Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Database Belonged to a Firm That Apparently Just Shut Down An unsecured database belonging to an apparently recently defunct firm exposed 61 million records of wearable health and fitness device users on the internet, say the security researchers who discovered the non-password-protected database in cooperation with the WebsitePlanet research team.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
A high severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-3437 , in HP OMEN laptop and desktop gaming computers exposes millions of systems to DoS and privilege escalation attacks. Millions of HP OMEN laptop and desktop gaming computers are exposed to multiple attacks by a high severity vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-3437 that was discovered by SentinelLabs researchers. “Potential security vulnerabilities have been identified in an OMEN Gaming Hub SDK package which may allow escalation of pri
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Risk Assessment, Improving DevSecOps, Cryptocurrency Risk Research Drive Deals Merger and acquisition activity picked up in September with BitSight, Tenable and Mastercard, all making deals. Moody's became BitSight's largest shareholder after making a $250 million investment in the company.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Apple continues to be haunted by spyware developed by an Israeli security firm that hostile governments used to hack into Apple devices to spy on journalists, activists and world leaders (see Apple Security Under Scrutiny Amid Fallout from NSO Spyware Scandal ). News of the nefarious uses of NSO Group’s Pegasus software first surfaced in July.
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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.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Flaws in Windows Scripting Engine and DNS Fixed Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday security update covers 61 vulnerabilities, with four rated critical. These include a fix for the critical MSHTML Vulnerability Microsoft revealed last week and patches to a Windows scripting engine flaw and a Windows DNS flaw.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Testifying Before Senate Committee, Gary Gensler Again Calls Crypto 'Wild West' U.S. SEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the Senate on Tuesday and again called for comprehensive cryptocurrency regulations, citing a need to reduce cybersecurity risks, other market risks, and criminal efforts to defraud investors, while simultaneously advancing the space.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2021 addressed a high severity zero-day flaw actively exploited in targeted attacks. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for September 2021 addressed a high severity zero-day RCE actively exploited in targeted attacks aimed at Microsoft Office and Office 365 on Windows 10 computers. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-40444 , resides in the MSHTML, which is the main HTML component of the Windows Internet Explorer browser, it is also used in
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Use of LOLBins, GitHub Tools and Cobalt Strike Also Widespread, Researchers Say The top three tactics attackers have been using to break into corporate and government networks are brute-forcing passwords, exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities, and social engineering via malicious emails, says security firm Kaspersky in a roundup of its 2020 incident response investigations.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
From healthcare to supply chains to cyber security, the global pandemic has fundamentally changed how we live and work. Although digital transformation was already becoming a key priority across most industries, the disruption caused by the pandemic has accelerated the need for increased connectivity, automation, and access to information when and where you need it. … The post Innovating with your customers appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
NCC Group: Users Could Fraudulently Create QR Code, Get COVID Pass A recently patched flaw in a mobile app allowing N.Y. residents to acquire and store a COVID-19 vaccine credential did not validate user input properly and stored forged verifications, according to security researchers. Experts say similar flaws could have dire consequences.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
On Patch Tuesday, Microsoft fixed 66 CVEs, including an RCE bug in MSHTML under active attack as threat actors passed around guides for the drop-dead simple exploit.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Understanding Defense, Detection and Response How oil, gas, and chemical businesses can mitigate the threats facing them.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
In the "Proven Success Factors for Endpoint Security" report, Cisco Security shares a global perspective on reported cyber events in the past two years.
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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
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has appointed Kiersten Todt as its new chief of staff. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced to have appointed Kiersten Todt as its new chief of staff, she will replace Acting Chief of Staff Kate Nichols. “The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced today Kiersten E.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
iOS, Windows, and Chrome all have zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers are going after. Now that the fixes are here, you need to install them ASAP.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Latvian vendor MikroTik revealed that recently discovered M?ris botnet is targeting devices that were compromised three years ago. Last week, the Russian Internet giant Yandex has been targeting by the largest DDoS attack in the history of Runet, the Russian Internet designed to be independent of the world wide web and ensure the resilience of the country to an internet shutdown.
The Guardian Data Protection
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Exclusive: Campaigners raise privacy concerns over government deal with iProov The NHS app is collecting and storing facial verification data from UK citizens in a process which has fuelled concerns about transparency and accountability. The data collection is taking place under a contract with a company linked to Tory donors called iProov, awarded by NHS Digital in 2019, which has yet to be published on the government website.
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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.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The security vulnerabilities bring the web behemoth up to 10 browser zero-days found so far this year.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Though overall ransomware attack volumes dipped in the first half of this year, the number of campaigns involving three and four extortion methods increased.
HID Global
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The Importance of Legal Identity and Significance of International Identity Day. ksangal. Tue, 09/14/2021 - 10:30.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The well-known banking trojan retools for stealth with a whole new attack routine, including using ads for Microsoft TeamViewer and Zoom to lure victims in.
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Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
This month's Patch Tuesday release addresses a remote code execution bug under active attack and a publicly known flaw in Windows DNS.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Imperva's Elad Erez discusses findings that 46 percent of on-prem databases are sitting ducks, unpatched and vulnerable to attack, each with an average of 26 flaws.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Whether it’s the rise in global activism or the disproportionate impact the global pandemic has had on women in the workforce, a renewed focus has been placed on the importance of corporate diversity and inclusion programs over the past 18 months. We sat down with Professor Sally Eaves, CEO, Aspirational Futures, and Bethany Saint Clair, … The post The shifting diversity and inclusion landscape appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Saryu Nayyar, CEO at Gurucul, peeks into Mitre's list of dangerous software bug types, highlighting that the oldies are still the goodies for attackers.
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IG Guru
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Check out the article here. The post 45TB LTO-9 tape media and drives just debuted via The Register appeared first on IG GURU.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Adobe releases security updates for 59 bugs affecting its core products, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, XMP Toolkit SDK and Photoshop.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
The key to protecting these systems is not only to ensure the control environment is secure and protected but also to deploy emerging technologies such as confidential computing.
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