Data Breach Today
JANUARY 14, 2021
Researchers Analyze the Severe Threat the Malware Poses Conti ransomware, which emerged eight months ago, poses a severe threat, according to Cybereason's Nocturnus Team, which offers an in-depth analysis of how the malware works.
AIIM
JANUARY 14, 2021
Knowledge management is one of the most crucial yet overlooked aspects of workplace progress. When employees fail to get access to the knowledge necessary for completing their tasks, the organization suffers. Knowledge sharing in the workplace can increase productivity, social interaction, and trust among the team. It's great for nurturing the organization's knowledge bank so everyone can access it even as people come and go.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 14, 2021
Agency Offers Risk Mitigation Advice CISA warns that hackers are increasingly targeting cloud services by waging phishing schemes and brute-force attacks. Its latest alert offers risk mitigation advice.
erwin
JANUARY 14, 2021
While many believe that the dawn of a new year represents a clean slate or a blank canvas, we simply don’t leave the past behind by merely flipping over a page in the calendar. As we enter 2021, we will also be building off the events of 2020 – both positive and negative – including the acceleration of digital transformation as the next normal begins to be defined.
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
JANUARY 14, 2021
Chris Kubic, Former CISO of NSA, on Strategies for Success Chris Kubic, former CISO of the National Security Agency, describes how deception technology can change the defensive landscape. "Where deception comes into play is for the unknown threats, the things that are either an attack you haven't seen before or the attacker evolved their technique.
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Security Affairs
JANUARY 14, 2021
A security researcher discovered a flaw in the F5 BIG-IP product that can be exploited to conduct denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The security expert Nikita Abramov from Positive Technologies discovered a DoS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-27716 , that affects certain versions of F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM). The F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager is a secure, flexible, high-performance access management proxy solution that delivers unified global access control for your users, devic
Threatpost
JANUARY 14, 2021
CISA has issued an alert warning that cloud services at U.S. organizations are being actively and successfully targeted.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 14, 2021
It's a question that continues to engage debate, as the majority of new physical security devices being installed are now connected to a network. While this offers myriad benefits, it also raises the question: Who is responsible for their cybersecurity?
Threatpost
JANUARY 14, 2021
The optional feature was released free to users in a technical preview this week, adding a new layer of security to service, which has been plagued by privacy concerns.
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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.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 14, 2021
Capcom revealed that the recent ransomware attack has potentially impacted 390,000 people, an increase of approximately 40,000 people from the previous report. In November, Japanese game developer Capcom admitted to have suffered a cyberattack that is impacting business operations. The company has developed multiple multi-million-selling game franchises, including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Darkstalkers, Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Onimusha, Dino Crisis, Dead Rising, Sengoku Basara, Ghosts ‘
Collibra
JANUARY 14, 2021
Data Privacy Day is celebrated on 28th of January every year. It is a global event to remind us of our responsibilities as consumers and organizations to be aware of how we share, store and protect personal information. The new work-from-home norm and consumer contract tracing apps are 2020 solutions that further complicate how organizations’ have traditionally safeguarded data.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 14, 2021
Security experts from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian government institutions and private companies. Malware researchers from ESET uncovered an ongoing surveillance campaign, dubbed Operation Spalax , against Colombian entities exclusively. The attacks aimed at government institutions and private companies, most of them in the energy and metallurgical sectors.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 14, 2021
Thales Security Sessions Podcast 3 - The Digital Identity Challenge. madhav. Fri, 01/15/2021 - 05:54. “Do you know who I am?”. Remember the early days of Identity and Access Management (IAM), when you knew who was accessing your network at all times? The pandemic has stressed this security model to a point that is damaging productivity. Due to remote work arrangements, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are becoming unexpectedly overloaded, forcing some companies to relax their security requirement
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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
JANUARY 14, 2021
The US CISA revealed that several recent successful cyberattacks against various organizations’ cloud services. . The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced that several recent successful cyberattacks hit various organizations’ cloud services. According to the agency, the attackers conducted phishing campaigns and exploited poor cyber hygiene practices of the victims in the management of cloud services configuration.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 14, 2021
On January 13, 2021, the FTC announced that fertility-app developer Flo Health, Inc. (“Flo”) agreed to a settlement over allegations that the company shared app users’ health information with third-party data analytics providers despite representations that Flo would keep such information private. The FTC alleged that Flo, a developer of a popular mobile application used by more than 100 million consumers to track menstruation and ovulation cycles, had promised to keep users’ health data private
IT Governance
JANUARY 14, 2021
Ethical hackers have discovered a security vulnerability at the United Nations, giving them access to more than 100,000 private employee records. The breach stems from exposed Git directories and credential files on domains associated with the UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) and the ILO (International Labour Organization). The research group Sakura Samurai made the discovery, after its members came across the UN’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program and Hall of Fame.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 14, 2021
On January 13, 2021, Advocate General (“AG”) Michal Bobek of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued his Opinion in the Case C-645/19 of Facebook Ireland Limited, Facebook Inc., Facebook Belgium BVBA v. the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“Belgian DPA”). Background. The Belgian DPA initiated judicial proceedings against several members of the Facebook group before the Belgian Courts in September 2015.
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Schneier on Security
JANUARY 14, 2021
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (online) as part of Western Washington University’s Internet Studies Lecture Series on January 20, 2021. I’m speaking at ITY Denmark on February 2, 2021. Details to come. I’m being interviewed by Keith Cronin as part of The Center for Innovation, Security, and New Technology’s CSINT Conversations series, February 10, 2021 from 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CST.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 14, 2021
Cisco addressed tens of high-severity flaws, including some flaws in the AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and in its small business routers. This week Cisco released security updates to address 67 high-severity vulnerabilities, including issues affecting Cisco’s AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client and small business routers (i.e. Cisco RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W).
Threatpost
JANUARY 14, 2021
Facebook has sued two Chrome devs for scraping user profile data - including names, user IDs and more.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 14, 2021
Researchers find organizations struggle with availability for cloud applications as government officials warn of cloud-focused cyberattacks.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
Threatpost
JANUARY 14, 2021
Judge bars former Tallahassee city ethics officer from internet-connected devices after her arrest for cyberstalking.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 14, 2021
Researchers detail a new threat group targeting cloud services to achieve goals aligning with Chinese interests.
Threatpost
JANUARY 14, 2021
The cybercriminal service has scammed victims out of $6.5 million and continues to spread on Telegram.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 14, 2021
Russian-speaking scammers started targeting users of European marketplaces and classifieds is a criminal scheme dubbed Classiscam. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, has discovered that Russian-speaking scammers started targeting users of European marketplaces and classifieds. The scheme, dubbed Classiscam by Group-IB, is an automated scam as a service designed to steal money and payment data.
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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.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 14, 2021
Security teams have an abundance of data, but most of it lacks the context necessary to improve remediation outcomes.
IG Guru
JANUARY 14, 2021
Organizations worldwide rely on ISACA® for cutting-edge enterprise solutions, training and certifications. As a trusted leader for more than 50 years, ISACA empowers enterprises with performance improvement solutions and training that enable corporate and government organizations to evaluate, perform and achieve transformative outcomes and business success.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 14, 2021
Agency provides guidelines on securely deploying DNS over HTTPS, aka DoH.
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