Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
U.S.-Led Sanctions Do Little to Curtail North Korea's Development of AI South Korea's intelligence agency has reported that North Korean hackers are using generative AI to conduct cyberattacks and search for hacking targets. Experts believe North Korea's AI capabilities are robust enough for more precise attacks on South Korea.
IT Governance
JANUARY 24, 2024
Expert insight from Leon Teale into the implications of this historic data breach The security researcher Bob Diachenko and investigators from Cybernews have discovered an open instance with more than 26 billion data records, mostly compiled from previous breaches – although it likely also includes new data. Organisations associated with these data records include: Tencent QQ – 1.4 billion records; Weibo – 504 million records; Myspace – 360 million records; X/Twitter – 281 million records; Deeze
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
Voluntary Rules Will Set Baseline Security Requirement for Software Vendors, Users The U.K. government is mulling the rollout of a voluntary set of rules urging software vendors to responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in their systems. The measure comes as the government continues to face criticism over poor management of legacy infrastructure.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 24, 2024
Thousands of GitLab servers are vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-7028. GitLab has recently released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities impacting both the Community and Enterprise Edition. The most critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score 10), is an account takeover via Password Reset.
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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
JANUARY 24, 2024
Experts Warn Against Increasing Federal Reliance on Chinese Technology Experts are raising fresh concerns about the "significant risk" for Chinese espionage against U.S. federal networks after a government watchdog caught the government's main acquisition arm purchasing unauthorized, Chinese-manufactured video conference cameras.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
Tight-Lipped Agency's Next Move in Wake of $7.5M Scam Could Be Telling Rumors are swirling about how the Department of Health and Human Services lost about $7.5 million in grant payments through a series of cyberattacks last year, including speculation over whether the incidents involved sophisticated AI-augmented spear-phishing or more commonplace fraud schemes.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 24, 2024
Researchers released PoC exploit code for a recently disclosed critical authentication bypass flaw in Fortra’s GoAnywhere MFT (Managed File Transfer). Researchers with cybersecurity firm Horizon3’s Attack Team published technical details of the recently disclosed vulnerability CVE-2024-0204 impacting Fortra GoAnywhere MFT. The security experts also published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that allows the creation of new admin users on vulnerable instances exposed online. “
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
'Midnight Blizzard' Was Inside Company Network for 7 Months Hewlett Packard Enterprise in an after-hours regulatory filing disclosed that suspected Russian state hackers had gained access to corporate email inboxes for more than seven months. A threat group tracked as "Midnight Blizzard" first penetrated HPE's cloud-based email service in May 2023.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 24, 2024
A ransomware attack against the Finnish IT services provider Tietoevry disrupted the services of some Swedish government agencies and shops. The online services of multiple Swedish government agencies, universities, and commercial activities were disrupted by an Akira ransomware attack that hit the Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting Tietoevry.
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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
JANUARY 24, 2024
US and UK Water Giants Report Network Breaches and Data Leaks, But No Encryption Two major water providers in the U.S. and U.K. report that they recently fell victim to ransomware attacks. In both cases, attackers appear to have stolen employee or customer data that they're now holding to ransom. Ransomware trackers say known attacks, affecting all sectors, have been surging.
CGI
JANUARY 24, 2024
Every January 28, organizations around the world celebrate Data Privacy Day (also known as Data Protection Day). Data Privacy Day commemorates the first international treaty governing data privacy, signed on January 28, 1981. Back then, legal requirements encouraging businesses to respect privacy were limited. Over the next decades, we experienced across the globe many regulatory developments and advances in how organizations safeguard data to better protect individuals.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
'Essential' and 'Enhanced' Best Practices Will Influence Upcoming Rule-Making Federal regulators have released guidance that spells out voluntary cybersecurity performance goals for the healthcare sector. The document is a first step in fleshing out the Biden administration's strategy to push hospitals and other healthcare entities to adopt a stronger cybersecurity posture.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 24, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an Atlassian Confluence Data Center and Server Template Injection bug, tracked as CVE-2023-22527 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
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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
JANUARY 24, 2024
'/.;/' Strikes Again A security vulnerability in Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer software can allow unauthorized users to create a new admin user. The vulnerability is a remotely exploitable authentication bypass flaw. Hackers have targeted file transfer software over the past year, including GoAnywhere MFT.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 24, 2024
On January 24, 2024, the UK National Cyber Security Centre (“NCSC”) announced it had published a report on how AI will impact the efficacy of cyber operations and the cyber threats posed by AI over the next two years. The report concludes that AI “will almost certainly increase the volume and heighten the impact of cyber attacks over the next two years.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 24, 2024
McKinsey Predicts up to 15% Profit Increase, Gen AI Use in All Areas of Banking Bloomberg, JPMC, European Central Bank, Morgan Stanley, NASDAQ, HDFC ERGO and Commonwealth Bank Australia are harnessing gen AI to enhance productivity and customer experience. Gen AI has the potential to reshape job roles, redefine customer interactions and create new business models.
Jamf
JANUARY 24, 2024
Learn about the basics of compliance in cybersecurity and why it is a crucial component of your organization’s security posture. Also, understand how achieving a balance between security and compliance is table stakes for regulated businesses and how critical factors like key regulations, industry standards and best practices, integrated alongside advanced technologies and security tooling, work hand in glove to benefit organizations while minimizing the risk of non-compliance.
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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.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 24, 2024
New research into poisoning AI models : The researchers first trained the AI models using supervised learning and then used additional “safety training” methods, including more supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and adversarial training. After this, they checked if the AI still had hidden behaviors. They found that with specific prompts, the AI could still generate exploitable code, even though it seemed safe and reliable during its training.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 24, 2024
As the use of Cloud SaaS platforms of generative AI solutions increases, the likelihood of more “GPT” attacks used to gather credentials, payment info and corporate data also increases.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Amazon-owned home surveillance company says it is shuttering a feature in its Neighbors app that allows police to request footage from users. But it’s not shutting out the cops entirely.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 24, 2024
A suspected North Korean state-sponsored threat actor called “ScarCruft” is launching spear phishing attacks against cybersecurity professionals, according to researchers at SentinelOne.
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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.
Data Matters
JANUARY 24, 2024
On January 17, 2024, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) entered into a consent order with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC or the Bank), resolving a matter in which ICBC’s New York branch disclosed confidential supervisory information (CSI) without authorization. The order includes a civil monetary penalty of $30 million.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 24, 2024
If you haven’t heard of Roblox, you probably don’t have kids like me. Roblox is an online virtual world/metaverse that has been around since 2006 that allows people to play with others and is super popular with young people. We know from research done at Berkeley that gamification can be a good way to get students engaged with cybersecurity.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 24, 2024
The online space continues to grow rapidly, opening more opportunities for cyberattacks to occur within a computer system, network, or web application. To mitigate and prepare for such risks, penetration testing is a necessary step in finding security vulnerabilities that an attacker might use. What is penetration testing? A penetration test , or “pen test,” is a security test that is run to mock a cyberattack in action.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 24, 2024
As cyberthreats continue to evolve, it is crucial for higher education institutions and universities to be vigilant. Enforcing security strategies prudently designed to safeguard digital assets and the integrity of their academic research provides better cyber resilience. The education sector has become a prime target for attackers due to the vast amount of sensitive data, … The post Strengthening Higher Education Institutions against evolving cyberthreats 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.
IG Guru
JANUARY 24, 2024
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IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 24, 2024
With the seismic shift wrought by generative AI, the pressure is on IT to modernize and optimize to meet the demand. Cloud service platforms abound promising greater elasticity and savings. There are times, though, when organizations prefer to keep certain applications and data in their own data center—security and compliance requirements or control of sensitive data for example.
Information Matters
JANUARY 24, 2024
Ontotext, a leading semantic technology company, has announced the availability of its flagship product GraphDB on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace. This listing will allow Ontotext’s global customers to more easily Read more The post Ontotext’s GraphDB Now Available on Microsoft Azure Marketplace appeared first on Information Matters - Where AI Meets Knowledge Management.
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