Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Threat Actor Likely Operates From A Region With A Strategic Interest In Taiwan A previously undetected cyberespionage group spied against Taiwanese government agencies and the island-country's manufacturing sector, say cybersecurity researchers. The Symantec Threat Hunter Team says it likely operates "from a region with a strategic interest in Taiwan.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Microsoft today issued security updates for more than 100 newly-discovered vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and related software, including four flaws that are already being exploited. In addition, Apple recently released emergency updates to quash a pair of zero-day bugs in iOS. Apple last week shipped emergency updates in iOS 17.0.3 and iPadOS 17.0.3 in response to active attacks.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Parliamentary Committee Heads Says In-Person Appearance Would be "Beneficial" The head TikTok has been summoned by European lawmakers from different parliamentary committees for an inquiry into its privacy practices. In a letter sent to the TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, the heads of five European Parliament committees requested that Chew appear for an in-person probe.
The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2023
As tragic as it is, we are in a space where video has become a crucial asset in wartime. Related: Apple tool used as warfare weapon Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders has changed the role of video. Accessing video-based intelligence at the right time and place is a very effective method for gaining information about the constantly changing military landscape.
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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
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Regime Keeps Refining Cyber Operations Focused on Espionage and Financial Crime North Korea's state-sponsored hackers continue to refine their "cyber intrusions to conduct both espionage and financial crime to project power and to finance both their cyber and kinetic capabilities," says a new report from Google's Mandiant group.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Litigation Filed Days After Alphv/BlackCat Claimed to Have Stolen Data of 2.5 Million Patients A recent attack by a Russian ransomware-as-a-service group that stole the personal information of 2.5 million patients of McLaren Health Care has triggered at least three proposed federal class action lawsuits in recent days, claiming the healthcare company failed to protect patient privacy.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Ongoing Rapid Reset DDoS flood attacks exposed organizations need to patch CVE-2023-44487 immediately to head off crippling outages and business disruption.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Kyiv Sees Regulation As A Pathway to Closer European Integration The Ukrainian government says it will regulate AI, a step it portrays as a way to draw closer to the European Union, where rules for AI systems are close to approval. New rules will enable access to global markets and closer integration with the EU, the Ministry of Digital Transformation said.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
An unprecedented collaboration by various APTs within the DPKR makes them harder to track, setting the stage for aggressive, complex cyberattacks that demand strategic response efforts, Mandiant warns.
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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.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 10, 2023
A new DDoS technique named ‘HTTP/2 Rapid Reset’ is actively employed in attacks since August enabling record-breaking attacks. Researchers disclosed a new zero-day DDoS attack technique, named ‘HTTP/2 Rapid Reset’, that was exploited since August in record-breaking attacks. Google announced to have observed a new series of massive DDoS attacks that reached a peak of 398 million requests per second (rps).
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
An overlooked library contains a vulnerability that could enable full remote takeover simply by clicking a link.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 10, 2023
A vulnerability in the libcue library impacting GNOME Linux systems can be exploited to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on affected hosts. A threat actor can trigger a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43641 (CVSS score: 8.8), in the libcue library impacting GNOME Linux systems to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on affected hosts. libcue provides an API for parsing and extracting data from CUE sheets.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
October's CVE update is here. Here's which security vulnerabilities to patch now to exorcise your Microsoft systems demons.
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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.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Adi Shamir et al. have a new model extraction attack on neural networks: Polynomial Time Cryptanalytic Extraction of Neural Network Models Abstract: Billions of dollars and countless GPU hours are currently spent on training Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) for a variety of tasks. Thus, it is essential to determine the difficulty of extracting all the parameters of such neural networks when given access to their black-box implementations.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Threat intel experts see a reduced focus on desktop malware as threat groups prioritize passwords and tokens that let them access the same systems as remote workers.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Google is making passkeys, the emerging passwordless login technology, the default option for users as it moves to make passwords “obsolete.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Researchers believe that more than 70,000 Android devices may have been affected with preloaded Peachpit malware that was installed on the electronics before being sold at market.
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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.
Record Nations
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The importance of sustainability has never been more evident. As we struggle with the consequences of climate change, and resource depletion, the need to prioritize sustainability in every aspect of our lives has become increasingly urgent. We can make a significant impact by improving sustainability in the workplace. In fact, 77% of consumers are more.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Keyloggers have been used for espionage since the days of the typewriter, but today's threats are easier to get and use than ever.
KnowBe4
OCTOBER 10, 2023
According to the recent The Cyber-Resilient CEO report released by IT services and consulting agency Accenture , a staggering 74% of CEOs have expressed concerns about their organizations' ability to protect their businesses from cyber attacks. This is despite the fact that 96% of CEOs acknowledge the importance of cybersecurity for the growth and stability of their organizations.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The cold, hard truth? Cybercriminals are still perpetuating plenty of unsophisticated attacks for a simple reason: They work.
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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.
KnowBe4
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Resecurity warns that the Smishing Triad threat actor has “vastly expanded its attack footprint” in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
IBM Big Data Hub
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Generative AI has taken the business world by storm. Organizations around the world are trying to understand the best way to harness these exciting new developments in AI while balancing the inherent risks of using these models in an enterprise context at scale. Whether its concerns over hallucination, traceability, training data, IP rights, skills, or costs, enterprises must grapple with a wide variety of risks in putting these models into production.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Financial services organizations migrating applications to the cloud need to think about cloud governance, applying appropriate policies and oversight, and compliance and regulatory requirements.
IBM Big Data Hub
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Cyber risk is preeminent in today’s threat landscape, and that includes attacks on the software supply chain. In fact, the increase in cyberattacks on software supply chains is estimated to affect 45% of organizations worldwide. These are referred to as supply chain risks, and they include vulnerable code that may be included from open source or third parties.
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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.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Cisco's $28 billion purchase of Splunk was the biggest story, but other security majors made strategic acquisitions as well in a better-than-expected quarter.
IG Guru
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Check out the article here. The post 6 ways to avoid and reduce data debt via InfoWorld first appeared on IG GURU.
National Archives Records Express
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Digitization Project at Archives I, National Archives Identifier: 184341402 We are pleased to announce the release of the Digitization Quality Management Guide. This guide provides detailed information about the various aspects of quality management (QM) in digitization, including quality assurance and quality control, as well as the role of objective testing and automation in optimizing quality control and inspection processes.
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