Threatpost

AUGUST 29, 2019

How criminals have adapted to develop the next generation of dark markets and operations.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

PerCSoft , a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. West Allis, Wis.-based PerCSoft is a cloud management provider for Digital Dental Record (DDR), which operates an online data backup service called DDS Safe that archives medical records, charts, insurance documents and other personal information for various denta

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 29, 2019

Thompson Accused of Stealing Data on 100 Million Americans From Capital One A federal grand jury indictment against Seattle software engineer Paige A. Thompson charges her with stealing 100 million records from Capital One, stealing data from at least 29 other organizations, as well as using hacked cloud computing servers to mine for cryptocurrency.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 29, 2019

Europe came down hard this summer on British Airways and Marriott for failing to safeguard their customers’ personal data. The EU slammed the UK airline with a $230 million fine , and then hammered the US hotel chain with a $125 million penalty – the first major fines under the EU’s toughened General Data Protection Regulation , which took effect May 25, 2018.

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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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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 29, 2019

Banking Trojan Evolves to Target Wireless Carrier Customers A new variant of the TrickBot banking Trojan is enabling attackers to conduct SIM swapping schemes against Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile customers in the U.S., potentially paving the way for account takeover fraud, according to a report from Dell's SecureWorks division.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Arxan Analyzes Vulnerabilities in Over 80 Sites Hit by 'Formjacking' Attacks In a series of recent attacks attributed to the umbrella criminal group known as Magecart, malicious JavaScript code was injected into over 80 e-commerce websites to steal credit card and other customer data, according to a new report from the security firm Arxan, which highlights the sites' vulnerabilities.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

HackerOne announced that five more hackers have become millionaires thanks to their contributes to the bug bounty programs managed by the platform. Bug bounty platform HackerOne announced that four more hackers have become millionaires after participating in the bug bounty programs managed by the platform. In March, HackerOne announced that two of its members have each earned more than $1 million by participating bug bounty programs.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 29, 2019

Legal Experts Analyze the Key Issues in Complex Case Google and the University of Chicago Medical Center have filed motions to dismiss a class action lawsuit that alleges patients' records were not properly de-identified by the hospital before they were shared with Google for research. Legal experts offer an analysis of the privacy case.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

A new Trickbot Trojan variant is targeting Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and Sprint users, confirming the evolution of the threat. TrickBot is a popular banking Trojan that has been around since October 2016, its authors has continuously upgraded it by implementing new features. For example, in February Trend Micro detected a variant that includes a new module used for Remote App Credential-Grabbing.

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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.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

Deborah Kish of Fasoo on Rethinking the Approach When it comes to rethinking how enterprises structure their cybersecurity teams, Deborah Kish of Fasoo says that teamwork and better coordination among stakeholders are essential.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

Paige Thompson, the alleged hacker behind the Capital One hack and attacks on 30 other organizations has been indicted on wire fraud and computer fraud. Paige Thompson, a transgender woman, suspected to be the hacker behind the Capital One hack and attacks on 30 other organizations has been indicted on wire fraud and computer fraud. In July, Capital One, one of the largest U.S.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 29, 2019

Artificial intelligence and machine learning must be judiciously used, such as when monitoring internet of things devices, says David De Roure, professor of e-research at the University of Oxford, who offers insights on IoT risk management.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 29, 2019

Voice systems are increasingly using AI techniques to determine emotion. A new paper describes an AI-based countermeasure to mask emotion in spoken words. Their method for masking emotion involves collecting speech, analyzing it, and extracting emotional features from the raw signal. Next, an AI program trains on this signal and replaces the emotional indicators in speech, flattening them.

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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.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

An expert published technical details of recently disclosed Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) flaws that can be exploited to take complete control of vulnerable systems. Security researcher Pedro Ribeiro, aka “ bashis ,” has released the details of three the recently addressed vulnerabilities in the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) products along with Metasploit modules for their exploitation.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 29, 2019

Seizing the AI opportunity to tap new sources of energy inspired one ExxonMobil leader to take a collaborative approach to its big data problem. Now she’s been recognized by IBM as a top woman AI leader.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 29, 2019

In an open letter, the Mozilla Foundation and EFF scolded Venmo for its data privacy policies, which they say could open the door to stalking and spear-phishing.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 29, 2019

To facilitate the innovative use of data and unlock the benefits of new technologies, we need privacy not just in the books but also on the ground.

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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

DXC Technology

AUGUST 29, 2019

Digital technologies are impacting every aspect of our lives, and companies have no choice but to transform and adapt. To earn customer loyalty and respect, we are expected to meet customers’ needs at every interaction. At the same time, it has become increasingly difficult to innovate effectively to meet those needs in today’s complex and […].

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 29, 2019

The company is significantly expanding the bug-bounty program for Google Play and starting a program aimed at user data protection.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2019

Lumber Liquidators, a leading specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring in North America, announced that a malware attack took down its network. North American hard-surface flooring retailer Lumber Liquidators revealed that it was victim of a security incident, a malware-based attack took down part of its network for nearly a week. . Lumber Liquidators has 416 locations in North America, it features more than 400 varieties of floors in the latest styles, including solid and engineered hardwood

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 29, 2019

The average payout for a critical vulnerability has almost reached $3,400, but only the top bug hunters of a field of 500,000 are truly profiting.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 29, 2019

On August 21, 2019, the Swedish Data Protection Authority (the “Swedish DPA”) imposed its first fine since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into effect in May, 2018. The Swedish DPA fined a school 200,000 Swedish Kroner for creating a facial recognition program in violation of the GDPR. Although the Swedish school obtained consent from the students and their parents to collect the sensitive personal data as part of the facial recognition program, the Swedish DPA said that

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 29, 2019

An operation involving French law enforcement, the FBI, and Avast forces Retadup to delete itself from victim machines.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 29, 2019

Google is looking to battle the malicious apps - and apps abusing user data - on Google Play by improving its bug-bounty program arsenal.

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Dark Reading

AUGUST 29, 2019

ARES has already infected thousands of devices and is growing, IoT security firm says.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 29, 2019

TGI Fridays Australia restaurant chain warns loyalty reward program member of exposed data incident.

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Information Management Resources

AUGUST 29, 2019

The confusion between the two terms comes about because they are used for different purposes. Master data is nearly always critical to your business, but your critical data could include non-master data.

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Threatpost

AUGUST 29, 2019

CVE-2019-12643 has been given the highest possible severity rating.

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