Also: How to spruce up your Facebook Messenger chats by adding a theme A Facebook user shared on Twitter a photo of the new feature – “ready-made stories”. According to the photo, this new “ready-made” story tool will create stories for users based on their photo and video data, including characteristics such as image quality, location, and presence of people or animals. To read your photo for those basic characteristics and then make suggestions based on them, Facebook will have to employ some form of AI....

The FBI documents several fraudulent apps that defrauded 244 victims during the months leading up to the great crypto crash in June. It said cyber criminals are using the names, logos, and other identifying information of legitimate companies, including creating fake websites with this information, as part of their ruse to gain investors. Financial institutions should warn their customers about this activity and inform customers as to whether they offer cryptocurrency services the FBI said in a private industry notification....

According to “Follow the Money,” a new report (.PDF) published on the financial sector by Outpost24’s Blueliv on Thursday, members of these groups are the major culprits of theft and fraud in the industry today. The financial sector has always been, and possibly always will be, a key target for cybercriminal groups. Organizations in this area are often custodians of sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to customers and clients, financial accounts, and cash....

The acquisition is for HVR, which bulks Fivetran’s data replication technology with change data capture from a wide range of cloud and legacy on-premises databases. It’s a piece that complements Fivetran’s ELT cloud service by providing the change data capture that extracts upstream – and from on-premises databases. The HVR change-data-capture gets the data upstream, while Fivetran’s transformation technology massages the data downstream to feed it to the cloud analytics platform, whether it is called a data warehouse, data lake, or data lakehouse....

BEC attacks are some of the most effective and financially damaging cyberattacks, with the FBI estimating that they have cost businesses a combined total of more than $43 billion in recent years. In Depth: These experts are racing to protect AI from hackers. Time is running out For cyber criminals, they’re a relatively simple but effective means of making money; the only requirements are an email account to send the initial phishing emails, plus some research on the desired targets....

The new MARQ Performance Editions were announced for four of the eight MARQ devices. Performance Editions are available for the MARQ Driver, Aviator, Athlete, and Adventurer. In three of the four new watch offerings, the price for the Performance Edition is less than the same MARQ watch. Some of the MARQ watches come with leather or metal bands while the Performance Editions shift to a silicone band offering. If you want to save some money and want a MARQ device, the Performance Edition options are compelling....

Few things are better than relaxing with documentaries on subjects from a wide variety of genres, such as space, civilization, nature, science, and much more. But when you want to dive deep into fact-based shows on ancient history, war, crime, technology, culture, and more, you do not want to be interrupted by ads every ten minutes. MagellanTV offers more than 3,000 movies and series from the best filmmakers in the world with no interruptions ever....

Total novices can begin with “Java Foundations,” rated an average of 4.9 stars out of 5 from former students. Java’s not only widely used in software and web development, but you can also find it in Android apps. And this bundle doesn’t just teach you skills. The “How to Get a Job as a Web Developer” and “Java Interview Questions: Data Structures & Algorithms” courses delve into the interpersonal traits you need to get hired....

The kit is pre-assembled, so it’s ready to use right out the box. The unit is very compact, weighing about the same as a laptop. The hardware is based on an Arduino control board and allows expandable interfaces. You can learn more about Arduino and Raspberry Pi with these project-based courses if you like. This mini robot arm has omnidirectional movement, with a 3D space that allows it to turn and tilt....

From YouTube clips and social media posts to virtual presentations and amateur documentaries, possibilities are essentially endless these days in terms of video production. Moreover, the process from start to finish is accessible at our fingertips via innovative software. Thus a combination of effort and tools can go a long way toward separating someone’s creation from the pack. For example, the Wondershare Filmora provides a creative, comprehensive video editing experience on one easy-to-use platform....

The Claim GetSafe is simple to set up and has powerful wireless security. Is it true? Yes. GetSafe’s system can be installed quickly: The components come paired from the factory, so they’re ready to go once you power them up. And the wireless security system arrives with a pre-installed AT&T Cellular 3G SIM card and a lithium backup battery to guarantee the system is still alert even if there’s a power outage, your Wi-Fi blips out, or someone cuts the telephone lines....

In a blog post this week, Github’s Mike Hanley explained that beginning on August 13, GitHub stopped accepting account passwords when authenticating Git operations. The platform now requires people to use stronger authentication factors like personal access tokens, SSH keys, or OAuth or GitHub App installation tokens for all authenticated Git operations on GitHub.com. Hanley added that in addition to ditching passwords, GitHub has taken other measures like investing in verified devices, preventing the use of compromised passwords, supporting WebAuthn and more....

On Wednesday, GitHub said the company received reports from Robert Chen and Philip Papurt, between July 21 and August 13, of security flaws impacting the packages via one of GitHub’s bug bounty programs, which give researchers credit and financial rewards for responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities to the vendor. GitHub’s Chief Security Officer Mike Hanley says that these reports prompted GitHub to conduct its own review of tar and @npmcli/arborist, leading to the discovery of additional security issues....

A survey of 3,500 US workers commissioned by GoodHire, an employment screening service provider, found that more than two-thirds (68%) would choose remote working over working from an office – a sentiment that has been echoed thoroughly by white-collar workers who have enjoyed the freedom and flexibility of working from home during the pandemic. So hesitant are employees to return to the office, in fact, that 61% of those surveyed said they would be willing to take a pay cut in exchange for being able to work from home permanently....

Camille Stewart, co-founder of #ShareTheMicInCyber, said #ShareTheMicInCyber will be working with New America on a diversity initiative funded by Google, Twitter, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies. “We are excited to expand the impact of #ShareTheMicInCyber by creating a fellowship that will allow for sustained and deeper impact,” Stewart said. A fellowship will be created for 2022 that will be centered around researching diversity and inclusion in the cybersecurity industry, nurturing a stable of mentors and organizing professional development activities....

“So far in 2021, we’ve sent over 50,000 warnings, a nearly 33% increase from this time in 2020. This spike is largely due to blocking an unusually large campaign from a Russian actor known as APT28 or Fancy Bear,” Google security engineer and Threat Analysis Group (TAG) team member Ajax Bash notes in a blogpost. Shane Huntley from TAG tweeted on October 7 that the group had sent an “above average batch of government-backed security warnings yesterday”....

The Wall Street Journal reports that more than 500 employees at Waze will join Google’s Geo organization, which is responsible for Maps, Earth and Street View. The move is happening today. There are no redundancies as part of the move, but Waze CEO Neha Parikh will leave her role after a transition period, a Google spokeswoman told WSJ. Also: How to change the navigation voice in Waze Google is tightening its belt along with the rest of the tech sector in the face of uncertain macroeconomic conditions....

Google has detailed some of the fixes in a Google Chrome release update – although the company is currently withholding full details about many of the issues until most users have applied the updates, which are due to roll out over the coming days and weeks. In total, the latest Google Chrome update includes 10 security updates, which are also available for Google Chrome on mobile devices unless otherwise indicated....

The European Commission ruling was made in 2017, with the regulator doling out a €2.42 billion fine against Google as a result of the preferential treatment it gave to its own price-comparison services. At the time, it was the largest penalty that the European Commission had ever issued. The €2.42 billion fine would become the first of three issued to Google by European Commission EVP Margrethe Vestager, with the latter two being issued for Google’s alleged anticompetitive practices in Android and AdSense....

Speaking as part of the virtual 2021 Databricks Data and AI World Tour APAC event, Lazuardi touted said the Singapore-based tech giant Grab believes it has uncovered the sweet spot between a data lake and data warehouse by building a centralised data platform. Dubbed as Grab’s one central data, or OCD for short, the platform was built on Databricks’ Delta Lake, and designed to bring together the flexibility and reliability of a data lake and the BI capabilities of a data warehouse....