Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Hong Kong Company Scammed After Criminals Used Deepfake Technology to Imitate CFO Fraudsters used deepfake technology to trick an employee at a Hong Kong-based multinational company to transfer $25.57 million to their bank accounts. Hong Kong Police said Sunday that the fraudsters had created deepfake likenesses of top company executives in a video conference to fool the worker.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Even in the cloud era, Microsoft Exchange Server remains a staple business communications tool across the globe. Related: The need for robust data recovery policies. One critical issue faced by organizations that rely on Exchange Server is the risk of a corrupt Exchange Server database cropping up. Fortunately, effective tools and wise best practices can help mitigate this this exposure enabling companies to indefinitely leverage Exchange Server as a productive, resilient and secure communicatio
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Government Watchdog Urges ONCD to Develop Outcome-Oriented Performance Measures A government watchdog urged the White House to establish metrics that would help determine the effectiveness of federal cybersecurity initiatives, but it's a lot easier to recommend developing outcome-oriented performance measures for cybersecurity than it is to actually develop them.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Scammers stole HK$200 million (roughly $25,5 million) from a multi-national company using a deepfake conf call to trick an employee into transferring the funds. Scammers successfully stole HK$200 million (approximately $25.5 million) from a multinational company in Hong Kong by employing a deepfake video call to deceive an employee into transferring the funds.
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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 5, 2024
Cyberattacks on Pediatric Facilities Are Rare But Considered Especially Egregious Network systems - including phones, email, electronic health records and patient portals - remain offline at a Chicago children's hospital and research center nearly a week after it was hit by a cyberattack. Such incidents targeting entities that cater to kids are especially egregious, experts say.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Company Says Problem Remediated, All Security-Related Certificates Revoked Remote desktop application provider AnyDesk acknowledged hackers recently gained unauthorized access to the company's production systems in a cyberattack. The firm said it revoked all security-related certificates as a precaution and is rolling out a new code-signing certificate.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a new data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen data on a hacking forum. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a new data breach, following the discovery of an offer on a hacking forum where a threat actor claimed to be selling the allegedly stolen data. According to Bleeping Computer , the company has yet to find any evidence suggesting a new security breach.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Startup Company Vows It Will Earn $1 Billion in Annual Recurring Revenue Fast-growing cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz snagged a former Zscaler executive as its new chief operating officer and president as the company prepares to go public. Wiz announced Monday that Dali Rajic has jumped to the New York-headquartered company.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
29,530,829,012 known records breached so far in 4,645 publicly disclosed incidents Welcome to our 2024 data breaches and cyber attacks page, where you can find an overview of the year’s top security incidents, the most breached sectors of 2024, month-on-month trends, links to our monthly reports, and much more. Use the links in the ‘On this page’ section below to navigate.
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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
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
UK Parliament Urges Competition Regulator to Keep LLMs Under 'Close Review' A U.K. parliamentary committee scrutinizing the artificial intelligence market urged the British competition regulator to closely monitor developers of foundation models and warned against regulatory capture. Already, the market is trending toward consolidation, said a House of Lords committee.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Check out this one line for a moment.“ duped into attending a video call with what he thought were several other members of staff, but all of whom were in fact deepfake recreations.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Rohit Chauhan and Nitendra Rajput of Mastercard on Using AI Beyond Convention Mastercard, a global leader in payments, is expanding its use of artificial intelligence beyond traditional applications. The company has deployed AI to prevent fraud and enhance customer experience, efficiently handling a 20% increase in inquiries and navigating through extensive manuals.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The Ivanti SSRF vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21893 is actively exploited in attacks in the wild by multiple threat actors. The Ivanti Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-21893 , is currently being actively exploited in real-world attacks by various threat actors. Last week Ivanti warned of two new high-severity vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure and Policy Secure solutions respectively tracked as CVE-2024-21888 (CVSS score: 8.8) and CVE-2024-21893 (
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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 5, 2024
Back Online: NGT Platform, Which Handles Daily Transactions Worth $100 Billion Financial giant EquiLend Holdings said it's brought back online multiple systems, including its NGT platform that handles securities lending transactions worth $2.4 trillion every month, following an outage triggered by ransomware-wielding attackers gaining unauthorized access to its systems.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Airbus Navblue Flysmart+ Manager allowed attackers to tamper with the engine performance calculations and intercept data. Flysmart+ is a suite of apps for pilot EFBs, helping deliver efficient and safe departure and arrival of flights. Researchers from Pen Test Partners discovered a vulnerability in Navblue Flysmart+ Manager that can be exploited to tamper with the engine performance calculations.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
A deepfake video conference call—with everyone else on the call a fake— fooled a finance worker into sending $25M to the criminals’ account.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
This new scam relies on a victims sense of curiosity, a bit of brand impersonation, and the hopes of a new login to compromise Facebook credentials that.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Every asset manager, regardless of the organization’s size, faces similar mandates: streamline maintenance planning, enhance asset or equipment reliability and optimize workflows to improve quality and productivity. In a recent IBM Institute for Business Value study of chief supply chain officers, nearly half of the respondents stated that they have adopted new technologies in response to challenges.
KnowBe4
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
A phishing-as-a-service platform called “Greatness” is facilitating phishing attacks against Microsoft 365 accounts, according to researchers at Sucuri.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
For federal and state governments and agencies, identity is the crux of a robust security implementation. Numerous individuals disclose confidential, personal data to commercial and public entities daily, necessitating that government institutions uphold stringent security measures to protect their assets. This need for robust security underscored by Executive Order 14028 , published in May 2021, calls for enhancing the nation’s cybersecurity posture.
eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Critical multi-platform vulnerabilities impacting diverse systems dominated the past week’s cybersecurity headlines. Juniper Networks released updates for the high-severity flaws in SRX and EX Series. A coding vulnerability in Microsoft’s Azure Pipelines affected 70,000 open-source projects. Linux distros faced a heap-based buffer overflow issue.
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WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
“They had, quite swiftly, begun an algorithmic scrub of any narrative of the president suffering a health emergency, burying those stories.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.
Jamf
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Vision Pro unlocks the exciting world of spatial computing. Is your organization ready?
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Cloud computing continues to grow in popularity, and its scalability, functionality, cost-effectiveness and other potential benefits have helped transform traditional business models and update legacy systems, creating opportunities for various organizations. A cloud migration, however, is a huge undertaking that requires thorough planning and execution of a comprehensive strategy to successfully achieve business goals.
CGI
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Human-like responses from OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other generative AI large language models (LLMs) have employees and politicians concerned about impending waves of job losses. Meanwhile, contact centers have trouble recruiting and retaining enough agents to keep up with rising consumer demand. Is the stage set for a showdown between humankind and machines?
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
It’s a question we often hear: “Isn’t DNSSEC the same as encrypted DNS?” Not really. While DNSSEC protects networks against man-in-the-middle attacks, it does so through public key cryptography, which is different from encryption. In other words, DNSSEC provides a form of authentication, but not a form of confidentiality. How is public key cryptography different from encryption?
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Join your ARMA Chicago colleagues from the privacy of your home or from the convenience of your office! This is a one-hour live video conference with an expert presenter and a chance to ask questions and connect with your fellow ARMA members. Topic: Shantanoo A. Govilkar, from DivIHN, will discuss recent trends in Information Governance & […] The post Webinar: Shantanoo A.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) marks a significant milestone in the European Union’s (EU) efforts to bolster the operational resilience of the financial sector in the digital age. Envisioned to comprehensively address information and communications technology (ICT) risk management in financial services, DORA aims to harmonize existing regulations across EU member states.
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