KnowBe4

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Suzanne Smalley at Cyberscoop reported: "FBI Director Christopher Wray told Congress on Tuesday he is “extremely concerned” that Beijing could weaponize data collected through TikTok, the wildly popular app owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 16, 2023

These issues include the protection of publicly available data on the web against scraping, the protection of data transmitted by users of AI systems, and consequences for the rights of individuals to their data with respect to data collected for training AI applications and the outputs produced by AI systems, among other issues.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The threat actors also used in Operation Blacksmith the custom proxy tool HazyLoad which was first detailed by Microsoft. Additionally, Andariel has been involved in ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations in certain instances. HazyLoad has been delivered through a third DLang malware called BottomLoader.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 9, 2023

The dashboard is available for free and without any sign-in, it provides an easy-to-query tool that monitors ransomware attacks on a global scale and on a daily bases. All data collected by the dashboard can be exported in different formats and can be analyzed using useful graphics. ” explained the development team.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 13, 2022

Given all of this newfound concern for API supply chain security, where are the tools for solving this problem? The current tools are inadequate, brittle, statically rule-based, and require much manual intervention and processing. Every week, we see a new pitch for an API supply chain security startup.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The attacks against the telecommunication service providers commence with a reconnaissance activity through a “rough” scan of the provider’s subnets (autonomous system) using typical set port scanning tools, such as masscan. Poseidon is a Linux backdoor that supports a full range of remote computer control tools.

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Data Protection Report

JULY 12, 2022

The NYAG faulted Wegmans on five security areas: access controls, password management, asset management, logging and monitoring, and data collection and retention. Data Collection and Retention : The affected information included checksums derived from Customers’ driver’s license numbers.

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OpenText Information Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

How do we ensure that eDiscovery practitioners and data collection specialists have the tools needed to support the wide scope of collection … The post Achieving seamless eDiscovery appeared first on OpenText Blogs. This raises many questions: How do we streamline processes and procedures cost-effectively?

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Hunton Privacy

MARCH 17, 2017

On March 15, 2017, the French data protection authority (the “CNIL”) published a six step methodology and tools for businesses to prepare for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) that will become applicable on May 25, 2018. Step 1: Appointing a Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) or “Pilot”.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The website for the settlement — equifaxbreachsettlement.com — also includes a lookup tool that lets visitors check whether they were affected by the breach; it requires your last name and the last six digits of your Social Security Number. Americans currently have no legal right to opt out of this data collection and trade.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2023

Newbies get a taste of what phishing tools can do, pull off their first scam and wish for more, which is when they will be offered paid content. The creators of phishing bots and kits can get access to data that is gathered with their tools. User personal data for sale. ” reads the post published by Kaspersky.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

A DPIA requires a thorough review of any personal data collected and stored, including who specifically controls the data and who has access at any given time. There are many kinds of tools and services that can help any SMB down this paths.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

. “Privacy Sandbox on Android will strengthen privacy, while providing tools app developers need to support and grow their businesses. It will introduce new solutions that operate without cross-app identifiers – including Advertising ID – and limit data sharing with third parties.” ” reads the announcement.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

” According to data collected by RiskIQ , the number of unpatched systems is less than 30,000, Microsoft also announced that 92% of worldwide Exchange IPs are now patched or mitigated. 43% improvement worldwide in the last week. pic.twitter.com/YhgpnMdlOX — Security Response (@msftsecresponse) March 22, 2021. . •

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Avast experts were able to capture several PNG files embedding a data-stealing payload. They pointed out that data collection from victims’ machines using DropBox repository, and attackers use DropBox API for communication with the final stage. They steal data via the DropBox account registered on active Google emails.”

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 30, 2020

The trade-offs are changing : As countries around the world race to contain the pandemic, many are deploying digital surveillance tools as a means to exert social control, even turning security agency technologies on their own civilians. I worry that in our haste and fear, we will fail to do any of that. More from EFF.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2022

Having automated tools that can process these various datasets is integral to enriching your team’s intelligence programs, whether you have a well-established team and process, or are just beginning your journey. Data collections released after ransomware attacks. Databases with critical IP and/or PII.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

. “The xPack malware and its associated payload seems to be used for initial access; it appears that xPack was predominantly used to execute system commands, drop subsequent malware and tools, and stage data for exfiltration. The APT gang also used several off-the-shelf and living-off-the-land (LoL) tools (e.g.

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eDiscovery Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Collaboration apps, forensic tools, and discovery software are just a few technologies that an attorney must juggle regularly. Brush up on your knowledge by reading case law, eDiscovery blogs, and regulations on data collection. Brush up on your knowledge by reading case law, eDiscovery blogs, and regulations on data collection.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The authorities started the investigation into Google collection practice following a 2018 Associated Press article that revealed Google “records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.”. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Reconnaissance Reconnaissance is the starting point of Volt Typhoon’s cyber campaign, characterized by thorough planning and data collection. Volt Typhoon may undertake operations discreetly without the need for custom tools, further gaining stealth and persistence.

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AIIM

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

In fact 75% of respondents report that they use PDF forms for electronic completion and return, and 19% use PDF forms with data collection. But we need capable tools– here are 5 ways PDF solutions transform digital strategy with powerful benefits: Rapid Document Conversion. A Spotlight on Dark Data. Value Beyond Search.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2021

Microsoft’s report provides details of the entire SolarWinds attack chain with a deep dive in the second-stage activation of malware and tools. The experts conducted a deep analysis of data collected by Microsoft 365 Defender data and Microsoft Defender telemetry. ” continues the report. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 1, 2021

As such, it should be one of many tools that governments and businesses can draw on to manage cyber risk more effectively. Finally, although a well-functioning cyber insurance industry could improve cyber security practices on a societal scale, it is not a silver bullet for the cyber security challenge.

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eSecurity Planet

MARCH 17, 2022

The growth of DevSecOps tools is an encouraging sign that software and application service providers are increasingly integrating security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This article looks at the best commercial and open source DevSecOps tools and what to consider when evaluating DevSecOps solutions. Table of Contents.

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Schneier on Security

MARCH 12, 2019

Touted as useful management tools, they can augment biased and discriminatory practices in workplace evaluations and segment workforces into risk categories based on patterns of behavior. Gamification and algorithmic management of work activities through continuous data collection.

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Collibra

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But when you pick up these values for analysis, they can seriously affect the data set quality. . In other cases, normalization tools and techniques can resolve the data inconsistencies to improve the quality of data. . Tip 5: Promote a data-driven culture . Plan the data collection methods for the required data.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

Finally, the retailer classifies data based on sensitivity levels and applies appropriate controls to each type. The company conducts regular audits to keep the data inventory up to date. User control Organizations can limit privacy risks by granting users as much control over data collection and processing as possible.

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Hunton Privacy

MAY 4, 2020

On April 30, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published guidance on the extraction of web users’ personal data from online public spaces by web scraping tools and re-use of such data for direct marketing (the “Guidance”). Key Steps Before Using Web Scraping Tools. Background.

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Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2021

For the third time in the past four months, LinkedIn seems to have experienced another massive data scrape conducted by a malicious actor. Once again, an archive of data collected from hundreds of millions of LinkedIn user profiles surfaced on a hacker forum, where it’s currently being sold for an undisclosed sum.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 11, 2021

One thing I did not realize about the SolarWinds hack is precisely how the attackers fooled more than 18,000 organizations into accepting an infected update of the widely-used Orion network management tool. It’s encouraging to see convergences of new tools and existing data stores. Golden image’ validation.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 15, 2024

It can empower government workers with more powerful tools for answering questions and conducting research. The public recently encountered generative AI primarily through tools that use pre-existing text, images, videos and audio to create customized content on demand.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

AI marketing is the process of using AI capabilities like data collection, data-driven analysis, natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML) to deliver customer insights and automate critical marketing decisions.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 7, 2021

jailbreaking tool Attackers took over the Perl.com domain in September 2020 Bug bounty hunter awarded $50,000 for a Microsoft account hijack flaw Clop ransomware gang leaks data allegedly stolen from cybersecurity firm Qualys Cyber Defense Magazine – March 2021 has arrived.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 26, 2023

In this blog post, we will delve into the concept of zero-based budgeting, exploring its definition, advantages, disadvantages, implementation steps, and tools needed. Adequate planning, data collection, and stakeholder involvement are crucial for a successful implementation.

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eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Chrome extensions used to aid in writing are the most data-hungry (79.5 percent access at least one type of sensitive data), collect an average of 2.5 data types, and ask for the most permissions. percent collect PII, and 33.3 percent collect location data.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JUNE 13, 2022

The setup of Google Analytics does not prevent the transfer of personal data outside the EU since all personal data collected via Google Analytics is hosted in the US. The CNIL also refers to a list of audience measurement tools which do not require users’ consent.

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