Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Digitally Manipulated Media Already Poses National Security and Privacy Concerns A panel of legal experts and technologists warned lawmakers that deepfake technologies were already causing security and privacy concerns across the country, particularly for women and minority communities, as research shows that current detection systems contain biases and high error rates.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
On-demand moving and delivery platform Dolly.com allegedly paid a ransom but crooks found an excuse not to hold their end of the bargain. Cybercriminals are hardly a trustworthy bunch. Case in point: Dolly.com. The Cybernews research team believes that the platform suffered a ransomware attack and at least partially paid the ransom – but was duped. The attackers complained that the payment wasn’t generous enough and published the stolen data.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Patient Care Still Disrupted and IT Network, EHR System Down Until Mid-December A shared IT services provider and its five Ontario member hospitals say their recovery from a Daixin Team ransomware attack in October could last into December as the group rebuilds its IT network. Meanwhile, the outage will continue to disrupt patient services, including diagnostics and treatments.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Mandiant reported that Russia-linked Sandworm APT used a novel OT attack to cause power outages during mass missile strikes on Ukraine. Mandiant researchers reported that Russia-linked APT group Sandworm employed new operational technology (OT) attacks that caused power outages while the Russian army was conducting mass missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine in October.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Also: ChatGPT Struggles to Stay Online Amid DDoS Attacks This week, mortgage lender Mr. Cooper recovered from a cyberattack, ChatGPT struggled with distributed denial-of-service attacks, a cybercrime group’s business model was exposed, hackers stole data of loyalty club members of Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, and more.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Also: Bitfinex, Terraform Labs, $54M Civil Forfeiture Request This week, the trial of the alleged Mango Markets hacker was delayed, Bitfinex reported a "minor" cybersecurity incident, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sought summary judgement in the Terraform Labs case and the U.S. Department of Treasury designated a Russian money launderer.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
US CISA added the vulnerability CVE-2023-29552 in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the vulnerability CVE-2023-29552 (CVSS score: 7.5) in the Service Location Protocol (SLP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The Service Location Protocol (SLP) is a legacy service discovery protocol that allows computers and other devices to find services in a local area net
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Iranian Espionage Group Used Tactics From Previous Campaigns Security company CrowdStrike said it had observed Iranian hacker group Imperial Kitten, also known as TA456, Crimson Sandstorm and Tortoiseshell, conducting web compromise operations between 2022 and 2023 to infiltrate Israeli logistics, transportation and technology companies.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Experts are finding thousands of examples of AI-created content every week that could allow terrorist groups and other violent extremists to bypass automated detection systems.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Reconsidering the One-Size-Fits-All Healthcare Risk Analysis For over a decade, the HIPAA Security Rule has required covered entities and business associates to engage in risk analysis and management. But due to the recent surges in data breaches within the healthcare sector, it's time to embrace an information asset-based approach to risk analysis.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Russia's most notorious military hackers successfully sabotaged Ukraine's power grid for the third time last year. And in this case, the blackout coincided with a physical attack.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Path Traversal Bug Leads to Code Execution Within SysAid On-Premises Software A Russian digital extortion gang behind a raft of attacks on file transfer applications is now targeting a newly patched vulnerability in SysAid IT support software. Attacks can lead to ransomware and data theft, tweeted Microsoft late on Wednesday.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Clop ransomware group is actively exploiting a SysAid zero-day flaw after running rampant through enterprise systems using MOVEit file transfer bug.
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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
As ransom payments reach an all-time high, it’s time to look at attacks from a data perspective and find the greatest opportunities to stop these attacks.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The cybersecurity skills gap is making businesses more vulnerable, but it won't be fixed by upskilling high-potential recruits alone.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The largest and oldest bank in Russia Sberbank faced the record-breaking DDoS attack that reached 1 million RPS. Sberbank , the Russian banking and financial services giant, announced that it was recently hit by a record-breaking distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that reached 1 million RPS. After the invasion of Ukraine, most Russian organizations and international companies still operating in Russia became the targets of multiple groups of Pro-Ukraine hacktivists.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
One of the main challenges for Android users is protecting themselves malicious applications that can damage devices or perform other harmful actions.
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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
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Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
A premier Russian APT used living-off-the-land techniques in a major OT hit, raising tough questions about whether or not we can defend against the attack vector.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Selling miniature replicas to unsuspecting shoppers: Online marketplaces sell tiny pink cowboy hats. They also sell miniature pencil sharpeners, palm-size kitchen utensils, scaled-down books and camping chairs so small they evoke the Stonehenge scene in “This Is Spinal Tap.” Many of the minuscule objects aren’t clearly advertised. […] But there is no doubt some online sellers deliberately trick customers into buying smaller and often cheaper-to-produce items, Witcher said
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Iran-linked group uses redirected websites to compromise victims and exfiltrate data in a campaign that has lasted over 2022 and 2023.
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WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Omegle connected strangers to one another and had a long-standing problem of pairing minors with sexual predators. A legal settlement took it down.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Analysis of six major cloud incidents shows how some common mistakes can lead to serious consequences.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Meta now offers users an ad-free option, but it’s only available in Europe for those who can afford the €10-a-month subscription.
Data Matters
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize how we find, develop, and deliver new life-saving therapies. Join “State of the Art” host and Sidley partner Stephen Abreu as he speaks with Colin Hill , CEO and Co-Founder of Aitia. Together, they discuss the challenges and opportunities AI presents for the pharmaceutical industry, particularly how AI is accelerating the pace of drug discovery and its implications for the future of medicine.
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Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The US Treasury states that it is in contact with financial regulators as it monitors the breach.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Federal court rejects legal privilege claim over Deloitte’s assessment of 2022 breach that affected millions Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Optus has lost a bid in the federal court to keep secret a report on the cause of the 2022 cyber-attack – which resulted in the personal information of about 10 million customers being exposed – after a judge rejected the telco’s legal privilege claim.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Checkmarx researchers warn that BlazeStealer can exfiltrate information, steal passwords, disable PCs, and take over webcams.
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