Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Also: Cloudflare Was Hacked With Stolen Okta Token This week, former CIA programmer gets 40-year sentence, zero trust prevents widespread damage, possible ransomware attack in Georgia, alleged hacker detained in Ukraine, USB-spread malware in Italy, LockBit attack on non-bank home mortgage lender, and Ukrainian critical infrastructure disrupted.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Three Americans were charged this week with stealing more than $400 million in a November 2022 SIM-swapping attack. The U.S. government did not name the victim organization, but there is every indication that the money was stolen from the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX , which had just filed for bankruptcy on that same day. A graphic illustrating the flow of more than $400 million in cryptocurrencies stolen from FTX on Nov. 11-12, 2022.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Federal Court Says Palo Alto Networks Violated Centripetal's Patent Rights A federal jury said Wednesday that Palo Alto Networks directly violated another cybersecurity firm's patent rights for a "threat intelligence gateway" network security technology and awarded Centripetal Networks more than $150 million in the verdict.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook by 2,230 companies.
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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 1, 2024
Ride-Hailing Company Fined for Inadequate Data Transparency Practices Under GDPR Uber must pay a fine of 10 million euros to the Dutch data protection authority after the agency found the ride-hailing app maker had not been transparent about how long it kept driver data and which employees outside of Europe had access to the data.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
FTC Is Latest Agency to Rebuke Fundraising Firm for Lax Security in 2020 Attack The Federal Trade Commission is the latest regulatory agency taking action against fundraising and customer relationship management software provider Blackbaud in the aftermath of a 2020 ransomware incident that compromised the data of tens of thousands of clients and millions of consumers.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Mandiant spotted new malware used by a China-linked threat actor UNC5221 targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure devices. Mandiant researchers discovered new malware employed by a China-linked APT group known as UNC5221 and other threat groups targeting Ivanti Connect Secure VPN and Policy Secure devices. The attackers were observed exploiting CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887 to execute arbitrary commands on the unpatched Ivanti devices.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Also: US Courts Announce Guilty Pleas and Hand Out Sentences in Crypto-Linked Cases This week, a Ripple co-founder and a karaoke platform were hacked, Mexican crypto banks were targeted, authorities seized crypto in the U.S. and Germany, the DOJ made charges in crypto cases, people pleaded guilty to money laundering and SIM swapping, monero was traced, and FTX will not restart.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
CISA is ordering federal agencies to disconnect Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure products within 48 hours. For the first time since its establishment, CISA is ordering federal agencies to disconnect all instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure products within 48 hours. The CISA’s emergency directive orders to disconnect all instances no later than 11:59PM on Friday February 2, 2024. “As soon as possible and no later than 11:59PM on Friday February 2,
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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 1, 2024
Volume of Poorly Secured, Legacy IoT That Can Be Turned Against Us Keeps Growing The FBI announcing that it has forcibly removed "KV Botnet" Chinese nation-state malware from "hundreds" of poorly secured SOHO routers across America highlights the risk posed by the growing volume of outdated IoT devices. The FBI's fix is temporary, and we need a more permanent solution.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Passports, mobile numbers, and email addresses of Indian travelers who requested COVID e-pass have been leaked, 3.5M individuals at risk of identity theft. Last year, due to an increase in the number of people with COVID-19, Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state in India with a population of 79 million, made a COVID e-pass mandatory. This meant that all inter-zone travelers needed to apply for it online and enter a great deal of their personally identifiable information (PII).
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The Identity Provider Experienced a String of Embarrassing Cybersecurity Incidents Okta announced layoffs amounting to 7% of its workforce in a restructuring that will cost 400 employees their jobs. Thursday's disclosure is the second round of layoffs the company has undergone in the past 12 months. CEO Todd McKinnon said the cuts are needed to run Okta with "greater efficiency.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
A loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to highlight reports of one Indian company’s hacker-for-hire past—and the legal threats aimed at making them disappear.
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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 1, 2024
What Will 2024 Be Like If the Healthcare Sector Doesn't Step Up? Thanks to the massive Anthem hack, for nearly a decade 2015 has been the record year for U.S. health data breaches - with 112.5 million people affected. But 2023 shattered that record, big-time. Will 2024 be another banner year for health data compromises?
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, cash usage has been decreasing worldwide and digital payments based on cryptocurrencies or legacy digital payment systems have prevailed. As a result, new forms of centrally managed digital currencies are emerging alongside cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, the notorious volatility of which has challenged their acceptance worldwide.
CILIP
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
New Future Libraries project to support resilience and strategic growth in Public Libraries Future Libraries is a two-part initiative from CILIP to challenge and engage librarians and library leaders to reimagine libraries in a world of evolving living and working patterns in the context of a rapidly changing world. Part 1 is 'Come Rain or Shine: Preparing public libraries for the future in an age of uncertainty' that envisions the challenges and demands that public libraries will face from now
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Read about the concerns that industry leaders have for the future and three approaches organizations can take to build up their defenses. Cyber workforce shortage There are over four million unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the world today. Filling these vacancies has become a security imperative, and several global compliance mandates have been established to tackle the issue.
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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
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Attackers are abusing Microsoft Teams to send phishing messages, according to researchers at AT&T Cybersecurity.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
An indictment against three Americans suggests that at least some of the culprits behind the theft of an FTX crypto fortune may be in custody.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.
Data Matters
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
On 22 January 2024, an unofficial version of the (presumed) final EU Artificial Intelligence Act (“ AI Act ”) was released. The AI Act reached political agreement early December 2023 (see our blog post here ) and had undergone technical discussions to finalize the text since. It was reported that the document was shared with EU Member State Representatives on 21 January 2024, ahead of a discussion within the Telecom Working Party, a technical body of the EU Council on 24 January 2024, and that f
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KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
New outlook data from cyber insurance underwriters shows where they think the biggest threats will be in 2024… and what they think organizations.
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Check out the article here. The post NYC first to designate social media as environmental toxin via Axios first appeared on IG GURU.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
The AP published a great article. This is your executive summary: Conspiracy theories have always been part of American culture, but advanced technology is making them more persuasive and dangerous than ever before. This was evident after the devastating Maui wildfires last August, when doctored videos and images spread rapidly on social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube claiming the fires were deliberately set by the U.S. government using advanced energy weapons.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Data privacy is not a static concept. It evolves with the changing needs and expectations of consumers, businesses, and regulators. In 2023, we witnessed some major shifts in the data privacy landscape, such as the introduction of new laws and standards, the emergence of new technologies and threats, and the increased awareness and demand for … The post How to safeguard your data in a changing privacy landscape appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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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.
John Battelle's Searchblog
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Well that didn’t go well. I predicted the death of Jimmy Finkelstein’s The Messenger as soon as I read about its impending launch back in March of last year. At the time I had just soft-landed The Recount and was licking three decades of wounds related to launching, running, selling and shuttering digital media startups. And lo! Here was a guy claiming he was going to solve all of digital media’s woes with…what exactly?
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Selecting the right financial technology partner is a decision that carries long-lasting implications for banks’ success and future resilience, no matter the size. The dynamic nature of the financial industry and the relentless pace of technological advancement make this more critical. These highlight the need for a strategic approach to choosing a partner that aligns … The post How to choose the right financial technology partner appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
CGI
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
Executives are under increasing pressure to meet evolving sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandates and stakeholder demands. At the same time, they must balance countless other factors disrupting the market, which are nearly impossible to control and predict. Many leaders seek to understand the real business value of sustainability and how it affects their organization.
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