Data Breach Today

MAY 9, 2020

IT Services Giant Offers Update During Quarterly Financial Results Call Cognizant estimates that the April ransomware attack that affected its internal network will cost the IT services firm between $50 and $70 million in losses, according to the company's latest financial results. Cognizant has said that the Maze ransomware gang is behind the attack.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

The Sodinokibi ransomware gang stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the law firm of the stars, Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw). The Sodinokibi ransomware group claims to have stolen gigabytes of legal documents from the entertainment and law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks (GSMLaw) that has dozens of international stars and celebrities among its clients.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 9, 2020

Though social networks have pledged to take more concerted action against it, the theory has continued to spread, inspiring a surge of attacks. .

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

North Korea-linked Lazarus APT group employed a Mac variant of the Dacls Remote Access Trojan (RAT) in recent attacks. North Korea-linked Lazarus APT already used at least two macOS malware in previous attacks, now researchers from Malwarebytes have identified a new Mac variant of the Linux-based Dacls RAT. The activity of the Lazarus APT group (aka HIDDEN COBRA ) surged in 2014 and 2015, its members used mostly custom-tailored malware in their attacks.

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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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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 9, 2020

Plus: A GoDaddy breach, a ransomware attack, and more of the week's top security news.

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Docuware

MAY 9, 2020

When a hotel executive needs hospitality staffing for an event within 24-hour’s notice, LGC Hospitality provides an employee with the right experience and certifications to get the job done. LGC fills hospitality positions throughout the U.S. and processes paperwork for more than 50,000 applicants every year. The company issues W-2 forms for more than 24,000 temporary employees as well.

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2020

Nigerian cyber gang SilverTerrier, specialized in BEC attacks, used COVID-19 lures in recent attacks on healthcare and government organizations. Researchers at Palo Alto Networks observed a Nigerian cyber gang, tracked as SilverTerrier and specialized in BEC attacks, using COVID-19 lures in a recent wave of attacks on healthcare and government organizations.

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