Wed.Apr 03, 2024

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‘The Manipulaters’ Improve Phishing, Still Fail at Opsec

Krebs on Security

Roughly nine years ago, KrebsOnSecurity profiled a Pakistan-based cybercrime group called “ The Manipulaters ,” a sprawling web hosting network of phishing and spam delivery platforms. In January 2024, The Manipulaters pleaded with this author to unpublish previous stories about their work, claiming the group had turned over a new leaf and gone legitimate.

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New Study Reveals Crucial Role of Information Management in AI Success

AIIM

It cannot be argued that good decisions come from good information. So, in a world of rapid generative AI adoption, what does this mean for organizations who want to take advantage of this exciting new technology, while also maintaining the integrity of their information and, of course, their business decisions?

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No Decision IS a Decision in Information Governance

Weissman's World

My work keeps me in touch with a lot of organizations, some already Doing Information Right™ but many more that have only gotten as far as to know they have to do SOMETHING, but haven’t yet figured out what. Too often, they just kick the can down the road, not understanding that not making a… Read More » No Decision IS a Decision in Information Governance The post No Decision IS a Decision in Information Governance appeared first on Holly Group.

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Luna HSMs FIPS 140-3 Validation

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Luna HSMs FIPS 140-3 Validation sparsh Wed, 04/03/2024 - 07:52 FIPS 140-3 and You, Part Two Awhile back, we shared that Thales Luna HSMs were about to kick-off the process of moving towards Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3 Level 3, the newest security standard to accredit cryptographic modules. Security standards, like technology, are always evolving, making compliance challenging for customers and vendors alike.

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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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The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind

WIRED Threat Level

The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code.

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Malicious App Impersonates McAfee to Distribute Malware Via Text and Phone Calls

KnowBe4

A trojanized version of the McAfee Security app is installing the Android banking Trojan “Vultur,” according to researchers at Fox-IT. The attackers are spreading links to the malicious app via text messages and phone calls.

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Google fixed two actively exploited Pixel vulnerabilities

Security Affairs

Google addressed several vulnerabilities in Android and Pixel devices, including two actively exploited flaws. Google addressed 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 flaws in Pixel devices. Two issues fixed by the IT giant, tracked as CVE-2024-29745 and CVE-2024-29748, are actively exploited in the wild. The most critical flaw addressed by the company impacts the System component, it is a local privilege escalation that doesn’t require any additional execution privileges. “The most se

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What is endpoint security?

Jamf

Keeping your endpoints secure is necessary for data protection. Learn what endpoint security is, what it defends against and tools to use for endpoint protection.

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Class-Action Lawsuit against Google’s Incognito Mode

Schneier on Security

The lawsuit has been settled : Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” the company collected while users browsed the web using Incognito mode, according to documents filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday. The agreement, part of a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed in 2020, caps off years of disclosures about Google’s practices that shed light on how much data the tech giant siphons from its users­—even when they’re in private-browsing mode.

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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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Jackson County, Missouri, discloses a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

Jackson County, Missouri, confirmed that a ransomware attack has disrupted several county services. A ransomware attack disrupted several services of the Jackson County, Missouri. The County Executive Frank White, Jr. declared a state of emergency. “Jackson County has confirmed a ransomware attack was responsible for the disruption of several county services today.” reads the statement released by the County. “The rapid response by county associates, especially those within the

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New Report Shows Phishing Links and Malicious Attachments Are The Top Entry Points of Cyber Attacks

KnowBe4

New detailed attack TTP data covering 2023 sheds much needed light on the threat actor and user actions that are putting organizations at the most risk.

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The New Version of JsOutProx is Attacking Financial Institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab Abuse

Security Affairs

Resecurity researchers warn that a new Version of JsOutProx is targeting financial institutions in APAC and MENA via Gitlab abuse. Resecurity has detected a new version of JSOutProx , which is targeting financial services and organizations in the APAC and MENA regions. JSOutProx is a sophisticated attack framework utilizing both JavaScript and.NET. It employs the.NET (de)serialization feature to interact with a core JavaScript module running on the victim’s machine.

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Exploring architectural choices: Options for running IBM TRIRIGA Application Suite on AWS with Red Hat OpenShift

IBM Big Data Hub

IBM ® TRIRIGA ® Application Suite (TAS) is a market-leading  integrated workplace management system for organizations managing their facility portfolios and assets throughout their lifecycle efficiently. It helps organizations optimize their workplace experience , facility resource scheduling, facility strategic planning, lease accounting and asset disposal, and manage their transactions, capital projects , space , facility maintenance and facility sustainability.

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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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Massive changes coming to Google Chrome threaten to reshape the modern internet via Yahoo! Finance

IG Guru

Check out the article here. The post Massive changes coming to Google Chrome threaten to reshape the modern internet via Yahoo! Finance first appeared on IG GURU.

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Building Trust in Finance: Challenges & Solutions

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Building Trust in Finance: Challenges & Solutions sparsh Thu, 04/04/2024 - 05:08 Building trust in the financial industry, from the customer's point of view It’s widely accepted that trust is the cornerstone of almost all customer relationships, however trust is a two-way street and often customers view organisations very differently to how they view themselves.

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How your business can prioritize responsible AI with IBM watsonx 

IBM Big Data Hub

Over the next decade, AI will impact all industries and help shape which companies, teams and executives come out ahead. This is why we’ve seen so many early AI adopters in sports, where even the slightest competitive advantage can be the difference between first and second place. Take last year’s US Open , for example, where IBM watsonx™ projected the level of advantage or disadvantage of all players in the singles draw.

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SEC climate-related disclosure rules for public companies

IBM Big Data Hub

On March 6, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. The commission’s adoption of the rules is two years in the making. The original proposed rules, issued in March 2022, aimed to ensure consistency in how publicly traded companies provided climate-related information to investors.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.