Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Hackers Are Leveraging Israel-Hamas War to Carry Out Attacks, Researcher Tells ISMG Cybersecurity researchers identified a suspected Iranian espionage campaign targeting aerospace, aviation and defense industries across the Middle East. Hackers targeted employees within the aviation and defense sectors with fake job offers for tech and defense-related positions.
AIIM
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
In my role as The Info Gov Guy™, I consult with clients from up and down their organizational charts: in records, IT, legal, HR, marketing, etc. What this tells me is that their employers don’t consider their information to be a core business asset – which is odd because they do acknowledge their success depends completely on their ability to quickly find and retrieve current, accurate, and properly safeguarded information.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
CISOs Discuss AI Scams, Cyberthreats and Election Security Defenses In the latest "Proof of Concept," Jeff Brown, CISO for the state of Connecticut, and Lester Godsey, CISO for Maricopa County, Arizona, join ISMG editors to discuss AI-related threats to election security, safeguarding against cyber and physical threats and coordinating efforts for complete security.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Brea, Calif. Feb. 27, 2024 — The current large surge in cyber threats has left many organizations grappling for security so ThreatHunter.ai is taking decisive action. Recognizing the critical juncture at which the digital world stands, ThreatHunter.ai is now offering their cutting-edge cybersecurity services free of charge to all organizations for 30 days, irrespective of their current cybersecurity measures.
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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
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
APT28 Used Hacked Ubiquiti Routers for Hashed Password Relay Attacks A campaign by Russian military intelligence to convert Ubiquiti routers into a platform for a global cyberespionage operation began as early as 2022, U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies said. The U.S. disrupted a botnet built by a hacking unit of Russian military's Main Intelligence Directorate.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
5-Year Plan Details How to Raise the Bar on Health Ecosystem's Approach to Cyber The Health Sector Coordinating Council has issued a five-year strategic plan - "a call to action" - for healthcare and public health organizations to implement cybersecurity programs that do a better job of protecting their patients against the ever-rising tide of threats.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Zurich, Switzerland, Feb. 27, 2024 — Chipmaking has become one of the world’s most critical technologies in the last two decades. The main driver of this explosive growth has been the continuous scaling of silicon technology (widely known as the Moore’s Law). But these advances in silicon technology are slowing down, as we reach the physical limits of silicon.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Forrester's David Holmes on Why CISOs Must Evaluate Microsegmentation in Cloud Microsegmentation is a fundamental concept in zero trust security, but CISOs should assess its feasibility before diving in. This is particularly true in a public cloud environment where there is no real network policy, said David Holmes, principal research analyst at Forrester.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
New threat actors have started exploiting ConnectWise ScreenConnect vulnerabilities, including the Black Basta and Bl00dy ransomware gangs. Multiple threat actors have started exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerabilities , tracked as CVE-2024-1709 (CVSS score of 10) and CVE-2024-1708 (CVSS score of 8.4), in the ConnectWise ScreenConnect software.
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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
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Study Shows Correlation Between Polite Language, Culture and LLM Output It pays to be nice, even to an inanimate chunk of code masquerading as a conversation partner, find Japanese researchers from Tokyo's Waseda University who investigated the performance of large language models under conditions ranging from rudeness to obsequiousness.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Taiwanese vendor Zyxel warns of security vulnerabilities in its firewalls and access points, including a remote code execution flaw. Taiwanese networking vendor Zyxel addressed four vulnerabilities, respectively tracked as CVE-2023-6397 , CVE-2023-6398 , CVE-2023-6399 , and CVE-2023-6764 , in its firewalls and access points. The flaws can be exploited by threat actors to carry out command injection and denial-of-service attacks and to achieve remote code execution.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Microsoft Announces $16.3 Million Investment in French AI Firm The European competition regulator will examine a partnership between Microsoft and French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI for potential anti-competitive effects. Microsoft announced Monday that it has entered a $16.3 million, multiyear partnership with the firm.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies across the US.
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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.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
A Carbon Black-Symantec Marriage Would Combine 2 Low-Growth Endpoint Security Teams Carbon Black won't be getting a new residence anytime soon after indications of interest in the organization fell short of Broadcom's expectations. The semiconductor giant had been looking to fetch $1 billion for the security firm - including debt - but offers at that dollar figure remained elusive.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
For the first time, analysis of ransomware payments made in a single year tops $1,000,000,000. This signals a massive return to more frequent, sophisticated, and successful attacks.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
A BlackCat ransomware attack hit UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum causing an outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform. A ransomware attack hit the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary Optum leading to an outage impacting the Change Healthcare payment exchange platform. Optum Solutions is a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, a leading health insurance company in the United States.
Record Nations
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
When it comes to personal or business finances, one often finds themselves fighting with the challenge of maintaining a sturdy record-keeping system. Whether it’s for tax purposes, budgeting, or simply keeping track of expenditures, effective financial record management is crucial. Yet, many individuals and businesses struggle to find a balance between organization, efficiency, and security.
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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.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Last week, someone posted something like 570 files, images and chat logs from a Chinese company called I-Soon. I-Soon sells hacking and espionage services to Chinese national and local government. Lots of details in the news articles. These aren’t details about the tools or techniques, more the inner workings of the company. And they seem to primarily be hacking regionally.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Ankle tags that constantly log a person’s coordinates are part of a growing cadre of experimental surveillance tools that countries around the world are trying out on new arrivals.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Emails are still the most common delivery method for malicious files, according to Check Point’s Cyber Security Report for 2024.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
If you’ve invested in Microsoft® 365 to help employees create, share, and collaborate more easily, you’re in good company. The organization reported monthly Microsoft® Teams users reached 320 million in FY24 Q1, up from 300 million the previous quarter.[1] While Microsoft 365 has certainly earned its keep as a must-have productivity tool, it’s probably not … The post How connected content hubs take productivity tools to the next level appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
WIRED just published a scary (long) article. I am summarizing it here and highly recommend you read the whole thing.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
On February 15, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule that would ban the use of AI to impersonate individuals, which would extend protections of a recently finalized FTC rule against government and business impersonation. The FTC announced a public comment period for a supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPR”) regarding the proposed rule that ends 60 days after being published in the Federal Register.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Exposed: Global Espionage Unleashed by China's Police in Groundbreaking Leak
Data Protection Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
On 1 and 2 February 2024, at the fourth 4 th ASEAN Digital Ministers Meeting ( ADGMIN ) in Singapore, ASEAN [1] unveiled: the updated Joint Guide to ASEAN Model Contractual Clauses and EU Standard Contractual Clauses ( Joint MCC – SCC Guide ); and the ASEAN Guide on AI Governance and Ethics ( ASEAN AI Governance Guide ). We summarise and discuss both the Joint Guide and the ASEAN AI Governance Guide below.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
18,267,244 known records breached in 94 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight loanDepot rep orts an extra 324,071 victims In January, the mortgage lender loanDepot announced in an SEC filing that an u
Information Matters
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Legal technology company Lexsoft Systems has announced the launch of T3 GenAI, a new knowledge management solution for law firms powered by artificial intelligence. The tool aims to streamline the Read more The post Lexsoft Launches AI-Powered Legal Knowledge Management Solution appeared first on Information Matters - Where AI Meets Knowledge Management.
Jamf
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Discover how Jamf Connect bridges the gap in Apple device security and identity management. Learn about the benefits of SSO, Offline MFA and zero-touch setup.
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