Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2022
Experian's David Britton on Connection Between Benefits Programs, Crypto Fraud There has been a rise in crypto fraud, and a substantial portion of it can be attributed to stimulus funding and paycheck protection programs, says David Britton, vice president of strategy, global ID and fraud at Experian. He discusses new authentication methods and stricter regulations.
Dark Reading
MAY 20, 2022
To succeed against dynamic cybercriminals, organizations must go multiple steps further and build a learning system that evolves over time to keep up with attacker tactics.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2022
Backing Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Burned the Brand, Researchers Report The Russian-language criminal syndicate behind the notorious Conti ransomware has retired that brand name, after having already launched multiple spinoffs to make future operations more difficult to track or disrupt, threat intelligence firm Advanced Intelligence reports.
Threatpost
MAY 20, 2022
More than 380,000 of the 450,000-plus servers hosting the open-source container-orchestration engine for managing cloud deployments allow some form of access.
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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
MAY 20, 2022
Specifies That White Hats Cannot Be Charged Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act The U.S. Department of Justice has revised its policy on who it charges with violations under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The DOJ now specifies that good-faith security research and researchers cannot be charged under the CFAA because they help improve cybersecurity standards.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2022
Alert Comes as Other Ransomware Assaults, Data Leaks Plague Medical Providers Federal authorities are alerting healthcare sector entities of threats posed by Russian state-sponsored cyber groups, including some linked to attacks on pharmaceutical and related firms. Meanwhile, other ransomware gangs continue their assaults on a variety of U.S. medical facilities.
Schneier on Security
MAY 20, 2022
Locks that use Bluetooth Low Energy to authenticate keys are vulnerable to remote unlocking. The research focused on Teslas, but the exploit is generalizable. In a video shared with Reuters, NCC Group researcher Sultan Qasim Khan was able to open and then drive a Tesla using a small relay device attached to a laptop which bridged a large gap between the Tesla and the Tesla owner’s phone. “This proves that any product relying on a trusted BLE connection is vulnerable to attacks even f
Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2022
Deal Will Help Clients Secure Users and Data Across SAP and Oracle's ERP Apps Pathlock has merged with Appsian to form a 500-person vendor that secures users and data across SAP and Oracle's ERP apps. Bringing Pathlock, Appsian and Security Weaver together will allow the firm to take a larger bite out of the $110 billion market focused on compliance testing for business apps.
Security Affairs
MAY 20, 2022
Taiwanese vendor QNAP warned customers of a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks and urges them to install the latest updates. Taiwanese vendor QNAP is asking users to install the latest update on their NAS devices and avoid exposing them on the Internet. The company issued the alert in response to a new wave of DeadBolt ransomware attacks targeting NAS devices using QTS 4.3.6 and QTS 4.4.1. “QNAP® Systems, Inc. recently detected a new attack by the DEADBOLT Ransomware.
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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
MAY 20, 2022
Government Says Closest Allies Share Similar Concerns Canada says it will no longer allow the use of products and services from China's Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. in its telecommunications systems. The government says its decision is based on reviews by independent security agencies and was made in consultation with its "closest allies.
Security Affairs
MAY 20, 2022
Microsoft researchers have observed a spike in the activity of the Linux bot XorDdos over the last six months. XORDDoS , also known as XOR.DDoS , first appeared in the threat landscape in 2014 it is a Linux Botnet that was employed in attacks against gaming and education websites with massive DDoS attacks that reached 150 gigabytes per second of malicious traffic.
Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2022
Also: Ransomware Attacks on Healthcare; Cybersecurity Market Slows In the latest update, four ISMG editors discuss the alarming, bizarre case of a cardiologist in Venezuela charged with developing malware and recruiting affiliates, recent ransomware and data leak incidents in healthcare and how the economy is causing mature cybersecurity startups to slow hiring.
Security Affairs
MAY 20, 2022
The Conti ransomware gang shut down its operation, and some of its administrators announced a branding of the gang. Advanced Intel researcher Yelisey Boguslavskiy announced the that Conti Ransomware gang shuts its infrastructure and some of its administrators announced a rebranding of the popular RaaS operation. [FLASH] #Conti Officially DisCONTInued Today the official website of Conti #Ransomware was shut down, marking the end of this notorious crime group; it is truly a historic day in the #in
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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
MAY 20, 2022
Addressing Manufacturing Vulnerabilities It’s only a matter of time before plants, critical infrastructure, and factories evolve into more interconnected and digital spaces.
Security Affairs
MAY 20, 2022
During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, contestants demonstrated a working exploit for Microsoft Windows 11. During the second day of the Pwn2Own Vancouver 2022 hacking competition, white hat hackers demonstrated a working exploit against Microsoft Windows 11 OS. The T0 group demonstrated an exploit for an improper access control flaw leading to the elevation of privilege on Microsoft Windows 11.
Data Breach Today
MAY 20, 2022
Rapid7's Jen Ellis Details Cross-Government Response, Impact of Russia-Ukraine War When Colonial Pipeline suffered an outage in May 2021 as a result of an attack by the DarkSide crime syndicate, numerous governments changed their approach to ransomware and began treating it as a national security threat, says Rapid7's Jen Ellis. She details what needs to happen next.
Dark Reading
MAY 20, 2022
Organizations that deploy updates only after a vulnerability is disclosed apply far fewer updates and do so at a lower cost than those that stay up to date on all of their software, university researchers say.
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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.
Reltio
MAY 20, 2022
I’ve heard countless stories from IT and business leaders about the challenges with legacy master data management (MDM). A perception shared by many in the industry is that MDM is hard, especially when approached with legacy solutions. There is a better way. Modern, cloud-native SaaS simplifies MDM and accelerates the value of your data. Most business leaders agree with our core belief that accelerating the power of data is table stakes for staying competitive in today’s rapidly changing and dig
Dark Reading
MAY 20, 2022
In a new phishing tactic, faux chatbots establish a conversation with victims to guide them to malicious links, researchers say.
Threatpost
MAY 20, 2022
Daniel Kaar, global director application security engineering at Dynatrace, highlights the newfound respect for AppSec-enabled observability in the wake of Log4Shell.?.
Dark Reading
MAY 20, 2022
Hexa and IDQL allow organizations using cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform to apply consistent access policy across all applications, regardless of environment.
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Schneier on Security
MAY 20, 2022
“ Google Maps Adds Shortcuts through Houses of People Google Knows Aren’t Home Right Now.” Excellent satire.
Dark Reading
MAY 20, 2022
Two of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates need a do-over after causing certificate-based authentication errors.
IG Guru
MAY 20, 2022
ISO 24143 Information and documentation — Information Governance — Concept and principles Introduction Information is a critical asset that is indispensable to support business processes and therefore, a foundation for the success of any business activities. Due to numerous existing and emerging forms and uses of information and information-related risks, organizations often struggle with implementing […].
Quest Software
MAY 20, 2022
Ransomware attacks are growing and are becoming more prevalent every year. Per the Washington Post, Ransomware payments spiked a whopping 70% last year alone, and the victims paid more than $600 million in 2021. “This $600 million, while.( read more ).
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Dark Reading
MAY 20, 2022
New versions of QKD use separate wavelengths on the same fiber, improving cost and efficiency, but distance is still a challenge.
Managing Your Information
MAY 20, 2022
We are delighted that our managing director Liz Taylor has been made a fellow of the IRMS (Information and Records Management Society). Liz, who has worked in both information governance and delivery of training for the past 20 years, addressed the group’s annual conference in Glasgow earlier this week. She told delegates from around the world about how imperative it was to deliver and recognise success while focusing on what we can achieve instead of ticking boxes in such a dynamic working envi
The Last Watchdog
MAY 20, 2022
The unification revolution of cybersecurity solutions has started – and managed security service providers are leading the way. Managed security services (MSS) refer to a service model that enable the monitoring and managing of security technologies, systems, or even software-as-a-service (SaaS) products. Here’s more on the various types and benefits of MSS, as well as the state of the MSS(P) market in 2022!
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