Israel ’s national cyber chief acknowledged the country had thwarted a major cyber attack in April against its water systems. Israel’s national cyber chief Yigal Unna officially confirmed that the country in April had thwarted a major cyber attack against its water systems. The media, citing officials that spoke under condition of anonymity, attributed the “synchronized and organized attack” to the Government of Teheran. MORE
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
Google: Hackers Using COVID-19 Phishing Themes to Target Businesses "Hack-for-hire" groups operating in India are spoofing World Health Organization emails to steal credentials from financial services and healthcare firms around the world, according to Google's Threat Analysis Group.
Krebs on Security
MAY 28, 2020
The United Kingdom’s anti-cybercrime agency is running online ads aimed at young people who search the Web for services that enable computer crimes, specifically trojan horse programs and DDoS-for-hire services. The ad campaign follows a similar initiative launched in late 2017 that academics say measurably dampened demand for such services by explaining that their use to harm others is illegal and can land potential customers in jail.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
Both the Volume of Successful Attacks and Victims' Payoffs Have Been Rising Ransomware-wielding criminals are growing increasingly ruthless, based on the size of their extortion demands, their increasing propensity to leak data in an attempt to force victims to pay and their greater focus on taking down big targets. These tactics, unfortunately, appear to be working.
AIIM
MAY 28, 2020
Workplace automation is starting to become the norm for modern corporations. With automation enabling massive improvements in talent acquisition, employee recruitment, and customer service, it's no surprise that more and more enterprises are jumping on the automation bandwagon. Let's take a deeper look into how workplace automation leads to increased efficiency and profitability.
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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.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
Consultant Nic Miller Highlights Critical Factors to Consider Small and midsize companies don't need to spend money on expensive security products, says cybersecurity consultant Nic Miller, but they must consider several critical factors as they devise their strategies.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
Millions of Older Credentials Apparently Used in Credential-Stuffing Attacks The Russian blogging platform LiveJournal confirmed this week that it suffered several brute-force attacks in 2011 and 2012. But it insists that the 26 million usernames and passwords that are now available for sale on darknet forums came from other sources.
IT Governance
MAY 28, 2020
Scanning your networks and software for security vulnerabilities is essential for keeping your organisation secure, but it’s not a perfect solution. It will help you identify weaknesses in your system – with new ones being discovered all the time or introduced as a result of system changes – but it only works when combined with other practices and when you have a solid understanding of the information security landscape.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
As cyberthreats to medical research on COVID-19 - and other intellectual property - grow, organzations must take critical steps to prevent the theft of their "innovation capital," says Russell Koste, chief security officer of Alexion Pharmaceuticals.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
MAY 28, 2020
The European Court of Justice (CJEU) recently published plans to issue its much awaited decision in CJEU case C-311/18 (also referred to as “Schrems II”) on July 16. The ruling will impact how organizations lawfully transfer personal data from the EEA to jurisdictions not providing an “adequate” level of data protection in accordance with the GDPR.
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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.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
Proposal Would Also Increase Research Investments for AI, Quantum Computing A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that calls for investing $100 billion in research on science and emerging technologies, including cybersecurity, quantum computing and artificial intelligence.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2020
The U.S. NSA warns that Russia-linked APT group known as Sandworm Team have been exploiting a critical flaw in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA). The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is warning that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software since at least August 2019.
Data Breach Today
MAY 28, 2020
Trend Micro Says It's Working With Microsoft to Revamp Driver Last week, security researcher Bill Demirkapi said that Trend Micro used a trick to get one of its drivers to pass Microsoft's approval process. Trend Micro has withdrawn the driver and says it's working with Microsoft on incompatibility issues that are unrelated to the researcher's findings.
Threatpost
MAY 28, 2020
Attackers compromised six Cisco VIRL-PE servers that are affected by critical SaltStack vulnerabilities.
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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 28, 2020
Seems like thermal imaging is the security theater technology of today. These features are so tempting that thermal cameras are being installed at an increasing pace. They're used in airports and other public transportation centers to screen travelers, increasingly used by companies to screen employees and by businesses to screen customers, and even used in health care facilities to screen patients.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 28, 2020
There are some people, like me, who like to know how the story ends and thus may occasionally read the last chapter before going back and reading the rest of the book. So, I guess this is a spoiler alert. The answer to the question is, “Netezza is still alive, well and evolving and IBM has now come out with the next generation of Netezza as part of Cloud Pak for Data System.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2020
Valak malware has rapidly changed over the past six months, it was initially designed as a loader, but now it implemented infostealer capabilities. The Valak malware completely changed over the past six months, it was first developed to act as a loader, but now it implements also infostealer capabilities. . The malicious code fist appeared in the threat landscape in late 2019, over the past six months experts observed more than 20 versions that finally changing the malware from a loader to an in
Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2020
MacOS isn't immune from malware. Being prepared means understanding the nature of the worst threats a security team is likely to see attacking Macs in the enterprise.
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Threatpost
MAY 28, 2020
The lawsuit, filed against Google by Arizona's Attorney General, alleges that the tech giant uses “deceptive and unfair conduct” to obtain users’ location data.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2020
Cisco discloses security breach that impacted VIRL-PE infrastructure, threat actors exploited SaltStack vulnerabilities to hack six company servers. Cisco has disclosed a security incident that impacted part of its VIRL-PE infrastructure, threat actors exploited vulnerabilities in the SaltStack software package to breach six company servers. These issues affect the following Cisco products running a vulnerable software release: Cisco Modeling Labs Corporate Edition (CML) Cisco Virtual Internet R
Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2020
There is no silver bullet for cybersecurity. It takes the right people, with the right mindset, applying the right elements of good security from the data center to the SOC.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2020
The Ke3chang hacking group added a new malware dubbed Ketrum to its arsenal, it borrows portions of code and features from older backdoors. The Ke3chang hacking group ( aka APT15 , Vixen Panda , Playful Dragon , and Royal APT ) has developed new malware dubbed Ketrum by borrowing parts of the source code and features from their older Ketrican and Okrum backdoors. “In mid May, we identified three recently uploaded samples from VirusTotal that share code with older APT15 implants.
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Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2020
Even with more security issues published on Patch Tuesdays, the total number of software flaws dropped for the first three months of 2020, according to one tally.
OpenText Information Management
MAY 28, 2020
Providing relevant, optimized experiences to all customers at each interaction with your brand is a must in 2020. Fortunately, with the latest release of OpenText™ TeamSite™, users can make customized pages that perform easier than ever with enhanced testing and targeting tools. Along with new personalization capabilities, improved usability for all users is key to … The post What’s new in OpenText TeamSite Cloud Edition (CE) 20.2 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2020
Two new reports suggest a massive gap between how organizations have prepared their cybersecurity defenses and the reality of their efficacy.
Threatpost
MAY 28, 2020
The DDoS group sets itself apart by using exploits -- but it doesn't always pan out.
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Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2020
Once considered a loader for other malware, Valak regularly conducts reconnaissance and steals information and credentials, new analysis shows.
Threatpost
MAY 28, 2020
Microsoft has warned on a new breed of patient ransomware attacks that lurk in networks for weeks before striking.
Dark Reading
MAY 28, 2020
Octopus Scanner is a new malware used to compromise 26 open source projects in a massive GitHub supply chain attack.
Security Affairs
MAY 28, 2020
Israel ’s national cyber chief acknowledged the country had thwarted a major cyber attack in April against its water systems. Israel’s national cyber chief Yigal Unna officially confirmed that the country in April had thwarted a major cyber attack against its water systems. The media, citing officials that spoke under condition of anonymity, attributed the “synchronized and organized attack” to the Government of Teheran.
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