, which has the potential to increase productivity and efficiency. However, if not properly regulated, it could also lead to job displacement and perpetuate bias and discrimination. Governments should thus develop policies to ensure that the benefits of AI are widely distributed and that the potential negative impacts are minimized, such as retraining programs for workers who may be displaced by AI.

Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize many industries, including finance, supply chain management, and voting systems. As such, governments are beginning to consider how they should approach this technology.

First and foremost, governments should approach blockchain with an open mind and a willingness to experiment. While the technology is still in its early stages and many of its potential uses have yet to be fully realized, there are already a number of promising applications that could have a significant impact on government operations and services. For example, blockchain-based voting systems could increase transparency and voter turnout, while blockchain-based supply chain management could improve the traceability and accountability of goods.

One of the key ways that governments can approach blockchain is by providing a clear regulatory framework for the technology. While blockchain is decentralized by design, governments can still play a role in ensuring that the technology is used in a responsible and lawful manner. This could include creating guidelines for how blockchain-based companies should operate, setting standards for the security and privacy of blockchain systems, and ensuring that blockchain-based systems comply with existing laws and regulations.

Blockchain is still a relatively new technology and there are many unanswered questions about how it can be used and what its impact will be. By investing in research and development, governments can help to further advance the technology and better understand its potential uses and implications.

In addition, governments should also consider partnering with private sector entities to explore the potential of blockchain technology. The private sector has a wealth of experience and expertise in this area, and by working together, governments and private companies can help to accelerate the development and deployment of blockchain-based systems.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to revolutionize the way we live and work, connecting a vast array of devices to the internet and allowing them to communicate with each other in order to perform a wide range of tasks. As governments begin to grapple with how to regulate this rapidly-evolving technology, it is important that they take a strategic and holistic approach that balances the need for innovation and growth with the need to protect citizens’ privacy and security.

One key area where governments should focus is on developing and implementing regulations that promote the responsible use of IoT devices. This might include setting standards for device manufacturers to ensure that their products are secure and can be easily updated to protect against potential vulnerabilities, as well as guidelines for businesses and individuals on how to properly use and secure IoT devices. Additionally, governments should work to create a legal framework that provides clear guidance on issues such as data ownership and privacy, helping to ensure that citizens’ personal information is protected and that they have control over how it is used.

Another important area for governments to focus on is in creating an environment that encourages the growth and development of IoT-related industries. This might include providing funding and support for research and development, as well as creating incentives for businesses to invest in IoT technologies. Additionally, governments should work to improve digital infrastructure, such as investing in 5G networks, which will be key to the success of IoT. 

Overall, as emerging technologies continue to transform society and the global economy, governments must take a proactive and strategic approach to their development and deployment. By establishing clear regulations, promoting collaboration and cooperation, and considering the broader social and economic impacts of these technologies, governments can ensure that they are developed and deployed in ways that benefit society as a whole.

By S. Segkhoonthod and ChatGPT

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Nutanix Predicts Technology Trends to carry weight in 2023

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023

Nutanix unveils the technological trends that will impact businesses in 2023, the post-pandemic era that affects all aspects, every industry, and level. Companies must pay attention to the following technological changes, which will help them adapt to changes and be ready for the future.

Cloud economics are dramatically changing – which is in turn driving new decision-making around applications and infrastructure. As businesses are facing new pressures around IT spending, many are realizing that they can’t move their applications as fast or as cost-effectively as they originally thought to the cloud. It takes a lot of valuable time and top talent to redo applications that are already running on-prem in the cloud. What won’t change in the years to come is that getting to the cloud is strategically important. But businesses will increasingly become more strategic about which workloads belong in the cloud and which belong in private cloud environments and will prioritize solutions that offer multi-cloud portability across all environments. 

Adoption of asynchronous work processes supporting contributions from workforces across the globe will be necessary in order to increase productivity. New, more effective ways to collaborate, especially across multiple time zones, will drive innovation in 2023. This will mean rethinking companies’ approach to asynchronous collaboration including tooling and policies to better support it. In order to succeed, complexity must be supplanted by simplicity and automation will become even more necessary.

The global pinch on energy supply will cause organizations to rethink their IT infrastructure models with more consideration given to power consumption and carbon footprint. Organizations are being told to be more efficient with power consumption, and it’s not just a sustainability issue. While reducing carbon footprint and going green is commendable and an increased point of consideration for potential customers, companies are feeling the impact of oversized power consumption against their bottom line when it comes to cloud usage. The cloud is built for speed and performance, not for the economy when it comes to cost and power, leaving companies to consider how tasks they’re currently pushing to the cloud might be handled elsewhere more efficiently and economically.

Untethered edge operating models will become more prevalent. In today’s world, it’s become expected that applications have to run all the time. Whether they’re connected or not means that the edge, by definition, will have to have an untethered operating model that’s not supported by closed-out models. IT organizations that valued server-based infrastructure to easily scale up and support mixed workloads will quickly find out that the same software-defined approach suits the edge by scaling down easily, operating while connected or unconnected to a central cloud, and introducing a fleet management approach that spans from the edge to the data centre to the public cloud with consistent cloud management. 

Seismic shifts to social media as we know it will have a significant impact well beyond those platforms. 2022 has been a rollercoaster of a year for social media platforms, and some of the trends we’re seeing are not likely to reverse direction. This will have a trickle-down effect on multiple organizations. First, many organizations rely on data purchased from social media companies to tune their own targeting algorithms; targeting that will become less refined as social media data sets become outdated and less curated. Second, the data sets are often the basis to train AI and ML tools; as data sets become outdated, I expect AI and ML that rely on them to become much less effective.

Predictions by: Wendy M. Pfeiffer, CIO/SVP at Nutanix, and Lee Caswell, SVP of Product and Solutions Marketing at Nutanix

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Nasa discovers Earth-sized planet that may have water orbiting habitable zone of TOI 700 star

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2023

Nasa’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Tess) recently discovered an Earth-sized world that may have liquid water in it orbiting around a star.

The planet called TOI 700 e is 95% of the Earth’s size and possibly rocky.

This is the fourth planet to be discovered in this system. The previous three were TOI 700 b, c and d.

TOI 700 is the star the planets orbit around, though e and d are the only ones that orbit the habitable zone.

The habitable zone, which is also known as the “Goldilocks zone”, is an area that is just far away enough from the star where water can exist on a planet’s surface and the conditions are neither too hot nor too cold for life to survive.

Nasa said its scientists need another year of Tess observations to discover TOI 700 e.

“This is one of only a few systems with multiple, small, habitable-zone planets that we know of,” said Emily Gilbert, a postdoctoral fellow at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California who led the study. “That makes the TOI 700 system an exciting prospect for additional follow-up. Planet e is about 10% smaller than planet d, so the system also shows how additional Tess observations help us find smaller and smaller worlds.”

TOI 700 is a small, cool M dwarf star located around 100 light-years away in the southern constellation Dorado, and the TOI 700 e takes 28 days to orbit around it. Planet TOI 700 d, which was discovered in 2020, is in a 37-day orbit.

The innermost planet, TOI 700 b, is about 90% Earth’s size and orbits the star every 10 days. TOI 700 c is over 2.5 times bigger than Earth and completes an orbit every 16 days. The planets are probably tidally locked, which means they spin only once per orbit, which means one side is always facing the star.

Tess monitors large swaths of the sky, called sectors, for approximately 27 days at a time, which allows the satellite to track changes in stellar brightness caused by a planet crossing in front of its star from our perspective. The mission used this strategy to observe the southern sky in 2018 before turning to observe the northern sky.

In 2020, it returned to the southern sky for additional observation.

The extra data allowed the team to refine the original planet sizes, which are about 10% smaller than initially calculated.

Finding systems with Earth-size worlds helps scientists learn more about the history of our own solar system.

A follow-up study of the TOI 700 system with space- and ground-based observatories is ongoing, Gilbert said, and may yield further insights.

Source: Nasa

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Top CEOs offer 4 techniques for digital leaders to fulfil 2023 business goals

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2023

Chanapat Komlongharn

Data, technology leverage, automation, and digital adaptability are the four key elements for business success this year, according to top Thai CEOs.

The industry chiefs unveiled their business plans for the year ahead at the “2023 Digital Leader’s Resolution” webinar hosted by the Thailand e-Business Centre (Tec).

The event saw Arinchaya Threekunprapa, head of the Research and Creative Development Centre (RCDC) and founder of RabByte Foundation, present her three main techniques for helping digital leaders accomplish their business goals.

The three techniques are:

– Data-driven decision-making

– Technology leverage

– Automation.

She explained it is vital for leaders to rely on data when establishing business goals – particularly action plans. Among other things, data can show whether the objectives set are achievable or not.

On the second technique, utilising technology, she gave the example of switching from print to digital advertising. Businesses can apply such technology to fulfil their objectives quicker and more easily,” Arinchaya said.

Moving onto automation, she explained that technology adoption can now take care of a wide range of routine or non-complex tasks, citing the simple example of using the Google calendar to manage time.

Technology automation helps in achieving business goals and keeping organisations on the right track, she added

The old business saying of “big fish eat the minnows” has now been replaced by “fast fish eat the slow”, she emphasised.

Pathom Indarodom, managing director of True Digital Group’s IoT & Digital Solutions, tossed in digital adaptability as another essential tool for business success in 2023.

Augmented reality (AR) expertise is now being replaced by mixed-reality (MR) expertise, while even crypto investing is being taken over by NFT (non-fungible token) assets, so businesspeople need to be ready to learn new things every day, said Pathom.

TeC is Thailand’s first e-business platform where CEOs from leading enterprises are offering entrepreneurs guidance on e-commerce and e-business.

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Chanapat Komlongharn

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Monkey business: Top 5 SMB threats to watch out for in 2023

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023

There’s a saying that those who own the information own the world. However, speaking about information security, the whole “world” is not enough – so the cybercriminals’ needs are confined to other people’s data, money, after all, business.

Don’t think that attackers are in a constant chase for big fortunes or tabloid scandals: as the statistics show, more than 60% of all small and medium businesses have experienced cyberattacks over the course of 2022. 

Small and medium-sized companies are great contributors to the global economy: according to the World Trade Organization, SMBs represent more than 90% of all businesses worldwide. Due to cyberattacks, businesses may lose confidential information, finances, valuable market share – and there are plenty of ways criminals are trying to reach their goals. The less we can do is to count them; what’s more important is to define the threats the SMB sector might be exposed to – and ways they can be detected and prevented. Additionally, small enterprises consider a cybersecurity incident as one of the most challenging types of crisis.  

Kaspersky experts analyzed vulnerable points SMBs might have and outlined some major cyber threats for entrepreneurs that they must be aware of.

1. Data leaks caused by employees
There are different ways a company’s data may be leaked – and, in certain cases, it might happen involuntarily. 

During the pandemic, many remote workers used corporate computers for entertainment purposes, such as playing online games, watching movies, or using e-learning platforms – something that continues to pose financial threats to organizations. This trend is here to stay, and while during 2020, 46% of employees had never worked remotely before, now two-thirds of them state they wouldn’t go back to the office, with the rest claiming to have a shorter office work week.

he level of cybersecurity after the pandemic and the initial adoption of remote work by organizations en masse has improved. Nevertheless, corporate computers used for entertainment purposes remain one of the most important ways to get initial access to a company’s network. Looking for alternative sources to download an episode of a show or a newly released film, users encounter various types of malware, including Trojans, spyware and backdoors, as well as adware. According to Kaspersky statistics, 35% of users who faced threats under the guise of streaming platforms were affected by Trojans. If such malware ends up on a corporate computer, attackers could even penetrate the corporate network and search for and steal sensitive information, including both business development secrets and employees’ personal data. 

Also, there’s a tendency to blame ex-workers for possible data leaks. However, only half of recently surveyed organizations’ leaders are confident that ex-employees don’t have access to company data stored in cloud services or can’t use corporate accounts. An ex-colleague may not even remember they had access to such a such-and-such resource. But a routine check by those same regulators might reveal that unauthorized persons do in fact have access to confidential information, which would still result in a fine. 

And even if you’re absolutely certain you parted ways on good terms with everyone, that doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods. Who can guarantee they didn’t use a weak or non-unique password to access work systems, which attackers could brute-force or come across in an unrelated leak? Any redundant access to a system – be it a collaborative environment, work email or virtual machine – increases the attack surface. Even a simple chat among colleagues about non-work issues could be used for social-engineering attacks.

2. DDoS attacks

Distributed Network Attacks are often referred to as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. This type of attack takes advantage of the specific capacity limits that apply to any network resources – such as the infrastructure that enables a company’s website. The DDoS attack will send multiple requests to the attacked web resource – with the aim of exceeding the website’s capacity to handle multiple requests… and prevent the website from functioning correctly.

Attackers resort to different sources to perform acts on organizations such as banks, media assets, or retailers – all frequently affected by DDoS attacks. Recently, cybercriminals targeted the German food delivery service, Takeaway.com (Lieferando.de), demanding two bitcoins (approximately $11,000) to stop the flood of traffic. Moreover, DDoS attacks on online retailers tend to spike during the holiday season, when their customers are most active.

There’s also a growing trend towards gaming companies gaining scale. The North American data centres of Final Fantasy 14 were attacked in early August. Players experienced connection, login, and data-sharing issues. Blizzard’s multiplayer games — Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and Diablo: Immortal — were also DDoSed yet again.

Something to note is that many DDoS attacks go unreported because the payout amounts are often not terribly big. 

3. Supply chain

Being attacked through a supply chain typically means a service or program you have used for some time has become malicious. These are attacks delivered through the company’s vendors or suppliers – examples can include financial institutions, logistics partners, or even a food delivery service. And such actions may vary in complexity or destructiveness. 

For example, attackers used ExPetr (aka NotPetya) to compromise the automatic update system of accounting software called M.E.Doc, forcing it to deliver the ransomware to all customers. As a result, ExPetr caused millions in losses, infecting both large companies and small businesses. 

Or take CCleaner, one of the most famous programs for system registry cleaning. It is widely used by both home users and system administrators. At some point, attackers compromised the program developer’s compilation environment, equipping several versions with a backdoor. For a month these compromised versions were distributed from the company’s official websites and downloaded 2.27 million times, and at least 1.65 million copies of the malware attempted to communicate with the criminals’ servers. 

The recent examples that drew our attention are DiceyF incidents, which were performed in Southeast Asia. The prime targets were an online casino developer and operator and a customer support platform, which were attacked in The Ocean 11 style. Or the SmudgeX incident comes to mind: an unknown APT compromised a distribution server and replaced a legitimate installer with a trojanized one, spreading malicious PlugX within a South Asian nation to all federal employees who had to download and install the new, required tool. Surely, the IT support managing the distribution server and the developers were affected.

4. Malware

You can encounter malicious files everywhere: if you download illegitimate files, make sure they do not harm you. The most emerging threats are the encryptors that chase a company’s data, money, or even the personal information of its owners. To support this, it’s worth mentioning that more than a quarter of small and medium-sized businesses opt for pirated, or unlicensed software to cut costs. Such software may include some malicious or unwanted files that may exploit corporate computers and networks. 

Additionally, business owners must be aware of access brokers as such layers of groups will cause SMBs harm in a variety of ways in 2023. Their illegal-access customers include cryptojacking clients, banking password stealers, ransomware, cookie stealers, and other problematic malware. One of the examples is Emotet, malware that steals banking credentials and targets organizations around the world. Another group that targets small and medium-sized businesses are DeathStalker, best known for its attacks on legal, financial and travel entities. The group’s main goals rely on looting confidential information regarding legal disputes involving VIPs and large financial assets, competitive business intelligence as well as insights into mergers and acquisitions.

5. Social engineering

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies have moved much of their workflows online and learned to use new collaboration tools. In particular, Microsoft’s Office 365 suite has seen a lot more use — and, to no one’s surprise, phishing now increasingly targets those user accounts. Scammers have been resorting to all sorts of tricks to get business users to enter their passwords on a website made to look like Microsoft’s sign-in page.

We’ve uncovered many new ways how phishing scammers are trying to fool business owners, which sometimes turn out to be quite elaborate. Some are mimicking loan or delivery services – by sharing false websites or sending emails with fake accounting documents. 

Some attackers masquerade as legitimate online platforms to get profit out of their victims: it may be even quite popular money transfer services, such as Wise Transfer.

Another red flag discovered by Kaspersky experts is a link to a page translated using Google Translate. Attackers use Google Translate to bypass cybersecurity mechanisms. The senders of the email allege that the attachment is some kind of payment document available exclusively to the recipient, which must be studied for a “contract meeting presentation and subsequent payments.” The Open button link points to a site translated by Google Translate. However, the link leads to a fake site launched by attackers in order to steal money from their victims.

Summing up, cybercriminals will try to reach out to their victims using every way possible – through unlicensed software, phishing websites or emails breaches in the business’s security network or even via massive DDoS attacks. However, a recent survey by Kaspersky showed that 41% of SMBs have a crisis prevention plan – thus, do care about cybersecurity and understanding how challenging IT security incident remediation can be is a good tendency that hopefully will result in reliable protective measures implemented within these organizations.

To protect businesses from cyberattacks, Kaspersky recommends the following:

•    Implement a strong password policy, requiring a standard user account’s password to have at least eight letters, one number, uppercase and lowercase letters and a special character. Make sure these passwords are changed if there is any suspicion that they have been compromised. To put this approach into practice without additional effort, use a security solution with a comprehensive built-in password manager.
•    Don’t ignore updates from software and device vendors. These usually not only bring new features and interface enhancements but also resolve uncovered safety gaps.
•    Maintain a high level of security awareness among employees. Encourage your workers to learn more about current threats and ways to protect their personal and professional life and take relevant free courses. Conducting comprehensive and effective third-party training programs for employees is a good way to save the IT department time, and get good results.

Kurt Baumgartner, principal security researcher at Kaspersky

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Alibaba Unveils Top Technology Trend Forecasting for 2023

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2023

Alibaba DAMO Academy, the global research initiative by Alibaba Group, has shared its annual forecasting of the leading technology trends that could shape many industries in the years ahead. 

Among the leading technology trends, Generative AI, which has already gained considerable traction, is expected to make further strides with its growing applications set to transform how digital content is produced.

Aided by future technological advancements and cost reductions, Generative AI will become an inclusive technology that can significantly enhance the variety, creativity and efficiency of content creation, according to DAMO.

Another important emerging technology is dual-engine decision intelligence. Supported by both operations optimization and machine learning, the dual-engine decision intelligence system enables dynamic, comprehensive and real-time resource allocation, such as real-time electricity dispatching, optimization of port throughput, assignment of airport stands and improvements in manufacturing processes.

As such, the technology can also help businesses enhance operational efficiency.

Cloud computing and security are predicted to continue playing a key role in businesses’ digital transformation. As security technologies and cloud computing are becoming more integrated than ever before, security services have embraced the shift to become more cloud-native, platform-oriented and intelligent.

Other rising trends in DAMO’s forecast include pre-trained multimodal foundation models, chiplets, processing in memory, hardware-software integrated cloud computing architecture, predictable fabric based on edge-cloud synergy, computational imaging, as well as large-scale urban digital twins.

By analyzing public papers and patent filings over the past three years and conducting interviews with almost 100 scientists, entrepreneurs and engineers worldwide, DAMO presents the top technology trends in 2023 that are expected to achieve accelerated breakthroughs and impact positively across core industries economically and socially.

“Looking towards 2023, the advancement of various technologies will drive software/hardware co-design and the integration of computing and communications technologies. The wide application of technologies will facilitate the rollout of AI and other digital technologies in vertical markets and promote the collaboration of public and private sectors and individuals in security technology and security management. The innovation driven by the advancement of technologies and their industry-specific application has become an irreversible trend,” said Jeff Zhang, Head of Alibaba DAMO Academy.

In 2023, DAMO expects to see technology progress and a surge of related applications across fields:

Trend 1: Generative AI

Generative AI generates new content based on a given set of text, images, or audio files. Currently, Generative AI is mainly used to produce prototypes and drafts and is applied in scenarios like gaming, advertising, and graphic design. Along with future technological advancement and cost reduction, Generative AI will become an inclusive technology that can significantly enhance the variety, creativity, and efficiency of content creation.

In the next three years, we will see business models emerging and ecosystems maturing as Generative AI becomes widely marketized. Generative AI models will be more interactive, secure, and intelligent, assisting human beings to complete various creative work.

Trend 2: Dual-engine Decision Intelligence

In the past, the traditional decision-making method is based on Operations Research. Due to its limitations in handling problems with great uncertainty and its slow response to large-scale problems, academia and industry began to include machine learning in decision optimization. The two engines are perfect complements to each other, and when used in tandem, can improve the speed and quality of decision making. In the future, this technology is expected to be widely used in a variety of scenarios to support dynamic, comprehensive and real-time resource allocation, such as real-time electricity dispatching, optimization of port throughput, assignment of airport stands, and improvement of manufacturing processes.

In the future, dual-engine decision intelligence will be applied in more scenarios. It will serve to increase the number of entities and expand the scale in regional resource allocation scenarios, and eventually achieve dynamic, comprehensive, and real-time resource allocation.

Trend 3: Cloud-native Security

Cloud-native security is implemented to not only deliver security capabilities that are native to cloud infrastructure, but also improve security services by leveraging cloud-native technologies . Security technologies and cloud computing are becoming more integrated than ever before. We have witnessed applied technologies evolve from containerized deployment to microservices and then to the serverless model, and security services embraced the shift to become native, fine-grained, platform-oriented, and intelligent.

In the next three to five years, cloud-native security will become more versatile and can adapt more easily to multi-cloud architectures. It will also become more conducive to building security systems that are dynamic, end-to-end, precise, and applicable to hybrid environments.

Trend 4: Pre-trained Multimodal Foundation Models

Pre-trained multimodal foundation models have become a new paradigm and infrastructure for building artificial intelligence (AI) systems. These models can acquire knowledge from different modalities and present the knowledge based on a unified representation learning framework. In the future, foundation models are set to serve as the basic infrastructure of AI systems across tasks of images, text and audio, empowering AI systems with cognitive intelligence capabilities to reason, answer questions, summarize, and create.

Trend 5: Hardware-Software Integrated Cloud Computing Architecture

Cloud computing is evolving towards a new architecture centred around Cloud Infrastructure Processors (CIPU). This software-defined, hardware-accelerated architecture helps accelerate cloud applications while maintaining high elasticity and agility for cloud application development. CIPU will become the de facto standard of next-generation cloud computing and bring new development opportunities for core software R&D and dedicated chip design.

Trend 6: Predictable Fabric based on Edge-Cloud Synergy

Predictable fabric, a host-network co-design networking system driven by advances in cloud computing, aims to offer high-performance network services. It is also an inevitable trend as today’s computing and networking capabilities gradually converge on each other. Through the full-stack innovation of cloud-defined protocols, software, chips, hardware, architecture, and platforms, the predictable fabric is expected to subvert the traditional TCP-based network architecture and becomes part of the core network in next-generation data centres. Advances in this area are also driving the adoption of predictable fabric from data centre networks to wide-area cloud backbone networks.

Trend 7: Computational Imaging

Computational imaging is an emerging interdisciplinary technology. In contrast with traditional imaging techniques, computational imaging makes use of mathematical models and signal processing capabilities, and thus can perform unprecedented in-depth analysis on light field information. This technology is already used on a large scale in mobile phone photography, health care, and autonomous driving. In the future, computational imaging will continue to revolutionize traditional imaging technologies, and give rise to innovative and imaginative applications such as lensless imaging, and Non-line-of-sight (NLOS) imaging.

Trend 8: Chiplet

The chiplet-based design allows manufacturers to break down a system on a chip (SoC) into multiple chiplets, manufacture the chiplets separately by using different processes, and finally integrate them into an SoC through interconnects and packaging. The interconnect standards of chiplets are being unified into a single standard, accelerating the industrialization process of chiplets. Powered by advanced packaging technologies, chiplets may bring in a new wave of change to the R&D process of integrated circuits and reshape the landscape of the chip industry.

Trend 9: PIM

Processing in Memory (PIM) technology is the integration of a CPU and memory on a single chip, which allows data to be directly processed in memory. In the future, compute-in-memory chips are projected to be used in more powerful applications such as cloud-based inference. This will shift the traditional computing-centric architecture towards the data-centric architecture, which will have a positive impact on industries such as cloud computing, AI, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Trend 10: Large-scale Urban Digital Twins

The concept of the urban digital twins has become a new approach to refined city governance. So far, large-scale urban digital twins have made major progress in scenarios such as traffic governance, natural disaster prevention and management, carbon peaking and neutrality. In the future, large-scale urban digital twins will become more autonomous and multi-dimensional.

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“Fujifilm Healthcare Asia Pacific” Unveils Comprehensive Line-Up of Cutting-Edge Healthcare Solutions

THURSDAY, JANUARY 05, 2023

FUJIFILM Healthcare Asia Pacific unveiled an expanded portfolio of digital healthcare solutions empowered by advanced medical image processing and AI. 

The state-of-the-art solution leverages Fujifilm’s unrivaled expertise and experience of over 80 years in the medical and healthcare business, with the aim to innovate better healthcare and improve the quality of life.

Esnu Halim, Senior Clinical Marketing Manager, said, “As a leading one-stop, total healthcare solution provider, Fujifilm marked its first steps into the medical and healthcare business in 1936 with the launch of our world-renowned X-ray film. Later in 1983, Fuji Computed Radiology (FCR), the first digital radiography system in the world, was released. 

“As we move forward into the 21st century, digital medical imaging technology has become a big part of facilitating clinicians to achieve more accurate and efficient medical diagnoses. This advanced technology helps elevate the healthcare industry and enhance the quality of life for people around the world.

“From that point, Fujifilm continued its innovation journey to shape the future of healthcare. Our acquisition of Hitachi Healthcare in 2021 to set up Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation further solidifies Fujifilm’s position as a total healthcare solution provider. 

Esnu Halim

“Moreover, to penetrate the healthcare business in Southeast Asia, FUJIFILM Asia Pacific’s Medical Product Business was integrated into FUJIFILM Healthcare Asia Pacific (HCAP) in October 2022. 

“With the new company, Fujifilm is forging ahead to provide a more comprehensive lineup of products including digital X-ray, MRI and CT scans, ultrasound systems, endoscopy, and mammography as well as a medical IT system called “Synapse” empowered by REiLI, Fujifilm’s own AI platform. 

“The upgraded portfolio of diagnostic products and services supports wide-ranging applications and enables accurate and timely diagnoses.”, Halim said.

Among Fujifilm’s innovation highlights was the portable X-ray unit “FDR Xair” that supports various outreach medical screening services. FDR Xair, which weighs about 3.5 kilograms, is easy to carry and operate. 

The portable device is ideal for out-of-hospital health visits for patients in remote areas. 

“FDR Xair is a lightweight, portable, yet powerful X-ray unit. It is built for operations in remote settings. 

When used in combination with digital radiography FDR D-EVO II equipped with Virtual Grid image-processing technology, the system offers higher-resolution images. 

Fujifilm’s REiLI Artificial Intelligence platform integrated into the device also helps optimize diagnostic workflow for the entire organization, improving outcomes for patients, even those living in rural areas. 

“With the powerful FDR Xair, Fujifilm successfully conducted tuberculosis (TB) screenings among hard-to-reach populations in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Bangladesh, helping medical workers find more TB cases and ensure the patients receive timely care,” added Halim. 

Another innovation created to improve diagnostic procedures is FDR Cross, a portable, digital X-ray solution that delivers high-resolution images. 

Built for a wide range of settings, FDR Cross flaunts a space-saving design and weighs only 90 kilograms, compared to traditional mobile X-ray equipment’s average weight of 500 kilograms. Superior mobility is helpful when moving the equipment across different rooms and hospital units. 

The dual-function FDR Cross offers both Fluoroscopy, real-time X-ray imaging, and Digital Radiography systems in one single platform. The portable X-ray cart system also comes with a smart wireless network that can quickly send images to the system. 

“Already implemented in hospitals in Hong Kong, FDR Cross has been proven to efficiently ease the burden of medical staff, thanks to its 2-in-1 functionality. Designed with extra convenience with easy usage for medical workers in mind, Fujifilm’s FDR Cross is one of our latest innovations that help solve social issues,” stated Halim.