Data Breach Today
APRIL 1, 2021
Requires Rescanning of Networks, Hardening of Infrastructure CISA is ordering federal executive branch agencies to rescan and recheck their networks by Monday for any signs of compromise related to the unpatched vulnerabilities in on-premises Microsoft Exchange email servers.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 1, 2021
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 1, 2021
Company Still Recovering From March 1 Attack, SEC Filing Notes The ODP Corp. reports in a Securities and Exchange Commission 8-K filing that it has suffered a loss of about $28 million due to a March 1 cyber incident at its business services and supplies subsidiary, CompuCom, that forced the company to shut down some of its operations.
IT Governance
APRIL 1, 2021
Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.
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
APRIL 1, 2021
If Exploited, Flaws Could Open Door to Theft of Admin Credentials VMware has issued patches for two critical vulnerabilities in its IT operations management platform, vRealize Operations, which, if expoited, could allow attackers to steal administrative credentials.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 1, 2021
Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison for Money Laundering Conspiracy An Israeli citizen who served as the administrator of the now-shuttered DeepDotWeb portal that connected internet users with dark web marketplaces selling malware, data and contraband has pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy charge.
Threatpost
APRIL 1, 2021
Some legacy models of QNAP network attached storage devices are vulnerable to remote unauthenticated attacks because of two unpatched vulnerabilities.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 1, 2021
Discussion Tackles Critical Risk Management Issues Four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including dealing with attacks targeting the aging Accellion File Transfer appliance and taking steps to enhance employee authentication.
Threatpost
APRIL 1, 2021
A vast majority of companies in a global survey from Microsoft report being a victim of a firmware-focused cyberattack, but defense spending lags, but defense spending lags.
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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.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 1, 2021
Seller of 99 Million Customers' Stolen Data Calls Firm 'Incompetent,' But Stops Sale Indian payments platform MobiKwik's appears to have gotten a break: A listing for 8.2TB of stolen data pertaining to 99 million customers was withdrawn by a cybercrime forum seller, supposedly because of the public risk posed. MobiKwik continues to deny that it was breached.
Security Affairs
APRIL 1, 2021
VMware has addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance. VMware has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-21982 , in the VMware Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance that could be exploited by attackers to bypass authentication. VMWare fixed an authentication bypass (CVE-2021-21982) in Carbon Black Cloud Workload appliance found by our researcher Egor Dimitrenko.
ForAllSecure
APRIL 1, 2021
Web APIs are everywhere! We interact with APIs every day. We use APIs to write a tweet, discover music, make a purchase or anything else you can imagine. We write applications that are composed with other APIs using patterns such as API Gateways. It is empowering to interact with a well designed and documented API to build the right solutions for yourself and your customers.
Security Affairs
APRIL 1, 2021
VMware addressed two vulnerabilities in its vRealize Operations (vROps) product that can expose organizations to a significant risk of attacks. The vROps delivers self-driving IT operations management for private, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments in a unified, AI-powered platform. Security researcher Egor Dimitrenko from Positive Technologies discovered a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21975 and an arbitrary file write issue tracked as CVE-2021-21983.
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Threatpost
APRIL 1, 2021
The ransomware gang exfiltrated 40 gigabytes of data from the fashion house, including HR and salary details.
Micro Focus
APRIL 1, 2021
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Threatpost
APRIL 1, 2021
Cyberattackers have set up a website for a fake company called SecuriElite, as well as associated Twitter and LinkedIn accounts.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
APRIL 1, 2021
Protecting Sensitive Data with Luna Key Broker for Microsoft Double Key Encryption. madhav. Thu, 04/01/2021 - 14:04. Today’s remote working environment relies heavily on the collaborative sharing of information, challenging organizations to maintain the security of confidential data and regulatory compliance while driving employee productivity. For organizations in highly-regulated industries such as financial services, government and healthcare, they can now leverage Thales Luna HSMs and Luna C
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Threatpost
APRIL 1, 2021
Chris Hass, director of information security and research at Automox, discusses how to shore up cybersecurity defenses and what to prioritize.
Collibra
APRIL 1, 2021
Data governance is the essential foundation for organizations looking to create business value from data. It creates the structure that enables collaboration on and analysis of trusted data. Setting up effective data governance, however, can be quite challenging. Data governance practices require supporting technology, and that technology must include a flexible operating model that allows organizations to design governance programs in a way that works for their unique needs.
Security Affairs
APRIL 1, 2021
Citrix addressed vulnerabilities in Hypervisor that could be exploited by threat actors to execute code in a virtual machine to trigger a denial of service condition on the host. US CISA warns that Citrix has released security updates to address flaws in Hypervisor that could be exploited by threat actors to execute code in a virtual machine to trigger a denial of service condition on the host.
Dark Reading
APRIL 1, 2021
Attackers commonly focus on finding users with too much privileged access as their ticket to network compromise. What can companies do?
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Data Matters
APRIL 1, 2021
On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Examinations (EXAMS) issued a risk alert to remind broker-dealers of their obligations related to anti-money-laundering (AML) rules and regulations as well as to provide the staff’s observations of compliance items related to those obligations. The risk alert also is designed to assist broker-dealers with reviewing and enhancing their AML programs.
Dark Reading
APRIL 1, 2021
More sooner than later, employees will be making their way back to the office. Here's how security pros can plan for the next new normal.
IG Guru
APRIL 1, 2021
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Dark Reading
APRIL 1, 2021
For all of their benefits, IoT devices weren't built with security in mind -- and that can pose huge challenges.
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ForAllSecure
APRIL 1, 2021
Web APIs are everywhere! We interact with APIs every day. We use APIs to write a tweet, discover music, make a purchase, or anything else you can imagine. We write applications that are composed with other APIs using patterns such as API Gateways. It is empowering to interact with a well-designed and documented API to build the right solutions for yourself and your customers.
Jamf
APRIL 1, 2021
Bill Smith is at it again — this time with this clear, concise how-to on automating three common Apple admin tasks with scripting. If you want to push your beginner scripting tools into the intermediate category, his latest scripting guide is for you.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
APRIL 1, 2021
On September 7, 2020, the European Data Protection Board ( EDPB ) published its guidelines on the targeting of social media users (the Guidelines ). This is one of a number of moves by regulators and legislators to contain the perceived risks caused by the use, especially by big tech, of information on individuals’ online behavior to generate personal profiles for advertising purposes.
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