Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2021
Attackers Socially Engineer Digital Asset Holders on Discord Users of OpenSea, a marketplace for blockchain-based digital assets such as crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens, are being targeted by scammers pretending to be the company's support staff on Discord. The attackers exploited a method OpenSea uses to service support tickets on Discord.
Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2021
Researchers from Sophos discovered the emerging threat in July, which exploits the ProxyShell vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange servers to attack systems.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2021
Because a relatively small number of individuals provide the vast majority of services and infrastructure that powers cybercrime, they remain top targets for arrest - or at least disruption - by law enforcement, says cybercrime expert Alan Woodward. But of course geopolitics sometimes get in the way.
Hunton Privacy
AUGUST 31, 2021
On August 16, 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced that Pearson plc (“Pearson”), a publicly traded British multinational educational publishing and services company, agreed to pay a $1 million civil penalty in a settlement related to charges that Pearson misled investors about a 2018 data breach resulting in the theft of millions of student records.
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.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2021
The Role Business Continuity Plans Can Play After Hurricanes as Well as Cyberattacks The impact of Hurricane Ida, including huge power outages, points to the importance of healthcare organizations and others having comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place for natural disasters as well as cyber incidents.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2021
Meanwhile, Check Point Acquires Email Security Specialist Firm Avanan The cybersecurity firm IronNet, founded and led by retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander, has gone public without an IPO by merging with LGL Systems Acquisitions Corp.a "blank check" shell company formed to handle such mergers. Meanwhile, Checkpoint has announced plans to acquire the email security firm Avanan.
Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2021
The NAS maker issued two security advisories about the RCE and DoS flaws, adding to a flurry of advisories from the vast array of companies whose products use OpenSSL.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2021
Crooks have stolen more than $19 million in cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. Threat actors have stolen more than $19 million in cryptocurrency assets from Cream Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform. C.R.E.A.M. Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individuals, institutions and protocols to access financial services.
Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2021
Jason Kent, hacker-in-residence at Cequence, talks about how cybercriminals target apps and how to thwart them.
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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.
CGI
AUGUST 31, 2021
While robotic process automation (RPA) can be used to automate many industry processes, how do utilities ensure they automate the right processes rather than just use “tech for tech’s sake”? Expert guidance can help utilities avoid the common mistake of automating a bad process instead of fixing any underlying problem first, and then optimizing the process by applying RPA.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2021
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) warns of a vulnerability in Sudo open-source program used in its Aruba AirWave management platform. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is warning of a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Sudo open-source program used within its Aruba AirWave management platform. The Aruba AirWave management platform is a real-time monitoring and security alert platform designed by HPE.
Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2021
A pair of unpatched security vulnerabilities can allow unauthenticated cyberattackers to turn off window, door and motion-sensor monitoring.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2021
Rapid7 researchers discovered two flaws that can be exploited by attackers to remotely disable one of the home security systems offered by Fortress Security Store. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Rapid7 discovered two vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers to remotely disarm the Fortress S03 WiFi Security System manufactured by Fortress Security Store.
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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.
CGI
AUGUST 31, 2021
The pace at which digitalization is accelerating poses a major challenge for organizations in the energy sector. The momentum is unsurprising, given that 81% of the utilities executives interviewed for the 2016 CGI Global 1000 outlook revealed that transforming to become a digital enterprise is a top strategic priority. Traditionally, the energy sector has evolved over long investment cycles that corresponded to changes in the means of energy production and distribution.
Data Protection Report
AUGUST 31, 2021
On August 27, 2021, the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee released a draft bill that would, among other things, establish a Cyber Incident Review Office (CIR Office) within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and require critical infrastructure owners and operators to report cybersecurity incidents to the CIR Office.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2021
ProxyToken is a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow unauthentication attackers to access emails from a target account. Technical details of a serious vulnerability in the Microsoft Exchange Server, dubbed ProxyToken (CVE-2021-33766), were publicly disclosed. The issue could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to access emails from a target account.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 31, 2021
It could take weeks to get the lights on in parts of Louisiana, but the playbook on how to do it is clear.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2021
The popular Dynamic Pricing and Discounts plugin from Envato can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers.
HID Global
AUGUST 31, 2021
HID Global Wins Security Today New Product of the Year Awards. user. Tue, 08/31/2021 - 12:37.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 31, 2021
Late last year, the NSA declassified and released a redacted version of Lambros D. Callimahos’s Military Cryptanalytics, Part III. We just got most of the index. It’s hard to believe that there are any real secrets left in this 44-year-old volume.
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 31, 2021
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic was the ‘moment that everything changed’ for business. Delivering an excellent digital customer experience is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s essential for business health. Today, personalization lies at the heart of every excellent experience. That requires data and lots of it. There is a wide range of digital customer experience management … The post Top 5 benefits of digital customer experience management tools appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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IG Guru
AUGUST 31, 2021
ICRM is going virtual again this year for our ICRM Annual Business Meeting. We are excited that this will make our business meeting more accessible to members and candidates. We hope you will join us to hear what we have been up to this year! Friday, December 3, 20212:30pm ET – 3:30pm ET Registration information […]. The post Save the Date for ICRM’s Virtual Business Meeting!
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 31, 2021
Authored by Douglas Stewart, Senior Director, Solutions Consulting at OpenText A few months ago, while doing some data privacy research, I was excited to learn about the recently issued ISO 27701 standard for privacy information management. This is an extension to ISO 27001—the gold standard for information security. And, for me, the latest news brought … The post An integrative approach to managing data privacy appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
AUGUST 31, 2021
Services that let consumers resell their bandwidth for money are ripe for abuse, researchers warn.
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 31, 2021
Modern enterprise communications create a lot of content. Unfortunately, it’s very common for that volume to breed redundant templates and wasted effort. Staff decide they don’t have time to sift through the whole archive to find what they need and just remake it. In many cases, they may not even know something already exists within … The post Finding the needle in your CCM haystack appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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CGI
AUGUST 31, 2021
Au cours des dernières années, les services infonuagiques sont devenus une partie intégrante des TI d’entreprise. De ce fait, les organisations s’attendent désormais à pouvoir mettre en œuvre de nouveaux modèles d’affaires avec davantage de flexibilité et de rapidité dans le cadre de leur transformation numérique. Les services infonuagiques offrent également l’extensibilité et la rentabilité nécessaires pour aider les organisations à adopter des modèles numériques tout en limitant les investisse
ForAllSecure
AUGUST 31, 2021
After President Biden issued an Executive Order 14028 to improve the Nation’s cybersecurity posture, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NISA) published the minimum recommendations for verification of code by developers. In this list, there are different techniques listed under various classes, such as: Automated Testing, Run with built-in checks and protections, Black Box Test Cases, and Fuzzing.
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
AUGUST 31, 2021
Dentons Privacy Community met on 7 and 28 July 2021 to discuss how to implement the new Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission. As we return from our summer breaks and head into the busy autumn period, we share some of the key takeaways from these two Community events to help you get ready for using the new SCCs by the 27 September 2021 deadline: Key points.
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