Data Breach Today
JUNE 30, 2020
Breach Reports Show Growing Tally of Affiliates, Individuals Affected The number of companies and individuals affected by an April ransomware attack on managed care provider Magellan Health continues to grow. This illustrates the risks faced by interconnected organizations in the healthcare sector.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 30, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for banks to trace the source of payment card data stolen from smaller, hacked online merchants. On the plus side, months of quarantine have massively decreased demand for account information that thieves buy and use to create physical counterfeit credit cards. But fraud experts say recent developments suggest both trends are about to change — and likely for the worse.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 30, 2020
ESET Researchers: Attacks Open the Door to Launching Ransomware, Planting Cryptominers Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of brute-force attacks targeting RDP connections has steadily increased, spiking to 100,000 incidents per day in April and May, according to the security firm ESET. These attacks pave the way for launching ransomware attacks and planting cryptominers.
Security Affairs
JUNE 30, 2020
A threat actor is selling databases containing data belonging to 14 different companies he claimed were hacked in 2020. A threat actor is selling databases that contain user records for 14 different organizations he claimed were hacked in 2020, only for four of them ( HomeChef , Minted , Tokopedia , and Zoosk ) were previously reported data breaches.
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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
JUNE 30, 2020
'Critical' Authentication Bypass Risk Posed by Easy-to-Exploit PAN-OS Software Flaw Palo Alto Networks product alert: All users should immediately patch a "critical" flaw in Pan-OS that can be remotely exploited to bypass authentication and take full control of systems or gain access to networks, U.S. Cyber Command and the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency warn.
Information Management Today brings together the best content for information management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 30, 2020
Leadership Insights with John Chambers This webinar will provide leaders inside and outside of contact centers with actionable recommendations and proven strategies to keep your organization and its' teams moving forward in our rapidly changing world.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 30, 2020
On June 25, 2020, the European Commission (the “EU Commission”) launched a public consultation on the revision of the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (the “ NIS Directive ”). According to the EU Commission, a revision is needed because cybersecurity capabilities in EU Member States remain unequal despite progress made with the NIS Directive, and the level of protection in the EU is insufficient.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 30, 2020
State Coordinators Would Be Appointed by CISA A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is calling for federal funding for cybersecurity coordinators in every state. Meanwhile, a measure introduced in the House would restore the position of cybersecurity director in the White House.
Threatpost
JUNE 30, 2020
An authentication-bypass vulnerability allows attackers to access network assets without credentials when SAML is enabled on certain firewalls and enterprise VPNs.
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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
JUNE 30, 2020
Malwarebytes Says Malware Hidden in Fake Installer for 'Little Snitch' App A ransomware strain targeting Mac users is spreading via a fake installer for Little Snitch - a host-based application firewall for macOS - according to the security firm Malwarebytes, which says the malware is poorly designed.
Security Affairs
JUNE 30, 2020
Group-IB discovered thousands of personal records of users from multiple countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company headquartered in Singapore, has discovered thousands of personal records of users from the UK, Australia, South Africa, the US, Singapore, Spain, Malaysia and other countries exposed in a targeted multi-stage bitcoin scam.
The Texas Record
JUNE 30, 2020
Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics; some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. No, we didn’t write these articles —hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”— fortunately, we didn’t need to in order to share the knowledge with our subscribers.
Dark Reading
JUNE 30, 2020
Security pros concerned that increased remote access to vulnerable operational technology and stalled efforts to harden OT environments puts critical infrastructure at greater risk.
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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.
Security Affairs
JUNE 30, 2020
U.S. Cyber Command believes foreign APTs will likely attempt to exploit the recently addressed flaw in Palo Alto Networks’s PAN-OS firewall OS. Recently Palo Alto Network addressed a critical vulnerability , tracked as CVE-2020-2021, affecting the PAN-OS operating system that powers its next-generation firewall. The flaw could allow unauthenticated network-based attackers to bypass authentication, it has has been rated as critical severity and received a CVSS 3.x base score of 10.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 30, 2020
Google has removed 25 Android apps from its store because they steal Facebook credentials : Before being taken down, the 25 apps were collectively downloaded more than 2.34 million times. The malicious apps were developed by the same threat group and despite offering different features, under the hood, all the apps worked the same. According to a report from French cyber-security firm Evina shared with ZDNet today, the apps posed as step counters, image editors, video editors, wallpaper apps, fl
Dark Reading
JUNE 30, 2020
After Palo Alto Networks alerted users to a simple-to-exploit vulnerability in its network security gear, security agencies quickly warn that attackers won't wait to jump on it.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 30, 2020
The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance for companies to find a trusted partner that can seamlessly connect their digital ecosystem together. Companies today potentially work with thousands of trading partners all over the world and during periods of disruption, supply chain teams need to ensure they have end-to-end visibility of their entire business … The post Five network essentials to connect your business to anything appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Hunton Privacy
JUNE 30, 2020
On June 23, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice (the Bundesgerichtshof , or “BGH”) issued a decision confirming the enforceability, in preliminary proceedings, of the order of the German Federal Cartel Office (the “ Bundeskartellamt ”) against Facebook’s data practices. On February 2, 2019, the Bundeskartellamt issued an order prohibiting Facebook from combining user data from different sources.
Dark Reading
JUNE 30, 2020
Backdoors in 5G network equipment from these vendors could enable espionage and malicious activity, agency says.
Robert's Db2
JUNE 30, 2020
Just last week, a person on the Db2 for z/OS team at an organization asked me for some guidance regarding data encryption in a Db2 context. In responding to that request, I noted that Db2 for z/OS data encryption is a multifaceted topic, and I proceeded to describe various categories of Db2 data encryption and the Db2 features and functions that pertain to those categories.
Dark Reading
JUNE 30, 2020
We all know there are slippery conditions ahead, which is why it's never been more important for organizations to maintain and even increase their spending on cybersecurity.
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Adam Levin
JUNE 30, 2020
We’re not even halfway through 2020, and already it’s been a record-breaking year for ransomware attacks. Barely a week goes by without reports of a new strain or variant of malware wreaking havoc among companies. 1-99-employee companies are a target. No industry, category, size, or group is safe from this cyber scourge. We hear about the big ones.
Threatpost
JUNE 30, 2020
UCSF has paid more than $1 million after a ransomware attack encrypted data related to "important" academic research on several servers.
Data Matters
JUNE 30, 2020
On June 25, 2020, Sidley partner, Alan Raul, founder and co-head of Sidley’s privacy and cybersecurity practice, hosted Bruno Gencarelli, head of International Data Flows and Protection at the European Commission, for a Monitor-Side Chat. The discussion focused largely on the Commission’s report on two years of the GDPR which was issued on 24 June 2020.
Dark Reading
JUNE 30, 2020
The increase in work-from-home employees raises the importance of home router security.
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Threatpost
JUNE 30, 2020
A rare, new Mac ransomware has been discovered spreading via pirated software packages.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 30, 2020
When managing a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, many administrators quickly find that the management part is the hardest to get right. In addition to standard asset governance processes, such as approval, expiration and archiving, digital assets present special challenges. Assets in a DAM can be very complex – these are typically large high-resolution images … The post Automation in OpenText Media Management appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
JUNE 30, 2020
The same gaps that enabled ransomware to spread remain in patching, network segmentation, backup practices, security experts say.
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