Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
'Deep Fakes' May Eventually Complicate Identity Verification Cryptocurrency exchanges are seeing fraudsters submit doctored photos in an attempt to reset two-step verification on accounts. The ruse appears to have some degree of success, underscoring the difficulties around verifying identity on the internet.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
The moment we’ve all feared has finally come to pass. When government agencies and international intelligence groups pooled together resources to gather user data, the VPN’s encryption seemed like the light at the end of the tunnel. Related: California enacts pioneering privacy law. However, it looks like things are starting to break apart now that Australia has passed the “Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018”.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning are increasingly playing promising roles in healthcare data security, say Ron Mehring, CISO at Texas Health Resources, a large delivery system, and Axel Wirth of Symantec, a technology vendor. They were featured speakers at the HIMSS19 conference.
AIIM
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Content, documents, and information are at the center of all organizations, of all sizes, and in all industries. But once your clients need to review, approve, sign a document, or receive some information— efficiency is key. That is when you need your organization and processes to shine. Allen Bonde, an analyst at Forrester , defines “The Magic Moment” as the moment of communication between your organization and your customer.
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
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Healthcare organizations should steer clear of connecting internet of things devices to their networks unless they serve a precise medical purpose, says attorney Julia Hesse, a featured speaker at the HIMSS19 Conference.
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Micro Focus
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Over the past decade, through a combination of organic growth and M&A, Micro Focus has grown precipitously. Today, the company has thousands of employees in 43 countries worldwide, and is one of the largest pure-play enterprise software companies in the world. Yet, despite this size and growth, and likely because the company is headquartered in.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites (Dubsmash, Armor Games, 500px, Whitepages, ShareThis) available for sale on the dark web. The Register revealed in exclusive that some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites are available for sale on the dark web. The advertising for the sale of the huge trove of data was published in the popular Dream Market black marketplace, data are available for less than $20,000 worth of Bitcoin.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
An advert is currently running in which a man gets his password hacked because, the ad implies, he wasn’t using a VPN (virtual private network). The man’s password? ‘John123’. When you’re that hopeless at creating login credentials, there’s not much a VPN can do to help. Sooner rather than later, someone will guess your password and stumble into a wealth of sensitive information.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Users of QNAP NAS devices are reporting through QNAP forum discussions of mysterious code that adds some entries that prevent software update. Users of the Network attached storage devices manufactured have reported a mystery string of malware attacks that disabled software updates by hijacking entries in host machines’ hosts file. According to the users, the malicious code adds some 700 entries to the /etc/hosts file that redirects requests to IP address 0.0.0.0.
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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.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
As lawmakers face a Friday deadline to prevent the federal government from closing a second time, we examine the cost to the digital domain, both public and private.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Security researcher Lukas Stefanko from ESET discovered the first Android cryptocurrency clipboard hijacker impersonating MetaMask on the official Google Play store. The rogue MetaMask app is a Clipboard Hikacker that monitors a device’s clipboard for Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses and replaces them with addresses of wallets under the control of the attacker.
Data Matters
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
On December 28, 2018, Michigan adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law in the form of Michigan H.B. 6491 (Act). By doing so, Michigan joins Ohio and South Carolina as the third state to adopt the Model Law and the fifth state – along with Connecticut and New York – to have enacted cybersecurity regulations focused on insurance companies.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
The European Union recently implemented its General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). This new regulation has created a challenge for many organizations in terms of how to maintain compliance with the new data protection and privacy laws while continuing to use data for analytics.
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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.
Adam Levin
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
A phishing campaign targeting credit unions and other financial institutions recently found its way into the email inboxes of anti-money laundering officers. Credit unions and banks are both required by the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) to report potential money laundering operations and to dedicate at least two staff members to ensure compliance. The phishing emails seemed to specifically target the accounts of these BSA officers, which raises the concern that a database containing their information m
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Many of the body cameras worn by police are woefully vulnerable to hacking and manipulation. Amber Authenticate wants to fix that—with the blockchain.
Info Source
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Is Kofax doing a capture roll-up? It may look that way, but I would describe it more as an opportunistic short-term play in order to fund a more strategic plan around intelligent automation. “Kofax is in a unique position in that we are trying to protect our base while also funding the future growth portion of our business,” explained Chris Huff, Kofax’s Chief Strategy Officer, during a recent call to discuss the ISV’s acquisition of Top Image Systems (TIS). “The co
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
New data from the credit reporting firm shows the sheer scale of online activity in the US also has made businesses and consumers there prime targets.
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WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Opinion: With its American AI Initiative, the White House is devoting funding, research, and data infrastructure to boosting our prowess in artificial intelligence.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
From spyware to leaky apps, mobile devices are facing a heightened level of threats. Are we prepared to secure them?
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
A new DNS cache poisoning attack is developed as part of the research toward a dissertation.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
A fake MetaMask app is the first instance of this new type of cryptocurrency stealer appearing outside of shady third-party app stores.
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eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Companies are more confident in their ability to meet GDPR and other compliance demands, but some important controls haven't been fully adopted.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Google has released a new extension for Chrome dubbed Password Checkup that will alert users if their username/password combinations were leaked online as part of a dump after a data breach. Last week Google released Password Checkup a Chrome extension that warns users about compromised logins every time they will enter login credentials on a website.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Wyden and Rubio are eyeing VPN services they say could be instruments of espionage for Russia and China.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
But it can't operate in a bubble, a new Washington Post study indicates.
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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.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Imagine you’re a newly hired health and safety expert for a growing global organization. Your mandate? Implement a much-needed health and safety program across the organization, starting with improving the incident reporting process. As part of your industry expertise, you know that protecting your organization from liability and other risks involves introducing a cohesive series … The post Roll out a comprehensive, compliant health and safety program without relying on IT appeared f
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Users on the dating website report hackers breaking into their accounts, changing email addresses, and resetting passwords.
Information Management Resources
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Data is too dynamic, federated and ownership-complex to apply the same practices for compliance as the gold standard for data governance. Yes, I’m saying it: Kill your data governance program immediately.
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