Data Breach Today
AUGUST 26, 2021
This is the first episode of The Ransomware Files, a podcast miniseries focused on stories of resilience in the fight against ransomware. A systems administrator with a school district in Washington state recounts a brush with the Ryuk ransomware and how the district recovered through tenacity and a bit of luck.
AIIM
AUGUST 26, 2021
Regardless of your industry, managing information intelligently requires the ability to find, store, and use information effectively and flexibly in order to get good results. It all boils down to: Finding the right information when you need it. Storing important information in a secure and compliant way. Using that information in ways that matter. But, the job of managing information has become increasingly challenging.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 26, 2021
Eskenazi Health Says It's Still Assessing Whether Individual Notifications Are Required Eskenazi Health, Brett Callow, Vice Society, Rob Bonta, Waikato District Health Board, HIPAA, ransomware, exfiltration, breach notification, David Holtzman, California, attorney general
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
There’s a lot of code in the world, and a lot more is created every day. The browser you’re reading this article on is likely supported by millions of lines of code. And as even a casual reader would know from the headlines, not all of that code is flawless. In fact, there are more than a few flaws present, as well as the occasional gaping security hole.
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 26, 2021
Fresh Ransomware-as-a-Service Operations Seek Affiliates for Extorting New Victims After a string of high-profile hits, many of the largest and most notorious ransomware operations recently disappeared. But the pace of ransomware attacks hasn't diminished because of a steady influx of new operations, existing operations getting more sophisticated and old players rebranding.
Information Management Today brings together the best content for information management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 26, 2021
Bitdefender: Group Targets 2 Financial Institutions After a Long Layoff Bitdefender has conducted a forensic analysis of a new backdoor, dubbed Sardonic, used by the threat group Fin8 in recent attacks against two financial organizations.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 26, 2021
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. The U.S. CISA published five malware analysis reports (MARs) related to samples found on compromised Pulse Secure devices. “As part of CISA’s ongoing response to Pulse Secure compromises, CISA has analyzed five malware samples related to exploited Pulse Secure devices.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 26, 2021
Veteran CIO on What it Takes to Become a Trusted Business Partner As a technology and security leader, Laura-Lea Berna is driven to defend gaps. But as a business executive, the VP, IT and CIO of BC Transit has built her career on answering the question "Where's the need?" She discusses her path and role as a mentor to up-and-coming leaders.
IT Governance
AUGUST 26, 2021
When employees were asked to work from home at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, some people struggled to adapt. Isolated from colleagues and lacking the structure of office life, it felt like it would be a long, tiring wait until working life returned to normal. But in the year and a half since, we have come to accept that remote working is here to stay – although perhaps not quite as prescriptively as before.
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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
AUGUST 26, 2021
Updated Version Patches the Flaws Security researchers at SonarSource discovered five vulnerabilities that create a critical vulnerability chain in elFinder, an open source web file manager. An updated version of the manager patches the flaws.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 26, 2021
Documents and personal details of residents of the small Swiss town Rolle, on the shores of Lake Geneva, were stolen in a ransomware attack. The Swiss town Rolle disclosed the data breach after a ransomware attack, personal details of all its 6,200 inhabitants were stolen by threat actors. The threat actors compromised some administrative servers and exfiltrated sensitive documents.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 26, 2021
Survey: Cybersecurity, Regulatory Concerns May Slow Digital Asset Adoption Although a majority of financial services executives predict that cryptocurrency will replace or rival fiat currency within the next five to 10 years, they say cybersecurity, regulatory and privacy issues are among the biggest obstacles to its adoption, according to a survey by Deloitte.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 26, 2021
Microsoft this week issued an advisory about three vulnerabilities referred to collectively as ProxyShell days after security researchers at a federal government cybersecurity agency warned that cybercriminals were actively trying to exploit them. The ProxyShell vulnerabilities that affect Microsoft Exchange servers were put on full display at this month’s Black Hat 2021 conference when Devcore researcher Orange Tsai – who originally uncovered the vulnerabilities – compromised a Microsoft Exchan
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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.
Troy Hunt
AUGUST 26, 2021
A really brief intro as this is my last key strokes before going properly off the grid for the next week (like really off the grid, middle of nowhere style). Lots of little things this week, hoping next week will be the big "hey, Pwned Passwords just passed 1 billion", stay tuned for that one 😊 References You probably should have an OnlyFans account (no, not in the way it sounds like you should.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 26, 2021
The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection.
Jamf
AUGUST 26, 2021
Mobile apps need data to function. That’s why app developers ask for varying levels of access to the files and data on your mobile device. Usually.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
AUGUST 26, 2021
Following Brexit, the UK now has the ability to adopt its own decisions in relation to adequacy for personal data transfers. Today, the government has set out the first territories which it will prioritise for its data transfer adequacy decisions. These territories will include the United States, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Dubai International Finance Centre and Colombia.
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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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 26, 2021
VMware released security patches to address multiple vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations, including four high severity flaws. VMware addressed multiple vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations, including four high severity flaws. The most severe flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22025 (CVSS score of 8.6), is a broken access control vulnerability in the vRealize Operations Manager API.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
AUGUST 26, 2021
Access Management and Data Protection Key Factors for Successful Migration to the Cloud. sparsh. Thu, 08/26/2021 - 07:33. Although organizations across many sectors have accelerated the adoption of cloud environments, the financial institutions have been rather reluctant in migrating their services to the cloud. Core transaction processing and other mission-critical tasks are still running on legacy on-premises systems.
The Guardian Data Protection
AUGUST 26, 2021
Culture secretary says move could lead to an end to irritating cookie popups and consent requests online Britain will attempt to move away from European data protection regulations as it overhauls its privacy rules after Brexit, the government has announced. The freedom to chart its own course could lead to an end to irritating cookie popups and consent requests online, said the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, as he called for rules based on “common sense, not box-ticking”.
Threatpost
AUGUST 26, 2021
Derek Manky, Chief, Security Insights & Global Threat Alliances at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs, discusses the top threats and lessons learned from the first half of 2021.
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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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 26, 2021
Software firm Kaseya addressed Kaseya Unitrends zero-day vulnerabilities that were reported by security researchers at the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD). Kaseya released security updates address server-side Kaseya Unitrends zero-day vulnerabilities that were reported by security researchers at the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD).
Threatpost
AUGUST 26, 2021
The worst of 13 bugs fixed by the August updates could lead to complete system compromise for users in sensitive sectors running products in Appliance mode.
IG Guru
AUGUST 26, 2021
Check out the article here. The post Navigating Vendor Risk Management as IT Professionals via The Hacker News appeared first on IG GURU.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
AUGUST 26, 2021
Access Management and Data Protection Key Factors for Successful Migration to the Cloud. sparsh. Thu, 08/26/2021 - 07:33. Although organizations across many sectors have accelerated the adoption of cloud environments, the financial institutions have been rather reluctant in migrating their services to the cloud. Core transaction processing and other mission-critical tasks are still running on legacy on-premises systems.
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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.
Threatpost
AUGUST 26, 2021
versions of the software are affected by a spate of bugs under active exploitations.
Collibra
AUGUST 26, 2021
Anomaly detection, also called outlier analysis, is the process of identifying unusual patterns, rare events, atypical behaviors, or outliers of a dataset, which differ significantly from the rest of the data. Anomalies usually indicate problems, such as equipment malfunction, technical glitches, structural defects, bank frauds, intrusion attempts, or medical complications.
Threatpost
AUGUST 26, 2021
Now adults, the then-teens apparently used clipboard hijacking malware to steal Bitcoin.
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