Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Mispadu Trojan Is Compromising Windows Security, Posing Threat to Banking Systems The novel variant of the banking Trojan Mispadu is targeting Latin American countries, especially Mexico, by exploiting a flaw in Windows SmartScreen. In this latest distribution method, the attackers send spam emails that deliver deceptive URL files that circumvent the SmartScreen banner warning.
AIIM
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, information reigns supreme. A company's ability to manage its information proactively and effectively often dictates its success in the market. However, with the increasing volume and complexity of data, it becomes imperative to have a solid framework in place to process and protect this vital asset. Enter Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
US Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative Suffering From 'Growing Pains,' Experts Say The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a public-private sector collaborative in 2021 to help unify cyber defenses between government and industry, but experts testified Tuesday that the program is suffering from "growing pains" that are hindering its success.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Google released Android ’s February 2024 security patches to address 46 vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution issue. Google released Android February 2024 security patches to address 46 vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution flaw tracked as CVE-2024-0031. The vulnerability resides in the System and impacts Android Open Source Project (AOSP) versions 11, 12, 12L, 13, and 14. “Source code patches for these issues have been released to the Android Op
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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 6, 2024
Judge Denies Kochava's Motion to Dismiss Agency's Claim of Privacy Violations A federal judge has denied Kochava's latest attempt to ditch a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit alleging the firm is invading consumers' privacy and exposing them to risk by collecting and selling their location data to third parties. The FTC is also pursuing other cases against data brokers.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Company Co-Founder Will Take Role as Executive Chairman After Appointing Successor Firewall maker Check Point Software in an earnings call touted a strong fourth quarter - and a future that won't involve co-founder Gil Shwed as company CEO. Shwed has headed the publicly traded, $19 billion Israeli pure-play cybersecurity company for three decades.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Google’s TAG revealed that Commercial spyware vendors (CSV) were behind most of the zero-day vulnerabilities discovered in 2023. The latest report published by Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), titled “ Buying Spying, an in-depth report with our insights into Commercial Surveillance Vendors (CSVs )”, warns of the rise of commercial spyware vendors and the risks to free speech, the free press, and the open internet.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Beijing Used FortiGate Vulnerability to Install Trojan Chinese espionage hackers penetrated Dutch military systems in early 2023, using a zero-day exploit in a Fortinet virtual private network to obtain access, Netherlands intelligence agencies disclosed Tuesday. They attributed the hacking to Chinese state actors with high confidence.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A Belarusian and Cypriot national linked with the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e is facing charges that can lead maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. Aliaksandr Klimenka, a Belarusian and Cypriot national linked with the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e, is facing charges with money laundering conspiracy and operation of an unlicensed money services business. “An indictment was unsealed on Tuesday charging a Belarusian and Cypriot national with money laundering conspiracy and ope
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
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
HHS OCR Says a Malicious Worker Stole and Sold Patient Information in 2013 HHS has fined a New York City medical center $4.75 million to settle potential HIPAA violations discovered during an investigation into a hospital insider who sold patient data to identity thieves in 2013. The hospital said it has beefed up its security and privacy since the incident occurred.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Today’s enterprises face a broad range of threats to their security, assets and critical business processes. Whether preparing to face a complex cyberattack or natural disaster, taking a proactive approach and selecting the right business continuity disaster recovery (BCDR) solution is critical to increasing adaptability and resilience. Cybersecurity and cyber recovery are types of disaster recovery (DR) practices that focus on attempts to steal, expose, alter, disable or destroy critical
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
IAPP's Ashley Casovan on Training and Certification Methods for AI Governance The escalating adoption of generative AI has introduced concerns regarding data privacy, fake data and bias amplification. Ashley Casovan, managing director of the IAPP AI Governance Center, discusses the need to develop governance models and standardize AI systems.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Criminal threat actors are increasingly utilizing generative AI tools like ChatGPT to launch social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Check Point.
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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 6, 2024
Countries Seek International Guidelines for Responsible Use of Commercial Spyware The United States ramped up pressure on the commercial surveillance industry shortly before the United Kingdom and France convened a two-day meeting dubbed the Pall Mall Process intended to culminate in an international agreement limiting the proliferation of advanced spyware.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Organizations are increasingly facing cyber attacks resulting in data breaches, and part of their post-incident responsibilities includes adhering to mandatory reporting requirements.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Check out the story here. The post Hong Kong firm loses over $25mn after employee’s video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’, others via WION first appeared on IG GURU.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
“If molecules really were the new microchips, the promise of remote gene editing was that the body could be manipulated to upgrade itself.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On February 6, 2024, the UK government published a response to the consultation on its AI Regulation White Paper, which the UK government originally published in March 2023. The White Paper set forth the UK government’s “flexible” approach to regulating AI through five cross-sectoral principles for the UK’s existing regulators to interpret and apply within their remits (read further details on the White Paper ).
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Via a FOIA request, we have documents from the NSA about their banning of Furby toys.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
You’re a network administrator going about your normal business. Suddenly, you’re seeing a huge spike in inbound traffic to your website, your application or your web service. You immediately shift resources around to cope with the changing pattern, using automated traffic steering to shed load away from overburdened servers. After the immediate danger has passed, your boss asks: what just happened?
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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.
Record Nations
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The coexistence of paper and electronic records has become a common challenge for businesses striving to maintain efficiency and organization. Many companies find themselves caught between the tangible comfort of traditional paper documentation and the undeniable advantages offered by electronic record-keeping systems. The key to unlocking enhanced productivity lies in seamlessly integrating both worlds, moving.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
On February 1, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Blackbaud Inc. (“Blackbaud”) in connection with alleged security failures that resulted in a breach of the company’s network and access to the personal data of millions of consumers. As part of the settlement, Blackbaud will be required to comply with a variety of obligations, including deleting personal data that the company does not have a need to retain.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
We’re thrilled to share some fantastic enhancements that will make your experience with OpenText™ SAP® SuccessFactors® even more seamless and powerful. Here are 7 ‘What’s New’ for Extended ECM for SAP SuccessFactors update 24.1 to keep you in the loop: 1.*HR Content Aviator: Introducing a game-changing chat-based feature! Now HR business users can ask conversational … The post What’s new in OpenText Extended ECM for SAP SuccessFactors appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
[New Threat] Attackers Are Now Using MS Teams to Phish Your Users
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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.
Jamf
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Getting started with security compliance management is not for the faint of heart, but it shouldn’t have to spell doom and gloom either. In this blog, we take an easy-to-follow approach to the basics as we answer some common questions along your path to better understanding how this impacts regulated industries, perhaps like your own organization.
Information Matters
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
A new artificial intelligence tool named Scopus AI has been launched by scientific information provider Elsevier to help researchers efficiently summarize, analyze, and navigate through scientific literature. Developed and tested Read more The post Scopus AI Launched to Aid Researchers Navigate Literature appeared first on Information Matters - Where AI Meets Knowledge Management.
Unwritten Record
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Please Note: Primary source documents used in this post may contain harmful language. See NARA’s Statement on Potentially Harmful Language. The First Motion Picture Unit When America entered the war in Europe in 1941, the country’s greatest challenge was finding enough manpower to wage a two-front war. The country needed to quickly increase the number of soldiers in the military while also increasing the production of wartime goods and manufacturing.
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