Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Report Reveals How Hackers Targeted Danish Energy Infrastructure in Sweeping Attack Critical infrastructure operators across Denmark experienced the most extensive cybersecurity incident in Danish history earlier this year when hackers exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in firewalls meant to protect their networks from attacks, according to a new report published by SektorCERT.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld of cybercrime and broke the internet—then went to work for the FBI.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Browser Data, Crypto Wallets and Chat Apps Are Also Top Targets, Researchers Report Info-stealer malware built for stealing lucrative, sensitive data - including cryptocurrency wallet and remote access credentials - continues to remain popular for criminally inclined individuals. Researchers reports that RedLine, LokiBot, Mars and Aurora remain attackers' top info-stealer choices.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
North Korea-linked APT group Sapphire Sleet set up bogus skills assessment portals in attacks aimed at IT job seekers. The North Korea-linked APT group Sapphire Sleet (aka APT38 , BlueNoroff , CageyChameleon , and CryptoCore ) is considered a sub-group of the popular Lazarus APT group. The APT group’s campaigns focus on cryptocurrency exchanges, venture capital firms, and banks.
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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
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Citrix Bleed May Have Struck Again Operations resumed Monday at four major Australian ports incapacitated by a cybersecurity incident. Dubai-based DP World took systems offline Friday, provoking what government officials called a significant outage frustrating the movement of goods in and out of the country.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series "Cybersecurity Insights," former Uber CSO Joe Sullivan discusses the Uber trial and offers guidance to future CISOs. Was the Uber case a data breach or not. Sullivan explained why that making that distinction can be complicated.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The LockBit ransomware group published data allegedly stolen from the aerospace giant Boeing in a recent attack. The Boeing Company, commonly known as Boeing, is one of the world’s largest aerospace manufacturers and defense contractors. In 2022, Boeing recorded $66.61 billion in sales, the aerospace giant has 156,000 (2022). At the end of October, the Lockbit ransomware group added Boeing to the list of victims on its Tor leak site.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Michigan Healthcare Provider Faces 7 Federal Lawsuits in Alphv/BlackCat Data Theft McLaren Health Care is notifying nearly 2.2 million people of a data breach weeks after ransomware group Alphv/BlackCat claimed to have stolen 6 terabytes of patient records in a recent attack. In the meantime, the number of lawsuits filed against McLaren related to the incident continues to climb.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
On November 9, 2023, the European Parliament adopted, by a majority of 481 votes in favor, 31 votes against and 71 abstentions, the final text of the Data Act. As explained in our previous blog , the Data Act aims to “ensure fairness in the digital environment, stimulate a competitive data market, open opportunities for data-driven innovation and make data more accessible for all” and was initially proposed by the European Commission on February 23, 2022.
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.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Artificial intelligence will change so many aspects of society, largely in ways that we cannot conceive of yet. Democracy, and the systems of governance that surround it, will be no exception. In this short essay, I want to move beyond the “AI-generated disinformation” trope and speculate on some of the ways AI will change how democracy functions—in both large and small ways.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Defending Financial Services Against Fraud in a Shifting Cyber Landscape sparsh Tue, 11/14/2023 - 05:05 As we approach International Fraud Awareness Week during 12-18 November 2023, taking stock of the evolving threat landscape and the vulnerabilities that financial services organizations face is crucial. The security challenges faced by financial services organizations can never be understated.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Hunters International appears to have acquired Hive ransomware from its original operators and may be seeking to cash in on the malware's reputation.
Jamf
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Jamf Executive Threat Protection, an advanced detection and response security product for iOS, joins Jamf Protect and Jamf Connect in adding new cross-platform Android security functionality.
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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.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Threat actors distributed an archive containing images of new products by major clothing companies, along with a malicious executable disguised with a PDF icon.
CILIP
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Nick Poole to step down as CEO of CILIP CILIP has announced that Nick Poole is to step down as CEO from the end of March 2024, after eight years of transformative leadership through which CILIP has become firmly established as the leading voice for the UK’s library, information and knowledge management profession. Working with members from across the UK and CILIP’s skills-based Board of trustees and dedicated staff, Nick has elevated CILIP’s profile and influence in the UK and internationally.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
SaaS applications are the new supply chain and, practically speaking, SaaS is the modern vendor. Here are three straightforward steps to manage this new vendor risk.
CILIP
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Skills in a digital landscape Taking the skills learned as a librarian and applying them to digital projects has provided a space to learn and develop for Denice Penrose, Director, Technically Minded, is an Information Professional and Learning Technologist. Here she explains how she has embraced these digital opportunities and put her knowledge to good use.
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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.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Welcome to this week’s round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks Mulkay Cardiology Consultants notifies Maine Attorney General of breach Date of breach: 1 September – 5 September 2023 Breached organisation: Mulkay Cardiology Consultants at Holy Name Medical Center, New Jersey I
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Complexity impedes the universal and consistent application of security policy, which is an obstacle to adequately securing government environments.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
An effort to reauthorize a controversial US surveillance program by attaching it to a must-pass spending bill has civil liberties advocates calling foul.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Process failures are the root cause of most serious cybersecurity incidents. We need to treat security as a process issue, not try to solve it with a collection of tools.
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Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
On October 31, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced the issuance of a settlement agreement with Doctors’ Management Services (“DMS”), a Massachusetts-based medical management company, related to alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (“HIPAA’s”) Privacy and Security Rules (collectively, the “HIPAA Rules”).
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Details of a major cyberattack against Australia's shipping industry remain few and far between, but the economic impact is clear.
IG Guru
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Event Details: Date:November 16th Time:2 PM EST Duration:1 Hour Title:“How OpenAI Will Transform IG” (Part 2 of 3) In this installment, we are thrilled to have esteemed industry leaders as our featured speakers: Mark Diamond:President and CEO of Contoural David Gould:Chief Customer Officer of EncompaaS Mark and David will delve into the critical topic of how large […] The post Sapient Webinar – How OpenAI will transform Information Governance on November 16th at 2pm ES
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
The country has signed fresh deals to boost cyber intelligence and preparedness capabilities.
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Collibra
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
In today’s digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) and data are at the forefront of technological advancements. As professionals in the AI and data sector, we have seen the transformative power of AI and its potential to reshape industries. From healthcare innovations to next-gen social platforms, AI and data are the driving forces behind our modern world.
Info Source
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
KEY TAKEAWAYS The demand for Capture & IDP solutions in the EMEA region grew at a double-digit rate in 2022 and exceeded 2 billion US$ based on end customer investments. The demand for the automation of transactional business processes continued to increase, fueled by the shortage in skilled staff and increasing customer expectations following the pandemic.
CGI
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
To mitigate the risks of data exposure, major AI and cloud technology vendors provide responsible use frameworks and the ability to use GenAI tools in secure environments without risking data leakage to the public models. However, in a multi-model AI ecosystem, where AI models are fine-tuned with proprietary data, organizations also need to supplement vendor safeguards with their own.
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