Data Breach Today
MARCH 20, 2024
As Nation-State Group Hacks Big Targets, Trellix's John Fokker Details Defenses Major technology vendors keep being hacked by the nation-state hacking group Midnight Blizzard. Essential defenses to combat such attacks begin with implementing log monitoring across multiple platforms to find red flags, said John Fokker, head of threat intelligence at Trellix.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 20, 2024
It’s not unusual for the data brokers behind people-search websites to use pseudonyms in their day-to-day lives (you would, too). Some of these personal data purveyors even try to reinvent their online identities in a bid to hide their conflicts of interest. But it’s not every day you run across a US-focused people-search network based in China whose principal owners all appear to be completely fabricated identities.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 20, 2024
Treasury Department Sanctions Heads of Russian 'Influence-for-Hire' Firms The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned the heads of Russian-based companies for spearheading disinformation campaigns that impersonated legitimate media outlets and government organizations across the globe. The firms coordinated an information manipulation campaign targeting Latin America.
Security Affairs
MARCH 20, 2024
Atlassian fixed tens of vulnerabilities in Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira products, including a critical flaw that can be very dangerous. Atlassian addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its Bamboo, Bitbucket, Confluence, and Jira products. The most severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-1597 (CVSS score of 10), is a SQL injection flaw that impacts the org.postgresql:postgresql third-party dependency of Bamboo Data Center and Server. “This org.postgresql:postgresql Dependency
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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
MARCH 20, 2024
HHS: Bot-Driven Attacks Can Overwhelm Email Servers, Networks and Disrupt Workflow Federal authorities are warning healthcare and public health sector entities of email bomb attacks, a type of denial-of-service attack that can overwhelm email systems and networks and distract victims from other nefarious activities. The incidents can also disrupt clinical and business workflow.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 20, 2024
The Vote to Restrict the Sale of Americans' Sensitive Personal Data Is Unanimous The House voted Wednesday to pass the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act, a bill that would provide the FCC with enhanced authorities to seek up to $50,000 in civil penalties against data brokers that sell Americans' sensitive information to countries such as Russia and China.
Security Affairs
MARCH 20, 2024
The Pokemon Company resets some users’ passwords in response to hacking attempts against some of its users. The Pokemon Company announced it had reset the passwords for some accounts after it had detected hacking attempts, Techcrunch first reported. The company was likely the target of credential stuffing attacks. Credential stuffing is an attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the
Data Breach Today
MARCH 20, 2024
Cato Networks, Rubrik, Snyk Are Interested in Going Public, But Have No Firm Plans Cybersecurity startups are wary of the public markets following a hard economic reset that made profitability more important than growth and performance more important than potential. Due to this dramatic shift, lots of cybersecurity startups want to file for an IPO, but nobody wants to go first.
IT Governance
MARCH 20, 2024
In the UK, cyber security has been dropping down the board’s list of priorities. A 2022 Proofpoint study found that 76% of UK board members believed their organisation to be at risk of a material cyber attack in the next 12 months – higher than the global average of 65%. However, the 2023 edition of that study found that this had dropped to 44% in the UK, whereas the global average had climbed to 73%.
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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
MARCH 20, 2024
Survey Finds Too Many Under-Engaged Boards, Reactive Attitudes, Low Appetite for AI The pace of cybersecurity improvements has stagnated at many Britain organizations over the past year, driven in part by budget and staffing challenges, according to a new U.K. government report designed to assess domestic business resilience and the country's collective cybersecurity posture.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 20, 2024
Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with. Here's how many of these third-party companies may get your data from some of the most popular sites online.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 20, 2024
Make Sure You Have Logs, Five Eyes Alliance Says U.S. and allied cybersecurity agencies again warned the private sector to guard against Chinese state hackers who eschew malware to maintain access in favor of exploiting built-in system functions. Key preventative measures include maintaining a central logging database.
Jamf
MARCH 20, 2024
Privacy Modes recently came to Jamf Safe Internet. Take a deep dive into these settings and learn how to configure your Jamf School Instance with the right privacy settings for your school.
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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
MARCH 20, 2024
Among Those Leaving Is Zohar Alon, Who Was Hired in 2023 to Spearhead Product, R&D Cybereason is carrying out its third round of layoffs in 21 months, with dozens of senior employees expected to be let go, Among the exiting employees is Zohar Alon, the longtime Dome9 Security leader whCybereason is carrying out its third round of layoffs in 21 months, and dozens of senior employees are expected to be let go.
KnowBe4
MARCH 20, 2024
James Rundle at The Wall Street Journal today reported that in response to escalating supply-chain cyberattacks, companies are intensifying their scrutiny over suppliers to protect sensitive data and prevent breaches.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 20, 2024
New Grads Can Analyze IoT Data, Bring Talent and Innovative Thinking to Workplace The conventional trajectory for tech graduates is diversifying. Industries previously considered peripheral to technology are now actively recruiting tech talent. Employers who bypass the fresh wave of graduates are sidelining strategic advantages that could propel their organizations forward.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 20, 2024
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on a variety of techniques drivers are using to obscure their license plates so that automatic readers can’t identify them and charge tolls properly. Some drivers have power-washed paint off their plates or covered them with a range of household items such as leaf-shaped magnets, Bramwell-Stewart said. The Port Authority says officers in 2023 roughly doubled the number of summonses issued for obstructed, missing or fictitious license plates compared wit
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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.
Jamf
MARCH 20, 2024
Securing your organization is a difficult task. Choosing the right software solutions can help. Learn how a unified security platform makes security easier.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 20, 2024
Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 20, 2024
Each year we see the challenges that enterprises face become more complex as they strive to keep up with the latest technologies, such as generative AI, and increasing customer expectations. For highly regulated industries, these challenges take on an entirely new level of expectation as they navigate evolving regulatory landscape and manage requirements for privacy, resiliency, cybersecurity, data sovereignty and more.
IG Guru
MARCH 20, 2024
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Office for Civil Rights _ March 13, 2024 HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare Cyberattack Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter addressing the cybersecurity incident impacting Change Healthcare, […] The post HHS Office for Civil Rights Issues Letter and Opens Investigation of Change Healthcare Cyberattack first appe
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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.
CGI
MARCH 20, 2024
From research to verification of information, production, and distribution, and from accounting to workflow scheduling, AI and intelligent automation currently support routine tasks along the journalistic value chain.
CILIP
MARCH 20, 2024
CILIP to launch Libraries Change Lives Advocacy Week this summer This summer will you join us to tell the stories of how Libraries Change Lives? We are inviting libraries across the UK to join us to share your successes during our brand new Libraries Change Lives Week. Building on a proposal from Baroness Sanderson’s review of public libraries, CILIP has set a summer advocacy week ahead of this years’ elections.
Information Matters
MARCH 20, 2024
UiPath, a leading enterprise automation and AI software company, has announced several new generative AI (GenAI) features designed to help enterprises harness the full potential of AI with automation. The company introduced these new capabilities at its virtual AI Summit held on March 19. The new features address key areas to ensure customers can enhance Read more The post UiPath Unveils New AI Features to Empower Enterprises appeared first on Information Matters - Where AI Meets Knowledge Manag
CILIP
MARCH 20, 2024
Call for case studies: Libraries - Building the future economy Building the future economy We are working with an external agency to strengthen our advocacy activity during 2024, to engage with decision makers at the highest level. We are currently looking for case studies from members who are helping to build the future economy through data, knowledge and information management and AI.
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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.
Unwritten Record
MARCH 20, 2024
I’m pleased to announce the recent opening of a new exhibit at the National Archives Building, Power & Light: Russell Lee’s Coal Survey , which will run until July 6, 2025. The creation of the exhibit was a collaborative effort between our Museum staff and the Still Picture Branch. The exhibit features photographs from the series 245-MS, “Photographs of the Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry, 1946-1947 (National Archives Identifier 540230) , which contains over 4,000 photographs,
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 20, 2024
Integration is essential to every business. As businesses consider the core of their IT infrastructure, their focus might be on their data and applications. But without integration, the data would be locked into siloes; and the applications would be isolated and overloaded with complexity as fragile, tightly coupled connections were added to allow applications to work together and share information.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 20, 2024
Congressional bi-partisanship these day seems nigh impossible. Related: Rising tensions spell need for tighter cybersecurity Yet by a resounding vote of 352-65, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would ban TikTok unless its China-based owner, ByteDance Ltd., relinquishes its stake. President Biden has said he will sign the bill into law, so its fate is now in the hands of the U.S.
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