Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
New IACS Rules to Secure Onboard Digital Systems, Equipment Go Into Effect July 1 IT and OT security experts say threats to shipping underscore the need for more stringent regulations for passenger, cargo and high-speed vessels by the International Association of Classification Societies. The new IACS cybersecurity and resilience requirements will go into effect July 1.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 4, 2024
A cybercrook who has been setting up websites that mimic the self-destructing message service privnote.com accidentally exposed the breadth of their operations recently when they threatened to sue a software company. The disclosure revealed a profitable network of phishing sites that behave and look like the real Privnote, except that any messages containing cryptocurrency addresses will be automatically altered to include a different payment address controlled by the scammers.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Bugs Allowed Device Unlocking and Memory Access Google addressed two zero-day vulnerabilities in Pixel mobile phones that forensic firms exploited to bypass PINs and access stored data on the device. The bugs allowed attackers to unlock and access Pixel's device memory with physical access.
The Guardian Data Protection
APRIL 4, 2024
Exclusive: senior party officials worked on commercial venture that would allow brands to sell products to supporters Senior Conservative party officials worked on plans to hand over its entire membership database for a commercial venture that promised to make tens of millions of pounds, the Guardian can reveal. Leaked documents show Tory executives discussed exploiting members’ personal data to build a mobile phone app that could track users’ locations and allow big brands to advertise to Conse
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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
APRIL 4, 2024
OneLogin Departs Forrester's Leaderboard as User Experience Takes Center Stage Microsoft, Okta and CyberArk remained atop Forrester's workforce identity rankings, while OneLogin tumbled from the leaders' spot. The shift toward digital platforms and growing adoption of cloud services have been pivotal in driving the evolution of workforce identity platforms.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Also: Insurer Predicts Ransomware for Cars, Offers to Cover Towing Costs This week, Omni, OWASP and MarineMax suffered cyber incidents, Ivanti disclosed flaws, Cisco gave tips to stop password-spraying attacks, a court upheld an FCC ban, India rescued citizens in Cambodia, Americans lost $1.1 billion to impersonation scams, and an insurer introduced a cyber auto policy.
IT Governance
APRIL 4, 2024
A Springboard to Career Success CISM® (Certified Information Security Manager) is a globally recognised qualification that provides a good understanding of IT security with a management flavour. But with so much in the news about AI, Cloud security and other niche areas of cyber security, it’s easy to overlook the importance of such solid, tried-and-tested qualifications in information security.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
What is RDP, why is it a very nearly ubiquitous finding in incident response, and how can investigators run it to ground when it goes wrong? An Active Adversary Special Report Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is commonly abused by ransomware groups. Here are methods on how we can provide context and advice for administrators and responders looking to deal with RDP.
IT Governance
APRIL 4, 2024
IT Governance’s research found the following for March 2024: 3,478 publicly disclosed security incidents. 299,368,075 records known to be breached. This month saw fewer records breached than in February (a 58% drop), but a staggering 388% rise in incidents. This is largely caused by two outlier events: Misconfigured Google Firebase instances , exposing 124,605,664 records across 916 misconfigured websites.
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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
APRIL 4, 2024
Differences in How the United States and United Kingdom Think About Cybersecurity The differences between working in cybersecurity in the U.K. and U.S. are not just a matter of accent or office culture; they are a study in how national security priorities, regulatory environments and cultural attitudes toward privacy and surveillance affect cyber workers' professional lives.
Data Matters
APRIL 4, 2024
On March 28, 2024, in US v. EZ Lynk , the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) claim that an automotive device manufacturer violated Section 203 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), holding that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) provided complete immunity from CAA liability for the sale of certain aftermarket automotive devices.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Device Bound Session Credentials Tie Authentication Cookies to Specific Computers Google is prototyping a method to stymie hackers who get around multifactor security by stealing authentication cookies from desktops. Google says its proposal for cryptographically tying authentication tokens to computers will succeed where previous attempts such as Token Binding failed.
Security Affairs
APRIL 4, 2024
Ivanti addressed four flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could lead to code execution and denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Ivanti has released security updates to address four security flaws impacting Connect Secure and Policy Secure Gateways that could result in code execution and denial-of-service (DoS). The list of vulnerabilities addressed by the company is reported below: CVE Description CVSS Vector CVE-2024-21894 A heap overflow vulnerability in IPSec componen
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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
APRIL 4, 2024
'Fictitious Dialogue' About Harmful Content Subverts Defenses, Researchers Find After testing safety features built into generative artificial intelligence tools developed by the likes of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind, researchers have discovered that a technique called "many-shot jailbreaking" can be used to defeat safety guardrails and obtain prohibited content.
Security Affairs
APRIL 4, 2024
US cancer center City of Hope suffered a data breach that impacted 800,000 individuals, personal and health information was compromised. City of Hope is a renowned cancer research and treatment center located in Duarte, California, United States. It is recognized for its comprehensive cancer care, innovative research, and compassionate patient support services.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Notorious Hacker Alleges They Stole Data From National Security Contractor The U.S. Department of State confirmed it’s investigating claims of a cyber incident after a notorious hacker known as IntelBroker posted on a publicly accessible hacking forum that they had leaked data belonging to the federal government and its allies.
KnowBe4
APRIL 4, 2024
As if it couldn’t get any worse, new data shows that the attacks IT feels most inadequate to stop are the ones they’re experiencing the most.
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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.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Also: A OneCoin Sentencing, Tornado Cash Update, FTX Repayment Plans This week, hackers stole from Prisma Finance and demanded praise, a OneCoin head was sentenced to prison, a Tornado Cash co-founder asked for dismissal of charges, FTX said it will repay customers, Singapore has new digital payment token rules, and the BoE and FCA launched Digital Security Sandbox.
Jamf
APRIL 4, 2024
This new study of schools in the UK's Shaw Trust offers hard data for educators seeking to start 1:1 or 1:many iPad programs in their K-12 schools.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Leading Means Admitting What You Don't Know - And Other Tips for Leaders Being an effective leader involves recognizing and embracing the expertise of others, particularly in areas where your own knowledge is limited. Here are tips on how to attract top talent and retain these exceptional employees by fostering a culture of excellence, innovation and continuous learning.
KnowBe4
APRIL 4, 2024
A new string of multi-factor authentication (MFA) attacks targeting the reset of Apple IDs seem to be popping up in a likely attempt to steal the victim’s digital identity and more.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2024
Escalation of Cyberespionage Likely Tied to Upcoming European Elections German federal agencies warned that phishing attacks targeting political parties surged ahead of upcoming European Union elections. The government did not attribute the attacks to a specific country but confirmed that they are tied to a nation-state group.
OpenText Information Management
APRIL 4, 2024
COVID-19 changed everything. Loyalty is on the auction block. Customers are uncertain: delaying purchases and shopping around. Brands that win in this new era will use customer success to drive transformative change with an eye to the future. What is customer success? Customer success grew out of the boom in SaaS companies. As B2B SaaS companies gained popularity in the early 2000s, vendors faced a challenge: neglecting customer training and retention led to frustrated users grappling with compl
KnowBe4
APRIL 4, 2024
At least twelve men working in the UK parliament have recently been targeted by WhatsApp spear phishing messages, POLITICO reports. The targeted individuals include “a senior Labour MP, four party staffers, and a political journalist.
IG Guru
APRIL 4, 2024
Check out the article here. The post The Air Force Bought a Surveillance-Focused AI Chatbot via 404 first appeared on IG GURU.
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IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 4, 2024
The cloud represents a strategic tool to enable digital transformation for financial institutions As the banking and other regulated industry continues to shift toward a digital-first approach, financial entities are eager to use the benefits of digital disruption. Lots of innovation is happening, with new technologies emerging in areas such as data and AI, payments, cybersecurity and risk management, to name a few.
Adapture
APRIL 4, 2024
For industries in which regulatory compliance is a condition of doing business—like finance and healthcare—maintaining it is absolutely crucial. However, whether required by law or by certification standards, regulations are set into place to show that clients and customers can trust an organization to keep their data safe. Many companies turn to managed service providers for their cybersecurity, but less do the same for managed compliance services.
eDiscovery Daily
APRIL 4, 2024
(This is the fifth and final blog in a five-part series on streamlining public records request response.) By Rick Clark When starting the journey in changing your processes around managing these requests, it can be like a hiker staring up a mountain from the base, but it does not have to be that difficult. Many eDiscovery platforms have standardized processes in data management and review for decades and there are eDiscovery providers, like CloudNine, who have created an easy path to success wit
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