Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
White House 'Using Every Tool At Its Disposal' to Disrupt Business, Firm Claims The battle between Huawei Technologies and the White House continues to intensify, with the Chinese manufacturing giant accusing the U.S. of "using every tool at its disposal" to disrupt its business, including cyberattacks and employee intimidation.
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The convergence of DevOps and SecOps is steadily gaining traction in the global marketplace. Some fresh evidence of this encouraging trend comes to us by way of shared intelligence from WhiteHat Security. Related: The tie between DevOps and SecOps. Organizations that are all-in leveraging microservices to speed-up application development, on the DevOps side of the house, have begun acknowledging the importance of incorporating SecOps along the way.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Google to Pay $170 Million Fine for YouTube's Privacy Violations Google will pay a $170 million fine to settle allegations that its YouTube subsidiary illegally collected personal information about children without their parents' consent, according to the Federal Trade Commission. But some children's right groups and members of Congress say the penalty is far too low.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The weeklong “hacker summer camp” of the combined Black Hat and DefCon drew over 22,000 attendees to Las Vegas last month. Overall, we continue to think the security industry is still ripe for commoditization, especially from the cloud providers who have the capacity to simply offer features as a default. Last year we thought we saw evidence that security vendors were consolidating and on the cusp of providing higher order services to meet this threat, but we didn’t see much evidence of that str
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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
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Sam Curry of Cybereason on Making the Shift For many cybercrime investigators, it's all about finding indicators of compromise - evidence a crime has been committed. Sam Curry of Cybereason describes the value of making a shift to cataloging indicators of behavior.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
HIPAA Enforcement Agency Warns Against Overlooking the Threat While hacking incidents grab the top spots on the federal tally of large health data breaches these days, the serious threat of malicious insiders must not be overlooked or underestimated, the HIPAA enforcement agency and security experts warn.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Zero-day broker Zerodium has updated the price list for both Android and iOS exploits, with Android ones having surpassed the iOS ones for the first time. For the first time, the price for Android exploits is higher than the iOS ones, this is what has emerged from the updated price list published by the zero-day broker Zerodium. Announcement: We've updated our prices for major Mobile exploits.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Craig Harber of Fidelis Cybersecurity on Addressing Emerging Threats Nation-state actors, cybercriminals, hacktivists - each of these adversaries poses threats to enterprises. But how can organizations prioritize the threats and respond based on business risks? Craig Harber of Fidelis Cybersecurity discusses advanced threats and how to raise the bar on response.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The cost of breaches will rise by two-thirds over the next five years, exceeding an estimated $5 trillion in 2024, primarily driven by higher fines as more jurisdictions punish companies for lax security.
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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
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
PJ Maloney and William 'Buck' Houston on Steps to Bolster Cyber Defense Digital transformation is the buzz across all sectors, but it poses significant security risks to enterprises. PJ Maloney of DXC Technology and William "Buck" Houston of Micro Focus Global Alliances weigh in on new strategies for securing the transformation.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnet , including Satori. Kenneth Currin Schuchman (21) from Vancouver, Washington, aka Nexus Zeta, pleaded guilty to creating and operating multiple DDoS IoT botnets. Court documents revealed that the man suffers from Asperger Syndrome and autism disorder.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Volexity Says Websites Related to Muslim Group Hit By Android Exploits An extraordinary iPhone hacking campaign revealed by Google last week may be linked to other Android spying campaigns focused on websites related to the Uyghurs, a Chinese Muslim minority group, and the East Turkistan region of China, according to new research from Volexity.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Malware researchers at Yoroi -Cybaze ZLab have analyzed the fourth version of the infamous JSWorm Ransomware. Introduction. The ransomware attacks have no end. These cyber weapons are supported by a dedicated staff that constantly update and improve the malware in order to make harder detection and decryption. As the popular GandCrab , which was carried on up to version 5 until its shutdown, also other ransomware are continuously supported with the purpose of creating revenues for cyber criminal
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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
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Ted Augustinos of Locke Lord LLP Addresses the Challenges Defining the scope of third-party risk is challenging, says Ted Augustinos of Locke Lord LLP, who discusses compliance with the New York Department of Financial Services' cybersecurity regulation.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Experts warn of advanced phishing attacks in certain modern Android-based phones that can trick users into accepting new malicious phone settings. When users insert a new SIM in their mobile phone and access to the cellular network for the first time, the carrier service automatically configures or sends you a message containing settings for the connection to data services.
Data Matters
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2019 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) in New York City from August 3 to 6, 2019. The Summer Meeting was highlighted by the following activities. 1. NAIC Evaluating Definition of “Best Interest” to Determine Whether to Impose Such a Standard in the Suitability in Annuity Transactions Model Regulation.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Experts at SEC Consult discovered several security issues in various Zyxel devices that allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. Security researchers at SEC Consult discovered multiple vulnerabilities in various Zyxel devices, including hardcoded credentials and issues that could allow to hack them via unauthenticated DNS requests. The first issue is an information disclosure flaw via unauthenticated external DNS requests that affect Zyxel devices from the USG, UAG, ATP, VPN and NXC
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Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Cybercrooks successfully fooled a company into a large wire transfer using an AI-powered deep fake of a chief executive's voice, according to a report.
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Under the GDPR, DPIAs (data protection impact assessments) are mandatory for data processing that is “likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects” Effectively a type of risk assessment, DPIAs assess how these high-risk processing activities could impact data subjects. Failure to adequately conduct a DPIA where required constitutes a breach of the GDPR.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Cybercriminals targeting financial institutions in the UK bypassed Symantec email gateway and other perimeter technologies.
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Look around your office. We bet there are a few more empty desks than usual. It’s a problem organisations have every year as staff head off on their summer holidays. Fortunately – or perhaps not – modern technology means employees can be thousands of miles from the office but only a few clicks from their inbox. Some of us will have the restraint to leave work commitments behind and focus on what’s truly important: finishing that bottle of sangria and getting a few dozen pictures for Instagram.
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Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Researchers had recently demonstrated how attackers could intercept device capability information and use it against 5G mobile subscribers.
Micro Focus
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written a series of blogs on digital transformation (DX). The benefits of evolving your organization to become more digitally advanced are numerous, which is why it is perhaps the hottest topic now discussed in IT circles and in boardrooms. One key aspect of digital transformation (DX) that often doesn’t. View Article.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
In-depth interviews with four market-leading CISOs reveal how they prioritize budgets, measure ROI on security investments, and evaluate new vendors.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
If you’re involved in any form of digital content collaboration – whether as a designer, copywriter, project manager, or decision-maker – you have probably felt the pains of having too many people involved, inconsistent or conflicting feedback, version control, juggling multiple campaigns and deliverables at once (often with competing deadlines) and ultimately too many rounds … The post Creative collaboration for industry-leading enterprise DAM appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Researchers find that a spoofing a service message from the phone carrier is simple and effective on some brands of Android smartphones.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
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Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
Good article in the Washington Post on all the surveillance associated with credit card use.
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