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This article is part of a series of articles on automating Data Cleaning for any tabular dataset. You can test the feature described in this article on your own dataset using the CleanMyExcel.io service, which is free and requires no registration. Start with the why Let’s consider this Excel spreadsheet, which contains information on awards given to films. It is sourced from the book Cleaning Data for Effective Data Science and is available here. This is a typical and common spreadsheet that everyone may own and deal with in their daily tasks. But what is wrong with it? To answer…

How to deliver more secure capabilities to the warfighter, faster Rethinking the delivery process for new capabilities is essential to put cybersecurity and the warfighter front and center. Daisy Thornton@dthorntonWFED March 11, 2025 12:54 pm 3 min read Conversations about cybersecurity often involve a balancing act: the need to balance security with user experience to avoid fatigue, the need to balance new capabilities with efforts to curtail complexity. But Jane Rathbun, chief information officer of the Department of the Navy, said during an AFCEA West panel that there’s one situation where striking a balance is the wrong move. “The question…

The Black Basta ransomware operation created an automated brute-forcing framework dubbed ‘BRUTED’ to breach edge networking devices like firewalls and VPNs. The framework has enabled BlackBasta to streamline initial network access and scale ransomware attacks on vulnerable internet-exposed endpoints. The discovery of BRUTED comes from EclecticIQ researcher Arda Büyükkaya following an in-depth examination of the ransomware gang’s leaked internal chat logs. Several reports of large-scale brute-forcing and password spray attacks against those devices throughout 2024, some of which might be linked to BRUTED or similar-origin operations. Automating brute-forcing Büyükkaya says Black Basta has been using the automated BRUTED platform since…

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming industries like healthcare, manufacturing, smart cities, and even autonomous vehicles—making our daily lives hyperconnected. But as more devices come online, relying solely on cloud computing can lead to slow response times, high bandwidth costs and security risks. The traditional cloud-based infrastructure struggles to keep up with the demands of real-time data processing, low latency, and proactive, preventative security. Before we dive in, let me explain what is edge computing is about and how it applies to IoT. Simply put, edge computing processes data right where it’s generated instead of routing it to remote…

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LockBit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev was extradited from Israel to the U.S. Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2025 The US Justice Department announced that the LockBit ransomware developer Rostislav Panev was extradited from Israel to the U.S. The US Justice Department announced that one of the LockBit ransomware developer, Rostislav Panev (51), has been extradited to the United States. The dual Russian-Israeli national was arrested in Israel in 2024 and faces charges related to his role in the ransomware operation The man is accused of being a LockBit ransomware developer from 2019 through at least February 2024. The leading ransomware group…

REX Shares debuted an exchange-trade fund on Friday providing exposure to Strategy’s convertible bonds, a form of debt the ETF issuer said was hard to access for most investors.The REX Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Convertible Bond ETF (BMAX) provides exposure to debt from three U.S. companies. However, REX said in a press release that the fund is “highly concentrated” in products offered by Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin.Since Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy, issued its first batch of convertible senior notes in 2020, REX Financial CEO Greg King said in a statement that retail investors and investment advisors…

Malware Impersonating Booking.com Targets Hospitality Sector Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers have been tracking a cybercriminal group targeting the hospitality industry. Known as Storm-1865, this group is spreading credential-stealing malware, with activities dating back to late 2024. The attackers have created a fake Booking.com page, sending fraudulent messages to hotel managers about a non-existent review. Clicking the provided link redirects victims to a credential-harvesting site. So far, businesses in North America, Oceania, South Asia, and parts of Europe have been primarily affected. This ongoing attack is severely damaging the reputation of the Dutch-based startup. Volt Typhoon Infiltrates U.S. Electric Grid Since…

11 Nov 2022 Informational, InfoSec 101, News, Podcasts 00:00 – PreShow Banter™ — A is for All Team00:33 – BHIS – Talkin’ Bout [infosec] News 2022-11-0703:56 – Story # 1: Musk to cut half of Twitter jobs and end remote work for the rest, report sayshttps://fortune.com/2022/11/06/twitter-trying-to-rehire-workers-elon-musk-fired-days-ago-sources-say/18:56 – Story # 2: Dropbox Data Breach Another Multifactor Failhttps://www.databreachtoday.com/dropbox-data-breach-another-multifactor-fail-a-2040619:43 – Story # 2b: Dropbox Breach: Hackers Unauthorizedly Accessed 130 GitHub Source Code Repositorieshttps://thehackernews.com/2022/11/dropbox-breach-hackers-unauthorizedly.html24:24 – Story # 3: Hundreds of U.S. news sites push malware in supply-chain attackhttps://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hundreds-of-us-news-sites-push-malware-in-supply-chain-attack/28:38 – Story # 4: New TikTok Privacy Policy Confirms Chinese Staff Can Access European Users’ Datahttps://thehackernews.com/2022/11/new-tiktok-privacy-policy-confirms.html32:23…