Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
With the midterm elections just around the corner, Barbara Simons, author of the election security book "Broken Ballots," explains why some voting computers remain inherently flawed.
Krebs on Security
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Popular file-sharing site Mega.nz is warning users that cybercriminals hacked its browser extension for Google Chrome so that any usernames and passwords submitted through the browser were copied and forwarded to a rogue server in Ukraine. This attack serves as a fresh reminder that legitimate browser extensions can and periodically do fall into the wrong hands, and that it makes good security sense to limit your exposure to such attacks by getting rid of extensions that are no longer useful or
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
But Tech-Support Fraud is Surging, via Cold Calls, Phishing and More, FBI Warns While tech-support scams have proliferated for years, the FBI says losses tied to such fraud are now higher than ever. Google has pledged to crack down on fake tech-support listings. But fraudsters regularly employ a variety of channels, including cold calls, pop-up windows and phishing emails.
Weissman's World
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
If there’s one thing we know about doing information right – which is to say, improving the care and feeding of your critical business information – it’s that it’s really hard to know where to begin. Should we scan the boxes full of paper that’s cluttering our hallways? Should we comb through our shared drives […]. The post Doing Information Right: Where Do I Begin?
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
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
The Impact of Missteps Can Be Substantial A recent incident involving a chronic care management company spotlights how paying a ransom to recover decryption keys from ransomware attackers can put sensitive data at additional risk. Security experts offer insights on how to prepare for the many challenges posed by attacks.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Two-Person Gang Is Picking Up After Decline in Cobalt Attacks, Researchers Warn A cybercrime gang called "Silence," which appears to have just two members, has been tied to attacks that have so far stolen at least $800,000, in part via ATM jackpotting or "cash out" attacks, warns cybercrime investigation firm Group-IB.
TAB OnRecord
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Is it possible that you’re not managing your organizations records, but rather they are managing you? If panicked “All-Office” emails are common or if people are regularly searching for critical files after the information was needed, the answer may be yes. The following questions are designed to help diagnose how your organization uses and stores information.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Learn how to leverage a predictive security cloud model to get ahead of emerging attacks. Traditional endpoint security products are holding organizations back. It's time to move your antivirus to the cloud.
AIIM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Intelligent Information Management (IIM).It sounds great, but what the heck do those 3 words really mean? Here at AIIM, you've probably heard us use IIM to describe the core set of capabilities that are necessary for organizations to digitally transform. In fact, we believe so whole-heartedly that it's the future of Information Management that we actually changed our name to the Association of Intelligent Information Management and even wrote the book on it.
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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
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Most enterprises are at least discussing security analytics. But how are they actually deploying these tools? And with what levels of automation and orchestration? Drew Gidwani of ThreatConnect shares insight on how to maximize analytics.
AIIM
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Intelligent Information Management (IIM).It sounds great, but what the heck do those 3 words really mean? Here at AIIM, you've probably heard us use IIM to describe the core set of capabilities that are necessary for organizations to digitally transform. In fact, we believe so whole-heartedly that it's the future of Information Management that we actually changed our name to the Association of Intelligent Information Management and even wrote the book on it.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
The 10 most common security problems facing small to mid-sized companies. The 10 most common security problems facing small to mid-sized companies.
Data Matters
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
On Friday, August 31, the California legislature unanimously passed a host of “clean-up” amendments to the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), AB 375 , as it set about addressing flaws and other concerns in the state’s groundbreaking data privacy law. These amendments are now awaiting Governor Brown’s signature. These amendments follow closely on the heels of the State’s initial enactment of the CCPA in June.
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Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Blockchain is being used as a security tool. If you haven't thought about adopting it, you might want to reconsider your take.
The Texas Record
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
e-Records 2018 – Friday, November 16, 2018. Registration is open to state agency and local government staff for the 2018 e-Records Conference. Visit the conference website to REGISTER and to read more about the exciting lineup and exhibitors. Be sure to register as soon as possible. Please share this opportunity with your colleagues. Seats filled up quickly last year so reserve your spot today!
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Security expert discovered that S kype has a malloc(): memory corruption vulnerability that could be triggered while users share some media/file with someone during a call. . Tested on: Linux zero 4.15.0-29-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 17 15:39:52 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS). Product affected: Skype for linux (skypeforlinux_8.27.0.85_amd64.deb) Steps to reproduce this issue: 1.
Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
It's amazing that this is even possible: " SonarSnoop: Active Acoustic Side-Channel Attacks ": Abstract: We report the first active acoustic side-channel attack. Speakers are used to emit human inaudible acoustic signals and the echo is recorded via microphones, turning the acoustic system of a smart phone into a sonar system. The echo signal can be used to profile user interaction with the device.
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Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Voting machines that do not provide a paper trail or cannot be independently audited should immediately be removed, concludes a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Enterprises are turning to SOAR solutions to streamline response to cybersecurity incidents.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Even though digital information is evolving at a rapid pace, the world is still document-centric. Documents, whether created by a human or generated by a machine, underpin every operation, communication exchange and innovation in the Intelligent and Connected Enterprise. What is changing, however, is how they are created, their levels of complexity and their collaborative … The post Information is at the heart of your business appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Despite the technology's promise to transform how business is done, there are significant limitations and potential risks at the intersection of the digital and physical worlds.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Researchers from security firm CrowdStrike have observed a new campaign associated with the GOBLIN PANDA APT group. Experts from security firm CrowdStrike have uncovered a new campaign associated with the GOBLIN PANDA APT group. The group also knows as Cycldek was first spotted in September 2013, it was mainly targeting entities in Southeast Asia using different malware variants mainly PlugX and HttpTunnel.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Researchers detected the vulnerability in an attack campaign two days after it was posted on social media.
IBM Big Data Hub
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
In the coming weeks, you have three great opportunities — two in the U.S., one in Europe — to network with your industry peers as you meet and learn from IBMers who are reinventing analytics for organizations large and small.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
CVE-2018-11776 operates at a far deeper level within the code than all prior Struts vulnerabilities. This requires a greater understanding of the Struts code itself as well as the various libraries used by Struts.
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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.
Jamf
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Regardless of where your iPads were purchased, we explain the options for getting devices enrolled so they can be configured, secured and rolled out to users.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
As Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg testified before Congress, some of Twitter and Facebook's most notorious trolls and misinformation artists watched on.
The Guardian Data Protection
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018
Suspect in schoolgirl’s murder is refusing to supply password. Can police force him to? Facebook cannot hand over the password to the account of either the murdered schoolgirl Lucy McHugh or the suspect Stephen Nicholson, because the company does not store user passwords. Instead, it stores a “hash” of those passwords, which lets it check whether an entered password is correct without needing to store the password itself.
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