Data Breach Today

MARCH 20, 2021

Strikes Surged After ProxyLogon Proof-of-Concept Released There has been a spike in TR/Downloader.Gen Trojan web shell detection, as ransomware gangs and other threat groups increasingly target vulnerable Microsoft Exchange Servers following publication of proof-of-concept attacks using ProxyLogon - one of four zero-days patched by Microsoft.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2021

Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation Acer was victim of a REvil ransomware attack, the gang demanded a $50,000,000 ransom. Taiwanese computer giant Acer was victim of the REvil ransomware attack, the gang is demanding the payment of a $50,000,000 ransom, the largest one to date. Acer is the world’s 6th-largest PC vendor by unit sales as of January 2021, it has more than 7,000 employees (2019) and in 2019 declared 234.29 billion in revenue.

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WIRED Threat Level

MARCH 20, 2021

Plus: A mysterious zero-day spree, a high-profile hacker indictment, and more of the week’s top security news.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 20, 2021

A hacking group has employed at least 11 zero-day flaws as part of an operation that took place in 2020 and targeted Android, iOS, and Windows users. Google’s Project Zero security team published a report about the activity of a mysterious hacking group that operated over the course of 2020 and exploited at least 11 zero-day vulnerabilities in its attacks on Android, iOS, and Windows users.

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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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Troy Hunt

MARCH 20, 2021

A slow start this week as the camera refused to be recognised by any browser. The problem, of course, was that I'd plugged in a new DAC for the replacement speakers ????? Despite the slow start, there's a heap in this week's update on all sorts of different things as I find myself continually drawn in different directions. But that's also what I love about this industry, that there's so much variety and always something to scratch every itch ??

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