Data Breach Today
APRIL 2, 2019
Attack Comes After Others That Targeted Counties Albany, New York, is the latest unit of local government hit with ransomware in recent weeks, following similar attacks reported in Georgia and North Carolina that crippled government IT systems and disrupted service for local residents.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 2, 2019
Canadian police last week raided the residence of a Toronto software developer behind “ Orcus RAT ,” a product that’s been marketed on underground forums and used in countless malware attacks since its creation in 2015. Its author maintains Orcus is a legitimate R emote A dministration T ool that is merely being abused, but security experts say it includes multiple features more typically seen in malware known as a R emote A ccess T rojan.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 2, 2019
Hector Monsegur on Making the Transition From Hacktivist to Researcher Why trust a former black hat? Hector Monsegur, a former member of LulzSec, describes his transition from hacktivist to researcher.
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
Attackers Store Malware in Hidden Directories of Compromised HTTPS Sites. Security experts at Zscaler discovered that threat actors are using hidden “well-known” directories of HTTPS sites to store and deliver malicious payloads. Crooks are utilizing hidden “well-known” directories of HTTPS sites running WordPress and Joomla websites to store and serve malicious payloads.
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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
APRIL 2, 2019
CSO on Fraud Fusion Center and Responding to Latest Trends As CSO of Mastercard, Ron Green has a clear view into the tactics of payment card fraudsters, as well as how the company is responding to fraud trends via its Fraud Fusion Center.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 2, 2019
Doctors Decide to Retire Rather Than Pay Ransom or Restore Systems A small Michigan medical practice that plans to permanently shut down in the wake of a recent ransomware attack is an example of the devastation that can result from a serious cyberattack.
Dark Reading
APRIL 2, 2019
New data from ISC(2) shows younger women are making more money than in previous generations in the field - but overall gender pay disparity persists.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 2, 2019
Security Researcher Who Targeted Microsoft With Malware Also Breached VTech Security researcher Zammis Clark, who pleaded guilty to hacking Microsoft - with an accomplice - and later Nintendo, as well as stealing data and uploading malware to Microsoft's network, has received a suspended sentence.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
APRIL 2, 2019
By Ewa Kurowska-Tober and Magdalena Koniarska . On 25 March 2019, the Polish data protection authority (DPA) (referred to in Polish as “PUODO”) announced the imposition of the first GDPR-related fine in Poland. A data controller was fined approximately PLN 1 million (approx. EUR 230,415 ) for a failure to comply with the information obligation set forth in Article 14 of the GDPR.
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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 2, 2019
How to measure your security performance and ensure ROI on your technology investments. Security ratings and the analytics they provide give businesses a unique insight into their security performance and posture in relation to their peer group.
IT Governance
APRIL 2, 2019
Anyone with an interest in information security will have encountered ISO 27001 , the international standard that describes best practice for an ISMS (information security management system). However, you might not be as familiar with ISO 27002. It’s a supplementary standard that provides advice on how to implement the security controls listed in Annex A of ISO 27001.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 2, 2019
Debra Geister of NICE Actimize on Emerging Challenges Do real-time payments inevitably lead to real-time fraud? Debra Geister of NICE Actimize describes some of the fraud challenges of moving to faster payments.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 2, 2019
This is a fascinating hack: In today's digital age, a large Instagram audience is considered a valuable currency. I had also heard through the grapevine that I could monetize a large following -- or in my desired case -- use it to have my meals paid for. So I did just that. I created an Instagram page that showcased pictures of New York City's skylines, iconic spots, elegant skyscrapers -- you name it.
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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.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 2, 2019
Dora Gomez on the Highlights of ACFE Report to Nations What are the prevailing fraud trends, and how are they impacting consumers, clients and enterprises? Dora Gomez, director of the New York City chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, shares highlights of the ACFE's new Report to the Nations.
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
Cybaze-Yoroi ZLAB malware researchers decided to use the NSA Ghidra suite in a real case study, the analysis of the AZORult malware. Introduction. One of the most expected moments in the infosec community during the last few months was, with no doubt, the Ghidra public release. On the 5th of March, at the RSA conference, Ghidra has been presented to the public revealing the inner details of the Software Reverse Engineering (SRE) framework that National Security Agency used for more than a decade
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
APRIL 2, 2019
Today marks an exciting milestone as Thales and Gemalto become one company. As a result of the combination of these two global leaders in digital security, Thales eSecurity and Gemalto’s Enterprise & Cybersecurity business are joining together as Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing , creating the world leader in cloud, data and software protection.
Dark Reading
APRIL 2, 2019
The security services company releases a distribution of 140 programs for penetration testers who need to launch attacks and tools from an instance of Windows.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
Security expert discovered thousands of unsafe Kibana instances that are exposed online, the news was first reported by colleagues at THN. Kibana is an open source data visualization plugin for Elasticsearch. It provides visualization capabilities on top of the content indexed on an Elasticsearch cluster. Users can create bar, line and scatter plots, or pie charts and maps on top of large volumes of data.
Dark Reading
APRIL 2, 2019
When selecting targets, attackers often consider total cost of 'pwnership' -- the expected cost of an operation versus the likelihood of success. Defenders need to follow a similar strategy.
Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
A change made months ago in an open-source JavaScript library introduced a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Google Search. The Japanese security researcher Masato Kinugawa discovered an XSS vulnerability in Google Search that was introduced with a change made months ago in an open-source JavaScript library. The library is named Closure and according to the expert it fails to properly sanitize user input.
IT Governance
APRIL 2, 2019
Earl Enterprises, the restaurant giant that owns Planet Hollywood and Buca di Beppo, has disclosed a data breach affecting its payment card systems. In a press release published last week , the organisation confirmed that more than 100 of its US restaurants were compromised between 23 May 2018 and 18 March 2019, after criminal hackers planted malware on its POS (point-of-sale) systems.
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Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
Another ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Albany, its computer systems were infected with the malware. Computer systems in the City of Albany, New York, were infected with ransomware over the weekend that disrupted some municipal computers. According to Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan, no personal information belonging to government workers or residents was compromised during the ransomware attack.
DXC Technology
APRIL 2, 2019
While there is some debate over whether there’s an AI talent shortage, there’s no doubt that a growing number of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) job openings are being created as enterprises seek to launch and expand their own intelligent machine initiatives. But what skills and experience do enterprise workers need to land […].
IBM Big Data Hub
APRIL 2, 2019
If your business hasn’t already embraced a multiple-cloud strategy, it’s likely that one is in your near future. Recent research shows that 85 percent of companies already operate in multicloud environments, and 98 percent of companies plan to be multicloud by 2021.
Daymark
APRIL 2, 2019
For many of us, a rock-solid business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan can mean the difference between a good night’s sleep and living in constant fear of impending doom. Hyperbole aside, many BC/DR plans are under-tested, under-architected, and misunderstood by businesses. Sure, you may have a copy of your data at a secondary site, but how do you know it’s accessible to applications in the event of a failover?
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Security Affairs
APRIL 2, 2019
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OpenText Information Management
APRIL 2, 2019
Governments are drowning in data. Enterprise applications, the Internet of Things, social media, and digital citizen services are generating vast quantities of data – and the rate of growth is faster than ever before. The problem is selecting the relevant information, deriving meaningful insights from it, and using those insights to guide decision-making.
IT Governance
APRIL 2, 2019
The ICO ( Information Commissioner’s Office ) has fined Grove Pension Solutions £40,000 for sending nearly 2 million unsolicited marketing emails. . T he pensions firm ’s campaign, which took place between October 2016 and October 2017, violated the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation s ). . Tried to do the right thing .
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