Krebs on Security
JUNE 3, 2020
An exhaustive inquiry published today by a consortium of investigative journalists says a three-part series KrebsOnSecurity published in 2015 on a Romanian ATM skimming gang operating in Mexico’s top tourist destinations disrupted their highly profitable business, which raked in an estimated $1.2 billion and enjoyed the protection of top Mexican authorities.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2020
Hacktivism or Disinformation? Whoever Leaked the Data, It's Culled From Old Breaches Not all data breaches are what they might seem, and not all leakers are who they might claim to be. Take the doxing of the Minneapolis Police Department, supposedly by Anonymous hacktivists: The leaked employee information was almost certainly culled from old breaches.
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AIIM
JUNE 3, 2020
Back in the day, when work was centralized in locations and on devices “within” the enterprise, it was reasonable to assume that control could most effectively be maintained by managing security at the firewall. Information security was largely a function of “keeping the bad guys out.”. Fast forward to today’s business environment, and it’s a much different story.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2020
Security Advisers Offer Risk Mitigation Tips Two ransomware incidents recently reported to federal regulators as health data breaches illustrate that the surge in such attacks show no signs of abating. Security advisers offer risk mitigation tips.
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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
JUNE 3, 2020
Several flaws in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) have been exploited by Russia-linked hackers, hundreds of thousands of servers are still unpatched. Russia-linked threat actors have exploited several vulnerabilities in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) in their campaigns. Last week, the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) warned that Russia-linked APT group tracked Sandworm Team has been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-10149) in the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA).
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Security Affairs
JUNE 3, 2020
REvil /Sodinokibi ransomware operators launch an auction site to sell data stolen from victims that have chosen to not pay the ransom. Sodinokibi ransomware operators are very active in this period, a few days after the gang has leaked the files allegedly stolen from the UK power grid middleman Elexon it has announced to launch an auction site to sell data stolen from victims that have chosen to not pay the ransom.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2020
Trustwave Analysts Find Total of Six Flaws in the Popular Database Software Researchers at the security firm Trustwave have disclosed six vulnerabilities in SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise 16.0 (ASE) database software, with two rated as critical. These two vulnerabilities could enable attackers to perform arbitrary code execution and tamper with a system's data.
Zapproved
JUNE 3, 2020
It should not be a privilege for every person in America to live their lives feeling safe and secure. We must fight white supremacy individually and together if we hold hope for a better, community for us all.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2020
First Batch of Hacked Data Posted; More Auctions Threatened The REvil ransomware gang has created a darknet auction site for stolen data, according to the security firm Emsisoft. Will other gangs follow suit?
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
JUNE 3, 2020
The data science market is evolving rapidly. Businesses need to respond to a volatile climate and be able to scale cost-efficiently by automating AI lifecycle management. A key phase in the AI lifecycle is model selection, training, and deployment. Many data scientists and developers today want to make use of the latest open source innovations during these steps.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 3, 2020
RiskIQ Researchers Warn of Two Other Exim Email Server Bugs Thousands of unpatched Exim email servers are potentially vulnerable to a critical flaw that the NSA says Russian-backed hackers are attempting to exploit, according to the security firm RiskIQ, which also warns of two other Exim vulnerabilities that should be patched.
PerezBox
JUNE 3, 2020
We live in a world of absolutes. This extremism exists across the entire spectrum, from social engagements, businesses, religious and definitely political positions. It’s disheartening. There is no longer room. Read More. The post A World of Absolutes appeared first on PerezBox.
erwin
JUNE 3, 2020
We know these have been unprecedented and challenging times. While tradeshows and conferences may never be the same, social distancing doesn’t mean we stop learning. In fact, opportunities for personal and professional growth are more important than ever. I’m pleased to announce that erwin has decided to host an online conference for our customers, partners, prospects and other friends. erwin Insights 2020 will be held on October 13-14, 2020, so save the date!
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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.
Dark Reading
JUNE 3, 2020
Security pros need to double down around prevention of lateral movement by attackers, especially if IoT devices are connected to the network.
Security Affairs
JUNE 3, 2020
Tor Browser 9.5 includes important security updates to Firefox, users on desktop will be able to opt-in for using onion sites automatically whenever the website makes them available. . Starting with the release of Tor Browser 9.5, new features will make accessing onion addresses easier. . Now, there is also an opt-in mechanism available for websites that want Tor users to know about their onion service that suggest them to upgrade their connection using the.onion address.
Dark Reading
JUNE 3, 2020
Remote Access Trojans (RATs) can be the beginning of very bad things on your network or workstations.
Threatpost
JUNE 3, 2020
An attack over the weekend unsuccessfully targeted 1.3 million WordPress websites, in attempts to download their configuration files and harvest database credentials.
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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.
Dark Reading
JUNE 3, 2020
A privilege-escalation vulnerability patched in February by Microsoft continues to affect Exchange servers, with more than 80% of Internet-connected servers remaining vulnerable, one firm reports.
Threatpost
JUNE 3, 2020
The newly discovered USBCulprit malware is part of the arsenal of an APT known as Cycldek, which targets government entities.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 3, 2020
The videoconferencing company says it wants to be able to work with law enforcement to catch bad actors on its platform.
IT Governance
JUNE 3, 2020
Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, more sophisticated and more costly, according to a Accenture and Ponemon Institute report. The Ninth Annual Cost of Cybercrime Study found that the average cost of cyber crime rose from $11.7 million (about £8.6 million) in 2017 to $13 million (£10.3 million) the following year. This represents a 12% increase year-on-year and a 73% increase over a five-year span, demonstrating how rapidly the cost of cyber crime is growing.
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Schneier on Security
JUNE 3, 2020
This is interesting : The image, a seemingly innocuous sunset (or dawn) sky above placid waters, may be viewed without harm. But if loaded as wallpaper, the phone will crash. The fault does not appear to have been maliciously created. Rather, according to developers following Ice Universe's Twitter thread, the problem lies in the way color space is handled by the Android OS.
Dark Reading
JUNE 3, 2020
A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Google of collecting browser data from people who used "private" mode.
Threatpost
JUNE 3, 2020
Increase of 37 percent from Q4 2019 to Q1 2020 attributed to creation of remote workforce due to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.
Record Nations
JUNE 3, 2020
Imagine you turn on your computer, and a message pops up that reads “error.” This type of warning indicates the need to take action. When a hard drive crash occurs, it loses countless amounts of data. Additionally, it’s important you’re able to quickly diagnose your problem and find a solution. Hard drive crashes can occur at […].
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Dark Reading
JUNE 3, 2020
'USBCulprit' is one of several tools that suggest previously known Cycldek group is more dangerous than previous assumed, security vendor says.
OneHub
JUNE 3, 2020
Working from home has become the “new normal” for many business owners and their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet businesses have found new ways to share work without slowing down productivity through file sharing services. While cloud based file sharing services provide easy and convenient access to work-related documents for employees anytime and anywhere, that’s not to say there isn’t a level of risk that comes along with the practice.
Adam Shostack
JUNE 3, 2020
I generally try to stay on technical topics, because my understanding is that’s what readers want. But events are overwhelming and I believe that not speaking out is now a political choice. I want to start from this Chris Rock video: I hadn’t seen it before, but I have spent a lot of time studying how airlines respond to problems, and you know what?
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