Tue.Sep 19, 2023

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Expert: Keep Calm, Avoid Overhyping China's AI Capabilities

Data Breach Today

China's Ability to Diffuse AI Across Economy Lags Ability to Make Big Breakthroughs A researcher advised lawmakers to "keep calm and avoid overhyping China's AI capabilities" since the authoritarian regime struggles to drive widespread adoption of new technology. He urged Congress to embrace an "open system of innovation" around AI even it that results in some IP leaking to China.

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Trend Micro addresses actively exploited zero-day in Apex One and other security Products

Security Affairs

Trend Micro addressed a zero-day code execution vulnerability (CVE-2023-41179) in Apex One that has been actively exploited in the wild. Trend Micro has released security updates to patch an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-41179, impacting endpoint security products, including Apex One, Apex One SaaS, and Worry-Free Business Security products.

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Cyber Experts Urge House Committee to Avoid Federal Shutdown

Data Breach Today

Annual Federal Funding Will Expire in 12 Days Cybersecurity experts urged Congress to avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1 - the start of the new federal fiscal year - telling a House panel that a lapse would damage efforts to keep the nation secure. Congress has yet to approve funding bills necessary to keep most federal agencies operational.

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ShroudedSnooper threat actors target telecom companies in the Middle East

Security Affairs

ShroudedSnooper threat actors are targeting telecommunication service providers in the Middle East with a backdoor called HTTPSnoop. Cisco Talos researchers recently discovered a new stealthy implant dubbed HTTPSnoop that was employed in attacks against telecommunications providers in the Middle East. The HTTPSnoop backdoor supports novel techniques to interface with Windows HTTP kernel drivers and devices to listen to incoming requests for specific HTTP(S) URLs.

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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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Why Entities Should Review Their Online Tracker Use ASAP

Data Breach Today

Any healthcare organization that embeds tracking technologies in its website should carefully review whether it is inadvertently violating HIPAA or other federal regulations, said Nick Heesters, senior adviser for cybersecurity at the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.

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Generative AI: Embrace It, But Put Up Guardrails

Data Breach Today

In this episode of CyberEd.io's podcast series, "Cybersecurity Insights," Daniel DeSantis, director of CISO Advisory at Cisco, and Pam Lindemoen, CISO adviser at Cisco, discuss how generative AI will change and elevate the role of the CISO as well as what the future holds for network security.

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MGM, Caesars Face Regulatory, Legal Maze After Cyber Incidents

Dark Reading

MGM and Caesars are putting new SEC incident disclosure regulations to a real-world test in the aftermath of twin cyberattacks on the casinos, as class-action lawsuits loom.

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Journey to the Cloud: Navigating the Transformation - Part 2

Data Breach Today

Nikko Asset Management's Marcus Rameke on the Advantages of HCI On-Premises In Part 2 of this three-part blog post, Nikko Asset Management's Marcus Rameke discusses why he prefers HCI over traditional three-tier architecture data centers and IaaS and why the vision to move the workload to SaaS or PaaS is preferable. Part 3 will continue this discussion.

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Earth Lusca expands its arsenal with SprySOCKS Linux malware

Security Affairs

China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca used a new Linux malware dubbed SprySOCKS in a recent cyber espionage campaign. Researchers from Trend Micro, while monitoring the activity of the China-linked threat actor Earth Lusca , discovered an encrypted file hosted on a server under the control of the group. Additional analysis led to the discovery of a previously unknown Linux backdoor tracked as SprySOCKS.

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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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China-Linked Actor Taps Linux Backdoor in Forceful Espionage Campaign

Dark Reading

"SprySOCKS" melds features from multiple previously known badware and adds to the threat actor's growing malware arsenal, Trend Micro says.

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Chinese Spies Infected Dozens of Networks With Thumb Drive Malware

WIRED Threat Level

Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.

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Clorox Sees Product Shortages Amid Cyberattack Cleanup

Dark Reading

Everyone's favorite pandemic-era brand is experiencing store shortages in the wake of a cyberattack that impacted its global production lines — and there's no timeline for normal operations to resume.

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Detecting AI-Generated Text

Schneier on Security

There are no reliable ways to distinguish text written by a human from text written by an large language model. OpenAI writes : Do AI detectors work? In short, no. While some (including OpenAI) have released tools that purport to detect AI-generated content, none of these have proven to reliably distinguish between AI-generated and human-generated content.

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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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JNUC 2023 Keynote

Jamf

JNUC 2023 got off to an announcement-packed start with our brand-new CEO John Strosahl. He and other members of the team, along with our partners, spoke about the growth of Apple, the introduction of Trusted Access and Jamf Pro 11— and how closely security and management must work in harmony to keep businesses and schools productive and secure.

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CapraRAT Impersonates YouTube to Hijack Android Devices

Dark Reading

Pakistani threat group Transparent Tribe targets military and diplomatic personnel in India and Pakistan with romance-themed lures in the latest spyware campaign.

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China's Cyber Offensive: FBI Director Reveals Unmatched Scale of Hacking Operations

KnowBe4

WASHINGTON – In a startling revelation, FBI Director Chris Wray disclosed at a recent conference that China's cyber espionage capabilities are so extensive, they bigger than the efforts of all other major nations combined.

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'ShroudedSnooper' Backdoors Use Ultra-Stealth in Mideast Telecom Attacks

Dark Reading

The threat cluster hasn't been seen before, but its custom Windows server backdoors have researchers intrigued thanks to their extremely effective stealth mechanisms.

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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.

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Romance Scams That Run Your Crypto Wallet Dry

KnowBe4

Scammers are using dating sites to lure victims into phony cryptocurrency investment schemes, according to Sean Gallagher at Sophos.

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AI code-generation software: What it is and how it works

IBM Big Data Hub

Using generative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to produce computer code helps streamline the software development process and makes it easier for developers of all skill levels to write code. The user enters a text prompt describing what the code should do, and the generative AI code development tool automatically creates the code. It can also modernize legacy code and translate code from one programming language to another.

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Trend Micro Patches Zero-Day Endpoint Vulnerability

Dark Reading

The critical vulnerability involves uninstalling third-party security products and has been used in cyberattacks.

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Buying APM was a good decision (so is getting rid of it)

IBM Big Data Hub

For a long time, there wasn’t a good standard definition of observability that encompassed organizational needs while keeping the spirit of IT monitoring intact. Eventually, the concept of “Observability = Metrics + Traces + Logs” became the de facto definition. That’s nice, but to understand what observability should be , you must consider the characteristics of modern applications: Changes in how they’re developed, deployed and operated The blurring of lines betwe

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

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Name That Toon: Somewhere in Sleepy Hollow

Dark Reading

Feeling creative? Submit your caption and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

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Observing Camunda environments with IBM Instana Business Monitoring

IBM Big Data Hub

Organizations today struggle to detect, identify and act on business operations incidents. The gap between business and IT continues to grow, leaving orgs unable to link IT outages to business impact. Site reliability engineers (SREs) want to understand business impact to better prioritize their work but don’t have a way of monitoring business KPIs.

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Companies Rely on Multiple Methods to Secure Generative AI Tools

Dark Reading

To protect their own and their customers' data, organizations are exploring different approaches to guard against unwanted effects of using AI.

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Data science vs data analytics: Unpacking the differences

IBM Big Data Hub

Though you may encounter the terms “data science” and “data analytics” being used interchangeably in conversations or online, they refer to two distinctly different concepts. Data science is an area of expertise that combines many disciplines such as mathematics, computer science, software engineering and statistics. It focuses on data collection and management of large-scale structured and unstructured data for various academic and business applications.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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.

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Increase productivity with OpenText Project and Portfolio Management (PPM)

OpenText Information Management

As the world has become centered around technology, the scope and reach of tech has permeated every aspect of life and business, which has created a need within organizations to support and create their own technology or tech environments. With this shift, IT and development teams have seen a higher demand, increasingly limited resources, shortening … The post Increase productivity with OpenText Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Welcome to the Resilience Revolution, Where Defenders Act More Like Attackers

Dark Reading

Dark Reading News Desk interviewed Kelly Shortridge about the role of infrastructure-as-code in helping security teams get more nimble in responding to cyber threats.

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Everything Will Change: A Conversation on Ethical AI with Dr. Sasha Luccioni

OpenText Information Management

We are in the midst of a massive platform shift—from digital to cognitive. I once wrote that the internet changed everything. But with AI, everything will change. Every role. Every organization. Every industry. At OpenText, we are embracing this change by continuing to learn and raise the bar. As part of this journey, we invited … The post Everything Will Change: A Conversation on Ethical AI with Dr.

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