Mon.Sep 04, 2023

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Cybercrime Tremors: Experts Forecast Qakbot Resurgence

Data Breach Today

TrickBot and Emotet Botnets Both Returned After Disruption by Law Enforcement Has the cry of the Qakbot come to an end? While the pernicious, multifunction malware fell quiet last week thanks to Operation "Duck Hunt," lucrative cybercrime operations have a history of rebooting themselves. Rivals also offer ready alternatives to ransomware groups and other criminal users.

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A massive DDoS attack took down the site of the German financial agency BaFin

Security Affairs

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down. A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack took the site of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) down for some days. It is not clear who is behind the DDoS attack, but the media speculate that it was launched by pro-Russian hacktivists in response to the German financial and military support to Ukraine.

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Mitigating AI Risks: UK Calls for Robust Guardrails

Data Breach Today

Britain's Global AI Summit to Focus on Governance, Risk, International Standards The U.K. plans to hold its first-ever global summit on artificial intelligence this November. Goals of the event include detailing AI risks and opportunities, building effective frameworks for using AI safely, and setting international standards to manage AI risks and enforce norms.

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X will collect biometric data from its premium users

Security Affairs

The social media site X announced that it will collect premium users’ biometric data for security and identification purposes. The social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) has updated its privacy policy informing its premium users that the company will collect their biometric data to curb fraud and prevent impersonation. Bloomberg first reported the news and confirmed that the change will only impact premium users.

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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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Realism Reigns on AI at Black Hat and DEF CON

Dark Reading

Realistic expectations and caution began to replace wonder and confusion for generative AI at the recent security industry gatherings.

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Mentor of the Year and Honorary Membership nomination deadlines - Extended!

CILIP

Mentor of the Year and Honorary Membership nomination deadlines - Extended! CILIP supports and recognises the tireless contributions of our members and the broader professional body with our Honorary Fellowship and Mentor of the Year awards. This year the deadline to nominate has been extended to 15th September 2023. More information Below. Honorary Fellowship Honorary Fellowship is the highest recognition for a library, archives, knowledge and information management professionals in the industr

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Cybercrime will cost Germany $224 billion in 2023

Security Affairs

Cybercrime will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023, German digital association Bitkom told Reuters. According to the German digital association Bitkom, cybercrime will have a worrisome impact on the economy of the state in 2023. Bitkom estimated that cybercriminal activities, such as fraud, cyber espionage, the theft of intellectual property, sabotage, and extortion will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($224 billion) in 2023.

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Facing Third-Party Threats With Non-Employee Risk Management

Dark Reading

As businesses continue to grapple with third-party threats, a revamped approach to non-employee risk management can help limit their potential exposure.

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Northern Ireland police chief quits after series of controversies

The Guardian Data Protection

Simon Byrne resigns as head of PSNI after data breach and unlawful disciplining of two junior officers UK politics live – latest updates The chief constable of Northern Ireland’s police service, Simon Byrne, has resigned after a series of controversies, including a major data leak and the unlawful disciplining of two junior officers. More details soon … Continue reading.

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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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Librarianship takes you further

CILIP

School librarianship in international schools No career follows a linear path – there are bound to be unexpected twists and turns along the way. Thinking beyond your early goals, or stepping outside of your current comfort zone, could help open-up new opportunities and build your skills and knowledge across a broader field. And for School Librarian Graeme Boyd, international jobs has provided an extra dimension to his career, as he explains to Rob Green.

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Building a Cybersecurity and Privacy Learning Program Released by NIST

IG Guru

Check out the publication here. The post Building a Cybersecurity and Privacy Learning Program Released by NIST first appeared on IG GURU.

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8 Container Security Best Practices & Tips

eSecurity Planet

Many modern enterprises and service-driven companies run their digital operations in container environments, making it easier to set up distinct permissions, workflows, and rules for each microservice and set of applications they’re running. This modern infrastructure choice brings numerous advantages to operational workflows, but without the appropriate security policies and tools in place, it can also open the door to new security vulnerabilities and attack vectors.

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Publicly available Evil_MinIO exploit used in attacks on MinIO Storage Systems

Security Affairs

A threat actor was spotted exploiting MinIO storage system vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code on affected servers. Security Joes researchers have observed an unknown threat actor using a publicly available exploit chain for vulnerabilities in the MinIO Object Storage system to achieve arbitrary code execution on vulnerable servers. Object Storage is a data storage architecture for storing unstructured data into units called “objects” and storing them in a structurally flat dat

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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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Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform Recognized as Overall and Market Leader by KuppingerCole

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform Recognized as Overall and Market Leader by KuppingerCole madhav Tue, 09/05/2023 - 04:48 Thales OneWelcome Identity Platform is included in the KuppingerCole Access Management Leadership Compass 2023 analysis and is recognized as an Overall Leader and Market Leader. This is a recognition of our commitment to provide tools and services that help modern businesses of all sizes to protect themselves, their employees, partners, customers, and their most valuable as

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University of Sydney suffered a security breach caused by a third-party service provider

Security Affairs

The University of Sydney (USYD) suffered a security breach caused by a third-party service provider that exposed personal information of recent applicants. The University of Sydney (USYD) announced that a data breach suffered by a third-party service provider exposed the personal information of recently applied and enrolled international applicants.

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