Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Patch Container-Orchestration System Now or Risk Serious Consequences A severe vulnerability in Kubernetes, the popular, open-source software for managing Linux applications deployed within containers, could allow an attacker to remotely steal data or crash production applications. Microsoft and Red Hat have issued guidance and patches, and recommend immediate updating.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Software giant Citrix Systems recently forced a password reset for many users of its Sharefile content collaboration service, warning it would be doing this on a regular basis in response to password-guessing attacks that target people who re-use passwords across multiple Web sites. Many Sharefile users interpreted this as a breach at Citrix and/or Sharefile, but the company maintains that’s not the case.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
In Wake of Massive Data Breach, Attorneys General Allege Violations of HIPAA, State Laws In a groundbreaking effort, the attorneys general of a dozen states have jointly filed a federal lawsuit against a cloud-based electronic health records vendor that reported a 2015 data breach affecting 3.9 million individuals.
AIIM
DECEMBER 4, 2018
No, you read that title right – seventy THOUSAND boxes of paper in the highly restrictive environment of legal services. That’s what Susan Gleason , Manager of Records and Information Governance at Shipman & Goodwin and her team were up against. The Connecticut-based law firm was in the position that many firms face - they had been using paper-intensive records management for years and looking to build up their Information Governance , retention schedules, and ultimately move away from paper
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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.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Top-Flight Information Security Conference Returns to London The Black Hat Europe information security conference returns to London, featuring 40 research-rich sessions covering diverse topics, including politically motivated cyberattacks, recovering passwords from keyboards thanks to thermal emanations, hacking Microsoft Edge and detecting "deep fakes.
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Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Company That Provides Contracted Physicians Faces $500,000 Penalty Federal regulators have slapped a company that provides contracted physicians to hospitals and nursing homes with a $500,000 HIPAA settlement in a breach case involving the lack of a business associate agreement with an individual providing billing services.
AIIM
DECEMBER 4, 2018
No, you read that title right – seventy THOUSAND boxes of paper in the highly restrictive environment of legal services. That’s what Susan Gleason , Manager of Records and Information Governance at Shipman & Goodwin and her team were up against. The Connecticut-based law firm was in the position that many firms face - they had been using paper-intensive records management for years and looking to build up their Information Governance , retention schedules, and ultimately move away from paper
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Answer: Yes, Q&A Site Believes Hackers Stole Private Content, Hashed Passwords Next to corporate communications that claim that "your security is important to us," any website post titled "security update" portends bad news. So too for question-and-answer site Quora, which says a hack exposed 100 million users' personal details, including hashed passwords and private content.
eSecurity Planet
DECEMBER 4, 2018
500 million people are at risk because of a data breach at Marriott's Starwood hotel chain. What steps can your organization take to limit the risk of suffering the same fate?
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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 4, 2018
Attorney Steven Teppler on Holding Vendors Accountable Why is ramping up vendor risk management such a critical component of compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation? Attorney Steven Teppler provides insights.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Opinion: The VA needs to take preventative measures to protect vets—and more broadly, our democracy—from digital manipulation and fraud.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Richard Conti of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Risk Mitigation Steps Because phishing attacks are so pervasive, aggressive staff educational efforts are essential, says Richard Conti of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, who also discusses other risk mitigation steps.
Schneier on Security
DECEMBER 4, 2018
There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. While I agree with some of it, this article contains some particularly bad advice: 1. Never, ever, ever use public (unsecured) Wi-Fi such as the Wi-Fi in a café, hotel or airport. To remain anonymous and secure on the Internet, invest in a Virtual Private Network account, but remember, the bad guys are very smart, so by the time this column runs, they may have figured out a way to hack
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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
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Anahi Santiago of Christiana Care on Patching, Mitigating Insider Threats A failure to patch systems and slipups that lead to insider threats are two major causes of breaches in the healthcare sector that need to be urgently addressed, says Anahi Santiago of Christiana Care Health System.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Security experts reported a new strain of malware spreading in China, the malicious code rapidly infected over 100,000 PCs in just four days. Unfortunately, the number of infections is rapidly increasing because hackers compromised a supply chain. It is interesting to note that this ransomware requests victims to pay 110 yuan (nearly Euro 14) in ransom through WeChat Pay. “On December 1, the first ransomware that demanded the “WeChat payment” ransom broke out in the country.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Longtime CISO Vito Sardanopoli on Building an Effective Security Program A formal security program that spells out precise governance components is critical to protecting sensitive data, says Vito Sardanopoli, who served on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Task Force.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Society’s dependence on internet-based technologies means security professionals must defend against cyberattacks as well as more traditional threats, such as robbers or disgruntled employees. However, cybercriminals target some industries at disproportionally high rates. Here are four of them: 1. Health Care. Since health care professionals deal with life-or-death situations, cyberattacks could hinder both productivity and patient care to a tremendous degree.
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Dark Reading
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Organizations can start today to protect against 2019's threats. Look out for crooks using AI "fuzzing" techniques, machine learning, and swarms.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Another day another illustrious victim of the data breach, the popular question-and-answer website Quora suffered a major data breach that exposed 100 million users. On Monday, the popular question-and-answer website Quora suffered a major data breach, unknown hackers breached its systems and accessed 100 million user data. The company is notifying the incident to the affected users and reset their passwords as a precautionary measure, it also reported it to law enforcement.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
DECEMBER 4, 2018
As we close in on the final few days of the year and look ahead to the clean slate that 2019 represents, I wanted to take a few moments to reflect on 2018 – specifically, what tech innovations and predictions held true, which fell a bit flat and which were entirely unexpected. If we examine Gartner’s Top Predictions for 2018 and beyond, IoT and cryptocurrencies rise to the top.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Security experts from Trend Micro discovered that some machine-to-machine (M2M) protocols can be abused to attack IoT and industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems. According to a study conducted by experts from Trend Micro and the Polytechnic University of Milan. attackers abuse M2M protocols to target IoT and IIoT devices. The experts analyzed the M2M protocols, the Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) and Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP).
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Dark Reading
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Nearly one in three computers was hit with a malware attack this year, and ransomware and backdoors continue to pose a risk.
Information Management Resources
DECEMBER 4, 2018
New data quality management practices, data discovery techniques and predictive and prescriptive analytics tools will be among the top trends impacting analytics and business intelligence.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Following last week's indictment, federal government issues pointers for how security pros can combat SamSam ransomware.
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Security experts at Yoroi – Cybaze Z-Lab discovered a new variant of the infamous Ursnif malware targeted Italian users through a malspam campaign. Introduction. In the last weeks, a new variant of the infamous Ursnif malware was discovered hitting Italian users through a malspam campaign. In fact, Yoroi-Cybaze ZLAB isolated several malicious emails having the following content: Subject: “VS Spedizione DHL AWB 94856978972 proveniente dalla GRAN BRETAGNA AVVISO DI GIACENZA”.
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WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Facebook is an enormous platform for charitable giving, but some nonprofit leaders say there aren’t enough resources when something goes wrong.
Dark Reading
DECEMBER 4, 2018
With proper planning, modern approaches, and tools, we can all be heroes in the epic battle against the cyber threat.
OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 4, 2018
Sharing and collaborating on large media files, especially with partners and clients outside your organization, can be a challenge for anyone involved in the provisioning of digital content. Whether it’s ensuring external parties have the proper credentials to access digital assets, dealing with confusing user interfaces or complicated workflows, there are always hoops to jump … The post Three ways to simplify your digital content supply chain appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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