Data Breach Today
MAY 7, 2024
Russian National Faces US Criminal Indictment, Sanctions The Russian national known as LockBitSupp, head of ransomware-as-a-service group LockBit, came under indictment Tuesday in U.S. federal court and faces sanctions from the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Prosecutors say LockBitSupp's real identity is Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 8, 2024
Philadelphia, Pa., May 8, 2024, CyberNewsWire — Security Risk Advisors (SRA) announces the launch of their OT/XIoT Detection Selection Workshop, a complimentary offering designed to assist organizations in selecting the most suitable operational technology (OT) and Extended Internet of Things (XIoT) security tools for their unique environments.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 6, 2024
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target’s traffic off of the protection provided by their VPN without triggering any alerts to the user.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 8, 2024
An internal email from FBI deputy director Paul Abbate, obtained by WIRED, tells employees to search for “US persons” in a controversial spy program's database that investigators have repeatedly misused.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Elie
MAY 8, 2024
This talk discuss through concrete examples how to use the Google Security AI Framework (SAIF) to protect AI systems and workflows
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Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2024
Citrix urges customers to manually address a PuTTY SSH client flaw that could allow attackers to steal a XenCenter admin’s private SSH key. Versions of XenCenter for Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 CU1 LTSR used PuTTY, a third-party component, for SSH connections to guest VMs. However, PuTTY inclusion was deprecated with XenCenter version 8.2.6, and any versions after 8.2.7 will not include PuTTY.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 7, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO – The already simmering MSSP global market just got hotter. Related: The transformative power of GenAI/LLM This week at RSA Conference 2024 , AT&T announced the launch of LevelBlue – a top-tier managed security services business formed by an alliance with AT&T and WillJam Ventures. I had the chance to sit down earlier with Theresa Lanowitz , Chief Evangelist of AT&T Cybersecurity /Agent at LevelBlue, to discuss this alliance.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 6, 2024
The iPhone maker has detected spyware attacks against people in more than 150 countries. Knowing if your device is infected can be tricky—but there are a few steps you can take to protect yourself.
Jamf
MAY 8, 2024
Rocketman Tech helps organizations succeed with Jamf, offering consulting and tools to simplify the management process. In this blog, Chris Schasse — Founder, Owner and Lead Engineer at Rocketman Tech — recaps his in-depth comparison of Kandji and Jamf Pro.
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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
MAY 7, 2024
Phones, Wi-Fi, Digital Payments Are Among the Affected Systems The city administration of Kansas's largest city shut down IT systems and switched to cash transactions in the wake of a ransomware attack detected on Sunday. Municipal officials from the city of Wichita said Tuesday that no timetable yet exists for the restoration of systems.
Security Affairs
MAY 10, 2024
Since the start of the year, Google released an update to fix the fifth actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser. Google this week released security updates to address a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-467, in Chrome browser. The vulnerability is the fifth zero-day flaw in the Google browser that is exploited in the wild since the start of the year.
Schneier on Security
MAY 7, 2024
This attack has been feasible for over two decades: Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering. TunnelVision, as the researchers have named their attack, largely negates the entire purpose and selling point of VPNs, which is to encapsulate incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in an encrypted tunnel and to cloa
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 8, 2024
Despite Cyber Army of Russia’s claims of swaying US “minds and hearts,” experts say the cyber sabotage group appears to be hyping its hacking for a domestic audience.
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.
Jamf
MAY 6, 2024
Learn what Microsoft Copilot for Security is, how you can leverage Jamf management and security, and what it means when tools and expertise combine to make your devices much more secure.
Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2024
Ransomware, AI Technology and the Art of the Possible Are Hot Topics This Year ISMG editors are live at RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco with an overview of opening-day speakers and hot topics including the dismal ransomware landscape, the unbridled growth of AI, security product innovation and deals, and regulatory trends. Join us for daily updates from RSA.
Security Affairs
MAY 5, 2024
Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again and announced they will reveal more identities of its operators Law enforcement seized the Lockbit group’s Tor website again. The authorities resumed the Lockbit seized leak site and mocked its administrators. According to the countdown active on the seized, law enforcement that are currently controlling the website will reveal the identities of the LockBitSupps and other members of the gang on May 7, 2024, at 14:00:00 UTC.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 10, 2024
Underpinning most artificial intelligence (AI) deep learning is a subset of machine learning that uses multi-layered neural networks to simulate the complex decision-making power of the human brain. Beyond artificial intelligence (AI) , deep learning drives many applications that improve automation , including everyday products and services like digital assistants, voice-enabled consumer electronics, credit card fraud detection and more.
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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
MAY 10, 2024
Boeing recently confirmed that in October 2023, it fell victim to an attack by the LockBit ransomware gang, which disrupted some of its parts and distribution operations. The attackers demanded a whopping $200 million not to release the data they had exfiltrated.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 7, 2024
Law enforcement officials say they’ve identified, sanctioned, and indicted the person behind LockBitSupp, the administrator at the heart of LockBit’s $500 million hacking rampage.
Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2024
AI Investments and Global Expansion Set to Propel Growth After Separating From AT&T As Level Blue separates from AT&T, it focuses on harnessing artificial intelligence for advanced threat intelligence, targeting significant growth in international markets, and evaluating potential merger and acquisition opportunities to expand its geographic or technological footprint.
Security Affairs
MAY 8, 2024
TunnelVision is a new VPN bypass technique that enables threat actors to spy on users’ traffic bypassing the VPN encapsulation. Leviathan Security researchers recently identified a novel attack technique, dubbed TunnelVision, to bypass VPN encapsulation. A threat actor can use this technique to force a target user’s traffic off their VPN tunnel using built-in features of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol).
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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.
Schneier on Security
MAY 9, 2024
There’s a new report on how criminals are using generative AI tools: Key Takeaways: Adoption rates of AI technologies among criminals lag behind the rates of their industry counterparts because of the evolving nature of cybercrime. Compared to last year, criminals seem to have abandoned any attempt at training real criminal large language models (LLMs).
KnowBe4
MAY 10, 2024
One of the largest phishing-as-a-service platforms, LabHost, was severely disrupted by law enforcement in 19 countries during a year-long operation that resulted in 37 arrests.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 6, 2024
The global economy runs on transactions, and 70% of transactions by value run through an IBM Z® mainframe. Many of the world’s largest enterprises rely on IBM Z to support their core business, and by a process of continued innovation, IBM Z brings industry-first technologies to our clients with each new generation. Modern mainframe skills are critical as businesses implement AI, modernize their applications, integrate across the enterprise and continue digital transformation.
Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2024
Updating software as new vulnerabilities are discovered persistently remains a top medical device cybersecurity challenge, said David Brumley, a cybersecurity professor at Carnegie Mellon University and CEO of security firm ForAllSecure. Solving this requires a major mindset shift, he said.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2024
A cyberattack hit the US Healthcare giant Ascension and is causing disruption of the systems at hospitals in the country. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by the number of hospitals as of 2019. The organization was hit by a ransomware attack that severely impacted operations at hospitals in the country.
Collibra
MAY 7, 2024
There’s no feeling quite like getting together with customers and partners to celebrate the amazing achievements they’ve made as well as introduce them to new innovations available now, and on the horizon. While Data Citizens ‘24 was filled with engaging sessions and content, more importantly, it brought together our community of data and AI professionals to learn and connect with one another.
KnowBe4
MAY 10, 2024
In the quest to secure the integrity of elections, Arizona election workers have taken a groundbreaking step by participating in a first-of-its-kind drill meant to defend against a new wave of AI-generated threats.
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