Data Breach Today
AUGUST 4, 2023
'IT Complications' at Prospect Medical Holdings Shut Down Ambulances, Appointments A ransomware attack has forced a California-based hospital chain to divert ambulances from its emergency rooms and cancel appointments for services. The group of 17 hospitals, 166 outpatient clinics and various doctor practices is still recovering after an IT systems shutdown.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 4, 2023
One frustrating aspect of email phishing is the frequency with which scammers fall back on tried-and-true methods that really have no business working these days. Like attaching a phishing email to a traditional, clean email message, or leveraging link redirects on LinkedIn , or abusing an encoding method that makes it easy to disguise booby-trapped Microsoft Windows files as relatively harmless documents.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 4, 2023
Healthcare entities are "stressed," in the words of SailPoint's Rob Sebaugh, and identity security in particular has taken a steep toll. But modernization, led by AI-driven identity security, can help reduce risk and even enable new levels of clinician autonomy.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 4, 2023
The rise of the remote workforce, post Covid-19, did nothing to make the already difficult task of doing Identity and Access Management ( IAM ) any easier for CISOs. With Black Hat USA 2023 ramping up in Las Vegas next week, cybersecurity startup Trustle is championing a new product category—Identity Threat Detection & Response ( ITDR )—which aims to enhance the capabilities of legacy IAM solutions.
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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
AUGUST 4, 2023
Ensure You've Fixed These 12 Most Exploited Flaws, Cybersecurity Officials Urge A five-year-old flaw in Fortinet SSL VPNs remains one of the world's most widely exploited vulnerabilities. So warn cybersecurity officials across the U.S. and its Five Eyes partners in a joint security advisory highlighting the 12 most exploited flaws that require immediate patching.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 4, 2023
National Health System Faces Up to 1 in 4 Chance of Being Attacked A targeted cyberattack against Britain's national healthcare system could lead to "second-order impacts" such as delays and cancellations, the U.K. government warns. The probably of such an attack occurring during the next two years could be as high as 1 in 4.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 4, 2023
A cyberattack has disrupted the computer systems of multiple hospitals in several states, with a severe impact on their operations. Some emergency rooms in multiple hospitals in several states were forced to close and ambulances were diverted due to a cyberattack against their networks. The cyberattack hit hospitals operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, which are located in multiple states, including California, Texas, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 4, 2023
Payments Expert Troy Leach on Regulations, Cloud and AI in the Financial Sector In the latest weekly update, Troy Leach, chief strategy officer at Cloud Security Alliance, joins ISMG editors to discuss preparing for new regulations, new requirements for third-party cloud penetration testing, and the opportunities and risks of AI in the financial sector.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 4, 2023
Threat actors rely on the ‘versioning’ technique to evade malware detections of malicious code uploaded to the Google Play Store. Google Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) revealed that threat actors are using a technique called versioning to evade malware detection implemented to detect malicious code uploaded to the Google Play Store. The technique is not new but continues to be effective, multiple malware such as the banking Trojan SharkBot used it to bypass checks implemented by Go
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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
AUGUST 4, 2023
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Should Be More Secure, Says Agency The U.S. government is urging computer manufacturers to improve the security of firmware architecture that boots up devices after a powerful bootkit sparked concerns over permanent malware infections. Among its recommendations are that all UEFI developers implement dedicated PKI for updates.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 4, 2023
A married couple from New York pleaded guilty this week to laundering billions of dollars stolen from Bitfinex in 2016. The couple pleaded guilty to money laundering charges in connection with the hack of the cryptocurrency stock exchange Bitfinex that took place in 2016. The hackers stole 120,000 Bitcoin and the theft had serious repercussions on the Bitcoin value that significantly dropped after the discovery of the breach, a 20 percent decrease following the hack.
eDiscovery Law
AUGUST 4, 2023
Last month’s Master’s Conference in London included presentations and discussions on issues relevant to electronic discovery, including artificial intelligence and different jurisdictions’ legislative and regulatory responses to that new technology, project management and legal operations issues, document review platforms, cross-border discovery, information governance, and data privacy.
Collibra
AUGUST 4, 2023
We all know data is the fuel that drives modern businesses and helps our organizations operate more efficiently. The better we use data, the more insights our data generates. The more insights we glean, the greater our competitive advantages and our capacity for faster, steadier growth. These are the primary reasons we start data governance programs: To make sure we’re managing data as a critical resource and generating maximum business value from it.
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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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 4, 2023
Researchers discovered a new set of malicious packages on the npm package manager that can exfiltrate sensitive developer data. On July 31, 2023, Phylum researchers observed the publication of ten different “test” packages on the npm package manager that were developed to exfiltrate sensitive developer source code and other confidential information.
KnowBe4
AUGUST 4, 2023
There is no such thing as a vacation for cybercriminals. We recently released our top summer cybersecurity travel tips to help keep you safe. Earlier this year, we posted about travel-themed phishing attacks , and Forbes just posted a great reminder about the dangers of sharing your boarding pass on social media. Read below for their advice.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 4, 2023
As cloud computing evolves, so has cloud security, and buyers in the market for cloud security solutions may find themselves facing a dizzying array of acronyms, like CNAPP, CWPP, CSPM, and CIEM. We’ll examine each of those cloud security technologies — along with CASB too — and their uses, and direct you to some of the top cloud security solutions.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 4, 2023
Tailor your business project proposal to suit the language your company's CISO speaks, be it business, technical, or compliance. Do your research first and gather support from around the company.
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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.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 4, 2023
Even a robust IT or security department will find certain tasks or projects beyond their capabilities. In smaller companies, the issues become even more profound. But ignoring issues that you lack the time or expertise for can risk operational failure or security incidents. Most organizations seek to eliminate these risks by outsourcing specific projects or even their full IT or cybersecurity needs.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 4, 2023
It is unclear who the threat actors were or what kind of cyberattack was attempted on the observatory, but for now it, and a sister site in Chile, remain closed to the skies.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 4, 2023
The US Congress is trying to tame the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. But senators’ failure to tackle privacy reform is making the task a nightmare.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 4, 2023
The cyberattacks used the legitimate Salesforce.com domain by chaining the vulnerability to an abuse of Facebook's Web games platform, slipping past email protections.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
AUGUST 4, 2023
The demand for skilled healthcare professionals is increasing. However, the number of biomedical equipment technicians (BMETs)—the professionals who manage, repair and maintain the medical equipment—is shrinking. According to a 2020 survey , 40% of the BMET workforce is age 55 and older, with nearly 1 in 4 BMETs over the age of 60 and approaching retirement.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 4, 2023
The incident marks the second time since 2019 that a misconfiguration could have let threat actors "have it their way" when it comes to BK's data.
eDiscovery Daily
AUGUST 4, 2023
By Catherine Ostheimer Being responsive to the growing number of Access Requests and DSARS as a local government organization can be daunting. First, there’s the data management challenge. State and local groups generate and store vast amounts of data across numerous departments, committees, and systems. Managing and processing this volume of data for eDiscovery for litigation, investigations and public records requests across multiple departments can be overwhelming.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 4, 2023
Recent regulations for privacy, AI, and breaches tend to be overly broad, suggesting that the rulemakers lack tech acumen.
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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.
IG Guru
AUGUST 4, 2023
Check out the post on LinkedIn here. The post 12 Best AI tools in 2023 via LinkedIn first appeared on IG GURU.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 4, 2023
More tech giants are turning to the Rust programming language for its built-in memory safety and other security features.
Enterprise Software Blog
AUGUST 4, 2023
Angular has become a very popular and widely adopted framework for developing modern web applications. This technology is both very powerful and feature rich. Everything that you need as a web developer comes out-of-the-box and Angular allows for easily configuring, maintaining and expanding any application built on top of the framework. And by now, you’ve probably already put together one or more Angular applications, but are they optimal?
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