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DarkPulsar and other NSA hacking tools used in hacking operations in the wild

Security Affairs

Attackers are targeting high-value servers using a three of hacking tools from NSA arsenal, including DarkPulsar, that were leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacker group. The hackers used the powerful cyber weapons to compromise systems used in aerospace, nuclear energy, R&D, and other industries. According to experts from Kaspersky Lab, threat actors leverage NSA tools DarkPulsar, DanderSpritz and Fuzzbunch to infect Windows Server 2003 and 2008 systems in 50 organizations in Russia, Iran, and

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Instead of Breaking Up The Tech Oligarchs, Let’s Try This One Simple Hack

John Battelle's Searchblog

( image ). Social conversations about difficult and complex topics have arcs – they tend to start scattered, with many threads and potential paths, then resolve over time toward consensus. This consensus differs based on groups within society – Fox News aficionados will cluster one way, NPR devotees another. Regardless of the group, such consensus then becomes presumption – and once a group of people presume, they fail to explore potentially difficult or presumably impossible a

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Hackers breached into system that interacts with HealthCare.gov

Security Affairs

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced hackers breached into a computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov. Hackers breached into a computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, attackers accessed to the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people. After experts discovered the intrusion, the system was shut down and the IT staff is working to restore the operation. “Officials said the hacked system was sh

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The Titan M Chip Powers Up Pixel 3 Security

WIRED Threat Level

Google's latest flagship smartphone includes the Titan M, a security-focused chip that keeps users safe against sophisticated attacks.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 185 – News of the week

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! · Ex-NASA contractor pleaded guilty for cyberstalking crimes. · Expert released PoC Code Microsoft Edge Remote Code Execution flaw. · Microsoft fixed the Zero-Day for JET flaw, but the fix is incomplete. ·

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Building a bridge to SaaS in government

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Building a bridge to SaaS in government. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Sun, 10/21/2018 - 20:36. The Sharing Quality Services Cross Agency Priority (CAP) goal in the President’s Management Agenda —CAP Goal 5—establishes a 10 year plan for continuous improvement and delivery of quality services and technology for administrative services by expanding the use of common solutions and contracts, thus standardizing administrative operations.

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ARMA is looking for mentors

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Anyone interested would need to be an active ARMA member and meet the other requirements (see here). The post ARMA is looking for mentors appeared first on IG GURU.

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NCSAM 2018 Week 4: Safeguarding the Nation’s Critical Infrastructure

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A disruption to the critical infrastructure of our nation would bring significant, and even catastrophic, consequences. Most of the population takes for granted, or is unaware, that we’re entirely dependent on the functionality and efficiency of our nation’s infrastructure, in our day-to-day lives. These systems and functions are so vital to the nation, that their disruption or destruction would have a debilitating effect on our national security, economy, governance, public health a