Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2021
ACEP Reports Tens of Thousands of Doctors Affected The American College of Emergency Physicians says a "malware" attack affected tens of thousands of the group's current and former members as well as members of three other emergency medical professional organizations.
AIIM
APRIL 22, 2021
Our ability to intelligently capture information in an automated and consistent way, share it with teams, customers and partners, and integrate that content into business processes is a core element of Intelligent Information Management. Indeed, this is the “on-ramp” to the process improvements using information to drive organizational performance. AIIM members tell us that this is an important area of focus for information management professionals in 2021.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2021
Flaws Described by Moxie Marlinspike Raise Questions About Extracted Data's Trustworthiness Law enforcement agencies use forensics tools from Israeli company Cellebrite to gain access to locked mobile devices and extract data. But the creator of encrypted messaging app Signal says he's found vulnerabilities in Cellebrite's tools, raising questions about whether the extracted data can be trusted.
Threatpost
APRIL 22, 2021
You might think that cybercrime is more prevalent in less digitally literate countries. However, NordVPN's Cyber Risk Index puts North American and Northern European countries at the top of the target list.
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.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2021
Trojan Spreads Through Malicious Apps in Huawei App Store Joker malware has targeted more than 500,000 Android devices across the world through malicious apps in AppGallery - the official app store of Huawei, according to the security firm Doctor Web finds.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2021
Prosecutors to Target the 'Ransomware Criminal Ecosystem' The Justice Department is creating a task force to tackle the growing threat of ransomware and related extortion schemes. The new group will target the "ransomware criminal ecosystem as a whole," which means prosecuting those behind the attacks as well as those who launder money that's extorted.
Security Affairs
APRIL 22, 2021
Researchers from Human Security have uncovered a huge botnet of Android devices being used to conduct fraud in the connected TV advertising ecosystem. Security researchers at Human Security (formerly White Ops) discovered a massive Android botnet, dubbed Pareto , used to conduct fraud in the Connected TV (CTV) advertising ecosystem. The Pareto botnet is composed of nearly a million infected mobile Android devices, it was used to emulate the activity of millions of people watching ads on smart TV
Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2021
Broward County Public Schools' Data Posted In the latest development in a series of ransomware attacks against schools this year, the Conti gang followed through on an earlier threat and posted on its darknet website about 26,000 files that it says it stole from Florida's Broward County Public Schools district in March.
Information Governance Perspectives
APRIL 22, 2021
The minute the patient walks in the door, you've got to let them tell their story. You can't assume by looking at a person or looking at the data that you know what's going on. #informatics #lacare #healthdata #data. The post Informatics: Diagnosing the Healing Power of Informatics appeared first on Rafael Moscatel.
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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
APRIL 22, 2021
Heather Dahl and Ken Ebert of Indicio Discuss Decentralized ID Management More use cases are emerging for self-sovereign identity, which gives individuals more control over their digital identities, according to Heather Dahl and Ken Ebert of Indicio.tech.
IT Governance
APRIL 22, 2021
TikTok is again being accused of illegally processing children’s personal data. The latest claim has been brought by Anne Longfield , the former children’s commissioner for England, who is suing the video-sharing app on behalf of 3.5 million children in the UK. She alleges that TikTok is violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) by collecting excessive data and failing to explain what it’s used for.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 22, 2021
Standard Designed to Cut the Cost and Time to Securely Connect IoT Devices The Fido Alliance, an association that has developed voluntary authentication standards with a goal of minimizing the use of passwords, has launched an onboarding protocol for IoT devices that's designed to enhance security.
Security Affairs
APRIL 22, 2021
The importance of carrying out a careful risk and impact assessment in order to safeguard the security of the information and the data privacy. In order to reduce as much as possible the vulnerabilities and programming errors that can affect not only the quality of the product itself but can also be exploited to launch increasingly sophisticated and growing computer attacks, it’s necessary to guarantee the protection parameters of computer security in terms of integrity, confidentiality and auth
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Threatpost
APRIL 22, 2021
Even if the app is not installed or in use, threat actors can use it to spread malware through email campaigns and take over victims’ machines, new research has found.
Micro Focus
APRIL 22, 2021
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Data Protection Report
APRIL 22, 2021
On April 14, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a $3 million settlement with insurance company National Securities Corp. (NSC), relating to violations of three different requirements of the NYDFS cybersecurity regulation during the period 2018 to 2020. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation. Readers may recall that NYDFS’ cybersecurity regulation went into effect in March of 2017.
Troy Hunt
APRIL 22, 2021
Lots of bit and pieces this week, most of which is self-explanatory based on the references below. One thing to add though is the outcome of the ClearVoice Surveys breach I live-tweeted during the stream: someone from there did indeed get in touch with me. We spoke on the phone, they confirmed the legitimacy of the breach and acknowledged they'd seen it posted to a hacking forum where it's now spreading broadly.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 22, 2021
Cellebrite mobile forensics tool Ufed contains multiple flaws that allow arbitrary code execution on the device, SIGNAL creator warns. Moxie Marlinspike, the creator of the popular encrypted messaging app Signal, announced that Cellebrite mobile forensics tools developed by Cellebrite are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution.
Dark Reading
APRIL 22, 2021
China-based Spiral group is believed to be behind year-long attack, which exploited a flaw in SolarWinds Orion technology to drop a Web shell.
Threatpost
APRIL 22, 2021
In this Threatpost podcast Fortinet’s top researcher outlines what a cybercriminal supply chain is and how much the illicit market is worth.
Dark Reading
APRIL 22, 2021
After 40 years of navigating catastrophes, video game character Mario can help us with a more intelligent approach to DevOps and improving security culture.
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Hunton Privacy
APRIL 22, 2021
As reported on the Hunton Retail Law Blog , on April 22, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in a highly-anticipated case, AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC , that the FTC cannot seek or obtain equitable monetary relief pursuant to §13(b) of the FTC Act. Background. AMG Capital Management was a short-term payday loans company, one of many controlled by Scott Tucker.
Jamf
APRIL 22, 2021
Having the right tools can make a huge impact on everyone's success — especially in the modern, mobile workforce era.
Dark Reading
APRIL 22, 2021
A Linux maintainer pledges to stop taking code submissions from the University of Minnesota after a research team purposely submitted vulnerabilities to show software supply chain weaknesses.
Hunton Privacy
APRIL 22, 2021
On April 21, 2021, the European Commission (the “Commission”) published its Proposal for a Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence (the “Artificial Intelligence Act”). The Proposal follows a public consultation on the Commission’s white paper on AI published in February 2020. The Commission simultaneously proposed a new Machinery Regulation , designed to ensure the safe integration of AI systems into machinery.
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Dark Reading
APRIL 22, 2021
Attackers are using the well-known Microsoft Exchange Server flaw to add machines to a cryptocurrency botnet, researchers say.
Threatpost
APRIL 22, 2021
The ransomware is upping its danger quotient with new features while signaling a rebranding to "AstroLocker.".
Jamf
APRIL 22, 2021
The EdTechX Jamf Spotlight gathered experts together to discuss the current and future role of technology in schools.
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