Krebs on Security
APRIL 9, 2024
If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 flaws in Windows and related software.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2024
Nearly 342,000 Affected; Health Data Incident Isn't Covered by HIPAA Rules A cyberattack on a Boston-based consulting firm that provides litigation support services to the U.S. Department of Justice in its investigations has potentially compromised Medicare numbers and other health insurance and medical information of nearly 342,000 individuals.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2024
Researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in LG webOS running on smart TVs that could allow attackers to gain root access to the devices. Bitdefender researchers discovered multiple vulnerabilities in LG webOS running on smart TVs that could be exploited to bypass authorization and gain root access on the devices. The vulnerabilities discovered by the researchers impact WebOS versions 4 through 7 running on LG TVs. “WebOS runs a service on ports 3000/3001 (HTTP/HTTPS/WSS) which is used by
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2024
Series C Funding Round Aims to Transform Data Protection, Empower Safe Use of AI Cyera completed a $300 million funding round led by Coatue to fortify data security and facilitate safer AI adoption across enterprises. By consolidating data protection measures, Cyera hopes to address the critical need for a unified data security platform in the era of generative AI.
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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.
Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2024
Google announced support for a V8 Sandbox in the Chrome web browser to protect users from exploits triggering memory corruption issues. Google has announced support for what’s called a V8 Sandbox in the Chrome web browser. The company included the V8 Sandbox in Chrome’s Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP). Chrome 123 is a sort of “beta” release for the sandbox designed to mitigate memory corruption issues in the Javascript engine.
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WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 9, 2024
The US Congress will this week decide the fate of Section 702, a major surveillance program that will soon expire if lawmakers do not act. WIRED is tracking the major developments as they unfold.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2024
How Employers and Employees Can Create an Engaging, Satisfying Workplace Culture "Quiet quitting" is when employees strictly adhere to their job descriptions and meticulously avoid any tasks that fall outside their defined responsibilities. Here's how employers and employees can prevent it and create a workplace culture that promotes engagement, satisfaction and shared success.
KnowBe4
APRIL 9, 2024
This complexly dangerous new service brings the bypassing of MFA to the world’s most-used email platforms to the masses… something that should be.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2024
Robotic medical devices, such as surgical gear, offer great potential to improve patient care, but the cyber risks associated with these products must be carefully addressed, said Kevin Fu, director of the Archimedes Center for Health Care and Medical Device Cybersecurity at Northeastern University.
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.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 9, 2024
US Cyber Safety Review Board released a report on the summer 2023 hack of Microsoft Exchange by China. It was a serious attack by the Chinese government that accessed the emails of senior U.S. government officials. From the executive summary: The Board finds that this intrusion was preventable and should never have occurred. The Board also concludes that Microsoft’s security culture was inadequate and requires an overhaul, particularly in light of the company’s centrality in the technology ecosy
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2024
D-Link Tells Owners to Buy a Newer Model Network-attached storage manufacturer D-Link says owners of devices vulnerable to remote takeover exploits should suck it up and buy a replacement. Internet scans have tallied the number of affected NAS devices - a handful of servers released on average a decade ago - at more than 92,000.
Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2024
Researchers discovered a sophisticated multi-stage attack that leverages ScrubCrypt to drop VenomRAT along with many malicious plugins. Fortinet researchers observed a threat actor sending out a phishing email containing malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files. The email is crafted to trick recipients into clicking on an attachment, which downloads a ZIP file containing a Batch file obfuscated with the BatCloak tool.
IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 9, 2024
At the Masters®, storied tradition meets state-of-the-art technology. Through a partnership spanning more than 25 years, IBM has helped the Augusta National Golf Club capture, analyze, distribute and use data to bring fans closer to the action, culminating in the AI-powered Masters digital experience and mobile app. Now, whether they’re lining the fairways or watching from home, fans can more fully appreciate the performance of the world’s best golfers at the sport’s most
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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
APRIL 9, 2024
I regularly speak with thousands of cybersecurity practitioners each year. Nearly every day, I see (good) cybersecurity advice, but some of it is just.
Jamf
APRIL 9, 2024
April 9 Jamf Event for commercial customers covered compliance, end-user privilege elevation, Jamf Threat Labs, vulnerability management and App Installers and more!
KnowBe4
APRIL 9, 2024
Your personal information is continuously harvested and analyzed by countless data brokers eager to sell to the highest bidder. From your name to your online activities, to your employment details and even your real-time location — all are on the market for anyone interested.
Jamf
APRIL 9, 2024
The 2024 Jamf Event showed how to transform learning for students, teachers and parents; better protect students; and maintain seamless, secure access.
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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.
OpenText Information Management
APRIL 9, 2024
When you celebrate something, it’s not often that you focus on the number zero. All the typical celebrations focus on how bigger is better—sales and growth in business, birthdays, and anniversaries for personal celebrations. But on this year’s Earth Day, April 22, we choose to celebrate the number zero. Earth Day will follow closely after our partner, Jaguar TCS Racing , appears in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship races in Misano, Italy on April 13 and 14.
HID Global
APRIL 9, 2024
In this podcast episode, hone in on what AI means to the security industry, including its practical applications and its potential for growth.
CGI
APRIL 9, 2024
Why do so many life insurance carriers continue to live with outdated legacy administration platforms? The answer is that migrations are difficult and can go off course without the right people, governance, methodology and tools in place.
KnowBe4
APRIL 9, 2024
[Heads Up] Your Apple Users Are Now Targeted With New MFA Attacks
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
IG Guru
APRIL 9, 2024
Check out the article here. The post Reinventing Email Security in the Age of Microsoft 365 via LinkedIn first appeared on IG GURU.
Data Protection Report
APRIL 9, 2024
On March 27, 2024, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (“CIRCIA”), which imposes new reporting requirements for entities operating in critical infrastructure sectors. The CIRCIA was originally enacted in part as a response to recent attacks on critical infrastructure, such as the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline in May 2021, but CISA’s proposed regula
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 9, 2024
SaaS security checklists are frameworks for protecting data and applications in cloud-based environments. They serve as benchmarks for upholding strong security requirements, evaluating existing tools, and assessing potential solutions. These checklists include security standards and best practices for SaaS and cloud applications, and B2B SaaS providers use them to guarantee that their solutions match customer security standards.
IT Governance
APRIL 9, 2024
67,273,297 known records breached in 130 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. Publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks: in the spotlight US Environmental Protection Agency allegedly breached: nearly 8.5 million accounts compromised A threat actor known as ‘U
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2024
American Privacy Rights Act Has Genuine Chance of Becoming Law A bipartisan privacy proposal in the U.S. Congress backed by a key Senate Democrat and her House counterpart contains provisions that would place vast swaths of the American economy under new cybersecurity mandates. Support from Sen. Maria Cantwell distinguishes the bill from other recent attempts.
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