Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Report Says State Backing Makes Pyongyang's Hackers Like Cybercriminals on Steroids To service the perpetually cash-starved regime of North Korea, hackers will continue their relentless onslaught on cryptocurrency - and all users of it - with state backing to industrialize their hacking and money laundering capabilities, experts warn.
AIIM
DECEMBER 1, 2023
I am brimming with pride right now. On November 27, 2023, the Association for Intelligent Information Management (AIIM) debuted a new version of the Certified Information Professional (CIP) credential. On November 27, I also found out that I had earned my CIP!
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Vladimir Dunaev Faces Up to 35 Years in Prison A Russian national pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court for his role in developing TrickBot. Operators of the malware targeted hospitals and healthcare centers with ransomware attacks during the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Vladimir Dunaev faces up to 35 years in prison.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The popular cybersecurity researcher Patrick Wardle dissected the new macOS ransomware Turtle used to target Apple devices. The popular cyber security researcher Patrick Wardle published a detailed analysis of the new macOS ransomware Turtle. Wardle pointed out that since Turtle was uploaded on Virus Total, it was labeled as malicious by 24 anti-malware solutions, suggesting it is not a sophisticated threat.
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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
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Also: ChatGPT Turns 1 Year Old; Police Nab Ransomware Gang Chief in Ukraine In the latest weekly update, four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss Sam Altman and OpenAI's brief leadership nightmare, the state of generative AI one year after the general release of ChatGPT, and how police nabbed a suspected ransomware group ringleader in Ukraine.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Heads to the House of Lords British Conservative lawmakers are pushing ahead with legislation modifying the U.K. codification of European privacy law despite objections from privacy advocates and concerns about the legislation's impact on European trade. Government backers say the bill will bolster the domestic AI industry.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 1, 2023
US CISA added ownCloud and Google Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added ownCloud and Google Chrome vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The two issues are: CVE-2023-6345 Google Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2023-49103 ownCloud graphapi Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2023-6345 – The CVE-2023-5217 is a high-severity integer overflow
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Big Overlap With Symantec Makes Carbon Black Redundant, Though Buyers May Be Sparse It looks as if Carbon Black's days as part of Broadcom are numbered. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told staff at newly acquired VMware in both an email and town hall meeting that he plans to "review strategic alternatives." The move comes just four years after VMware purchased Carbon Black for $2.1 billion.
KnowBe4
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Czech and Ukrainian police have arrested six individuals responsible for a call center-based vishing scam designed to trick victims into thinking they were already victims of fraud.
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
DECEMBER 1, 2023
AI and Governance Expert Stresses Importance of Training for All Employees According to a recent pulse poll from ISACA on generative AI, only 6% of respondents' organizations are providing training to all staff on AI, and more than half - 54% - say that no AI training is provided at all, even to teams directly affected by AI.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The fast-paced business world we live in today requires smart tools to manage a business’s operations and everyday needs. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a business management software built to do just that. This relatively new system offers a centralized platform with applications to manage all aspects of your business from supply chain management to inventory management to financial management.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The Incident Involves Ransomware Encryption and Follows Familiar, Concerning Trends A large, Seattle-based surgical group is notifying nearly 437,400 individuals that their information was potentially compromised in a ransomware and data theft incident earlier this year. The breach is part of a larger, disturbing trend in the healthcare sector in 2023.
KnowBe4
DECEMBER 1, 2023
There is no doubt that more pervasive deepfake and AI technologies will make for more realistic, sophisticated, phishing attacks, and add to an already huge problem.
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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.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The Black Basta ransomware gang infected over 300 victims accumulating ransom payments exceeding $100 million since early 2022. The Black Basta ransomware group has been active since April 2022, like other ransomware operations, it implements a double-extortion attack model. A joint research by Elliptic and Corvus Insurance revealed that the group accumulated at least $107 million in Bitcoin ransom payments since early 2022.
Data Matters
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The US state data privacy landscape is fast evolving into a patchwork of broad state privacy laws that govern for-profit and non-profit entities that meet certain threshold criteria and the personal information of residents in each of those states. In Part 2 of the OneTrust DataGuidance Insight articles on state data privacy laws, Sidley Austin lawyer Sheri Porath Rockwell compares the scope and enforcement provisions of the comprehensive data privacy laws that have been enacted in 13 states to
OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The retail industry has always been at the forefront of technological innovation, constantly adapting to meet the evolving needs of consumers. As we step into 2024, retailers are poised for yet another transformative year, driven by cutting-edge technologies that promise to reshape the shopping experience. From augmented reality (AR) to artificial intelligence (AI), here are … The post Retail and CPG companies to focus on intelligence, engagement, and security in 2024 appeared first on Ope
IG Guru
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Check out the article here. The post Labor to reconsider mandatory data retention laws for companies in light of major hacks via The Guardian first appeared on IG GURU.
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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.
The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Qantas, Velocity and KrisFlyer will earn you free flights or upgrades but you’ll have to give something too – your data Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast This month, the Singapore Airlines frequent flyer program, KrisFlyer, made a play for Australian customers with its “Kris+ Miles” offering. It meansmembers in Sydney and Melbourne are now able to earn by tapping their rewards app in store at select merchants (very select merchants – there are only 34 Kri
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Insurers struggle to manage profitability while trying to grow their businesses and retain clients. They must comply with an increasing regulatory burden, and they compete with a broad range of financial services companies that offer investment products that have potential for better returns than traditional life insurance and annuity products. Although interest rates have increased at an unprecedented rate over the past year as central banks attempt to curb inflation, a significant part of insu
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 1, 2023
House Members Warn That Chinese-Made LiDAR Technology May Already Be in US Devices A bipartisan group of lawmakers urged the Biden administration to consider intensifying restrictions on semiconductor sales to Chinese companies in a bid to ensure that U.S. remote-sensing technology doesn't aid Beijing's national security efforts.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 1, 2023
IBM Cloud authentication and authorization relies on the industry-standard protocol OAuth 2.0. You can read more about OAuth 2.0 in RFC 6749 —The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework. Like most adopters of OAuth 2.0, IBM has also extended some of OAuth 2.0 functionality to meet the requirements of IBM Cloud and its customers. Access and refresh tokens As specified in RFC 6749, applications are getting an access token to represent the identity that has been authenticated and its permissions.
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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.
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Scientists have found Strawberry Squid, “whose mismatched eyes help them simultaneously search for prey above and below them,” among the coral reefs in the Galápagos Islands. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 1, 2023
When migrating off IBM Cloud Functions, IBM Cloud Code Engine is one of the possible deployment targets. Code Engine offers apps, jobs and (recently function) that you can (or need) to pick from. In this post, we provide some discussion points and share tips and tricks on how to work with Code Engine functions. IBM Cloud Code Engine is a fully managed, serverless platform to (not only) run your containerized workloads.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 1, 2023
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky. The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) this week announced sanctions against the North Korea-linked APT group Kimsuky. Kimsuky cyberespionage group (aka ARCHIPELAGO, Black Banshee, Thallium , Velvet Chollima, APT43 ) was first spotted by Kaspersky researchers in 2013.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 1, 2023
To keep pace with the dynamic environment of digitally-driven business, organizations continue to embrace hybrid cloud, which combines and unifies public cloud, private cloud and on-premises infrastructure, while providing orchestration, management and application portability across all three. According to the IBM Transformation Index: State of Cloud , a 2022 survey commissioned by IBM and conducted by an independent research firm, more than 77% of business and IT professionals say they have ado
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 1, 2023
A federal court ruled on Friday that Trump, as president, may be able to avoid civil action for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. But candidate Trump is something different.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Security analysts are all too familiar with the challenges of alert fatigue, swivel chair type of analysis, and “ghost chasing” spurred by false positives. Facing massive volumes of data coming from an expanding digital footprint and attack surfaces across hybrid multi-cloud environments, they must quickly discern real threats from all the noise without getting derailed by stale intelligence.
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