Category: Week4

Blockchain + AI

I totally agree with this statement: AI is new productive forces and Blockchain is new productive relations. “AI, Blockchain and the Internet of Things” is the new “Social, Mobile and Cloud”. AI + Blockchain is a very exciting and challenging hot topic. Interestingly, AI and Blockchain have many opposite aspects [1]. For instance, AI is centralized… Read more Blockchain + AI

How is Ransomware Evolving?

Ransomware, one of the most lucrative types of attacks currently, is a software devised to block access to a system or a software that threatens to publish a victim’s data unless a ransom is paid. Ransomware has been a risk to enterprises and individuals since the mid-2000s and about 7,600 ransomware attacks have been reported… Read more How is Ransomware Evolving?

How the Largest Employer in the U.S. Fares on Cybersecurity

When it comes to cybersecurity, large organizations have to be vigilant to prevent a single hack or intrusion from turning into a disaster. As we heard in class last week, high-profile hacks of notable companies have led to significant consequences. The hackers who compromised Target’s databases in 2013 gained access to 40 million credit card… Read more How the Largest Employer in the U.S. Fares on Cybersecurity

Busted - How the Ashley Madison hack shows the importance of your online presence

Quick, close your eyes. Think of what you would do if you found out your significant other cheated on you. How would you feel? Wait, actually, open your eyes. This doesn’t work with written media too well. Alright, imagine that your partner was secretly living another life on the internet. Imagine if there was a… Read more Busted - How the Ashley Madison hack shows the importance of your online presence

Online Dating Will Teach You What You Need in Digital Era

Tinder? eHarmony? Match.com? Nowadays there are many matching sites and apps. Some of my friends are addicted to Tinder, while some of them complain that they don’t get good matches even though the matching quality is said to be increasing. To be honest, I know how they feel. Personally, I started to use dating apps… Read more Online Dating Will Teach You What You Need in Digital Era

Artificial Intelligence as a threat to cybersecurity?

According to a study, conducted by Kaspersky Lab (2016), almost 50 percent of VSBs, SMBs and Enterprises are impacted by some kind of phishing attack. As pointed out by Dr. Stephen Herrod (General Catalyst Partners) during his guest lecture at Stanford University, the impact of those phishing techniques can be tremendously high since they are… Read more Artificial Intelligence as a threat to cybersecurity?

A/B Testing: The Past, Today, and the Future

This week’s guest speaker, Suja Viswesan, director of engineering at LinkedIn, talked about A/B testing, a very important component of LinkedIn’s initiative called “People You May Know.” She stated, “A/B testing is the only way to prove causality and quantify feature impact.”1 Building the right product based on big data is challenging in itself. A/B… Read more A/B Testing: The Past, Today, and the Future

Big Data in Healthcare

In class, we were introduced to how big data is used in the professional context, particularly within LinkedIn connecting people to opportunities. But there’s also a huge application of big data for healthcare. Dr. Eric Topol, executive vice president at Scripps Research Institute, emphasized that we can now collect environmental data that is greatly informative… Read more Big Data in Healthcare

My password is password

Kidding! But it got you to read my blog 🙂 In class, Steven Herrod of General Catalyst Partners discussed new challenges with cybersecurity: what it used to be, what happens when it doesn’t work, and what’s next.  One notable topic I learned was about bitcoin hacks.  Hackers breech a person’s computer, and lock access to… Read more My password is password

Cyber Security

Cyber threat refers to a person who attempts to gain access into a computer system or information without proper authorisation by the use of a data communication pathway. Cyber threats are no unknown devil in the 21st century, private information being shared and leaked around the world is now normal, armies of countries and companies… Read more Cyber Security