Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Security researchers discovered a new Linux RAT, tracked as CronRAT, that hides in scheduled cron jobs to avoid detection. Security researchers from Sansec have discovered a new Linux remote access trojan (RAT), tracked as CronRAT, that hides in the Linux task scheduling system (cron) on February 31st. Threat actors hides the malware in the task names, then the malicious code is constructed using several layers of compression and base64 decoding.

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Data Protection Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

This article was co-authored with India Bennett. After months of anticipation regarding the ongoing review of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Federal Government has galvanized the Australian privacy landscape with two significant developments. Firstly, the Government has released a discussion paper about the reform of the Privacy Act. The discussion paper considers stakeholder feedback on the issues paper released in October 2020 and seeks further feedback on potential changes to the Pri

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of cybercriminals targeting online shoppers during the holiday season. The FBI warns of cyber criminals targeting online shoppers during the holiday season. In this period netizens hope to take advantage of online bargains and are more active online, for this reason they are more exposed to the risk of scams.

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Fake merchandise and crypto jacking are among the new ways cybercriminals will try to defraud people flocking online for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

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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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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

An Iranian threat actor is stealing Google and Instagram credentials of Farsi-speaking targets by exploiting a Microsoft MSHTML bug. Researchers from SafeBreach Labs spotted a new Iranian threat actor that is using an exploit for a Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw in attacks aimed at Farsi-speaking victims. The exploit is used to install a PowerShell stealer, tracked by the researchers as PowerShortShell, that steals Google and Instagram credentials of the victims.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Recently disclosed data breach impacted several of its brands, including Domain Factory, Heart Internet, Host Europe, Media Temple, tsoHost and 123Reg. Recently GoDaddy has disclosed a data breach that impacted up to 1.2 million of its customers, threat actors breached the company’s Managed WordPress hosting environment. Threat actors compromised the company network since at least September 6, 2021, but the security breach was only discovered by the company on November 17.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

How to Protect Your Systems from Unauthorized Access This Holiday Season. divya. Thu, 11/25/2021 - 05:41. Many retailers and shipping services are planning to hire temporary workers for the upcoming holiday season. In the beginning of September 2021, for instance, UPS announced that it was expecting to hire over 100,000 essential seasonal employees “to support the anticipated annual increase in package volume” during the holidays.

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OpenText Information Management

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

November 2021: What’s new in?EnCase Forensic?CE?21.4? Update 1: Finding evidence no matter where it hides? While evidence can hide in a number of places, one of the most common areas in which offenders leave a digital footprint is in social media and cloud-based applications. OpenText™ EnCase™ Forensic 21.4 is focused on finding evidence no matter where it … The post What’s new in OpenText EnCase Forensic appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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CILIP

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Navigating a job market ?in the eye of the storm? What is going on in the information professional job market? How much impact has Covid had and can we identify trends in the profession? Simon Burton, Angela Krzyzanowska and Sue Wills look at the steps candidates can take to prepare in such uncertain times. Disruption from Covid is distracting us from the disruption of Brexit, which is distracting us from the disruption of a decade of austerity.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2021

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