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Account Takeover Campaign Hits Execs in Microsoft Azure

Data Breach Today

Attackers Downloaded Files Containing Financial, Security and User Information A still-active phishing campaign using individualized phishing lures is targeting senior corporate accounts in Microsoft Azure environments, said researchers from Proofpoint. They said the hackers have compromised hundreds of user accounts spread across dozens of Microsoft Azure environments.

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How to Push Back Against Infogov Push-Back

Weissman's World

We’ve all been there – You know what you want to do to fix your information quality and process issues You talked it up for months, up and down the org chart, and you got what you thought was a clear go-ahead But when you actually starting doing things, you got so much push-back –… Read More » How to Push Back Against Infogov Push-Back The post How to Push Back Against Infogov Push-Back appeared first on Holly Group.

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Bugcrowd Attains $102M Strategic Growth Funding Round

Data Breach Today

Company Will Use Investment to Expand Services, says CEO Dave Gerry Bugcrowd received a $102 million venture capital investment to fuel strategic growth, the company announced Monday. "Our customers are outgunned and outmatched. They need to tap into all this creativity that exists within the hacker community," said company CEO Dave Gerry.

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9 Possible Ways Hackers Can Use Public Wi-Fi to Steal Your Sensitive Data

Security Affairs

Exploring the Risks: Unveiling 9 Potential Techniques Hackers Employ to Exploit Public Wi-Fi and Compromise Your Sensitive Data We’ve all used public Wi-Fi: it’s convenient, saves our data, and speeds up browsing. But while we enjoy its benefits, hackers do too. Here, we’ll explore how cybercriminals exploit public Wi-Fi to access your private data and possibly steal your identity.

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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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Authorities Bust Accused Seller of Widely Used RAT Malware

Data Breach Today

2 Men Arrested in Malta, Nigeria for Hawking Malware on Hacking Forums Since 2012 Federal authorities have seized internet domains and arrested two men in Malta and Nigeria who they say served as sales and customer service reps for a dark web business that sold RAT malware to cybercriminals over a 12-year period, leading to the "takeover and infection of computers worldwide.

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Ransomware Disrupts Hospital Services in Romania and France

Data Breach Today

Emergency Services Are Suspended as Digital Systems Are Pulled Offline Ransomware operators disrupted emergency healthcare services over the weekend, crippling operations in nearly two dozen hospitals in Romania and France. Ransomware attacks increase the in-hospital mortality rate for already-admitted patients, a recent study concluded.

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A Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight

WIRED Threat Level

Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.

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Data Insights Are Key to Fighting Synthetic ID Fraud

Data Breach Today

Steve Lenderman on the Shift From Synthetic Identity to Synthetic Entity Fraud Synthetic IDs remain a problem not because of a lack of data but because of failure to identify the right data and establish correlations, said Steve Lenderman, co-chair of the Industry Working Groups for the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators.

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Canada Gov plans to ban the Flipper Zero to curb car thefts

Security Affairs

The Canadian government is going to ban the tool Flipper Zero because it is abused by crooks to steal vehicles in the country. The Canadian government announced that it plans to ban the tool Flipper Zero , and similar hacking devices, to curb the surge in car thefts. Flipper Zero is a portable multi-tool for pentesters and geeks in a toy-like body. It allows hacking digital stuff, such as radio protocols, access control systems, hardware, and more, reads the official website.

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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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Bipartisan Senate Bill Requires HHS to Bolster Cyber Efforts

Data Breach Today

Legislation Aims to Evaluate and Improve Agency's Cybersecurity Posture A new bipartisan Senate bill would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to biennially conduct cybersecurity reviews and tests on its IT systems and report to Congress on how it is updating its cybersecurity strategy to keep up with evolving cyberthreats.

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US Feds arrested two men involved in the Warzone RAT operation

Security Affairs

The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) seized the infrastructure that was used to sell the remote access trojan (RAT) Warzone RAT. The Justice Department announced the seizure of internet domains used to sell the remote access Trojan Warzone RAT (www.warzone[.]ws). The seizure is the result of an international law enforcement operation, federal authorities in Atlanta and Boston charged individuals in Malta and Nigeria, for their involvement in selling the malware.

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UK Publishes Cyber Governance Code of Practice for Consultation

Data Matters

On 23 January 2024, the UK government published its draft Cyber Governance Code of Practice (the “ Code ”) to help directors and other senior leadership boost their organizations’ cyber resilience. The draft Code, which forms part of the UK’s wider £2.6bn National Cyber Strategy , was developed in conjunction with several industry experts and stakeholders – including the UK National Cyber Security Centre.

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The customer experience evolution: Today’s data-driven, real-time discipline

IBM Big Data Hub

An evolution of customer experience (CX) was to be expected. Throughout modern history, organizations have encountered internal and external challenges that changed how they interact with customers and how customers view those organizations. Advancements in technology mean customers can order virtually any product and receive it in less than a week.

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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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VulnRecap 2/12/24: Ivanti, JetBrains, Fortinet, Linux Issues

eSecurity Planet

This week saw some repeat products from previous vulnerability recaps, such as Ivanti Policy Secure and JetBrains TeamCity servers. One of the most notable vulnerabilities for this week is Fortinet’s critical FortiOS issue, which affects Fortinet products that use the affected versions of the network operating system. Make sure your security teams consistently check vendor bulletins for vulnerability announcements so your business can stay on top of all threats.

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FCC Issues Declaratory Ruling that TCPA Applies to AI-Generated Voice Calls

Hunton Privacy

On February 8, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission declared that calls using AI- generated, cloned voices fall under the category of “artificial or prerecorded voice” within the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”) and therefore are generally prohibited without prior express consent, effective immediately. Callers must obtain prior express consent from the recipient before making a call using an artificial or prerecorded voice, absent an applicable statutory exemption or emergency.

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Hard Lessons From Romance Scams

KnowBe4

Seeing as this week is Valentine’s Day, I should have written something about rom coms, true love, and trusting your heart more. But this is not one of those posts. This post is about romance scams and how hard they are to defend against, especially once sprung.

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The Hidden Injustice of Cyberattacks

WIRED Threat Level

Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves.

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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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Security Teams Spend 71 Hours Responding to Every One Hour in a Cyber Attack

KnowBe4

New data sheds light on what kinds of cyber attacks are targeting your cybersecurity team, what it’s costing them, why it’s taking so much time to fix, and where you should focus resources.

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Residential Proxies vs. Datacenter Proxies: Choosing the Right Option

Security Affairs

Residential Proxies vs. Datacenter Proxies: this blog post examines the contours of each type and provides info on how to choose the perfect proxy option In the robust landscape of the digital era, our need for privacy, security, and accessibility on the internet has never been more acute. Whether it’s for gathering market intelligence, ensuring your privacy, or bypassing geographical restrictions, proxies have become the unsung heroes for individuals and enterprises alike.

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Maximizing your event-driven architecture investments: Unleashing the power of Apache Kafka with IBM Event Automation

IBM Big Data Hub

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, enterprises are facing the complexities of information overload. This leaves them grappling to extract meaningful insights from the vast digital footprints they leave behind. Recognizing the need to harness real-time data, businesses are increasingly turning to event-driven architecture (EDA) as a strategic approach to stay ahead of the curve.

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Court Restores CPPA’s Authority to Enforce CPRA Regulations

Hunton Privacy

On February 9, 2024, a California state court of appeal ruled in favor of the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”) and vacated the lower court order postponing enforcement of the CPPA’s final regulations under the California Consumer Privacy Act. The appellate ruling issues a peremptory writ of mandate that directs the lower court to (1) vacate its prior order granting the Petition for Writ of Mandate in part and staying enforcement of the CPPA’s regulations for 12 months ( i.e. , until

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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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Why organizations need to prioritize a PQC-readiness lab

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Why organizations need to prioritize a PQC-readiness lab madhav Tue, 02/13/2024 - 05:25 It’s an exciting time for technology – we are on the cusp of seeing some innovative and disruptive new technologies emerge that will have impacts on every industry and sector around the globe. From Quantum computers to Web3/Virtual Reality to Artificial Intelligence, there’s no doubt these will bring a critical shift in our daily lives.

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2054, Part VI: Standoff at Arlington

WIRED Threat Level

“This eruption of violence had been brewing for years, through successive economic collapses, pandemics, and the utter dysfunction that had become American life.” An exclusive excerpt from 2054: A Novel.

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Americans Lose a Record $10 Billion to Fraud in 2023; Mostly Due To Investment Scams

KnowBe4

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has disclosed that people in the United States lost a record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, a 14% increase from 2022. Nearly half of the losses were due to investment scams.

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7 customer experience trends in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Customer experience (CX) defines a customer’s journey with a company, including both direct and indirect touchpoints. Businesses that place the emotional needs of the buyer persona at the forefront of the customer experience strategy fosters great relationships. Forrester reports that customer experience is a high priority for about 75% of global business and technology professionals and their organizations.

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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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On Passkey Usability

Schneier on Security

Matt Burgess tries to only use passkeys. The results are mixed.

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China Calls Out U.S. For Hacking. The Proof? TBD!

The Security Ledger

The Chinese government is taking an aggressive approach to countering stories of Chinese cyber offensive campaigns: promoting tales of US hacks on Chinese organizations, but without the data to back them up. The post China Calls Out U.S. For Hacking. The Proof? TBD! appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts.

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U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks via The Hacker News

IG Guru

Check out the article here. The post U.S. Sanctions 6 Iranian Officials for Critical Infrastructure Cyber Attacks via The Hacker News first appeared on IG GURU.