Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Microsoft Says Campaign Exploiting Escalation Flaw Began in September A Chinese nation state hacking group is exploiting a zero day flaw in Atlassian's Confluence Data Center and Server products as part a campaign spotted in mid-September, Microsoft researchers say. The company attributes the campaign to a Chinese nation-state hacking group designates Storm-0062.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 11, 2023
There’s a new Cisco vulnerability in its Emergency Responder product: This vulnerability is due to the presence of static user credentials for the root account that are typically reserved for use during development. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using the account to log in to an affected system. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to log in to the affected system and execute arbitrary commands as the root user.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Social Media Account Used to Spread Links to Commercial Spyware Malware Amnesty International says the Vietnamese government is likely behind a wave of attempted Predator spyware infections against targets including members of the U.S. Congress and European officials. Central to the campaign was an account on social media network X (formerly Twitter).
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 11, 2023
US CISA added the flaw CVE-2023-21608 in Adobe Acrobat Reader to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added five new flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog , including a high-severity flaw ( CVE-2023-21608 ) (CVSS score: 7.8) in Adobe Acrobat Reader. The flaw is a use-after-free issue, an attacker can trigger the flaw to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with the privileges of the current user. “Ado
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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 11, 2023
Flaws Addressed In WordPad, Skype for Business, and HTTPS/2 Protocol Microsoft fixed three zero-days under actively exploitation in its patch dump for the month of October: A disclosure flaw in WordPad that can be exploited to obtain hashed passwords, a bug in Skype for Business and a patch to fix exposure to the Rapid Reset exploit.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Cloud compromises and supply chain attacks are overshadowing ransomware as the top cyberthreats worrying healthcare sector organizations - but all such incidents are still viewed as significant risks to patient outcomes and safety, said Ryan Witt of Proofpoint, citing new research findings.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Organizations should brace for mass exploitation of CVE-2023-22515, an uber-critical security bug that opens the door to crippling supply chain attacks on downstream victims.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for October 2023 fixed three actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for October 2023 addressed a total of 103 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Exchange Server; Office and Office Components; ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio; Azure; Microsoft Dynamics; and Skype for Business.
KnowBe4
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Our login credentials of a username and password are sometimes all that stands between our personal identifiable information and cybercriminals. Count Hackula could be waiting in the shadows to bite on your weak or reused password. Cybersecurity Awareness Month is the perfect time for a reminder of the importance of best practices when it comes to passwords.
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.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Airline Air Europa disclosed a data breach and warned customers to cancel their credit cards after threat actors accessed their card information. Air Europa is a Spanish airline and a subsidiary of the Globalia Corporation. It operates as a full-service carrier, providing passenger and cargo services to various destinations, both domestic and international.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The latest NIST Cybersecurity Framework draft highlights four major themes that organizations should pay attention to for managing risk.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for October 2023 covers a total of 103 CVEs, including three zero-day vulnerabilities affecting WordPad, Skype and the HTTP/2 “ Rapid Reset ” DDoS vulnerability. The highest-rated of the vulnerabilities is CVE-2023-35349 , a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service with a CVSS score of 9.8.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
An SEO poisoning campaign is spreading the RecordBreaker/Raccoon Stealer and LummaC2 infostealers by attempting to confound software certificate checks.
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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.
KnowBe4
OCTOBER 11, 2023
We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares security awareness training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer satisfaction, popularity and market presence.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The best incident-response plans cover contingencies and are fine-tuned in stress tests to ensure collaboration, remediation, and recovery efforts align.
IBM Big Data Hub
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Let’s consider the operations manager of a thriving online business specializing in handmade crafts. This operations manager understood the importance of catering to their loyal customer base, some of whom resided in different time zones. In their quest to provide exceptional service, they faced a challenge—how to ensure that customers could place orders as soon as new shipments of their artisanal products arrived.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The United Nations' top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive internet policies and human rights abuses.
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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.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Cisco's $28 billion purchase of Splunk was the biggest story, but there were other big security acquisitions and investments during a richer-than-expected quarter.
OpenText Information Management
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the technology industry, change is inevitable. But sometimes this change is so revolutionary, organizations can struggle to keep up and understand exactly how to apply it to their business. Our opentext.ai strategy, introduced in August, builds on our decade-plus experience in applying machine learning and AI to our information management solutions to empower our … The post Embrace the cognitive era with OpenText Cloud Editions (CE) 23.4 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
A sophisticated APT known as "ToddyCat," sponsored by Beijing, is cleverly using unsophisticated malware to keep defenders off their trail.
OpenText Information Management
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. Leonardo da Vinci At OpenText™, artificial intelligence (AI) has been in our DNA for decades. Much like aviation, once we started, we couldn’t see another way. … The post Introducing OpenText Aviator appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Touted for days as potentially catastrophic, the curl flaws only impact a narrow set of deployments.
OpenText Information Management
OCTOBER 11, 2023
“There’s a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight.” — Elrey Borge Jeppesen, American aviator When it came to creating a brand for opentext.ai, the idea of OpenText™ Aviator sprang from our love for aviation. There are many parallels between aviation … The post Smarter information.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The company released NB Defense, ModelScan, and Rebuff, which detect vulnerabilities in machine learning systems, on GitHub.
IG Guru
OCTOBER 11, 2023
Check out the article here. The post 23andMe scraping incident leaked data on 1.3 million users of Ashkenazi and Chinese descent via The Record first appeared on IG GURU.
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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 11, 2023
CISA flags use-after-free bug now being exploited in the wild.
eDiscovery Daily
OCTOBER 11, 2023
By Catherine Ostheimer In today’s data-driven landscape, navigating SEC investigations and discovery processes presents unique challenges. In addition to the growing amount and types of data that needs to be part of a discovery process if an investigation is launched, the time and cost required for preparing for such an event can be daunting. What can you do to best prepare and deliver the best outcomes when the SEC calls?
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 11, 2023
The novel technique helps hide the cybercriminal campaign's efforts to steal credit card information from visitors to major websites, and it represents an evolution for Magecart.
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