Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Digital Shadows: Disinformation, Ransomware, Phishing Attacks Prevail Online disinformation campaigns by nation-state actors are the biggest cyberthreat to the U.S. election as hackers attempt to influence final vote tallies as a way to undermine confidence, according to a Digital Shadows report. Russian hackers are most active, followed by Iran and China.
AIIM
OCTOBER 27, 2020
There have been some interesting developments in the world of E-Discovery tied to many of the same privacy protection laws and regulations changing the game in records and information management. To get a better understanding of how these regulations are affecting cross-border Discovery, we connected with our friends at the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS).
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
VulnerableThings.com Seeks to Improve Bug Reporting for Connected Devices A new online platform called VulnerableThings.com is aiming to become the go-to place for reporting and viewing reports on software flaws in IoT devices. The IoT Security Foundation and Oxford Information Labs say the platform could help vendors comply with new IoT regulations and standards.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Slate magazine was able to cleverly read the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition and reverse-engineer many of the redacted names. We’ve long known that redacting is hard in the modern age, but most of the failures to date have been a result of not realizing that covering digital text with a black bar doesn’t always remove the text from the underlying digital file.
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
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Avast: Most of These Apps, Which Had 8 Million Downloads, Have Been Removed Some 21 malicious Android apps containing intrusive adware were discovered on the Google Play Store, but most have now been removed, according to a new report from the security firm Avast.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Sopra Steria: Recovery Effort Will Take Weeks, But No Data Has Leaked French IT services firm Sopra Steria is confirming that its internal infrastructure sustained a Ryuk ransomware attack that has disrupted its operations, with a full recovery expected to take weeks.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
More than half of respondents are planning to reduce their network firewall footprint because of what they see as limitations in the technology.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Two Card Security Experts Describe Effective Strategies Implementation of 3D Secure 2.0, a protocol designed to be an additional security layer for online credit and debit card transactions, by banks and merchants alike can play a critical role in reducing "authorized payment fraud," two security experts say.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
The role that these technologies play in the MITRE Shield matrix is a clear indicator that they are an essential part of today's security landscape.
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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.
Hunton Privacy
OCTOBER 27, 2020
On October 21, 2020, China issued a draft of Personal Information Protection Law (“Draft PIPL”) for public comments. The Draft PIPL marks the introduction of a comprehensive system for the protection of personal information in China. China’s Cybersecurity Law, Data Security Law (draft) and Draft PIPL constitute three fundamental laws on cybersecurity and data protection.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
A survey of 1,000 employees finds 96% of employees are aware of digital threats, but 45% click emails they consider to be suspicious.
IT Governance
OCTOBER 27, 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing office workers around the world to work from home, organisations have faced a cyber security challenge like no other. Entire systems had to be overhauled, additional controls have been adopted to prevent cyber attacks and new software has been installed to help employees collaborate virtually. But these weren’t one-off tasks.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Popular chat apps, including LINE, Slack, Twitter DMs and others, can also leak location data and share private info with third-party servers.
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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
OCTOBER 27, 2020
A threat actor has stolen roughly $24 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from decentralized finance service Harvest Finance. A hacker has stolen approximately $24 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from decentralized finance service Harvest Finance , a web portal that lets users finding the farming opportunities that will maximize their yield(APY) returns.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Beyond admins, researchers say that 97 percent of all total Microsoft 365 users do not use multi-factor authentication.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Following the NSA's list of 25 security flaws often weaponized by Chinese attackers, researchers evaluated how they're used around the world.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Amazon notified customers and law enforcement of the insider-threat incident this week.
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Security Affairs
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Google has removed 21 malicious apps from the official Play Store because they were found to serve intrusive and annoying ads. Google has removed 21 new malicious apps from the official Play Store because they were found displaying intrusive ads. The following malicious apps were spotted by researchers from cybersecurity firm Avast: Shoot Them Crush Car Rolling Scroll Helicopter Attack – NEW Assassin Legend – 2020 NEW Helicopter Shoot Rugby Pass Flying Skateboard Iron it Shooting Run
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
An analysis of more than 130,000 active applications found more with at least one high-severity flaw compared with 2019.
Collibra
OCTOBER 27, 2020
This October we’re recognizing National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) to raise awareness about how to stay safe and secure online. This year’s theme is “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart,” a topic that feels even more timely while many of us are working from home. . New cybersecurity threats. As our lives become even more digital during the ongoing pandemic, we are facing many new challenges and threats in the security arena.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Asavie's mobile, IoT, and security products and services will become part of the Akamai Security and Personalization Services product line.
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Threatpost
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Veracode's Chris Eng discusses the cyber threats facing shoppers who are going online due to the pandemic and the imminent holiday season.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
With the move to remote work, it's especially important to understand how to support, discourage, and monitor conditions for development teams.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 27, 2020
With Code42 Incydr, you can keep tabs on when and where your data is going — without restricting where or how your employees want to collaborate and work.
Unwritten Record
OCTOBER 27, 2020
There’s just something about old maps – some ineffable quality that draws the attention and makes one stop and bend closer to see what is there……and what’s not there. Has the landscape changed? Are towns missing or are towns shown that no longer exist? Is it engraved or is it a manuscript map? Are there images around the borders that show a time long gone, and what is going on in those images?
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Android apps packed with malware from HiddenAds family downloaded 8 million times from the online marketplace.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Cybersecurity certifications remain as popular as ever. Any interest in expanding your skill set?
Docuware
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Accurately collecting and structuring data is critical to your core business processes. Doing it efficiently involves avoiding pitfalls such as illegible handwriting scrawled across paper forms; hard to read PDFs with low resolution and human error on manual data entry. Using modern web forms eliminates these obstacles and offers a precise, streamlined and accelerated means of data collection.
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