Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Evolved Mustang Panda Malware Targets Government, Education, Other Sectors Globally A large-scale cyberespionage campaign by notorious China-based advanced persistent threat actor Mustang Panda is targeting government, academic and other sectors globally. Its main targets include Asia-Pacific organizations in Myanmar, Australia, the Philippines, Japan and Taiwan.
eSecurity Planet
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The Microsoft Detection and Response Team (DART) recently warned that attackers are increasingly using token theft to circumvent multi-factor authentication (MFA). “By compromising and replaying a token issued to an identity that has already completed multifactor authentication, the threat actor satisfies the validation of MFA and access is granted to organizational resources accordingly,” the team wrote in a blog post.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Systems Are Back Online But Brokers Say Some Systems Are Still Affected Trade-related services resumed Monday at Central Depository Services Ltd. in India, days after trading was suspended during a cyberattack Friday. All pending trades have now been settled, though brokers report some continued IT issues. The service says it appears that no data has been compromised.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
A researcher published details and proof-of-concept (PoC) code for High-Severity macOS Sandbox escape vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-26696. Researcher Wojciech Regu?a (@_r3ggi) of SecuRing published technical details and proof-of-concept (PoC) code for a macOS sandbox escape vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-26696 (CVSS score of 7.8). In a wrap-up published by Regula, the researcher observed that the problem is caused by a strange behavior he observed in a sandboxed macOS app that may launc
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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 21, 2022
Data of Patients Hurt in Auto Accidents Allegedly Sold to Chiropractors, Attorneys Authorities charged six people, including five former Tennessee hospital workers, with conspiracy in disclosing health data. Federal prosecutors say the six sold information about patients involved in motor vehicle accidents to third parties, including chiropractors and personal injury attorneys.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
How to Defend BYOD Devices Without Installing Software or Creating Friction The divide between mobile app detection and IAM has fueled cyber incidents and breaches as remote work has expanded. Workers using personal smartphones don't want to install corporate endpoint management products but still need to ensure both user and device are protected, says RSA CEO Rohit Ghai.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In years gone by, Black Friday was a 24-hour rush to the shops (you remember those places with actual people and merchandise that you could touch) where there was a set time for you to grab a bargain. People arrived at the shops the night before waiting in line for the doors to open. Then, in 2005 the clever people at the National Retail Federation decided that an online frenzy of shopping was needed the Monday after Thanksgiving.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
How Do We Avoid Data Dump Voyeurism and Victim Shaming? Data breaches are tricky to cover, and we want to report on them in an ethical way. That requires picking what should be reported for informed public discourse but avoiding topics that may encourage attackers' efforts to shame victims into paying a ransom and anything resembling data dump voyeurism.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Researchers at Trellix revealed that phishing email attacks targeting users in the Middle East doubled in October 2022 ahead of the World Cup in Qatar, as reported by The Record. The end game of these attacks include financial fraud, credential harvesting, data exfiltration, surveillance, and damage to a country or organization’s reputation. The rest of the world will soon follow.
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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
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
On the heels of the recent FTX financial meltdown came the theft of millions of dollars that left thousands of investors, exchanges and others in the lurch. Hugh Brooks, director of security operations at CertiK, shares how the funds may have been stolen and what happens next.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In high court case that could set precedent for millions, Tanya O’Carroll alleges owner Meta is breaking UK data laws A human rights campaigner is suing Facebook’s owner in the high court, claiming the company is disregarding her right to object against the collection of her personal data. Tanya O’Carroll has launched a lawsuit against Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta alleging it has breached UK data laws by failing to respect her right to demand Facebook stop collecting and processing her data.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Brian Krebs writes about how the Zeppelin ransomware encryption scheme was broken: The researchers said their break came when they understood that while Zeppelin used three different types of encryption keys to encrypt files, they could undo the whole scheme by factoring or computing just one of them: An ephemeral RSA-512 public key that is randomly generated on each machine it infects. “If we can recover the RSA-512 Public Key from the registry, we can crack it and get the 256-bit AES Key
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Researchers at Google Cloud identified 34 different hacked release versions of the Cobalt Strike tool in the wild. Cobalt Strike is a paid penetration testing product that allows an attacker to deploy an agent named ‘Beacon’ on the victim machine. The Beacon includes a wealth of functionality for the attacker, including, but not limited to command execution, key logging, file transfer, SOCKS proxying, privilege escalation, mimikatz, port scanning and lateral movement. .
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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.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Akamai researchers have discovered a new phishing campaign that targets United States consumers with fake holiday offers, TechRadar reports. Fake landing pages created by threat actors attempt to steal victim's credit card information.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Experts from Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs (CRIL) discovered three new ransomware families: AXLocker, Octocrypt, and Alice Ransomware. Threat intelligence firm Cyble announced the discovery of three new ransomware families named AXLocker, Octocrypt, and Alice Ransomware. The AXLocker ransomware encrypts victims’ files and steals Discord tokens from the infected machine.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Researchers at Specops Software describe a technique attackers are using to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). In an article for BleepingComputer , the researchers explain that attackers repeatedly attempt to login to an account protected by MFA, which spams the user with MFA requests until the user finally approves the login.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Google won a lawsuit filed against two Russian nationals involved in the operations of the Glupteba botnet. This week, Google announced it has won a nearly year-long legal battle against the Glupteba botnet. Glupteba is a highly sophisticated botnet composed of millions of compromised Windows devices. Unlike other botnets, Gluteba leverages cryptocurrency blockchains as a command-and-control mechanism in an attempt to make it more resilient to takeover. “This means that a conventional bo
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WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
A 500-page document reviewed by WIRED shows that Corellium engaged with several controversial companies, including spyware maker NSO Group.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Following the dollars reveals pen-test and intrusion-detection startups are the most attractive to investors right now, collectively getting more than $3 billion in funding.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Despite the somewhat logical notion that once you’ve paid the ransom, the attack is over, new data shows that paying the ransom doesn’t help you anywhere near how much you think it does.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Check out our slideshow of 10 fun games and toys that teach programming principles, electronics, and engineering concepts to get kids ready to hack the planet.
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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.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
New data focused on emails sent through Microsoft 365 highlights the methods used to ensure a successful attack beginning with a malicious email.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Luna Moth is relying solely on call-back phishing, as well as legitimate tools, to steal data and extract ransoms from victims of all stripes in an expanding cyberattack effort.
KnowBe4
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
The aftermath of a ransomware attack last month demonstrates just how bad an attack can get when the cybercriminals don’t get what they want.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Lawmakers are growing concerned about a flood of data-hungry cars from China taking over American streets.
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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.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Analysts see an uptick in token theft from authenticated users, allowing threat actors to bypass MFA protections.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
Pharmaceutical organizations in the life sciences industry face challenges in developing and maintaining data integrity due to complex validation documentation. Maintaining data consistency, accuracy, and integrity across many documents is challenging. The validation processes, which have been using paper-based systems, require a change that eliminates process inefficiency, waste of time and loss of data, or … The post Paperless validation for Life Sciences projects appeared first on OpenT
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
In the cybersecurity world, augmenting the human touch with artificial intelligence has produced extremely positive results.
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