Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2021
U.S Wants 16 Critical Infrastructure Entities Off-Limits to Attack At their Geneva summit meeting Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin that if Russia continued to wage cyberattacks against the U.S., it would face retaliation.
Krebs on Security
JUNE 16, 2021
Authorities in Ukraine this week charged six people alleged to be part of the CLOP ransomware group , a cybercriminal gang said to have extorted more than half a billion dollars from victims. Some of CLOP’s victims this year alone include Stanford University Medical School , the University of California , and University of Maryland. A still shot from a video showing Ukrainian police seizing a Tesla, one of many high-end vehicles seized in this week’s raids on the Clop gang.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2021
Database Contains Website Visitor Activity Logs, But Not Personal Information The discovery of an unsecured database containing over 1 billion records related to CVS Health website visitor activity illustrates yet again how security missteps can potentially leave sensitive data exposed, some security experts say.
Dark Reading
JUNE 16, 2021
Growing list of similar actions in recent months may finally be scaring some operators into quitting, but threat is far from over, security experts say.
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
JUNE 16, 2021
PDF Documents Stuffed With SEO Keywords Lead to Malware Attacks SolarMarker malware operators are using "SEO poisoning" techniques to deploy the remote access Trojan to steal sensitive information, Microsoft reports.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2021
Two Zero-Days Were Being Exploited Apple has released patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities and a fix for another security issue, all of which affected devices running iOS version 12.5.3. It says the zero-day flaws are being exploited in the wild.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 16, 2021
TorrentFreak surveyed nineteen VPN providers, asking them questions about their privacy practices: what data they keep, how they respond to court order, what country they are incorporated in, and so on. Most interesting to me is the home countries of these companies. Express VPN is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. NordVPN is incorporated in Panama.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2021
Cybersecurity M&A Activity Continues on a Torrid Pace Three cybersecurity deals were announced Tuesday with Forcepoint, Deloitte and Cerberus Sentinel all making acquisitions.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 16, 2021
After two rounds of public comments, the Data Security Law of the People’s Republic of China (the “DSL”) was formally issued on June 10, 2021, and will become effective on September 1, 2021. Compared to previous drafts of the law, the final version of the DSL differs with respect to: establishing a work coordination mechanism and clarifying the duties of each governmental authority; establishing an administration system for state core data; encouraging data development and use to make public ser
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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
JUNE 16, 2021
Clop's Data Leak Extortion Site Hosted Stolen Accellion File Transfer Appliance Data Just before Wednesday's U.S.-Russia summit, at which cybercrime was high on the agenda, authorities in Ukraine announced they had busted six suspected members of the Clop ransomware operation. Security experts say these apparently were midlevel players, with Clop's main operators likely based in Russia.
Security Affairs
JUNE 16, 2021
Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to be linked to the Clop ransomware gang as part of an international joint operation. Ukraine police arrested multiple individuals that are believed to be linked to the Clop ransomware gang as part of an international operation conducted by law enforcement from Ukraine, South Korea, and the US.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2021
Webs of Criminality Are Recorded on Bitcoin's Blockchain Bitcoin has enabled fast payments to cybercriminals pushing ransomware. How to deal with bitcoin is subject of a spirited debate, with some arguing to restrict it. But bitcoin doesn't always favor cybercriminals, and it may actually be more of an ally than a foe by revealing webs of criminality.
CGI
JUNE 16, 2021
5 recommendations to become a customer-centered operation. This CGI blog post five recommendations to become a customer-centered operation. dharini.s@cgi.com. Wed, 06/16/2021 - 08:13.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 16, 2021
New Rules Come as Colonial Pipeline Ransomware Attack Investigations Continue The Department of Homeland Security unit that's responsible for the safety of the nation's interstate pipelines is preparing new cybersecurity requirements for oil and gas companies in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline Co. ransomware attack.
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
Meanwhile, in a separate survey, 80 percent of organizations that paid the ransom said they were hit by a second attack.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 16, 2021
The company best known for its search engine is launching a new set of tools aimed at creating an “easy button” for protecting your data online.
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
Hank Schless, senior manager of security solutions at Lookout, notes basic steps that organizations can take to protect themselves as ransomware gangs get smarter.
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Data Matters
JUNE 16, 2021
On Tuesday, June 8, 2021, the U.S. Senate adopted by a 68-32 vote S. 1260, the United States Innovation and Competition Act, a nearly 2,400-page, $250 billion bill designed to boost U.S. semiconductor production, scientific research, development of artificial intelligence, and space exploration in the face of growing economic, technological, and military competition from China.
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
Ransomware attacks are increasing in frequency, and the repercussions are growing more severe than ever. Here are 5 ways to prevent your company from becoming the next headline.
Dark Reading
JUNE 16, 2021
Living-off-the-land attacks pose significant risks to organizations and, on top of that, are difficult to detect. Learn the basics about how these attacks operate and ways to limit their damage.
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
A French court fined the furniture giant for illegal surveillance on 400 customers and staff.
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Dark Reading
JUNE 16, 2021
Oleg Koshkin was arrested in 2019 and faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison, the DoJ reports.
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
Ransomware gangs are increasingly buying their way into corporate networks, purchasing access from 'vendors' that have previously installed backdoors on targets.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 16, 2021
If you attended the recent webinar, “Introducing OpenText™ Core Content, the next generation SaaS content services platform” then you are already familiar with how lively it was. If not, you missed very knowledgeable presenters, a live demo of the product, and a very spirited Q&A session. You can watch the replay here. Here’s a quick … The post Takeaways from the recent OpenText Core Content webinar appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
An attacker with initial physical access (say, at a gym) could gain root entry to the interactive tablet, making for a bevy of remote attack scenarios.
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erwin
JUNE 16, 2021
You probably can’t remember the last time you made a purchase without first taking a look at the product or service’s online reviews. Have you ever thought about why that is? We tend to trust what other consumers like ourselves have to say about their experience with a product or service more than the company who obviously believes in their product’s value. erwin by Quest agrees that reviews are among the most helpful ways for customers to feel confident they’ve researched the top market offerin
Threatpost
JUNE 16, 2021
Ransomware group releases decryptors for nearly 3,000 victims, forfeiting millions in payouts. .
Collibra
JUNE 16, 2021
Today we kicked off our best Data Citizens yet with 45 speakers across 8 industries including retail, financial services, telecommunications, technology, healthcare and education. We heard approximately 10 hours of knowledge sharing and attendees had the opportunity to network in 4 insightful roundtable discussions. . Our Data Citizens community came together to share best practices, learn from each other, collaborate, and network.
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