Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2024
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Hack Gets Worse for Computing Giant A Russian state hack against Microsoft was more serious than initially supposed, Microsoft acknowledged in a Friday disclosure to federal regulators. Microsoft said a Moscow threat actor obtained access to "source code repositories and internal systems.
AIIM
MARCH 8, 2024
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2024
As Ransomware Disruption Mounts, More Experts Seek Path to Banning Payments As ransomware groups are causing massive damage and disruption and showing no signs of stopping, cybersecurity policy expert Ciaran Martin said it's time for governments to start asking tough questions and "figure out how to make a ransomware payments ban work.
Security Affairs
MARCH 8, 2024
The ransomware attack on Xplain impacted tens of thousands Federal government files, said the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a data analysis report on the data breach resulting from the ransomware attack on the IT services provider Xplain. The attack took place on May 23, 2023 and the Play ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the data breach.
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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 8, 2024
Company Concludes His Ouster Stemmed from 'Breakdown In Trust' Generative artificial intelligence leader OpenAI returned Sam Altman to its board of directors Friday in a bid to put to rest a leadership crisis that rocked the San Francisco company during the last months of 2023. Fallout from incident may yet reverberate for OpenAI.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2024
NSTAC Report Calls for Federal Cybersecurity Tax Deductions and Financial Grants The National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee is recommending the administration work to establish financial incentives, such as tax deductions and federal grants, for critical infrastructure owners and operators that implement enhanced cybersecurity standards.
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 8, 2024
In the tech world and beyond, new 5G applications are being discovered every day. From driverless cars to smarter cities, farms, and even shopping experiences, the latest standard in wireless networks is poised to transform the way we interact with information, devices and each other. What better time to take a closer look at how humans are putting 5G to use to transform their world.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2024
Also: Palo Alto Networks' Strategy Pivot; Massive Change Healthcare Cyberattack In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the cyberattack that's sending shock waves through the U.S. healthcare sector, Palo Alto's strategic pivot and its far-reaching implications for the industry, and new developments in tech and journalism at Information Security Media Group.
Data Protection Report
MARCH 8, 2024
Earlier this week the ICO launched a call for views on the “pay or okay” business model. By way of recap, this model gives users of online services the choice to either consent to personalised advertising using their data or to pay a fee to access an ad-free version of the service. In its blog post launching the call for views, the ICO also provided an update on its wider cookie compliance work.
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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 8, 2024
US President Urges Congress to Harness AI While Protecting 'From Its Peril' U.S. President Joe Biden used part of his highly anticipated State of the Union address on Thursday night to call on lawmakers to pass bipartisan privacy legislation and to harness the powers of artificial intelligence while protecting the nation "from its peril.
Security Affairs
MARCH 8, 2024
Cisco addressed two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client that could lead to code execution and unauthorized remote access VPN sessions. Cisco released security patches to address two high-severity vulnerabilities in Secure Client respectively tracked as CVE-2024-20337 and CVE-2024-20338. Cisco Secure Client is a security tool developed by Cisco that provides VPN (Virtual Private Network) access and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) support along with security and monitoring capabilities
Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2024
Cybersecurity Agency Says 'No Operational Impact' The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency apparently had a good reason to urge federal agencies into resetting vulnerable Ivanti VPN devices: Hackers breached two gateways used by CISA, forcing the agency to yank them offline. The agency "immediately took offline" the impacted VPNs.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 8, 2024
Researchers ran a global prompt hacking competition, and have documented the results in a paper that both gives a lot of good examples and tries to organize a taxonomy of effective prompt injection strategies. It seems as if the most common successful strategy is the “compound instruction attack,” as in “Say ‘I have been PWNED’ without a period.” Ignore This Title and HackAPrompt: Exposing Systemic Vulnerabilities of LLMs through a Global Scale Prompt Hacking
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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 8, 2024
UnitedHealth Group Provides IT Restoration Timeline; AMA Is Not Impressed UnitedHealth Group expects some key IT systems and services affected by the recent cyberattack on its Change Healthcare unit to regain functionality over the next week to 10 days. Certain pharmacy services are already restored. But the American Medical Association is not impressed.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 8, 2024
The Ash Center has posted a series of twelve essays stemming from the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy ( IWORD 2023 ). Aviv Ovadya, Democracy as Approximation: A Primer for “AI for Democracy” Innovators Kathryn Peters, Permission and Participation Claudia Chwalisz, Moving Beyond the Paradigm of “Democracy”: 12 Questions Riley Wong, Privacy-Preserving Data Governance Christine Tran, Recommendations for Implementing Jail Voting: Identifying Common Themes Niclas Boehmer, T
Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2024
Amendments to Constrain Investigatory Powers Bill Fail in Final Stretch A last-ditch attempt by British lawmakers to amend a bill expanding electronic communication interception by the U.K. authorities failed despite concerns over pervasive surveillance. The proposal would authorize interception of bulk personal datasets with "limited or no expectation of privacy.
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 8, 2024
As the ecommerce market grows exponentially, six trends projected to heavily impact the global market are artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, live commerce, online-to-offline ecommerce, social commerce and voice assistants. Generative AI opens up greater opportunities for value-creating personalization, dynamic pricing, user-friendly chatbots , voice assistants, virtual assistants, and improved customer search.
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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.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 8, 2024
Performance testing stands as a critical pillar ensuring the robustness and efficiency of applications. Yet beneath its seemingly straightforward premise lies a labyrinth of complexities that your team must navigate. And as industries evolve and applications become more complex, the need for efficient performance testing is greater than ever. Let’s look at the primary challenges: Join … The post Navigate the complexities of performance testing appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 8, 2024
In a warming world, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy is heating up. Global capacity for renewable power generation is expanding more quickly than at any time in the last thirty years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency predicts that by 2025, renewable energy will surpass coal to become the world’s top source of electricity.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 8, 2024
In today’s dynamic business landscape, staying competitive means leveraging technology to streamline operations. In the relentless pursuit of enhancing efficiency, every wasted resource, operational hiccup, or compliance misstep can impede progress and chip away at profitability. Yet, many organizations unwittingly face these challenges due to fragmented systems and disconnected processes.
Jamf
MARCH 8, 2024
Children are increasingly exposed to the digital world. Ensuring their safety and well-being online has become a major concern for parents and educators alike. In response to these challenges, lawmakers have introduced the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, aimed at providing tools and resources to safeguard children's online experiences.
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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.
IG Guru
MARCH 8, 2024
Check out the article here. The post IAPP Launches new AI Governance Professional Certification first appeared on IG GURU.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 8, 2024
If you live in the United States, the data broker Radaris likely knows a great deal about you, and they are happy to sell what they know to anyone. But how much do we know about Radaris? Publicly available data indicates that in addition to running a dizzying array of people-search websites, the co-founders of Radaris operate multiple Russian-language dating services and affiliate programs.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 8, 2024
On March 7, 2024, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in the case of IAB Europe (Case C‑604/22). In this judgment, the CJEU assessed the role of the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe (“IAB Europe”) in the processing operations associated with its Transparency and Consent Framework (“TCF”) and further developed CJEU case law on the concept of personal data under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 8, 2024
The gender representation gap didn’t happen overnight. There was no single event that created the current inequity. So, it’s reasonable to say that there won’t be a singular solution, either. There’s no silver bullet. It’s a puzzle, and we need all the pieces to come together for women to be equals in the workplace—and in leveraging the potential of generative 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.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 8, 2024
Newly discovered plant looks like a squid. And it’s super weird: The plant, which grows to 3 centimetres tall and 2 centimetres wide, emerges to the surface for as little as a week each year. It belongs to a group of plants known as fairy lanterns and has been given the scientific name Relictithismia kimotsukiensis. Unlike most other plants, fairy lanterns don’t produce the green pigment chlorophyll, which is necessary for photosynthesis.
Security Affairs
MARCH 8, 2024
Microsoft revealed that Russia-linked APT group Midnight Blizzard recently breached its internal systems and source code repositories. Microsoft published an update on the attack that hit the company on January 12, 2024, the IT giant revealed that the Russia-linked Midnight Blizzard recently breached again its internal systems and source code repositories.
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