Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Attackers Exploit a Vulnerability in Asterisk VoIP PBX Servers Check Point Research has uncovered a large and likely profitable business model that involves hackers attacking and gaining control of certain VoIP services, which enables them to make phone calls through a company's compromised system.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) has come a long, long way since precocious students at Carnegie Melon University installed micro-switches inside of a Coca-Cola vending machine so they could remotely check on the temperature and availability of their favorite beverages. Related: Companies sustain damage from IoT attacks That was back in 1982. Since then, IoT devices have become widely and deeply integrated into our homes, businesses, utilities and transportations systems.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Kaspersky: Malware Goes Beyond Windows Devices Researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a Linux version of the RansomEXX ransomware that until now had targeted only Windows devices. The ransomware has been tied to several high-profile attacks over the last several months.
Data Protector
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The EU’s draft Data Governance Act is designed to facilitate the greater sharing of non-Personal data within the EU. Such big data ought to provide new insights and benefit the lives of EU citizens, the EU thinking goes. The Act is also designed to prevent access and use by non-EU based data intermediaries such as those that may be established in the UK, or elsewhere in the world.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Agency Requires Comprehensive Security Program As part of a settlement of allegations that Zoom "engaged in a series of deceptive and unfair practices that undermined the security of its users," the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is requiring the video conferencing provider to implement and maintain a comprehensive security program within the next 60 days.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
HHS Issues 10th 'Right of Access' Settlement; Will Such Actions Continue? The Department of Health and Human Services last week issued its 10th settlement involving a HIPAA "right of access" case since launching its patient records access initiative last year. But how might HIPAA enforcement priorities at HHS' Office for Civil Rights change under a Biden administration?
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
A cloud misconfiguration affecting users of a popular reservation platform threatens travelers with identity theft, scams, credit-card fraud and vacation-stealing.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Check Point Researchers Uncovered New Malware Strain Security analysts at Check Point Research are warning about a recently uncovered ransomware strain called Pay2Key that is primarily targeting Israeli firms.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack at the end of October, e-stores hosted by the company went down. At the end of October, the e-commerce software platform X-Cart suffered a ransomware attack, the infection brought down customers’ e-stores hosted by the company on its platform. The software and services company X-Cart was recently acquired by Seller Labs, the premier software and services provider for Amazon sellers and brands.
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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
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Researchers Say 15 GB Database Offered for Sale on Darknet BigBasket, one of the largest online grocery stores in India, is investigating a report of a data leak that could involve as many as 20 million of its customer records. Leaked records are being offered for sale on a darknet site, according to security intelligence firm Cyble.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Many popular OS and applications have been hacked during this year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition. This year’s edition of the Tianfu Cup hacking competition was very prolific, bug bounty hackers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities in multiple software and applications. The Tianfu Cup is the most important hacking contest held in China, the total bonus of the contest this year was up to 1 million US dollars.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
On November 19, 2020, Hunton Andrews Kurth will host a webinar examining the recently approved California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) and how it revises the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). On November 3, 2020, California voters approved ballot initiative Proposition 24, the CPRA. The CPRA amends the CCPA to create new privacy rights and obligations in California, and to establish a new agency to enforce the CCPA.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The FBI warns that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to steal source code from US government agencies and businesses. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert warning that threat actors are abusing misconfigured SonarQube applications to access and steal source code repositories from US government agencies and businesses.
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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.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The United Kingdom and the regional government of Flanders kick off four pilots of the Solid data-privacy technology from World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, which gives users more control of their data.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
While investigating a cyber attack on the Microsoft Exchange server of an organization in Kuwait, experts found two new Powershell backdoors. Security experts from Palo Alto Networks have spotted two never-before-detected Powershell backdoors while investigating an attack on Microsoft Exchange servers at an organization in Kuwait. Experts attribute the attack to a known threat actor tracked as xHunt , aka Hive0081, which was first discovered in 2018.
Jamf
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Apple's newest operating systems is nearly here and there is plenty of reason to be excited, but underneath the new OS are major changes for Mac security.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
An attack on the Microsoft Exchange server of an organization in Kuwait revealed two never-before-seen Powershell backdoors.
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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 Matters
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (“CJEU”) decision in Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximillian Schrems on 16 July 2020 (“ Schrems II ”), the European Data Protection Supervisor, tasked with overseeing compliance with EU data protection laws by the EU institutions (“EUIs” and “EDPS”), issued guidance on 29 October 2020 on how EU institutions should comply with the Schrems II ruling (“EDPS Guidance”).
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The cyberattack has halted chemotherapy, mammogram and screening appointments, and led to 300 staff being furloughed or reassigned.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Following a spate of cyberattacks nationwide, school IT teams need to act now to ensure their security solution makes the grade.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Three critical security bugs allow for easy privilege escalation to an administrator role.
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IG Guru
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Aetna Life Insurance Company and the affiliated covered entity (Aetna) has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security […].
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Security models for application programming interfaces haven't kept pace with requirements of a non-perimeter world, Forrester says.
Gimmal
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Storing critical business information across various repositories can be a complicated and daunting burden often placed upon end-users. As your organization continues to grow, the odds are the number of content repositories used is also growing. In order to build an effective information governance strategy to manage the totality of content, it’s important to explore all records management methods to find the right one for your organization.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
The holidays are right around the corner, and that means plenty of online shopping. These tips will help keep you safe.
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Roger's Information Security
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
ISC2’s blog has an feature where they interview CISSPs from around the world, and I see this month they interview Javvad Malik. Its a nice interview, but nothing compared to his original piece on the benefits of being a CISSP. Watch this video on YouTube. The post CISSPs from Around the World appeared first on Roger's Information Security Blog.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
Hotel reservation platform Prestige Software compromised personal data belonging to millions of travelers through a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket.
The Texas Record
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
We are excited to announce that we will be conducting free introductory records management classes via Zoom for both state agencies and local governments on: Local Governments: Records Management Basics Tuesday, November 17, 2020 – 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Central) – Register here! Tuesday, December 15, 2020 – 9:00a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Central) – Registration not open.
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