Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Firm Says Audit 'Lays to Rest the Unwarranted Accusations' Super Micro says a third-party audit of recent and older motherboards has not turned up evidence of a spying chip as alleged in an explosive report two months ago by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Bloomberg, however, has stood by its story despite no physical example of the malicious chip turning up.
AIIM
DECEMBER 14, 2018
IoT, or the Internet of Things, is a grand ambition of the most influential kind. It is a unified goal that seeks to create an internet age of unity and equality that we may not ever see in any other industry. In this article, we will explain why cybersecurity will save IoT and let us progress well into the future with greatly reduced hazard. The Internet of Things becomes larger every day.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Splunk's Jim Apger on Streamlining Omni-Channel Defenses The data being used to drive effective anti-fraud efforts can be rich in context and useful for other activities. Jim Apger of Splunk describes emerging fraud schemes and solutions, highlighting the role of machine learning.
Jamf
DECEMBER 14, 2018
See how Apple and Jamf are helping hospitals deliver a better patient experience by making it easy for them to stay connected with their care teams and enjoy a mental break from their surroundings.
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
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Nexus Group CEO Magnus Malmström on Integrating Identity Across the Enterprise Breaking down departmental silos and building one common, umbrella identity is critical for closing the security gaps in rapidly digitizing environments, says Nexus Group CEO Magnus Malmström.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Case Involves Social Security Numbers Exposed in Mailings For the second time this year, health insurer EmblemHealth has been hit with a state financial penalty in connection with a 2016 breach that exposed Social Security numbers on mailings to more than 81,000 plan members.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 14, 2018
New problems for Facebook, the social network giant announced that a bug related to Photo API could have allowed third-party apps to access users’ photos. Facebook announced that photos of 6.8 Million users might have been exposed by a bug in the Photo API allowing third-party apps to access them. The bug impacted up over 870 developers, only apps granted access to photos by the user could have exploited the bug.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 14, 2018
L&T Group CISO Uday Deshpande on Securing Operational Technology The lack of standardization is one of the significant challenges when securing OT environments. Customizing and aligning OT security with the business is key, says Uday Deshpande, CISO at Mumbai-based L&T Group.
IT Governance
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Whenever someone mentions the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , one of the first things they discuss is the potential for huge fines that it brings. But there’s no universal system for monitoringcompliance and handing out fines. Rather, each EU member state elects asupervisory authority to take on that responsibility. In the UK, this is the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office).
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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
DECEMBER 14, 2018
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the validity of reports that China is behind the massive Marriott data breach. Also: Fascinating details in a Congressional report on the Equifax breach, and a clear explanation of "self-sovereign identity.
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Attackers are targeting two-factor authentication systems: Attackers working on behalf of the Iranian government collected detailed information on targets and used that knowledge to write spear-phishing emails that were tailored to the targets' level of operational security, researchers with security firm Certfa Lab said in a blog post. The emails contained a hidden image that alerted the attackers in real time when targets viewed the messages.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 14, 2018
This week, the WordPress development team released on Thursday the version 5.0.1 of the popular CMS, that addresses several flaws. The Researcher Tim Coen discovered several cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the CMS. One of the flaws is caused by the ability of contributors to edit new comments from users with higher privileges. Coen also discovered that it is possible to trigger XSS flaws by using specially crafted URL input against some plugins.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Yesterday's wave of email bomb threats appear to be an evolution of tactics by the same groups that earlier tried "sextortion" and personal threats, Talos researchers say.
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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 Matters
DECEMBER 14, 2018
On December 14, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published in the Federal Register a request for information (RFI) titled “Modifying HIPAA Rules to Improve Coordinated Care.” The RFI seeks public input on a broad range of potential reforms to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations with a focus on enhancing care coordination.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Security experts at Palo Alto Networks uncovered a new espionage campaign carried out by Russia-Linked APT group Sofacy. Russian Cyber espionage group Sofacy (aka APT28 , Pawn Storm , Fancy Bear , Sednit , Tsar Team, and Strontium ) ) carried out a new cyber campaign aimed at government agencies in four continents in an attempt to infect them with malware.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 14, 2018
In the latest in its long string of 2018 incidents, Facebook let developers access the private photos of millions of users.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Experts dive into the trends and challenges defining the identity space and predict how online identities will change in years to come.
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TAB OnRecord
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Part 1: How to build a RIM program that addresses legal discovery before it happens This two-part white paper presents strategies for better supporting discovery at the proactive and reactive stages. Part 1 outlines six essential steps for integrating discovery requirements directly into your RIM program, including policies, records retention schedules, disposition processes and filing [.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Hackers ramp up efforts to infiltrate email accounts of Americans responsible for enforcing severe economic sanctions on Iran.
Threatpost
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Flaws could allow an attacker to stop or start a home charging station, or even change the current in order to start a fire.
Reltio
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Nalini Mohan, Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, Reltio. Can you put a number to the level of confidence and trust you have in your enterprise data and analytics? Can you take that number and make powerful decisions that can transform your enterprise? According to a study by KPMG and Forrester Research, “60 percent of organizations say they are not very confident in their data and analytics insights” and “only 10 percent believe they excel in managing the quality of data and analytics”.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
DECEMBER 14, 2018
This week has brought further uncertainty on the route to Brexit. The planned vote in the UK Parliament on the Withdrawal Agreement – intended to establish an orderly transition period for the UK to withdraw from the EU between 30 March 2019 and 31 December 2020 – has been postponed leaving considerable uncertainty as to next steps, including the prospect of a ‘hard’ departure on 30 March 2019 with ‘no deal’ in place.
The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Hundreds of companies see pictures people had uploaded but chosen not to post A Facebook bug let app developers see photos users had uploaded but never posted, the social network has disclosed. For two weeks in September, an error in the way Facebook shares photos with third parties meant that apps could see not just photos users had posted on their newsfeed, but also pictures in other parts of the site – on Facebook Stories or Facebook’s Marketplace, for instance.
Information Management Resources
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Arria, Automated Insights, Narrative Science and AX Semantics are among the top emerging companies in the NLG market, says a New Wave study from Forrester.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 14, 2018
The rise in machine learning for security has forced criminals to rethink how to avoid detection.
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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.
Hunton Privacy
DECEMBER 14, 2018
EU data protection authorities (“DPAs”) are proving their willingness as enforcers with respect to the GDPR, not just with regard to the most serious acts of non-compliance but also for errors of a more administrative nature. Under the previous regime, DPAs typically required companies to register their processing activities with the regulator, but the GDPR now permits organizations to maintain data processing inventories internally, only showing them to DPAs when there is a particular need to d
Threatpost
DECEMBER 14, 2018
The bug allowed 1,500 apps built by 876 developers to view users' unposted "draft" photos.
OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 14, 2018
In today’s inter-connected, multi-cloud, IT environment, data security is a primary concern for all organizations. This is particularly true for content or metadata that needs to be shared across multiple line-of-business systems. For many of our customers, OpenText™ Captiva is a key element of core business processes, and an ongoing shift to a cloud-based infrastructure … The post Release 16 EP5 expands OpenText Captiva’s role in process automation appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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