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Ransomware Groups' Data Leak Blogs Lie: Stop Trusting Them

Data Breach Today

Don't Let the Quest for Data Lead You to Amplify What Criminals Might Be Claiming For the love of humanity, please stop playing into ransomware groups' hands by treating their data leak blogs as reliable sources of information and then using them to build lists of who's amassed the most victims. That's not what data leak sites actually document.

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CEO of data privacy company Onerep.com founded dozens of people-search firms

Krebs on Security

The data privacy company Onerep.com bills itself as a Virginia-based service for helping people remove their personal information from almost 200 people-search websites. However, an investigation into the history of onerep.

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Hackers Hiding Keylogger, RAT Malware in SVG Image Files

Data Breach Today

New Campaign Evades Security Tools to Deliver Agent Tesla Keylogger and XWorm RAT Threat actors are using image files or Scalable Vector Graphics files to deliver ransomware, download banking Trojans or distribute malware. The campaign uses an open-source tool, AutoSmuggle, to facilitate the delivery of malicious files through SVG or HTML files.

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Business Forms and AI

AIIM

Nobody gives much thought to business forms; they just ‘are.’ As for the management of business forms, almost nobody knows that Forms Management is a ‘thing’; many likely wonder why business forms even need managing. Frankly, it’s as if business forms are unimportant, yet that could not be further from reality. They are critically important, and their centrality and importance in the world of information management and enterprise automation will likely grow exponentially over the coming years.

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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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Researchers found multiple flaws in ChatGPT plugins

Security Affairs

Researchers analyzed ChatGPT plugins and discovered several types of vulnerabilities that could lead to data exposure and account takeover. Researchers from Salt Security discovered three types of vulnerabilities in ChatGPT plugins that can be could have led to data exposure and account takeovers. ChatGPT plugins are additional tools or extensions that can be integrated with ChatGPT to extend its functionalities or enhance specific aspects of the user experience.

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Experts Say Chinese Safes Pose Risks to US National Security

Data Breach Today

Senator Urges Government to Tell Public About Little-Known Manufacturer Reset Codes Experts told ISMG that Chinese-made locks and commercial safes could pose national security risks when used by major U.S. businesses, institutions and the public - after a senator urged the government to update its publicly available information about the threat associated with Chinese-made safes.

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Patch Tuesday, March 2024 Edition

Krebs on Security

Apple and Microsoft recently released software updates to fix dozens of security holes in their operating systems. Microsoft today patched at least 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows OS. Meanwhile, Apple’s new macOS Sonoma addresses at least 68 security weaknesses, and its latest update for iOS fixes two zero-day flaws. Last week, Apple pushed out an urgent software update to its flagship iOS platform, warning that there were at least two zero-day exploits for vulnerabilities being used in

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Automakers Are Sharing Driver Data with Insurers without Consent

Schneier on Security

Kasmir Hill has the story : Modern cars are internet-enabled, allowing access to services like navigation, roadside assistance and car apps that drivers can connect to their vehicles to locate them or unlock them remotely. In recent years, automakers, including G.M., Honda, Kia and Hyundai, have started offering optional features in their connected-car apps that rate people’s driving.

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Lazarus APT group returned to Tornado Cash to launder stolen funds

Security Affairs

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group allegedly using again the mixer platform Tornado Cash to launder $23 million. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group allegedly has reportedly resumed using the mixer platform Tornado Cash to launder $23 million. Blockchain cybersecurity firm Elliptic linked the theft of $112.5 million from exchange HTX , which took place in November 2023, to the North Korea’s group.

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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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New Hampshire Becomes 15th State to Enact a Comprehensive State Privacy Law

Hunton Privacy

On March 6, 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 255 , making New Hampshire the 15th state with a comprehensive privacy law. Applicability SB 255 applies to persons that “conduct business” in New Hampshire (“NH”) or persons that “produce products or services that are targeted to residents of” NH that, in the period of a year: (1) “controlled or processed the personal data of not less than 35,000 unique consumers, excluding personal data controlled or processed solely for the purpose of

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Experts Say CISA's Software Attestation Form Lacks Key Parts

Data Breach Today

Form Does Not Include Mandates for Memory-Safe Programming Requirements, SBOMs Experts told ISMG a final version of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's self-attestation form for federal software providers takes bold steps to ensure new technologies are made with "secure by design" principles but lacks critical components that should come in future versions.

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Safeguarding against the rise of mobile malware: Actions to take following recent incidents

Jamf

Learn how the evolving threat landscape finds threat actors increasingly targeting mobile devices to exploit sensitive resources and what steps organizations can take to minimize risks while strengthening their overall security posture.

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Jailbreaking LLMs with ASCII Art

Schneier on Security

Researchers have demonstrated that putting words in ASCII art can cause LLMs—GPT-3.5, GPT-4 , Gemini, Claude, and Llama2—to ignore their safety instructions. Research paper.

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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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UK Defence Secretary jet hit by an electronic warfare attack in Poland

Security Affairs

Russian hackers have knocked down the GPS and communications of Defence Secretary Grant Shapps RAF Dassault Falcon 900 jet with electronic warfare attack. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps RAF Dassault Falcon 900 jet flew from Poland, where he visited British troops in Steadfast Defender, to the UK. The UK defence chief confirmed the complete support of his country for Ukraine.

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Sophos: Over 75% of Cyber Incidents Target Small Businesses

KnowBe4

New analysis of incident data shows threat actors are evolving their attack techniques to take advantage of budget and resource-strapped small businesses.

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How IBM helps clients accelerate app modernization and control costs

IBM Big Data Hub

A large US-based healthcare company recently engaged with IBM® to accelerate their cloud adoption with consistent and predictable outcomes. This collaboration enhanced their confidence to navigate app modernization across various applications and landing zones for both hybrid cloud and platform-native modernization. As a healthcare company, this client had an obligation to provide safe, reliable, time-sensitive, high-quality services to its customers.

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Improving C++

Schneier on Security

C++ guru Herb Sutter writes about how we can improve the programming language for better security. The immediate problem “is” that it’s Too Easy By Default™ to write security and safety vulnerabilities in C++ that would have been caught by stricter enforcement of known rules for type, bounds, initialization , and lifetime language safety.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people

Security Affairs

Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach. The press release published by the agency states that its information systems are not impacted.

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New Research: BEC Attacks Rose 246% in 2023

KnowBe4

Business email compromise (BEC) attacks surged by 246% last year, according to researchers at ReliaQuest.The researchers believe the increase is due to widely available phishing kits that facilitate BEC.

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QNAP Systems Patches Critical Vulnerability

Data Breach Today

Taiwanese Hardware Manufacturer Fixes Improper Authentication Flaw QNAP Systems on Saturday released a patch for a critical bug that allows unauthorized access to devices without authentication. The issue affects its QTS, QuTS hero, and QuTScloud products and potentially exposes network-attached storage devices to unauthorized access.

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5 reasons to attend OpenText World Europe 2024

OpenText Information Management

AI changes everything—every role, every organization, and every industry. Those who make the most of it will be poised to lead their industries. Are you ready to put this game-changing technology to work for you? Join us at OpenText™ World Europe 2024 to learn how you can reimagine work with AI. Our complimentary event will be held in three locations: London (Queen Elizabeth II Centre, April 15), Munich (MOC—Event Center Messe München, April 16 & 17), and Paris (Maison de la Chimie, April 18

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Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO

The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.

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Welcoming the Liechtenstein Government to Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

Over the last 6 years, we've been very happy to welcome dozens of national governments to have unhindered access to their domains in Have I Been Pwned , free from cost and manual verification barriers. Today, we're happy to welcome Liechtenstein's National Cyber Security Unit who now have full access to their government domains. We provide this support to governments to help those tasked with protecting their national interests understand more about the threats posed by data breac

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Fortinet fixes critical bugs in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS

Security Affairs

Fortinet released security updates to address critical code execution vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS. Fortinet this week has released security updates to fix critical code execution vulnerabilities in FortiOS, FortiProxy, and FortiClientEMS. The first vulnerability is an out-of-bounds write issue, tracked as CVE-2023-42789 (CVSS score 9.3), it can be exploited to execute unauthorized code or commands by sending specially crafted HTTP requests to vulnerable devices.

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Compromised Credentials Postings on the Dark Web Increase 20% in Just One Year

KnowBe4

Data trends show a clear upward momentum of posts from initial access brokers on the dark web, putting the spotlight on what may become cybersecurity’s greatest challenge.

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Ready to Do Business With Machine Customers?

Data Breach Today

Gartner VP Analyst on How Machines and AI Are Shaping Commerce and Cybersecurity Machines are gradually taking on activities of human customers such as research, negotiations and user reviews. The rise of the AI customers marks a shift from machines as passive tools to active participants in economic transactions, said Donald Scheibenreif, vice president and analyst at Gartner.

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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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Burglars Using Wi-Fi Jammers to Disable Security Cameras

Schneier on Security

The arms race continues, as burglars are learning how to use jammers to disable Wi-Fi security cameras.

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Weekly Update 391

Troy Hunt

I'm in Japan! Without tripod, without mic and having almost completely forgotten to do this vid, simply because I'm enjoying being on holidays too much 😊 It was literally just last night at dinner the penny dropped - "don't I normally do something around now.?" The weeks leading up to this trip were especially chaotic and to be honest, I simply forgot all about work once we landed here.

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Recent DarkGate campaign exploited Microsoft Windows zero-day

Security Affairs

Researchers recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited Microsoft zero-day vulnerability. Researchers at the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) recently uncovered a DarkGate campaign in mid-January 2024, which exploited the Windows zero-day flaw CVE-2024-21412 using fake software installers. CVE-2024-21412 (CVSS score 8.1) is an Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.

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