Compare to the Security budget… 2015-2019, and no one noticed?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/business/capital-one-hack-settlement.html?&web_view=true
Capital One will pay $80 million over hack.
Capital One has agreed to pay $80 million to settle federal bank regulators’ claims that it lacked proper cybersecurity protocols, more than a year after a Seattle-based software engineer hacked into a cloud server and stole customers’ social security numbers, bank account information and credit card applications, regulators said Thursday.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which oversees large U.S. banks, said in a regulatory filing that the bank had failed to establish proper risk assessment procedures in 2015 after it began using cloud storage technology. Later, its board failed to hold the managers in charge of the area accountable for their neglect. [Did the bank? Bob]
Security tools.
https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2020/08/07/open-source-tool-infection-monkey/?web_view=true
Open source tool Infection Monkey allows security pros to test their network like never before
Guardicore unveiled new capabilities for Infection Monkey, its free, open source breach and attack simulation (BAS) tool that maps to the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base and tests network adherence to the Forrester Zero Trust framework.
Somewhat expected.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/politics/trump-executive-order-tiktok/index.html
Trump issues orders banning TikTok and WeChat from operating in 45 days if they are not sold by Chinese parent companies
President Donald Trump on Thursday issued executive orders that would ban the social media app TikTok and WeChat from operating in the US in 45 days if they are not sold by their Chinese-owned parent companies.
The orders, which use similar language, do not state that a certain amount of money from the sale needs to be sent to the US Treasury Department, which the President has been insisting on for several days.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/
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Mark Zuckerberg Says A Ban On TikTok Would Set “A Really Bad Long-Term Precedent”
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Tencent stock, which had a market capitalization of $687B on Thursday, plunged 10%+ after Trump's ban on WeChat
(Related) When you have oodles of cash...
https://www.ft.com/content/45d739f5-37cc-4957-874d-a310c2ac8e07
Microsoft expands TikTok takeover ambitions to entire global business
Microsoft is chasing a deal to buy all of TikTok’s global business, including the viral video app’s operations in India and Europe, according to five people with knowledge of the talks.
The US software company said on Sunday it was in negotiations with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, to explore “a purchase of the TikTok service in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand”.
But Microsoft has since also pursued a plan that would include all countries where TikTok operates. TikTok does not operate in China, and such a deal would not extend to its China-facing sister app Douyin.
A different perspective on facial recognition?
ONE TWEET TRIED TO IDENTIFY A COP — THEN FIVE PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH FELONY HARASSMENT
A New Jersey police department is pursuing cyber harassment charges against five people in connection with a protest photo uploaded to Twitter in June. Complaints were served against the original tweeter and four other people who retweeted the message, alleging that they caused the officer to fear for the safety of his family.
… The original poster and the retweeters are charged with cyber harassment, a fourth-degree felony punishable by up to 18 months in jail.
… The department charged Sziszak and others on behalf of Detective Peter Sandomenico, who the complaint identifies as the officer in the tweet.
AI is a tool. Eventually it will create other (better?) tools. Perhaps even a lawyer AI to argue its case?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/
Inventorship, Patenting and AI: The Public Comments on Patenting Artificial Intelligence Inventions
… Indeed, interest in AI has become so keen that questions previously found only in works of science fiction have begun to receive more serious consideration. One such question is the possibility of according rights in intellectual property—formerly accorded only to natural persons—to AI software, if the AI software indeed generated the IP in question.
… the USPTO had previously solicited input on these very questions. In August 2019, the USPTO issued a request for comment on the patenting of AI inventions.
… Several months later, in October 2019, the USPTO additionally issued a request for comment on non-patent IP issues for AI, such as copyright, trade secret and trademark. This article will focus solely on the patent issues, however.
Cheap law? What a concept! Will this go out for bids? Google might be interested.
Court says federal judiciary is overcharging for access to public records online
Washington Post: “The federal judiciary is overcharging for public access to online court records, an appeals court ruled Thursday in a decision that could result in lower fees to search and download case documents. In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said affordable access to public records is critical for oversight and transparency in the nation’s court system. “If large swaths of the public cannot afford the fees required to access court records, it will diminish the public’s ability ‘to participate in and serve as a check upon the judicial process — an essential component in our structure of self-government,’ ” wrote Judge Todd M. Hughes, who was joined by Judges Alan D. Lourie and Raymond C. Clevenger III. The ruling does not eliminate the paywall for the service known as PACER, an acronym for Public Access to Court Electronic Records. But the decision upholds a District Court finding that the current 10 cents per page charge is “higher than necessary to operate” the system. The court limited fees to the amount needed to cover the cost of providing access to docket information online…”
For those interested in antitrust.
We read hundreds of pages of emails that Congress collected from the biggest tech companies in the world — here are the most revealing things we found
Perspective.
Exclusive: How the high-tech economy is expanding
… Why it matters: A new district-by-district report out today from the Information Technology Industry Council makes the case that an economy infused with high-tech workers, startups and exports is a more resilient one, with higher wages and productivity.
The average congressional district now has about 400 high-tech startups employing around 3,400 workers.
Every little bit helps. (Creative Commons license)
Explainable AI: A guide for making black box machine learning models explainable
… machine learning (ML), which many people conflate with the broader discipline of artificial intelligence (AI), is not without its issues. ML works by feeding historical real world data to algorithms used to train models. ML models can then be fed new data and produce results of interest, based on the historical data used to train the model.
A typical example is diagnosing medical conditions. ML models can be produced using data such as X-rays and CT scans, and then be fed with new data and asked to identify whether a medical condition is present or not. In situations like these, however, getting an outcome is not enough: we need to know the explanation behind it, and this is where it gets tricky.
Christoph Molnar is a data scientist and PhD candidate in interpretable machine learning. Molnar has written the book "Interpretable Machine Learning: A Guide for Making Black Box Models Explainable", in which he elaborates on the issue and examines methods for achieving explainability.
Molnar uses the terms interpretable and explainable interchangeably. Notwithstanding the AI/ML conflation, this is a good introduction to explainable AI and how to get there.
Free access to research.
https://syncedreview.com/2020/08/06/arxivs-1-7m-research-papers-now-available-on-kaggle/
ArXiv’s 1.7M+ Research Papers Now Available on Kaggle
To help make world’s largest free scientific paper repository even more accessible, arXiv announced yesterday that all of its research papers are now available on Kaggle.
… The arXiv dataset is now available on Kaggle and will be updated weekly.
Tools for shut-ins.
https://www.bespacific.com/how-to-use-microsoft-teams-with-your-friends-and-family/
How to use Microsoft Teams with your friends and family
The Verge: “It’s taken a while, especially considering the number of people who are looking for convenient ways to chat and videoconference these days, but Microsoft has finally created a version of its business Teams app for personal use. The app, which is considered to be in preview, is currently only available for mobile devices (iOS and Android). You get 10GB of file storage for your “team” and 2GB of personal file storage per person. What follows is a quick how-to on using Teams for communicating with friends and family. It is available for both iOS and Android; the two apps are extremely similar. The only difference may be in the placement of, say, the “Start new chat” button. The app offers a variety of ways to communicate: chat, audio-only, and video. Everybody participating has to have the app on their device, and you also need a Microsoft account (which is relatively simple to sign up for)…”
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https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/chrome-tools-quick-easy-annotations/
The 7 Best Annotation Tools for Google Chrome
Capturing and annotating webpages, images, or portions of articles can be useful for work, school, or even personal research. With tools that allow you to mark up items quickly and easily, Chrome offers a nice selection of extensions.
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