Data Breach Today
MARCH 19, 2021
Protecting Servers Is Foundational For Modern Data Center Security. View this OnDemand webinar to learn how VMware Carbon Black is delivering unified workload protection that’s purpose-built for vSphere.
Security Affairs
MARCH 19, 2021
Experts found vulnerabilities in two WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and potentially take over a website. Security researchers disclosed vulnerabilities in Elementor and WP Super Cache WordPress plugins that could be exploited to run arbitrary code and take over a website under certain circumstances. The flaws were uncovered in the Elementor and WP Super Cache plugin, the former is a website builder plugin with over seven million installs while the latter has ov
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 19, 2021
Swiss Citizen Allegedly Leaked Multiple Victims' Stolen Data, Including Source Code A Swiss national who recently highlighted flaws in Verkada surveillance cameras has been charged with hacking by a U.S. federal grand jury, and accused of illegally accessing and leaking data from a number of organizations, apparently including Intel, Nissan and the U.S.
Security Affairs
MARCH 19, 2021
The Russian national who attempted to convince a Tesla employee to plant malware on Tesla systems has pleaded guilty. The U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday that the Russian national Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov (27), who attempted to convince a Tesla employee to install malware on the company’s computers, has pleaded guilty. “A Russian national pleaded guilty in federal court today for conspiring to travel to the United States to recruit an employee of a Nevada company into a schem
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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
MARCH 19, 2021
Supply Chain Attack Hits Development Environment Hackers used Trojanized Xcode projects to install backdoors on developers' devices as part of a supply chain attack, according to security firm Sentinel Labs. Xcode is Apple's integrated development environment for macOS.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 19, 2021
Electric Vehicle Charging Firm Investigating Criminal Campaign Criminals have been targeting customers of British electric vehicle charging infrastructure provider BP Pulse with malicious emails that appear to have been sent from legitimate accounts and domains tied to BP Chargemaster, which is what the service was previously called.
Threatpost
MARCH 19, 2021
A previously undocumented password and cookie stealer has been compromising accounts of big guns like Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google since 2019 and then using them for cybercriminal activity.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 19, 2021
Vulnerabilities Enabled Stealing of User Credentials Researchers at security firm Wordfence discovered vulnerabilities in Tutor LMS, a learning management WordPress plug-in installed on over 20,000 sites. The flaws have been patched.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 19, 2021
Vice is reporting on a cell phone vulnerability caused by commercial SMS services. One of the things these services permit is text message forwarding. It turns out that with a little bit of anonymous money — in this case, $16 off an anonymous prepaid credit card — and a few lies, you can forward the text messages from any phone to any other phone.
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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
MARCH 19, 2021
This edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of the Microsoft Exchange on-premises server hacks – from who might have leaked the vulnerability exploits to how ransomware gangs are taking advantage of the flaws. Also featured: Tackling the cybercrime business model; assessing "zero trust.
Security Affairs
MARCH 19, 2021
According to a report published by researchers at PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. In a report published on the 16 th of March by PrivacySavvy, many travel companies expose users’ data through their booking apps. PrivacySavvy is a digital security company on a mission to educate internet users on issues concerning their digital lives’ privacy.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 19, 2021
Audit Recommends Energy Department Implement Better Protections The U.S. electrical grid's distribution systems that deliver electricity directly to customers are increasingly prone to cyberthreats, and the Department of Energy needs to do more to protect this critical infrastructure, according to a GAO audit.
Security Affairs
MARCH 19, 2021
CISA and FBI are warning of ongoing TrickBot attacks despite security firms took down the C2 infrastructure of the infamous botnet in October. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warn of ongoing Trickbot attacks despite in October multiple security firms dismantled its C2 infrastructure in a joint operation.
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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.
Threatpost
MARCH 19, 2021
The malicious app spreads the BlackRock malware, which steals credentials from 458 services - including Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Amazon.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
MARCH 19, 2021
The California Privacy Rights Act 2020 Initiative (“CPRA”) both amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and establishes the first administrative privacy agency in the US, the California Privacy Protection Agency (“CPPA”). The CPPA is charged with protecting the fundamental privacy rights of Californians with respect to their personal information.
Information Governance Perspectives
MARCH 19, 2021
Futurist Roy Amara says that “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” In Tomorrow's Jobs Today we interviewed over twenty of today's most innovative business leaders, like Dr. Anand Rao, to offer solid perspective on where we are today with Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Block Chain, Privacy, and the Internet of Things, as well as a near-magical crystal ball into what tomorrow holds.
Dark Reading
MARCH 19, 2021
Early adopters of security and privacy tools may be perceived by others as paranoid, which, in turn, may repel non-experts from protecting themselves online.
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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.
Data Matters
MARCH 19, 2021
On March 17, 2021, California officials announced the appointment of five board members of the California Privacy Protection Agency ( the “CPPA”), the first data protection agency in the United States. The CPPA, created by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) which California voters approved in November 2020, is charged with promulgating the CPRA regulations; enforcing the CCPA and CPRA; and educating consumers about their privacy rights.
Threatpost
MARCH 19, 2021
Attackers move on new CEOs, using transition confusion to harvest Microsoft credentials.
Security Affairs
MARCH 19, 2021
Cybersecurity experts warn of ongoing attacks aimed at exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices. Cybersecurity experts from NCC Group and Bad Packets security firm this week detected a wave of attacks exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-22986 , in F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ networking devices.
Dark Reading
MARCH 19, 2021
Researchers observe attackers altering mailbox folders to assign read-only permissions to any authenticated user on a target machine.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 19, 2021
“MillionaireMike” allegedly ran a stock tip scam that earned him $27,000 in bitcoin payments.
Dark Reading
MARCH 19, 2021
Swiss national Till Kottmann and co-conspirators are accused of breaking into dozens of US companies and government entities.
Jamf
MARCH 19, 2021
XcodeSpy is a new supply-chain attack aimed at Mac developers. Here is how to detect and remediate it.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 19, 2021
OpenText™ continues to push the boundaries of industry leading Content Services with these latest enhancements that provide better ways to use information to help businesses thrive. As flexible cloud solutions, OpenText™ Extended ECM Platform CE 21.1 and OpenText™ Content Suite Platform CE 21.1 empower organizations to accelerate operational transformation, provide deep connections between content and … The post What’s new in OpenText Extended ECM Platform CE 21.1 and OpenText Content Suit
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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.
IG Guru
MARCH 19, 2021
A Free Web Event The percentage of the connected population utilizing emoji in workplace communication has increased from 33% in 2016 to 77% today. More than 26 million custom emoji have been created in Slack and the use of emoji in Teams is universal, revolutionizing the way we communicate. Some employees have entire discussions with just emoji, […].
The Security Ledger
MARCH 19, 2021
In this week’s episode of the podcast (#207) we speak with Sara Tatsis of the firm Blackberry about her 20 year career at the legendary mobile device maker and the myriad challenges attracting women to- and keeping them in the information security field. The post Episode 207: Sarah Tatsis of BlackBerry on finding and Keeping Women in Cyber. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories Encore Edition: Veracode CEO Sam King on Infosec’s Leaky Talent Pipeline Episode 205 – Google’s Cam
CILIP
MARCH 19, 2021
Why is most of the 20th Century invisible to AI? Copyright has created a digital dark age where the most powerful tools for cultural analysis are blind between 1910 and the rise of social media, says Melissa Terras , Professor of Digital Culture at Edinburgh University and keynote speaker at CILIP?s Copyright Conference 2021. Risk aversion is the issue that Professor Melissa Terras returns to again and again when she talks about copyright.
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