Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Cisco's Planned $28B Purchase of Splunk Shows XDR and SIEM Can Run Side by Side It turns out SIEM isn't on life support after all. Cisco is providing 28 billion reasons to believe enterprises aren't scrapping the security operations center staple anytime soon, even though rivals with other types of security technology have attempted to write SIEM's obituary for years.
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Ransomware is a significant threat to businesses worldwide. There are many gangs that work together to orchestrate increasingly damaging attacks. However, some of these groups follow codes of conduct that prevent them from purposefully targeting hospitals. Related: How Putin has weaponized ransomware In mid-March 2020, representatives from the cybersecurity website BleepingComputer contacted numerous ransomware gangs to ask if they’d continue targeting hospitals during the unprecedented COVID-19
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Also, Clorox Product Shortages; California Passes Data Broker Restrictions This week, Colombia grappled with the aftermath of a ransomware attack against IFX Networks, Clorox suffered product shortages, a glitch allowed T-Mobile users to access other users' data, California passed restrictions for data brokers and Finland seized a dark web marketplace.
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 21, 2023 — MxD, the Digital Manufacturing and Cybersecurity Institute, today hosted a roundtable discussion with the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. Also in attendance were Access Living, The College of Lake County, CyberSkills2Work, and Task Force Movement. Organizations gathered to discuss courses and programs to address the critical cybersecurity workforce needs in the United States.
Speaker: Dr. Greg Loughnane and Chris Alexiuk
Technology professionals developing generative AI applications are finding that there are big leaps from POCs and MVPs to production-ready applications. They're often developing using prompting, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and fine-tuning (up to and including Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF)), typically in that order. However, during development – and even more so once deployed to production – best practices for operating and improving generative AI applications are le
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
US Agency Advisory Sheds Light on the Group's Activities The Snatch ransomware group is targeting a wide range of critical infrastructure sectors, including the defense industrial base, food and agriculture, and information technology sectors, according to a new alert issued by U.S. authorities. The group operates on a ransomware-as-a-service model.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
How in the World Did Self-Proclaimed Hacktivists Hit System Tied to Border Control? A recent, brief disruption at Canadian airports is a reminder that Russia-aligned hacking groups' bark remains worse than their bite. Experts say these groups' impact largely remains minimal, which begs the question of how they disrupted arrival kiosks across Canadian airports.
IBM Big Data Hub
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Generative AI and large language models are poised to impact how we all access and use information. But as organizations race to adopt these new technologies for business, it requires a global ecosystem of partners with industry expertise to identify the right enterprise use-cases for AI and the technical skills to implement the technology. During TechXchange , IBM’s premier technical learning event in Las Vegas last week, IBM Partner Plus members including our Strategic Partners, reseller
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Also: Mark Cuban Hot Wallet Hack; Crypto Regulation This week, hackers stole $70 million from CoinEx, FTX resumed online claims, Balancer suffered a breach, Celsius creditors are targets of phishing, nearly $900,000 was stolen from Mark Cuban's hot wallet, Malta prepares for crypto regulation and Hong Kong cracked down on illicit crypto exchanges.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Attackers use convincing fake website interfaces and sophisticated geo-fencing to target users exclusively in Mexico and Brazil with a new variant of the malware.
Speaker: Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor at Medallia
Join Keith Kmett, Principal CX Advisor, in this new webinar that will focus on: Understanding CX Orchestration Fundamentals: Gain a solid understanding of what CX orchestration is, its significance in the customer experience landscape, and how it plays a crucial role in shaping customer journeys. This includes the key concepts, strategies, and best practices involved in CX orchestration. 🔑 Connection to Customer Journey Maps: How to effectively integrate customer journey mapping into the
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Researchers Say Breach Illustrates Why Schools Are Major Targets for Cybercriminals An Ohio community college is notifying 290,000 people of a data theft breach this spring that may have compromised their personal and health information. Security researchers say small schools such as this are now favored targets. Some 80% of schools have reported hacking incidents in the past year.
Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Jake Appelbaum’s PhD thesis contains several new revelations from the classified NSA documents provided to journalists by Edward Snowden. Nothing major, but a few more tidbits. Kind of amazing that that all happened ten years ago. At this point, those documents are more historical than anything else. And it’s unclear who has those archives anymore.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Nikko Asset Management's Marcus Rameke on SaaS or PaaS vs. IaaS or On-Premises HCI In Part 3 of this three-part blog post, Nikko Asset Management's Marcus Rameke discusses why opting for SaaS or PaaS over IaaS is a sensible decision for most businesses, why cloud solutions are preferable to on-premises HCI, and how to achieve environmental sustainability.
KnowBe4
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
WIRED just published an article that made me both disappointed and surprised at the same time. Security researchers found USB-based Sogu espionage malware spreading within African operations of European and US firms.
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The healthcare industry has massively adopted web tracking tools, including pixels and trackers. Tracking tools on user-authenticated and unauthenticated web pages can access personal health information (PHI) such as IP addresses, medical record numbers, home and email addresses, appointment dates, or other info provided by users on pages and thus can violate HIPAA Rules that govern the Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
400 Potential WeLeakInfo Patrons Warned of Legal Costs of Criminal Wrongdoing Hundreds of Dutch patrons of a now-defunct credential marketplace received warnings from national police in an attempt to prevent potential crimes using illicitly obtained personal identifiable information. Dutch national police Politie said it had contacted 400 "possible customers" of WeLeakInfo.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The intercoms are used in thousands of apartments and offices across the world, and they can be used to spy on targets through the other devices they connect to.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Cisco-Splunk Deal Will Fuel Move From Detection, Response to Prediction, Prevention Cisco's proposed $28 billion buy of Splunk allows businesses to move from threat detection and response to threat prediction and prevention by combining XDR and SIEM. The deal brings together Cisco's newly released XDR platform with Splunk's long-standing SIEM technology.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Cisco's surprise agreement could reshape secure information and event management (SIEM) and extended detection and response (XDR) markets.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Exail Technologies, a high-tech manufacturer whose clients include the US Coast Guard, exposed sensitive company data that could’ve enabled attackers to access its databases. Exail, a French high-tech industrial group, left exposed a publicly accessible environment (.env) file with database credentials, the Cybernews research team has discovered. The company, formed in 2022 after ECA Group and iXblue merged, specializes in robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace, and photonics technologies, ma
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The nature of cloud environments means security and technical teams need a different mindset to understand and manage their new attack surface.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The recently discovered Free Download Manager (FDM) supply chain attack, which distributed Linux malware, started back in 2020. The maintainers of Free Download Manager (FDM) confirmed that the recently discovered supply chain attack dates back to 2020. Recently, researchers from Kaspersky reported the discovery of a free download manager site that has been compromised to serve Linux malware.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
A financially motivated threat actor uses known vulnerabilities, ordinary TTPs, and off-the-shelf tools to exploit the unprepared, highlighting the fact that many organizations still don't focus on the security basics.
Speaker: Steve Pappas
As businesses strive for success in an increasingly digitized world, delivering an exceptional customer experience has become paramount. To meet this demand, enterprises are embracing innovative approaches that captivate customers and fuel their loyalty. 💥 Enter conversational AI - an absolute game-changer (if done right) in redefining CX norms.
KnowBe4
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Researchers at Barracuda describe how attackers use legitimate email inbox rules to control compromised accounts and evade detection.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
The Sandman group's main malware is among the very few that use the Lua scripting language and its just-in-time compiler.
KnowBe4
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
[BUDGET AMMO] Jeremy King is a partner at Olshan Frome Wolosky. He wrote an article for Bloomberg where he analyzed cyber risk management issues that companies should prioritize in response to new SEC reporting requirements for cybersecurity incidents and threats.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
A working group is rolling out in developing parts of the world, in response to concerns about the amount of technology being rolled out and across Africa by Chinese companies.
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In today's digital landscape, the threat of ransomware demands proactive defense. This paper, inspired by a real PostgreSQL® database incident, offers vital strategies for effective mitigation. Instaclustr expert Perry Clark outlines immediate actions to minimize risks, ensuring a swift response to ransomware threats and protecting critical data assets.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
In the Total Experience economy, self-service speech-enabled Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems play a crucial role in providing a seamless and efficient customer experience. IVR addresses the rising digital technology landscape and heightened customer expectations for quick, personalized service. Businesses are almost certainly required to adopt these self-service IVR systems to maintain competitiveness.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Though widely used in many organizations, the concept still requires adaptation when aimed at protecting against new types of attacks.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
In a blockbuster deal that could shake up the cybersecurity market, Cisco announced this morning that it will acquire Splunk for $28 billion. If the deal clears regulatory hurdles, it would give Cisco a big position in the market for centralized cybersecurity management solutions like security information and event management (SIEM) and security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) in addition to Cisco’s already sizable presence in network and endpoint security — and position the
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