Data Breach Today
JUNE 26, 2019
After Struggling With Recovery, City Negotiates a Ransom Payment A second small city in Florida is paying off cybercriminals to recover from a ransomware attack that crippled the municipality's local network. How much did Lake City agree to pay, and how much of that was covered by insurance?
AIIM
JUNE 26, 2019
The modern business ecosystem has changed considerably in just the past few years and with it have come some new challenges for the information professionals involved in storing, maintaining, and protecting it all. Managing business information has grown from something that was once limited and contained behind the corporate walls to something that’s well…anywhere and everywhere!
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 26, 2019
Dominion National Says Recently Discovered Incident Dates Back to 2010 A dental and vision insurer's revelation that it recently discovered a 9-year-old data security incident offers an extreme example of the difficulty some organizations have in detecting data breaches.
Elie
JUNE 26, 2019
In order to scale CSAI protections moving forward, we discuss techniques for automating detection and response by using recent advancements in machine learning.
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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
JUNE 26, 2019
'Cyber Dogs' Deployed to Search Suspects' Home for Hidden Storage Media Six suspects have been arrested as part of a 14-month international police probe into the theft of at least $28 million worth of bitcoin cryptocurrency from more than 4,000 victims in at least 12 countries. Investigators say attackers appear to have "typosquatted" legitimate bitcoin exchange sites.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 26, 2019
'Small Heart Attack' Incident Points to Problems Keeping Internet Infrastructure Secure Cloudflare was unsparing in its criticism of Verizon over a BGP snafu that hampered 15 percent of its global traffic, as well as traffic of Amazon and Google. Verizon's error underscores that much heavy lifting remains to make critical internet infrastructure secure.
Security Affairs
JUNE 26, 2019
Security experts warn of a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, and the situation could rapidly go worse. Akamai researcher Larry Cashdollar discovered a new piece of the Silex malware that is bricking thousands of IoT devices, over 2,000 devices have been bricked in a few hours and the expert is continuing to see new infections.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 26, 2019
Accelerating the development of secure custom apps without coding. The number one gating factor for true edge compute on mobile is security, and that's a hard thing to get into a mobile app.
IT Governance
JUNE 26, 2019
Data breaches are fast becoming a top priority for organisations. But it’s not only cyber criminals hacking your systems that you should be concerned about; there are many other ways your systems and information can be compromised. Let’s go through the most common ways in which an organisation’s data can be breached and look at some examples of how it might happen. 1.
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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.
Security Affairs
JUNE 26, 2019
A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom, now a Lake City, another city in Florida, agreed to do the same after a ransomware attack. A few days ago, Riviera Beach City agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom , now less than a week later, another city in Florida opted to do the same to recover its data after a ransomware attack. The victim is Lake City, Florida, that during an emergency meeting of the city council held on Monday, voted to pay a ransom demand of 42 bitcoins, wo
Schneier on Security
JUNE 26, 2019
Forget deep fakes. Someone wearing a latex mask fooled people on video calls for a period of two years, successfully scamming 80 million euros from rich French citizens.
Data Matters
JUNE 26, 2019
In a very significant FOIA decision for business, Food Mktg. Inst. v. Argus Leader Media , decided on June 24, 2019 , the Supreme Court reversed 45 years of understanding that Exemption 4 only protects confidential business information whose disclosure by the government would cause “substantial competitive harm.”. Relying on the plain meaning of words in the statute – rather than what the Court majority characterized as muddled legislative history – the Court found that the D.C.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 26, 2019
The clock's ticking to fix a Gatekeeper bug that would let hackers slip malware onto your computer undetected.
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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.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 26, 2019
Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law HB 4390 (the “Bill”), which amends the state’s data breach notification law and creates an advisory council tasked with studying and developing recommendations regarding data privacy legislation. Previously, Texas’ law required businesses to disclose “as quickly as possible” any breach to individuals whose sensitive personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, acquired by an unauthorized person.
Security Affairs
JUNE 26, 2019
Experts from security firm Netskope observed variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware distributed in ISO Image through malspam campaign. Security firm Netskope observed a new malspam campaign delivering variants of LokiBot and NanoCore malware in ISO image file attachments. “Netskope Threat Research Labs has been tracking multiple similar malspam campaigns that began in April 2019.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 26, 2019
Opinion: Venmo makes sending and receiving money a social affair. But those emoji-laden payment descriptions leave you exposed to cyberattacks.
IBM Big Data Hub
JUNE 26, 2019
Businesses should consider a database that is both powered by, and built for, AI. Learn why you should start your AI journey with Db2 11.5.
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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.
Dark Reading
JUNE 26, 2019
Foster Warriors is a new nonprofit initiative focused on helping foster kids find a place in the world, and especially in the world of security. Join us!
Threatpost
JUNE 26, 2019
Google finalizes its DNS-over-HTTPS service inching toward a world where DNS request are sent via HTTPS and not UDP or TCP.
Micro Focus
JUNE 26, 2019
With the new release of Visual COBOL and Enterprise Developer this week, I’d like to show you some of the new features in the Visual Studio and Eclipse IDEs. I’ve used Visual Studio 2017 in the examples below, but all features are supported in the Eclipse IDE too (unless stated otherwise). Also all the features. View Article.
Dark Reading
JUNE 26, 2019
A two-step strategy for creating an attack environment that is more complex, less profitable, and more likely to expose the attacker.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
DXC Technology
JUNE 26, 2019
Digital technology has accelerated the pace of change in the business world to a point where there is nothing but change. For IT and business decision-makers, that means they are never done. There will always be new technologies to integrate or new business strategies to formulate based on those technologies and the opportunities (or dangers) […].
Information Management Resources
JUNE 26, 2019
The IoT, artificial intelligence, 5G technology and server-less computing are among the technologies that will most impact businesses and the bottom line, says a new CompTIA report.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 26, 2019
As digital technology transforms the business landscape in many industries, it brings both challenges and opportunities related to managing digital information. As the legal community steps up to meet the needs of a digital world, law firms and legal departments are recognizing the need to ensure that information is managed and secure, yet easily accessible. … The post Fox Entertainment Group puts document management in the spotlight appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
IT Governance
JUNE 26, 2019
With the legal sector reporting an increase in targeted attacks in 2018, information security management remains a serious issue for law firms. The confidential information and large volumes of client funds they hold are highly desirable to cyber criminals, so it’s not surprising that 60% of law firms reported that they suffered a security incident last year (PwC Law Firms’ Survey 2018).
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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.
Dark Reading
JUNE 26, 2019
A two-step strategy for creating an attack environment that is more complex, less profitable, and more likely to expose the attacker.
Threatpost
JUNE 26, 2019
Cisco has patched two critical vulnerabilities in its Data Center Network Manager software, which could allow a remote attacker to take over affected devices.
IT Governance
JUNE 26, 2019
If you’re interested in gaining a high-ranking position in the information security industry, you’ll probably need the CISSP® exam (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) qualification. In this blog, we explain everything you need to know before enrolling on a CISSP training course. Is it difficult to become a CISSP? Like most advanced qualifications, it takes a lot of time and effort to achieve the CISSP qualification, and you are by no means guaranteed to pass the exam first time
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