The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2018

There’s a new breed of identity thief at work plundering consumers and companies. However, these fraudsters don’t really care about snatching up your credentials or mine. By now, your personal information and mine has been hacked multiple times and is readily on sale in the Dark Web. This has long been true of the vast majority of Americans. Related article: 7 hacks signaling a coming global cyber war.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 13, 2018

We have come a long way since the GPS watch. Now cities like Barcelona use sensors to monitor everything from noise pollution to waste management. We are on the brink of smart cities, smart clothing, smart farming, house automation and even the IoMT (Internet of Medical Things), which promises to radically improve healthcare. We live in the digital era of hyperconnectivity.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 13, 2018

Expansion of Medicare Payments for Telehealth Services Proposed As part of a sweeping plan to "modernize" Medicare, federal regulators are also proposing to expand reimbursements for telehealth services. But what are the potential privacy and security concerns that healthcare providers need to address if they offer more telehealth services for patients?

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 13, 2018

The 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking the DNC allegedly used $95,000 worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to fund their operation.

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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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Data Breach Today

JULY 13, 2018

Aviation ID Australia Says Website Accessed By Unauthorized Entity An Australian company that issues identity cards for access to airports has been notifying applicants and cardholders that their personal information may have been compromised, according to a news report. Australian federal police are investigating.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 13, 2018

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a discussion of California's groundbreaking new privacy law as well as an update on the potential impact of the hacker group responsible for the Ticketmaster breach.

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2018

Proofpoint’s The Human Factor 2018 Report revealed that over the past year, cyber criminals have continued to increase their use of social engineering, building up the number of attacks that rely on human interaction. Social engineering is at the core of many of today’s attacks, seeking to exploit the curiosity of unsuspecting users. Common tactics include creating a sense of urgency, impersonating trusted brands, seeking to exploit natural curiosity and taking advantage of frequent events such

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 13, 2018

The special counsel has unleashed an international, geopolitical bombshell.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 13, 2018

During the week of June 25, 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP hosted its annual executive retreat in San Francisco, California. The annual event consisted of a closed pre-retreat session for CIPL members, a CIPL Panel at the APPA Forum Open session followed by a CIPL reception and dinner and a special all day workshop with data protection commissioner members of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (“APPA”) on Accountable AI.

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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.

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National Archives Records Express

JULY 13, 2018

We will be co-hosting an Industry Day with GSA on August 6 to launch the next phase of our Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative (FERMI). The Industry Day will be held from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern in the McGowan Theater at the National Archives Building. We will announce how vendors listed on GSA Schedule 36, Special Item Number 51-600, Electronic Records Management will have the opportunity to create demos based on the draft Use Cases for Electronic Messages (Word document).

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IT Governance

JULY 13, 2018

Episode 1. Welcome to the IT Governance Technology & Media Podcast: Client X. This week’s episode investigates governance, risk and compliance solutions for organisations in the information technology sector. Account Manager Zak Rush joins us for our first episode. Zak is a Technology & Media sector specialist at IT Governance. It’s his job to identify client obligations, discuss project scope and generally facilitate any and all client needs in the sector.

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 13, 2018

In at least one instance, DEA agents sold an encrypted BlackBerry to a suspected drug smuggler—and kept the encryption key.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2018

Recent fears that this year's most prolific ransomware threat has acquired new WannaCry-like propagation capabilities appear unfounded at the moment.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 13, 2018

Not only has this been a super busy blogging week, it's also the week my coffee machine decided to die ?? It's not terminal, it's just continually leaking so it's off for a service and I have to fuel my productivity through other means. But fuel it I did and I spent a big whack of the week doing things I hope to talk about next week (namely some major architectural changes to HIBP services), as well as preparing both the Pemiblanc credential stuffing list for HIBP and then pushing out Pwned Pass

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Threatpost

JULY 13, 2018

Cyberattackers have used a bogus mobile device management (MDM) system to target a small – but presumably high-value – set of iPhones in India in a cyberespionage campaign that has some unusual hallmarks.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2018

Security researchers have been working in overdrive examining processors for issues - and they haven't come up empty-handed.

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CGI

JULY 13, 2018

Driving down customer bills and securing water supply for all. p.butler@cgi.com. Fri, 07/13/2018 - 06:17. Water is an essential service for all of us. A secure and high quality service must be delivered at affordable prices. Yet England is facing water supply shortages by 2050 unless rapid action is taken to curb water use and wastage, the Environment Agency is warning us.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2018

There were more than 78K business email account (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) scam incidents worldwide between October 2013 and May 2018.

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Architect Security

JULY 13, 2018

Previously sold-out, seats have been added to “Achieving Security Awareness Through Social Engineering Attacks” Training by @jaysonstreet & @aprilwright Watch the preview video here: [link] And reserve your seat here: [link]

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Threatpost

JULY 13, 2018

In this InfoSec Insider, Tim Bandos looks at why network admins will want to keep a close watch on network traffic within the enterprise.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2018

Executives and front-line SOC teams see human and technology issues in much different ways, according to two new reports.

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Threatpost

JULY 13, 2018

HackerOne’s 2018 Hacker-Powered Security Report showed that the average award for critical vulnerabilities has increased.

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Adam Shostack

JULY 13, 2018

Oddly, I am unable to find this on Etsy. Perhaps the Disney Corporation, new owners of Star Wars, doesn’t like mousetraps?

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Threatpost

JULY 13, 2018

The scam emails offer, as proof of compromise, a password associated with the target’s online accounts.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2018

To keep an organization safe, you must think about the entire IT ecosystem.

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Information Management Resources

JULY 13, 2018

To teach its automated advice platform how to help advisers communicate with clients, the company has sought to develop a bank of knowledge about psychology and other expertise beyond traditional wealth management.

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Dark Reading

JULY 13, 2018

A new report details issues with 18 states along with suggestions on what can be done.

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Information Management Resources

JULY 13, 2018

The master data management sector is worth $38 billion, with a typical customer paying $1 to $2 million on a product, and spending three to four times that on related services.

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