Data Breach Today
MARCH 22, 2019
Brian Honan of BH Consulting on When to Notify - or Not Since the EU's new GDPR privacy law came into effect in May 2018, one challenge for organizations that suffer a breach is knowing whether or not they must report it to authorities, says Brian Honan, president and CEO of BH Consulting in Dublin.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 22, 2019
Malvertising is rearing its ugly head – yet again. Malicious online ads have surged and retreated in cycles since the earliest days of the Internet. Remember when infectious banner ads and viral toolbars cluttered early browsers? Related: Web application exposures redouble. Historically, with each iteration of malicious ads, the online advertising industry, led by Google, has fought back, and kept this scourge at a publicly acceptable level.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 22, 2019
Life After WannaCry and NotPetya: Europol Wants EU Member States To Be Ready Life after WannaCry and NotPetya: Europol, the EU's law enforcement intelligence agency, wants member states to be able to rapidly respond to the next big cyberattack against Europe. But with warnings of ongoing Russian election interference campaigns, the next big attack may already be underway.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 22, 2019
The Homeland Security Department inspector general released a damning report about FEMA's inability to safeguard the personal info of the people it helped.
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
MARCH 22, 2019
ISACA and (ISC)2 on Meeting Changing Demands of Industry, Students What is the role of professional certification companies in the cybersecurity education ecosystem? In part one of a two-part panel discussion on the future of cybersecurity education, John McCumber of (ISC)2 and Rob Clyde of ISACA share their philosophies.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 22, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses the recent ransomware attack on aluminum giant, Norsk Hydro. Plus, confessions of a former LulzSec and Anonymous hacktivist, and the growing problem of cyber extortion.
Security Affairs
MARCH 22, 2019
Russian APT groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections. According to experts from FireEye, Russia-linked APT28 (aka Fancy Bear , Pawn Storm , Sofacy Group , Sednit , and STRONTIUM ) and Sandworm Team (also TeleBots ) cyberespionage groups are targeting European governments for cyber-espionage purposes ahead of the upcoming European elections.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 22, 2019
Security Vendor Reports 'Tens of Thousands' of Mac Malware Detections Monthly A decade or more ago, this would have been unthinkable: Microsoft developing an anti-malware platform for macOS. But Windows Defender ATP is now available for Macs via a limited preview. Microsoft says the move will help protect customers running non-Windows machines.
Security Affairs
MARCH 22, 2019
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday issued a security advisory for multiple vulnerabilities affecting over a dozen heart defibrillators. Multiple vulnerabilities in the heart defibrillators could be exploited by attackers to remotely control the devices, potentially putting the lives of patients at risk. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device implantable inside the human body that performs cardioversion, defibrillation, and pacing of the heart. .
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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
MARCH 22, 2019
Skybox Security's Michelle Cobb on Point Solutions Versus Platforms The challenge of wanted to adopt the latest and greatest point products, as opposed to opting for a more platform-based approach, seems never-ending, and can only be managed by bringing greater amounts of automation to bear, says Skybox Security's Michelle Cobb.
IT Governance
MARCH 22, 2019
The data protection landscape was dramatically reshaped with the introduction of the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) on 25 May 2018, but it wasn’t the only law that took effect that day. The UK DPA (Data Protection Act) 2018 also came into force, and although it arrived with much less fanfare than the EU GDPR, it’s just as important. In this blog, we explain why the DPA 2018 exists, what it contains and how it relates to the EU GDPR.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 22, 2019
Top District Prosecutor Aims to Improve Consumer Breach Protection Karl Racine, the attorney general for Washington, D.C., is looking to strengthen the District's data breach laws, specifically by offering greater protection for consumers and holding businesses accountable when they are breached or lose data.
Security Affairs
MARCH 22, 2019
On the second day of the Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition, white hat hackers earned a total of $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge web browsers. Day 2 at Pwn2Own 2019 hacking competition – White hat hackers earned $270,000 for exploits against the Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Edge browsers. The security duo Amat Cama and Richard Zhu of team Fluoroacetate earned $50,000 for a Firefox exploit with kernel escalation.
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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
MARCH 22, 2019
Intel's Amit Elazari Bar On and UC-Berkeley's Lisa Ho on Schools and Digital Transformation What are America's universities doing to help fill the cybersecurity skills gap felt by enterprises worldwide? In part two of a two-part panel discussion on the future of cybersecurity education, Lisa Ho of the University of California-Berkeley and Amit Elazari Bar On of Intel Corp. offer insights.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 22, 2019
Special counsel Robert Mueller finished his investigation into the 2016 presidential election Friday.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 22, 2019
Wireless Communication Weakness Could Allow Attackers to Manipulate Products Federal regulators and medical device maker Medtronic have issued new warnings about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in certain cardiac devices from the manufacturer that could potentially allow attackers to manipulate the products' functionality, posing safety risks to patients.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 22, 2019
World Water Day is a UN initiative celebrated every March 22. It honors water and focuses on those deprived of it. The occasion is a persuasive aide-memoire to the human world to deal with the global water crisis. Population growth has increased the demand for water, and water management organizations are driven to conserve and manage this essential resource.
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Dark Reading
MARCH 22, 2019
In an era of popular video games like Fortnite and Minecraft, there is a lot to be learned about risk, luck, and strategy from some old-fashioned board games.
Security Affairs
MARCH 22, 2019
Cisco released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco released security patches to address vulnerabilities in its IP Phone 7800 and 8800 series that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers. Cisco IP Phone 8800 series are business desk phones that supports HD video, while Cisco IP Phone 7800 series are designed for desktops and conference rooms in businesses. .
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 22, 2019
Opinion: Utah legislators recently voted to pass landmark legislation in support of a new privacy law. Statehouses across the country should take notes.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 22, 2019
Confidentiality and data privacy have always been concerns for businesses, particularly in industries like legal, healthcare, financial, and insurance. But with new international regulations and privacy acts, the ability to protect and redact sensitive information is becoming increasingly critical to companies across all industries. While manual redaction is a useful tool, guaranteeing the protection of … The post Protecting sensitive information can’t be left to chance appeared firs
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Dark Reading
MARCH 22, 2019
Experts share the prime window for detecting intruders, when to contact law enforcement, and what they wish they did differently after a breach.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 22, 2019
On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar (“Advocate General”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued an Opinion in the Case C-673/17 of Planet49 GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen und Verbraucherverbände – Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. ( i.e. , the Federation of German Consumer Organizations, the “ Bundesverband ”), which is currently pending before the CJEU.
Threatpost
MARCH 22, 2019
Hacked drones are breaching physical and cyberdefenses to cause disruption and steal data, experts warn.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 22, 2019
Report finds Fema unnecessarily shared personal data, including bank details, with outside contractor The US disaster relief agency unnecessarily released sensitive identifiable data, including banking information, of 2.3m disaster survivors to an outside contractor, according to a report by theOffice of Inspector General. The survivors, who were affected by hurricanes Harvey , Irma , and Maria , as well as the 2017 wildfires in California , had provided their information to the Federal Emergenc
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Threatpost
MARCH 22, 2019
The unpatched vulnerabilities exist in 20 products made by the popular Medtronics medical device manufacturer, including defibrillators and home patient monitoring systems.
Dark Reading
MARCH 22, 2019
Cybercriminals involved in the operation created fake online dating profiles and tricked victims into sending money to phony bank accounts.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 22, 2019
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) has fined Vote Leave Limited (the UK’s official Brexit campaign) £40,000 for sending almost 200,000 unsolicited texts promoting the aims of the campaign. In an unrelated action, the ICO has carried out searches of a business believed to have been responsible for initiating nuisance telephone calls. The ICO has highlighted nuisance calls, spam texts and unsolicited direct marketing as areas of “significant public concern,” and is increasingly imp
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