Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
After Insurance, Fast-Food Chain's Breach Costs Are Nearly $34 Million Fast-food giant Wendy's has reached a $50 million settlement agreement with financial institutions that sued after attackers planted RAM-scraping malware on point-of-sale systems in 1,025 of its restaurants in 2015 and 2016, stealing massive quantities of payment card data.
AIIM
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
The combination of cloud technologies plus mobile is a volatile one when it comes to the sustainability of existing organizations. We’ve never before been in a disruptive environment quite like this one, and it demands much more agile approaches to IT. Established incumbents are being challenged on every front. Consider the following: In the banking industry, Better Mortgage can qualify a mortgage loan in 3-minutes and approve it within 24-hours.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
But GandCrab Gang Appears to Already Be Testing New Decryptor-Proof Version Good news for many victims of GandCrab: There's a new, free decryptor available from the No More Ransom portal that will unlock systems that have been crypto-locked by the latest version of the notorious, widespread ransomware. But the ransomware gang appears to already be prepping a new version.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Cybersecurity is a growing concern among governments, businesses and individuals around the world. Cyberattacks can have severe impacts on everyone. A recent report from researchers at the University of Oxford identified 57 different impacts that cyber incidents can have. They ranged from regulatory fines to depression to damaged relationships with customers.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
As Diplomacy Fails, China and Iran Escalate Hack Attacks Recent apparently state-sponsored hack attacks have hit dozens of companies in the U.S. and political parties in Australia. Officials say China and Iran appear to have escalated their online espionage campaigns, seeking to gather better intelligence and steal intellectual property.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Groups Provide Feedback on Potential Changes to the HIPAA Rules Among the hundreds of responses to a federal request for comments about potential changes to the HIPAA rules were suggestions for "safe harbors" that would shelter organizations with strong security strategies from HIPAA enforcement actions after a health data breach.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Security experts disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in versions of WordPress prior 5.0.3, that remained uncovered for 6 years. Security experts at RIPS Technologies GmbH disclosed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in versions of WordPress prior 5.0.3, that remained uncovered for 6 years. The experts discovered that the flaw could be exploited by an attacker who gains access to an account with at least ‘ author ‘ privileges on a WordPress install to
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Buckinghamshire-based housing developer Magnacrest has been fined for failing to respond to DSARs (data subject access requests) , giving organisations a fresh reminder of the importance of the public’s legal rights to review the information that’s processed about them. The investigation into Magnacrest predates the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , resulting in a relatively small fine.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
In an unusual development, the group known for its attacks against companies in countries viewed as geopolitical foes is now going after companies in a country considered an ally, Check Point Software says.
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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.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
According to a new research conducted by Group-IB experts, 74 percent of Russian banks were not ready for cyberattacks. Group-IB , an international company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks , has conducted high-tech cybercrimes research based on an analysis of responses to information security incidents carried out by Group-IB Incident Response team in 2018.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
New data from CrowdStrike's incident investigations in 2018 uncover just how quickly nation-state hackers from Russia, North Korea, China, and Iran pivot from patient zero in a target organization.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Since the beginning of the year, security firms observed a new intense ransomware campaign spreading the Shade ransomware. Between January and February, a new, intense, ransomware campaign has been observed by many security firms. It spreads Shade/ Treshold variants, one of the most dangerous threats in the cyber crime scenario, known since its massive infection into the Russian panorama back in 2015, its expansion has been tracked by several CSIRTs and CERTs all across the world.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Interesting -- although short and not very detailed -- article about Estonia's volunteer cyber-defense militia. Padar's militia of amateur IT workers, economists, lawyers, and other white-hat types are grouped in the city of Tartu, about 65 miles from the Russian border, and in the capital, Tallinn, about twice as far from it. The volunteers, who've inspired a handful of similar operations around the world, are readying themselves to defend against the kind of sustained digital attack that could
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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 19, 2019
Cybercriminals see formjacking as a simple opportunity to take advantage of online retailers - and all they need is a small piece of JavaScript.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
We’ve been extolling the virtues of cyber resilience a lot lately – and for good reason. The approach, which describes the ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from security incidents, is quickly becoming accepted by information security experts as the best way for organisations to address their cyber security needs. But it’s not only experts who are saying this.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
A few weeks ago, we issued the Global Edition of our 2019 Thales Data Threat Report, now in its seventh year. This year much of the emphasis within the results was on how digital transformation can put organizations’ sensitive data at risk. The results showed, for instance, that almost every organization surveyed is dealing with digital transformation at one level or another (97%), and that organizations that are aggressively investing in digital transformation had higher rates of data breaches.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Less than two months remain for healthcare organisations to demonstrate compliance with NHS Digital’s DSP (Data Security and Protection) Toolkit. To avoid the disruption caused by not meeting this deadline, organisations need to be aware of the changes that the DSP Toolkit brings compared to its predecessor, the IG (Information Governance) Toolkit. Unsure if you need to comply?
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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.
TAB OnRecord
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
When considering a mobile shelving installation, these eight essential questions will help you find the solution that works both today and in the future. Read More. The post Eight questions to ask before selecting a mobile shelving solution appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
A new ranking of nation-state hacker speed puts Russia on top by a span of hours.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
There are severe and unsolved problems in our industry that justify a sustained effort and substantial investment. It's worth picking one.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Having an intelligent forms platform can help your organization on its journey to digital transformation, but not all solutions are designed to meet your specific needs. In fact, many off-the-shelf forms applications lack the capabilities to develop complete end-to-end data collection forms that can solve everything from simple to complex business problems.
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Security leaders set the tone for their organizations, and there are many places where the process can go wrong. Second in a six-part series.
CGI
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Utilities Digital Journey Insights (Part 4): Utilities’ pursuit of new business models accelerates. pooja.cs@cgi.com. Tue, 02/19/2019 - 10:45. In Texas, community solar farms enable citizens to contribute to a greener environment. In Europe, if one owns solar panels but not a battery, E.ON Solarcloud offers the option of creating a credit balance for the winter.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Chip makers' focus on performance has left microprocessors open to numerous side-channel attacks that cannot be fixed by software updates - only by hard choices.
DXC Technology
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Increasingly, enterprises realize that they not only need to secure their digital assets, but that they need to do it economically. Most organizations know that they need to be compliant to any number of government or industry regulations that affect them — from HIPAA to GDPR — but simply achieving compliance doesn’t mean an organization […].
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Here are some practical ways to ensure your company's safety as Uncle Sam comes calling.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Legaltech 2019 is like the super bowl of legal technology, it brings together the best teams in the industry (on the field and off), draws a huge crowd, and has some of the best advertisements of the year! This year was no exception. Welcome Catalyst OpenText is excited to welcome Catalyst to the legal technology … The post Top 3 takeaways from Legalweek New York 2019 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
This is the third update to the prolific GandCrab malware within the past year.
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