Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Also: Avast Agrees to $16.5 Million Civil Penalty to Settle Privacy Investigation This week: more fallout from LockBit, Avast to pay $16.5M, Russia-linked group targeted mail servers, no indication that AT&T was hacked, analysis of a patched Apple flaw, Microsoft enhanced logging, an Android banking Trojan, North Korean hackers and a baking giant fell to ransomware.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Joomla maintainers have addressed multiple vulnerabilities in the popular content management system (CMS) that can lead to execute arbitrary code. The maintainers of the Joomla! Project released Joomla 5.0.3 and 4.4.3 versions that addressed the following vulnerabilities in the popular content management system (CMS): [ 20240201 ] – CVE-2024-21722 Core – Insufficient session expiration in MFA management views: The MFA management features did not properly terminate existing user sessi
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Numerous Impediments Remain If Administrators Attempt to Reboot the Operation The notorious ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit, disrupted by law enforcement this week, was developing a new version of its crypto-locking malware prior to being shut down, security researchers reported. Even so, experts say it's unlikely the group would be able to successfully reboot.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Security researcher Salvatore Lombardo shared details about a new instance of Nigerian fraud that he called ‘Beyond the border scam.’ The 419 scam is a form of scam that requires the recipient to pay an upfront sum to receive a much larger reward later. The name derives from article 419 of the Nigerian penal code which punishes this type of fraud and is therefore also known as Nigerian fraud.
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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 22, 2024
Numerous Impediments Remain, Should Administrators Attempt to Reboot Operation The notorious ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit, disrupted by law enforcement this week, was developing a new version of its crypto-locking malware prior to being disrupted, security researchers report. Even so, experts say it's unlikely the group would be able to successfully reboot.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
HHS Issues Special Alert Urging Providers and Contractors to 'Stay Vigilant' Change Healthcare - a unit of Optum that provides IT services and applications to hundreds of U.S. pharmacies, payers and healthcare providers - is dealing with a cyber incident that has forced the company to take its applications offline enterprisewide. The company said is triaging the situation.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
US FTC charged cyber security firm Avast with harvesting consumer web browsing data through its browser extension and antivirus and sold it. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed charges against cybersecurity firm Avast, accusing it of collecting and selling consumer web browsing data gathered through its browser extension and antivirus services.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
UK Parliamentary Committee Says the Agency Is Not Likely to Meet the 2025 Deadline The U.K. telecom regulatory Ofcom faces "significant challenges" in implementing the newly passed Online Safety Act, which is intended to protect children from online harm, says analysis by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
On January 24, 2024, the European Commission announced that it had published the Commission Decision establishing the European AI Office (the “Decision”). The AI Office will be established within the Commission as part of the administrative structure of the Directorate-General for Communication Networks, Content and Technology , and subject to its annual management plan.
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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 22, 2024
Tarun Samtani of International SOS Discusses AI Privacy Implementation Principles In most organizations, the privacy team plays an important role in artificial intelligence implementation and governance. Tarun Samtani, DPO and privacy program director at International SOS, said privacy principles inherently align with the demand for responsible data use of AI technology.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Simon Willison has been playing with the video processing capabilities of the new Gemini Pro 1.5 model from Google, and it’s really impressive. Which means a lot of scary new video prompt injection attacks. And remember, given the current state of technology, prompt injection attacks are impossible to prevent in general.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Also: FCA Rounds Up Noncompliant Firms; GoFundMe Shuts Down Tornado Cash Fundraiser This week, FixedFloat lost $26 million in a hack, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority found illegal promotions of cryptocurrency, GoFundMe shuttered a Tornado Cash fundraiser, and an Australian cop allegedly stole $4 million worth of bitcoins.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
As we pass the two-month anniversary of the effectiveness of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) Form 8-K cybersecurity reporting rules under new Item 1.05, this blog post provides a high-level summary of the filings made to date. Six companies have now made Item 1.05 Form 8-K filings. Three of these companies also have amended their first Form 8-K filings to provide additional detail regarding subsequent events.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
As we see enterprises increasingly face geographic requirements around sovereignty, IBM Cloud® is committed to helping clients navigate beyond the complexity so they can drive true transformation with innovative hybrid cloud technologies. We believe this is particularly important with the rise of generative AI. While AI can undoubtedly offer a competitive edge to organizations that effectively leverage its capabilities, we have seen unique concerns from industry to industry and region to re
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The US Congress was preparing to vote on a key foreign surveillance program last week. Then a wild Russian threat appeared.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
With a vast amount of technology training and education available today, it’s difficult to know what deserves your attention and what’s just a marketing ploy. Furthermore, most training and education in technology is only offered through text or video, meaning that the learner doesn’t have an opportunity to apply the theory that they are learning.
Reltio
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Every company needs to unify information from disparate sources, derive actionable insights, and fuel real-time operations in a data-driven world. As a pioneer in data unification and management, Reltio® continues to push the frontiers in empowering customers to realize the full potential of their data and enable digital transformation. Last year represented a watershed moment for us, with major new product launches, high-profile industry recognition, and increased growth in new customers.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The rise of foundation models that power the growth of generative AI and other AI use cases offers exciting possibilities—yet it also raises new questions and concerns about their ethical design, development, deployment, and use. The IBM AI Ethics Board publication Foundation models: Opportunities, risks and mitigations addresses those concerns and explores the technology’s benefits, risks, guardrails, and mitigations.
Jamf
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Jamf’s annual report helps Security teams understand which real-world threats made the greatest impact while underscoring the need for a defense-in-depth security plan to best protect your organization from evolving risk to Mac and mobile platforms.
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Check out the post here. The post Thanks to Machine Learning, Scientist Finally Recover Text From The Charred Scrolls of Vesuvius via Slashdot.org first appeared on IG GURU.
HID Global
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
People of different ages think about security differently. We review these inherent differences in this podcast episode.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
The locations of microphones used to detect gunshots have been kept hidden from police and the public. A WIRED analysis of leaked coordinates confirms arguments critics have made against the technology.
HID Global
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
People of different ages think about security differently. We review these inherent differences in this podcast episode.
Archive-It
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Introducing ARCHWay ARCHWay, a free Archives Research Compute Hub (ARCH) service, lets you computationally explore web archives in new ways. Users have access to a diverse set of collections, as well as the ARCH user guide with written and video tutorials on how to use and explore ARCH datasets. If you’d like to learn more and request access to your own ARCHWay account, check out the ARCHWay announcement on the Archive-It Blog.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
A new data leak that appears to have come from one of China’s top private cybersecurity firms provides a rare glimpse into the commercial side of China’s many state-sponsored hacking groups. Experts say the leak illustrates how Chinese government agencies increasingly are contracting out foreign espionage campaigns to the nation’s burgeoning and highly competitive cybersecurity industry.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 22, 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming society, including the very character of national security. Recognizing this, the Department of Defense (DoD) launched the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) in 2019, the predecessor to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), to develop AI solutions that build competitive military advantage, conditions for human-centric AI adoption, and the agility of DoD operations.
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