Mon.Dec 24, 2018

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Feds Disrupt Top Stresser/Booter Services

Data Breach Today

DDoS-as-a-Service Providers Targeted by Arrests and Takedowns Fifteen of the world's biggest "stresser/booter" services, designed to enable users to launch DDoS attacks against sites on demand, have been shut down, and three men who allegedly ran such services have been charged.

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5 Considerations for Modern Human Capital Management (HCM)

AIIM

The best way to think about HR process automation is by thinking about it over the lifecycle of an employment relationship and the kinds of documents that are typical in each stage of the life cycle. Here are five key issues you need to consider when thinking about Human Capital Management. Human Capital Management is not actually one process, but a series of connected processes with overlapping information requirements.

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Experts disclosed an unpatched Kernel buffer overflow in Trusteer Rapport for MacOS

Security Affairs

Researchers from Trustwave SpiderLabs discovered an unpatched kernel-level vulnerability in driver used by IBM Trusteer Rapport endpoint security tool. The issue affects endpoint security tool for MacOS, IBM released a patch but failed to address the vulnerability within the 120-day disclosure deadline. The IBM Trusteer Rapport endpoint security tool is a lightweight software component that locks down the user browser once he connects to a sensitive website.

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MD5 and SHA-1 Still Used in 2018

Schneier on Security

Last week, the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence published a draft document -- " SWGDE Position on the Use of MD5 and SHA1 Hash Algorithms in Digital and Multimedia Forensics " -- where it accepts the use of MD5 and SHA-1 in digital forensics applications: While SWGDE promotes the adoption of SHA2 and SHA3 by vendors and practitioners, the MD5 and SHA1 algorithms remain acceptable for integrity verification and file identification applications in digital forensics.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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Hacking the Twinkly IoT Christmas lights

Security Affairs

Security researchers discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off them. Security researchers from MWR InfoSecurity have discovered some flaws in the Twinkly IoT lights that could be exploited to display custom lighting effects and to remotely turn off their Christmas brilliance.

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Australia made third highest number of requests for Apple data in the world

The Guardian Data Protection

In the first half of 2018 Australian authorities made 2,375 requests, more than China, Singapore or the UK Apple received 2,357 “device requests” from the Australian government and law enforcement in the first half of 2018, the third-highest rate of requests in the world. The tech company published its twice-yearly transparency report on Friday, which reveals how many times governments asked Apple for data and information about iPhone, iPads, computers and Apple accounts.

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San Diego School District Data Breach Hits 500k Students

Threatpost

A phishing attack led to the data breach of students' social security numbers, addresses, and more.

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A data inventory is key to maintaining data privacy compliance

Information Management Resources

Building an effective compliance program based on a comprehensive inventory helps an organization meet GDPR requirements and provides a clear vision for ethical data handling that drives value.

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Critical Bug Patched in Schneider Electric Vehicle Charging Station

Threatpost

Vulnerability in electric car charging stations could allow attackers to compromise devices.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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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6 key areas that will separate the AI leaders from laggards

Information Management Resources

Here are the areas companies need to focus on in 2019 to be ahead of the competition when it comes to AI, according to the consulting firm PwC.

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2018: A Banner Year for Breaches

Threatpost

A look back at the blizzard of breaches that made up 2018.

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The 2019 MER Conference Program

IG Guru

Building and managing IG programs involves a cross-disciplinary approach. IG Professionals must stay abreast of the latest developments in Privacy, eDiscovery, Records Management, Cybersecurity, and many others while also helping their organizations embrace the challenges of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, The Internet of Things, Social Media and more.

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Cryptojacking Took Over the Internet in 2018

WIRED Threat Level

Move over, ransomware. Cryptojacking is officially the scourge of the internet.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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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AL and ML choices can dramatically impact data security

Information Management Resources

In the fight for stronger security, vendors are offering up AI and machine learning as a Holy Grail. But do these technologies actually deliver?

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Beyond Elf on a Shelf

Adam Shostack

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3M to pay $1B to buy M*Modal’s AI-powered systems

Information Management Resources

3M is expanding its footprint in healthcare IT with a $1 billion acquisition of the technology business of M*Modal, a provider of clinical documentation solutions.

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