Lars Becker

Joined: 23. June 2021
Articles: 6576

Shortnews, Security Awareness

How a clever Ferrari manager exposed a deepfake

The Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari recently suffered a sensitive deepfake attack. A high-ranking manager became the target of a fraud attempt in which criminals used AI technology to impersonate the company boss.

Lars Becker
30. July 2024

Shortnews

KnowBe4 accidentally hired North Korean hacker

The US security company KnowBe4 has revealed on its blog that it unknowingly hired a North Korean hacker. Company founder and CEO Stu Sjouwerman describes the incident as a "lesson".

Lars Becker
29. July 2024

Shortnews

Cloud security startup Wiz rebuffs Google

The Israeli-American cloud security start-up Wiz has rejected tech giant Google's takeover bid of 23 billion dollars.

Lars Becker
23. July 2024

E-Business, Digitalization

Best of breed approach as a future strategy for customer service?

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The impending cookie phase-out, increasingly complex data protection regulations and the ongoing development of AI have made the jungle of software solutions ever denser. Companies have to choose between numerous solutions that all pursue the same goal: Optimizing business processes.

Lars Becker
23. July 2024

Shortnews

Oracle pays multi-million settlement after lawsuit

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The US technology company Oracle has agreed to pay 115 million dollars to settle a class action lawsuit for breach of privacy.

Lars Becker
22. July 2024

Data protection & GRC

NIS 2.0 – endless bureaucracy or beneficial opportunity?

The field of "information security" is currently dealing with a new technical term - "NIS 2.0". Interested experts are realizing that the new EU Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS 2.0) is also being incorporated into national legislation.

Lars Becker
22. July 2024

Shortnews

CrowdStrike outage paralyzes company systems worldwide

Cybersecurity company CrowdStrike experienced a massive system outage on Friday that affected businesses around the globe. As CrowdStrike confirmed, the outage was caused by problems with the latest update.

Lars Becker
21. July 2024

Industry 4.0 & RPA

How Process and Task Capture help with automation

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By using intelligent automation that combines Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), companies can eliminate manual, repetitive tasks and optimize their end-to-end processes.