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US Trauma Centers Hit by KillNet's Recent DDoS Barrage

Data Breach Today

Russian Group Targets Patient Care and Evolves Its Tactics, HHS HC3 Report Warns Most of the healthcare organizations hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks by pro-Russia hacktivists in January have one or more level 1 trauma centers, indicating that the attackers aimed to disrupt care for the most critically ill and injured patients, according to a new government report.

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Smarter with OpenText: The information advantage at work

OpenText Information Management

Every day at OpenText we elevate people to achieve superhuman impact by working smarter and making information their superpower. Our customers face a relentless digital landscape with overwhelming depths of data – we provide the information advantage that enables better results faster and gives them a competitive advantage. We help our customers do this by … The post Smarter with OpenText: The information advantage at work appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Breach Roundup: Uber, Nebu and Oakland, California

Data Breach Today

Also in Focus: ISAAC Regional Council, Western Digital, Bitdefender Survey Every week, ISMG rounds up cybersecurity incidents and breaches around the world. This week, we check in on a breach at a law firm that does work for Uber, Dutch software maker Nebu, the latest in Oakland, California, and more. Oh, are Western Digital cloud services still down?

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My Sephardic Roots: From the Isle of Rhodes to Rodeo Drive

Information Governance Perspectives

I am Ashkenazi and German by birth, but as a baby, I was adopted by a hot-blooded Sephardic family that migrated to the United States from the Isle of Rhodes. They were eccentric and whimsical, and growing up with them was mostly wonderful. Culturally, the Sephardim are a distinct ethnic group that many around the world are unfamiliar with. Their native language, a blend of Hebrew, Turkish, and Spanish called Ladino , is beautiful and romantic.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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.

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Cryptohack Roundup: Thieves Return Stolen Funds

Data Breach Today

Also: A $25M MEV Bot Attack and Crypto-Stealing Malware Every week, Information Security Media Group rounds up cybersecurity incidents in the world of digital assets. Between March 31 and April 6, hackers returned millions of dollars in stolen cryptocurrency, a rogue validator stole $25 million, and bad actors used new malware to steal cryptocurrency.

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Asia-Pacific NGOs Lacking Basic Cyber Controls, Finds Survey

Data Breach Today

Survey Shows APAC NGOs Spend Just 3.4% of Operational Expenditures on IT Rising worries about the digital security of non-governmental regions in the Asia-Pacific region haven't translated into robust adoption of basic measures, shows data from a survey of more than 1,500 regional NGOs. NGOs attract hackers for motives including espionage, opposition and data theft.

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Phishers migrate to Telegram

Security Affairs

Experts warn that Telegram is becoming a privileged platform for phishers that use it to automate their activities and for providing various services. Kaspersky researchers have published an analysis of phishers’ Telegram channels used to promote their services and products. The experts pointed out that crooks engaged in phishing activities have started to rely on the popular instant messaging platform more in recent months.

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Researchers Uncover New European Malware-as-a-Service Group

Data Breach Today

Cyfirma Says FusionCore Is a One-Stop-Shop for Hacking Services A crew of English-speaking European teenagers with a variety of skills and a propensity for Greek and Roman mythology are likely behind an up-and-coming cybercrime group called FusionCore. Group leader "Hydra" in March shared a screenshot of a malware dashboard set to display Sweden time by default.

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New Emotet Phishing Campaign Pretends to be the IRS Delivering W-9 Forms

KnowBe4

A newly documented phishing campaign demonstrates how timely themes can be impactful in creating a successful attack that gets the recipient to engage with malicious content.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Law Enforcement Lures Cybercriminals With Fake DDoS Services

Data Breach Today

'We're Running Stresser/Booter Distributed Denial-of-Service Sites,' Cops Caution Warning to criminals: Could that cybercrime service you're about to access really be a sting by law enforcement agents who are waiting to identify and arrest you? That's the message from British law enforcement agents, who say they're running multiple DDoS-for-hire sites as criminal honeypots.

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OCR Labs exposes its systems, jeopardizing major banking clients

Security Affairs

A digital identification tool provided by OCR Labs to major banks and government agencies leaked sensitive credentials, putting clients at severe risk. London-based OCR Labs is a major provider of digital ID verification tools. Its services are used by companies and financial institutions including BMW, Vodafone, the Australian government, Westpac, ANZ, HSBC, and Virgin Money.

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Stemming the Rising Tide of Fraud with Machine Learning and AI

Data Breach Today

A breakdown of common fraudulent risks involves with new Machine Learning and AI developments

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Recently Exposed North Korean Threat Actor APT43 Targeting Organizations With Spear Phishing

KnowBe4

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has published a report describing the activities of “ARCHIPELAGO,” a subset of the North Korean state-sponsored threat actor APT43. ARCHIPELAGO’s operators frequently impersonate real journalists or experts in order to make initial contact with their targets.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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Analyzing attacks conducted by North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO APT group

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) warns of a North Korea-linked cyberespionage group tracked as ARCHIPELAGO. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) is warning of the North Korea-linked ARCHIPELAGO group that is targeting government and military personnel, think tanks, policy makers, academics, and researchers in South Korea, the US and elsewhere.

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FBI: Business Email Compromise Attacks Are Being Used to Make Bulk Goods Purchases from Vendors

KnowBe4

A new public service announcement focuses on a specific form of BEC attack using little more than a spoofed domain and common vendor payment practices to steal hardware, supplies and more.

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What to Discuss at RSA Conference — and It's Not ChatGPT

Dark Reading

In-person conversations are a productive way to understand the state of the industry and learn new techniques. Take advantage of peers' experience, compare notes, and boost your skill set.

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Money Message ransomware group claims to have hacked IT giant MSI

Security Affairs

Ransomware gang Money Message claims to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). Ransomware gang Money Message announced to have hacked the Taiwanese multinational IT corporation MSI (Micro-Star International). Micro-Star International AKA MSI designs, manufactures, and sells motherboards and graphics cards for customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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Research on AI in Adversarial Settings

Schneier on Security

New research: “ Achilles Heels for AGI/ASI via Decision Theoretic Adversaries “: As progress in AI continues to advance, it is important to know how advanced systems will make choices and in what ways they may fail. Machines can already outsmart humans in some domains, and understanding how to safely build ones which may have capabilities at or above the human level is of particular concern.

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Troy Hunt

Next time I post a poll about something as simple as "when is next Friday", I don't expect I'll get as much interest. Of course "next time" will be whatever poll follows the last one, not the poll that falls after that one! But more seriously, I cannot think of a better example of ambiguous language that's open to interpretation and so easily avoided (hello MM-DD people!

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'BEC 3.0' Is Here With Tax-Season QuickBooks Cyberattacks

Dark Reading

In next-gen, credential-harvesting attacks, phishing emails use cloud services and are free from the typical bad grammar or typos they've traditionally used (and which users have learned to spot).

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1 in 8 Email Threats Now Make It Past Email Security Solutions

KnowBe4

Phishing attacks that can evade detection by email scanners are improving their chances of reaching the inbox, thanks to an increase in the use of one specific attachment type.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

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Fight AI With AI

Dark Reading

By developing new tools to defend against adversarial AI, companies can help ensure that artificial intelligence is developed and used in a responsible and safe manner.

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Free VPN Amnezia Helps Users Avoid Censorship in Russia

WIRED Threat Level

Amnezia, a free virtual private network, allows users to set up their own servers, making it harder for Moscow to block this portal to the outside world.

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Styx Marketplace Provides Hub for Financial Cybercrime

Dark Reading

An emerging, illicit marketplace proves that financial cybercrime is still on the rise, with a need for countries to collectively put safeguards in place.

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The Dangerous Weak Link in the US Food Chain

WIRED Threat Level

Without an information sharing and analysis center, the country’s food and agriculture sector is uniquely vulnerable to hackers.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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.

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How IBM and Oracle help businesses embrace the future of sustainable supply chains

IBM Big Data Hub

Sustainability may be an overused and sometimes vague buzzword, but it’s an essential requirement for every part of a business, across customer relations and the regulatory environment, as well as for society. Oracle and IBM are two global leaders in sustainability, helping companies eliminate waste, make their supply chains more efficient and monitor equipment to make sure it’s performing at an optimal level.

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The Pope's Security Gets a Boost With Vatican's MDM Move

Dark Reading

Faced with enterprise challenges, the Holy See looks to ensure it avoids a "holey" mobile device management solution.

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NYC puts AI on notice: How a new HR regulation in NYC is impacting global processes

IBM Big Data Hub

Organizations sourcing, screening, interviewing, hiring or promoting individuals in New York City are required to conduct yearly bias audits on automated employment decision-making tools as per New York City Local Law 144 , which was enacted in December 2021. This new regulation applies to any “automated employment tool;” so, any computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence, including homegrown and third-party p