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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

Krebs on Security

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group.

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Ransomware attack on food giant Dole Food Company blocked North America production

Security Affairs

The producers of fruit and vegetables Dole Food Company disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted its operations. Dole Food Company is an Irish agricultural multinational corporation, it is one of the world’s largest producers of fruit and vegetables, operating with 38,500 full-time and seasonal employees who supply some 300 products in 75 countries.

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for complying with ISO 27001 — the gold standard of security frameworks

The Last Watchdog

Of the numerous security frameworks available to help companies protect against cyber-threats, many consider ISO 27001 to be the gold standard. Related: The demand for ‘digital trust’ Organizations rely on ISO 27001 to guide risk management and customer data protection efforts against growing cyber threats that are inflicting record damage , with the average cyber incident now costing $266,000 and as much as $52 million for the top 5% of incidents.

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News Corp says hackers first breached its systems between Feb 2020 and Jan 2022

Security Affairs

The investigation conducted by News Corporation (News Corp) revealed that attackers remained on its network for two years. In February 2022, the American media and publishing giant News Corp revealed it was the victim of a cyber attack from an advanced persistent threat actor that took place in January 2022. The attackers compromised one of the company systems and had access to the emails and documents of some employees.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 408 by Pierluigi Paganini

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Clasiopa group targets materials research in Asia CERT of Ukraine says Russia-linked APT backdoored multiple govt sites UK won the Military Cyberwarfare exercise Defence Cyber Marvel 2 (DCM2) CISA warns of disruptive attacks amid the anniversar