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EU Adopts New Privacy-Focused Data Sharing Tools

Data Breach Today

Tech Giants Welcome the New Data Transfer Move The European Commission has released two new tools aimed at easing the current legal hurdles associated with data sharing by European Union-based organizations and other businesses operating in the region. Tech giants embroiled in controversy over the EU's data sharing polices welcomed the move.

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REvil Ransomware spokesman releases an interview on recent attacks

Security Affairs

The REvil ransomware operators said in an interview on the “Russian OSINT” Telegram channel that they accidentally targeted United States-based firms. The recent attack against JBS Foods conducted by REvil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) triggered the response of US authorities, US DoJ announced its decision to equate investigations into ransomware attacks with investigations into terrorism in the wake of the recent hacks.

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How to Protect Your Files From Ransomware

WIRED Threat Level

It's a growing threat for individual users and businesses alike—but there are ways to protect yourself.

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Labour asks NHS and Matt Hancock to pause plans for sharing patient data

The Guardian Data Protection

Shadow health minister Alex Norris and doctors’ groups believe proposals risk undermining trust in GPs Labour has urged the NHS and Matt Hancock to pause their plan to share medical records from GPs to allow time for greater consultation on how the idea would work, saying that maintaining patients’ trust must be paramount. In a letter to the head of NHS Digital and the health secretary, the shadow public health minister, Alex Norris, said Labour backed the principle of improved data collaboratio

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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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 317

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the international press subscribe here. Facefish Backdoor delivers rootkits to Linux x64 systems Interpol has intercepted $83 million from financial cyber crimes These 2 attacks allow to alter certified PDF Documents COVID-19 – Phishing attacks target employees that come back to the office Denmark intel hel

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Chinese SharpPanda APT developed a new backdoor in the last 3 years

Security Affairs

Check Point Research (CPR) said that the Chinese APT group SharpPanda spent three years developing a new backdoor to spy on Asian governments. . Researchers from Check Point Research (CPR) discovered a new backdoor while investigating a cyber espionage campaign conducted by Chinese APT group SharpPanda and aimed at Southeast Asian government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Why are there calls for a pause to patient data-sharing scheme?

The Guardian Data Protection

Analysis: doctors groups and Labour say there has been a lack of consultation over major overhaul Labour asks NHS and Matt Hancock to pause plans for sharing patient data Labour has written to the head of NHS Digital asking for a pause in the planned rollout of a new data-sharing scheme for GP surgeries. Here are some of the key questions and concerns about the proposals.

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