Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
SamSam, Dharma, GandCrab and Global Imposter Make for Ongoing Bitcoin Paydays Criminals wielding crypto-locking ransomware - especially Dharma/CrySiS, GandCrab and Global Imposter, but also SamSam - continue to attack. Insurance firm Beazley says cyber claims for ransomware have increased in recent months, with the healthcare sector hardest hit.
The Last Watchdog
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Now more than ever before, “big data” is a term that is widely used by businesses and consumers alike. Consumers have begun to better understand how their data is being used, but many fail to realize the hidden privacy pitfalls in every day technology. Related: Europe tightens privacy rules. From smart phones, to smart TVs, location services, and speech capabilities, often times user data is stored without your knowledge.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Identity and access management is not about compliance anymore - It's really about security, says Gartner's Felix Gaehtgens. With cloud, virtualization, DevOps and other IT trends, IAM has evolved from being a one-off project, to an ongoing initiative.
AIIM
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
More rigorous privacy regulations such as the EU GDPR and a number of US privacy initiatives such as the recently ratified California Consumer Privacy Act impose higher standards on data controllers and processors to safeguard privacy rights – including data subject consent management, accommodating data subject requests, data portability and more onerous data controller and processor accountability standards.
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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 5, 2018
In Addition to $200,000 Fine, Vendor Banned From Owning or Managing a Business in New Jersey Months after the New Jersey attorney general's office smacked a medical practice with a hefty penalty for a 2016 breach, the office has signed a $200,000 settlement with the group's business associate that was responsible for the incident and banned its owner from managing or owning a business in the state.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Despite Fast Rebound, Entity Still Reporting Data Breach An Iowa eye clinic and its affiliated surgery center recently recovered from a ransomware attack on their common systems within one day and without paying a ransom. This case offers important reminders to other healthcare entities and their vendors about advance planning.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
When you begin your BCP (business continuity plan) project, it’s a good idea to produce a checklist of tasks. This helps you stay on top of your progress during what will almost certainly be a long process. To give you an idea of what your checklist should consist of, we’ve created this three-step guide. Assemble the team. You’ll want a team of employees to take primary responsibility for the BCP.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Security experts at Trend Micro have spotted an IRC bot dubbed Shellbot that was built using Perl Shellbot. The malware was distributed by a threat group called Outlaw, it was able to target Linux and Android devices, and also Windows systems. “We uncovered an operation of a hacking group, which we’re naming “Outlaw” (translation derived from the Romanian word haiduc, the hacking tool the group primarily uses), involving the use of an IRC bot built with the help of Perl Shellbot.” re
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
When you begin your BCP (business continuity plan) project, it’s a good idea to produce a checklist of tasks. This helps you stay on top of your progress during what will almost certainly be a long process. To give you an idea of what your checklist should consist of, we’ve created this three-step guide. Assemble the team. You’ll want a team of employees to take primary responsibility for the BCP.
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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.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Google queries allowed Iran Government to dismantle the CIA communication network used by its agents and kill dozens of tens of spies. The alleged hack of the communications network used by CIA agents allowed Iranian intelligence to identify and kill at least 30 spies. According to Yahoo ! News the security breach has happened in 2009, the Iranian intelligence infiltrated a series of websites used by the CIA to communicate with agents worldwide, including Iran and China. “The previously u
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Troy Hunt has a good essay about why passwords are here to stay, despite all their security problems: This is why passwords aren't going anywhere in the foreseeable future and why [insert thing here] isn't going to kill them. No amount of focusing on how bad passwords are or how many accounts have been breached or what it costs when people can't access their accounts is going to change that.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
USB removable storage devices are the main vector for malware attacks against industrial facilities, states Honeywell report. According to a report published on by Honeywell, malware-based attacks against industrial facilities mostly leverage USB removable storage devices. Experts from Honeywell analyzed data collected with the Secure Media Exchange (SMX) , a product it has launched in 2017 and that was designed to protect industrial facilities from USB-borne threats.
Adam Levin
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
The international soccer league FIFA announced it had been hacked earlier this year and is bracing itself for a potential data breach. This latest cyber incident marks the second major successful hack on the organization, the first reported in 2017. That attack was attributed to a Russian hacking group alternately called Fancy Bear and APT28. News of this new hack was made public after FIFA documents were published on a website called Football Leaks , a whistleblower website dedicated to the soc
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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
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Systems, technology, and threats change, and your response plan should, too. Here are three steps to turn your post-breach assessment into a set of workable best practices.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
A security researcher has found a serious vulnerability in a building automation product from Sauter AG that could be exploited to steal files from an affected system. Sauter AG CASE Suit is a building automation product used worldwide that is affected by a high severity XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability that could be exploited to steal files from an affected system.
IBM Big Data Hub
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Machine learning has the potential to make the lives of marketers easier, but few marketing teams currently have the in-house data science skills they need to take advantage of it.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
From paper to IoT, security researchers offer tips for protecting common attack surfaces that you're probably overlooking.
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Icecast streaming media server is affected by a flaw that could be exploited by an attacker to take off the broadcast of online radio stations. Icecast streaming media server is affected by a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-18820, that could be exploited by an attacker to take off the broadcast of online radio stations. Icecast supports both audio and video data and is maintained by the Xiph.org Foundation.
Hunton Privacy
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Effective November 2, 2018, a new Ohio breach law will provide covered entities a legal safe harbor for certain data breach-related claims brought in an Ohio court or under Ohio law if, at the time of the breach, the entity maintains and complies with a cybersecurity program that (1) contains administrative, technical and physical safeguards for the protection of personal information, and (2) reasonably conforms to one of the “industry-recognized” cybersecurity frameworks enumerated in the law.
John Battelle's Searchblog
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
But…I just *bought* a robe. I don’t want another one. If you’re read my rants for long enough, you know I’m fond of programmatic advertising. I’ve called it the most important artifact in human history , replacing the Macintosh as the most significant tool ever created. So yes, I think programmatic advertising is a big deal.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
The idea and concept of Smart Cities is certainly gaining traction. Cities around the world are already investing in trials, testbeds and in many cases operational system deployments such as smart energy, smart lighting, smart parking; the list goes on.
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OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
When we’re young, we’re often told that we can be anything we want to be. We’re told that if we work hard enough, we have the power and ability to achieve our dreams — whatever they might be. We start out with such youthful optimism and believe that the world is in our grasp. But … The post How to build your future success and lift everyone up appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Attackers are actively infiltrating energy organizations and utilities for reconnaissance purposes.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Concerns over midterm election tampering reach a boiling point in the days leading up to actual voting.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Broadcom will sell Veracode, acquired last year by CA, for $950M to Thoma Bravo as it broadens its security portfolio.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Facebook took down Donald Trump’s ad for violating its policies, but you can still watch the video on his profile.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Both buys bolster the cybersecurity company's endpoint security business.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Meet Angelo, an OpenText™ colleague from Makati City, Philippines. In this post, Angelo gives us a glimpse into one of his favorite hobbies: boxing! Where did your love of boxing come from? It started with my dad watching Mike Tyson’s fights when I was a kid. I remember the first time I saw him watch Tyson’s … The post Humans of OpenText: Angelo Mesina appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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