Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
A Settlement Has Been Reached. So, How Might This Affect Similar Cases? A proposed settlement has been reached between Merck & Co. and several insurers that were appealing a 2023 court decision saying the insurance companies could not invoke "hostile warlike action" exclusions in refusing to pay drugmakers' claims filed after the 2017 NotPetya cyberattack.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 5, 2024
On December 21, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued its judgment in the case of Krankenversicherung Nordrhein (C-667/21) in which it clarified, among other things, the rules for processing special categories of personal data (hereafter “sensitive personal data”) under Article 9 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the nature of the compensation owed for damages under Article 82 of the GDPR.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
Data-Poisoning Attacks Are Critical Threat to Machine Learning Security, NIST Warns Machine learning systems are vulnerable to cyberattacks that could allow hackers to evade security and prompt data leaks, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology warned. There is "no foolproof defense" against some of these attacks, researchers said.
IT Governance
JANUARY 5, 2024
How networks have evolved and how to secure them Adam Seamons is the information security manager of GRC International Group PLC, after more than 15 years’ experience working as a systems engineer and in technical support. Adam also holds CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and SSCP (Systems Security Certified Practitioner) certifications.
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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
JANUARY 5, 2024
Expert Warns of Copycat Attack Risk; Telco Hadn't Enabled Two-Factor Authentication In the wake of an apparently weak password being harvested by information-stealing malware and used to disrupt telecommunications giant Orange Spain's internet traffic, an expert is warning all organizations to beware of copycat attacks - and to lock down their internet registry accounts.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
Authorities in 15 Countries Helped Dismantle Operations Following 2019 Takedown The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has wrapped up its investigation of the xDedic dark web marketplace and successfully dismantled the multinational criminal organizations, leading to charges against 19 individuals, including administrators, developers and customer service reps.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 5, 2024
The MyEstatePoint Property Search app leaked data on nearly half a million of its users, exposing their names and plain-text passwords, the Cybernews research team has found. The all-in-one real estate app MyEstatePoint Property Search left a publicly accessible MongoDB server containing the sensitive details of its app users. The app, developed by NJ Technologies, an India-based software developer, has over half a million downloads on the Google Play store and mainly serves the Indian market.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
Company Plans to Enhance Digital Workplace Protection With Behavioral Analytics Mimecast announced the acquisition of human risk management solutions specialist Elevate Security as part of its initiative to enhance digital workplace protection. The move aims to address evolving cyberthreats by offering insights into human behaviors and risks and empowering customers.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 5, 2024
With over half of organizations being the victim of password-based attacks in the last year, new data sheds light on the risk of phishing attacks and the use of password-based credentials.
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.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
If AI Voice Cloning Can't Be Stopped, That Would Serve as Red Flag for Policymakers Do you have what it takes to build defenses that can easily and reliably spot voice cloning generated using artificial intelligence tools? If so, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission wants you to apply to its Voice Cloning Challenge, which promises a top prize of $25,000.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 5, 2024
Being fully anonymous is next to impossible—but you can significantly limit what the internet knows about you by sticking to a few basic rules.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
Reports Say Attempts to Delete Data in the Attacks Were Unsuccessful Iranian hackers targeted the Albanian Parliament using the No-Justice Wiper and other commonly used tools. The attack came months after Albania had severed diplomatic ties with Iran following a July cyberattack that disrupted the country's online governmental services portal.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 5, 2024
Be careful of emails, SMS messages, or calls claiming to be from your bank about your card being used fraudulently. If this ever happens, call the phone number on the back of your card.
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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
JANUARY 5, 2024
If AI Voice Cloning Can't Be Stopped, That Would Serve as Red Flag for Policymakers Do you have what it takes to build defenses that can easily and reliably spot voice cloning that is generated using artificial intelligence tools? If so, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission wants you to apply to its Voice Cloning Challenge, which promises a top prize of $25,000.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 5, 2024
Ukrainian authorities revealed that Russia-linked APT Sandworm had been inside telecom giant Kyivstar at least since May 2023. Russia-linked APT group Sandworm was inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar from at least May 2023, the head of Ukraine’s Security Service of Ukraine’s (SBU) told Reuters. “This attack is a big message, a big warning, not only to Ukraine, but for the whole Western world to understand that no one is actually untouchable,” said Illia Vitiuk, head
CILIP
JANUARY 5, 2024
Libraries, critical thinking and the war on truth – what lies ahead in 2024 Nick Poole, Chief Executive, CILIP will leave CILIP at the end of March 2024. But before he goes, he has written a personal essay looking at the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the information professions. The following is an abridged version of that essay, which you can read in full in the next issue of Information Professional, out on 9 February.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 5, 2024
Derived from the Greek words for “hidden writing,” cryptography is the science of obscuring transmitted information so that only the intended recipient can interpret it. Since the days of antiquity, the practice of sending secret messages has been common across almost all major civilizations. In modern times, cryptography has become a critical lynchpin of cybersecurity.
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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.
IT Governance
JANUARY 5, 2024
IT Governance’s research found the following for December 2023: 1,351 publicly disclosed security incidents. 2,241,916,765 records known to be breached. Both these figures are a significant increase on what we found for November 2023 : 470 incidents and 519,111,354 records – 187% and 332% increases respectively. This is in spite of a drop in supply chain attacks: 160 incidents (12%) originated from the supply chain this month.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 5, 2024
We don’t have a useful quantum computer yet, but we do have quantum algorithms. Shor’s algorithm has the potential to factor large numbers faster than otherwise possible, which—if the run times are actually feasible—could break both the RSA and Diffie-Hellman public-key algorithms. Now, computer scientist Oded Regev has a significant speed-up to Shor’s algorithm, at the cost of more storage.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 5, 2024
A flaw found by security researchers in the encryption software allows victim organizations to use “Black Basta Buster” to recover some of their data – but there’s a catch.
CILIP
JANUARY 5, 2024
Will ‘Project Hope’ protect public libraries? Parliament is not yet sitting (at time of writing), but we already know that 2024 promises to be a year of change as the country moves into a General Election footing. While the prime minister mulls over when this will take place, the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, started the year launching ‘Project Hope’ the party’s election bid that lays out Labour’s plans for a decade of national renewal with an emphasis on the power of community and u
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KnowBe4
JANUARY 5, 2024
Do you need an easy, automated way to provide real-time feedback the moment your users make risky mistakes to help reinforce the training campaigns you manage today?
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 5, 2024
A firewall policy is a set of rules and standards designed to control network traffic between an organization’s internal network and the internet. It aims to prevent unauthorized access, manage data movement, and guard against potential security threats. There are key components to consider, main types of firewall policies and firewall configurations to be aware of, and sample policies to review that offer valuable context in creating your own effective firewall policy.
KnowBe4
JANUARY 5, 2024
Resecurity is tracking a cybercriminal gang called “GXC Team” that develops and sells tools to facilitate online banking theft and social engineering attacks.
Enterprise Software Blog
JANUARY 5, 2024
The year 2023 has been a landmark period for the App Builder platform, distinguished not only by achieving new milestones and valuable features but also by the evolution of our products over the years. It's gratifying to see the shift from a phase of wishful thinking to a reality where 90% of the features we talked about more than three years ago are now implemented.
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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
JANUARY 5, 2024
Check out the article here. The post Nikon, Sony and Canon fight AI fakes with new camera tech via NIKKEI Asia first appeared on IG GURU.
CILIP
JANUARY 5, 2024
Annual Buyer's Guide 2024t Find out what buyers and providers are saying about technology, ethics, careers, start-ups, pop-up banks and more CILIP’s Annual Buyers’ Guide Directory 2024, which will be delivered with your January/February issue of Information Professional. WITH technology playing a huge role in the way knowledge and information is gathered, stored and accessed, so information professionals and their suppliers are developing new skills, new products and new services.
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 5, 2024
Strong encryption protects data securely from unauthorized access, but the specific algorithms that qualify as strong encryption change over time as computing power increases and researchers develop new ways to break encryption. In practice, security tools provide many encryption options that confuse uneducated users — including broken encryption options.
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