Fri.Aug 10, 2018

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Managed Detection & Response for Financial Services

Data Breach Today

Ransomware. Phishing. Credential stuffing. These are among the top threats to financial institutions of all sizes. But small-to-midsized ones are particularly challenged to detect and respond to threats. Arctic Wolf's Todd Thiemann discusses the value of managed detection and response.

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Social Mapper – Correlate social media profiles with facial recognition

Security Affairs

Trustwave developed Social Mapper an Open Source Tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across different social networks. Security experts at Trustwave have released Social Mapper, a new open-source tool that allows finding a person of interest across social media platform using facial recognition technology. The tool was developed to gather intelligence from social networks during penetration tests and are aimed at facilitating social engineering attacks.

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A flurry of data breaches has severely damaged health businesses

IG Guru

Nicky Lineaweaver This story was delivered to Business Insider Intelligence ” Digital Health Briefing ” subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, click here . A flurry of data breaches disclosed in July raises concerns about the security standards of healthcare organizations. Two weeks ago, a breach at LabCorp, one of the largest US clinical laboratories, potentially exposed millions of patient records. […].

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HIPAA Security Rule Turns 20: It's Time for a Facelift

Data Breach Today

As the HIPAA security rule turns 20, it's time for regulators to make updates reflecting the changing cyberthreat landscape and technological evolution that's happened over the past two decades, says security expert Tom Walsh.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Millions of Android Devices Are Vulnerable Out of the Box

WIRED Threat Level

Android smartphones from Asus, LG, Essential, and ZTE are the focus of a new analysis about risks from firmware bugs introduced by manufacturers and carriers.

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Butlin’s Hacked – 34,000 customers affected

IT Governance

Butlin’s has suffered a data breach that has affected up to 34,000 of its customers. A spokesperson confirmed that the compromise had taken place over the past 72 hours and was caused by a phishing email. In a notice posted on its website , Butlin’s managing director, Dermot King, said: “We would like to assure all our guests that your payment details are secure and have not been compromised.

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Preparing data management for blockchain and other advancements

IBM Big Data Hub

Advances such as blockchain technology are steadily gaining traction both in terms of investment and adoption. Well-informed IT professionals are starting to deploy these new technologies to establish a more connected, knowledgeable and secure business. Here are some ways blockchain technology and database advancements are working together to help facilitate some of those benefits.

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5 key benefits of an ISO 27001 gap analysis

IT Governance

Building an ISMS (information security management system) that that meets the requirements of ISO 27001 is a challenging project, and it is often difficult to know where to start. One way to simplify the process is to conduct an ISO 27001 gap analysis , a process in which your current state of compliance is measured against the Standard. Below we have outlined exactly how an ISO 27001 gap analysis can benefit your organisation. 1) You’ll gain a high-level overview of what needs to be done to ach

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Machine Learning Can Identify the Authors of Anonymous Code

WIRED Threat Level

Researchers have repeatedly shown that writing samples, even those in artificial languages, contain a unique fingerprint that's hard to hide.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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Weekly podcast: ICS attacks, Reddit and SIM swap arrests

IT Governance

This week, we discuss new research into attacks on industrial control systems, Reddit’s recent breach, and an apparent crackdown on SIM swap fraud. Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 10 August. Here are this week’s stories. A new report from Cybereason has highlighted the alarming scale and variety of attacks faced by ICS or industrial control systems, and it seems that it’s not only nation-state attackers but also opportunistic traditional cybercriminals that are n

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Crestron Touchscreens Could Spy on Hotel Rooms and Meetings

WIRED Threat Level

The technology company Crestron makes touchscreen panels and other equipment for places like conference rooms, which a researcher found can be turned into hidden microphones and webcams.

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Once more unto the Breach – Managing information security in an uncertain world

IT Governance

Risk is part of the game, but can you flip the board on cyber attacks? . Try as we might, we can never fully eliminate risk. The Internet is a playground for criminal hackers waiting to get their hands on your sensitive information. . We’ve all heard of the WannaCry ransomware attack, which paralysed the NHS and affected more than 300,000 computers across 150 countries in May 2017.

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Don't Fear the TSA Cutting Airport Security. Be Glad That They're Talking about It.

Schneier on Security

Last week, CNN reported that the Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating security at U.S. airports that fly only smaller planes -- 60 seats or fewer. Passengers connecting to larger planes would clear security at their destinations. To be clear, the TSA has put forth no concrete proposal. The internal agency working group's report obtained by CNN contains no recommendations.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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What can we learn from the NHS Digital data breach?

IT Governance

NHS Digital suffered a data breach in July that resulted in the confidential information of 150,000 patients being shared without their permission. The breach affected national data opt-out (formerly type 2 opt-out) patients. National data opt-out is used when patients only consent to their data being used for their individual care. Although the breach was blamed on a ‘coding error’, and there is no risk to patient data, it demonstrates a blatant failure of NHS Digital’s information security man

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NSA Brings Nation-State Details to DEF CON

Dark Reading

Thousands of hackers were eager to hear the latest from the world of nation-state cybersecurity.

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Adding data to Jamf Pro

Jamf

Whether you want to import data directly to the database or use an API, this blog provides step-by-step instructions for accomplishing your goals.

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3 ways organizations can reduce data breach risk

Information Management Resources

Survey after survey reveals that more organizations fall victim to cyberattacks each year - and the attacks grow not just in number, but also in intensity.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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The stepping stones of the customer experience journey

OpenText Information Management

I love to hear my parents tell stories from their younger days. One of my favorites is about an incident that happened to my mom, Karen, at camp as a little girl. She giggles as she recalls the story of a shortcut to get from one part of her campground to another. For meals or lights-out, … The post The stepping stones of the customer experience journey appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Experts explained how to hack macs in enterprises through MDM

Security Affairs

Researchers demonstrated how a sophisticated threat actor can hack a brand new Apple Mac computer in enterprise environments through MDM. A security duo composed by Jesse Endahl, CPO and CSO at macOS management firm Fleetsmith, and Max Bélanger, staff engineer at Dropbox, demonstrated at the Black Hat security conference how a persistent attacker could compromise brand new Mac systems in enterprise environments on the first boot.

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At DefCon, the Biggest Election Threat Is Lack of Funding

WIRED Threat Level

While hackers at the DefCon security conference dismantle voting machines, officials stress the need for means to act on the results.

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The analysis of the code reuse revealed many links between North Korea malware

Security Affairs

Security researchers at Intezer and McAfee have conducted a joint investigation that allowed them to collect evidence that links malware families attributed to North Korean APT groups such as the notorious Lazarus Group and Group 123. The experts focused their analysis on the code reuse, past investigations revealed that some APT groups share portions of code and command and control infrastructure for their malware.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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.

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Vulnerable Smart City Devices Can Be Exploited To Cause Panic, Chaos

Dark Reading

False alerts about floods, radiation levels are just some of the ways attackers can abuse weakly protected IoT devices, researchers warn.

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A Tweet About Hacking During Defcon Gets a Google Engineer in Trouble

WIRED Threat Level

Matt Linton says he was asked to leave Caesars Palace Thursday night after a tweet about an “attack” was reported to the police.

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The Enigma of AI & Cybersecurity

Dark Reading

We've only seen the beginning of what artificial intelligence can do for information security.

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Special Black Hat Coverage: Google’s Parisa Tabriz Says Don’t Be A Jerk

The Security Ledger

In this special Black Hat edition of the Podcast, sponsored by UL: Parisa Tabriz, Google’s Director of Engineering for the Chrome Web browser, brought some strong medicine to Las Vegas for her Black Hat keynote speech. We talk about why her simple message was so groundbreaking. Also: Ken Modeste of UL joins us from the Black Hat briefings. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories Episode 107: What’s Hot at Black Hat & does DHS need its new Risk Management Center?

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

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6 Eye-Raising Third-Party Breaches

Dark Reading

This year's headlines have featured a number of high-profile exposures caused by third parties working on behalf of major brands.

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SAA RMS bibliography completed in Zotero. for now!

The Schedule

The SAA Records Management Section steering committee has been working hard over the past several years to improve upon the records management bibliography that was disseminated in 2008 (and, in case you’re interested in historical RM documentation, is available on our microsite at [link] — file name RMRTBibliography2012.pdf because it was published as a PDF in 2012).

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New Study: The Impact of Data Breaches on Customer Trust

Rippleshot

A new study indicates there is a high level of disconnect between consumer trust over how organizations handle personal data, and how those companies perceive being equipped to fully protect that data. The latest report from. CA Technologies. shared insight from consumers, cybersecurity professionals and business executives views about digital trust.