Security Affairs
AUGUST 20, 2018
The popular malware researchers Marco Ramilli has analyzed a malware that remained under the radar for more than two years. Today I’d like to share the following reverse engineering path since it ended up to be more complex respect what I thought. The full path took me about hours work and the sample covers many obfuscation steps and implementation languages.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 20, 2018
But Most Victims of the Health Insurer's Data Breach Will See No Cash A federal judge in California has given final approval to a $115 million settlement involving health insurer Anthem over its 2015 data breach. The settlement is the largest ever reached in a data-breach related class action suit, but most victims will see no money.
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The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 20, 2018
More businesses than ever before are choosing to move their IT infrastructure and systems to cloud solutions such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. There are many reasons to choose a cloud solution including increased flexibility and scalability, as well as reduced cost. In fact, a recent study of nearly 200 businesses and entrepreneurs found that 76% are looking to cloud solutions in order to increase the efficiency of their business.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 20, 2018
Keylogging Software Allegedly Used to Gain Unauthorized Systems Access A messy insider incident - allegedly involving an elected official in Wisconsin who is suspected of installing keylogging software to inappropriately access county systems over a five-year span - has impacted more than 258,000 individuals.
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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.
IT Governance
AUGUST 20, 2018
Mid-sized organisations are at the ‘sweet spot’ of cyber security, according to Coalfire’s Penetration Risk Report. Unfortunately, that sweet spot applies to both organisations and cyber criminals in different contexts. . After studying the most common vulnerabilities in small, medium and large organisations, Coalfire concluded that mid-sized organisations are generally the most secure.
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Security Affairs
AUGUST 20, 2018
Major Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada were impacted by a local file disclosure flaw in the SOLEO IP Relay service that was recently addressed. Almost all major Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada were impacted by a local file disclosure vulnerability in the SOLEO IP Relay service that was recently addressed. Telecommunications relay services (TRSs) developed by Soleo Communications are IP relay services used by major Internet service providers (ISPs) in Canada.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 20, 2018
James Mickens gave an excellent keynote at the USENIX Security Conference last week, talking about the social aspects of security -- racism, sexism, etc. -- and the problems with machine learning and the Internet. Worth watching.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 20, 2018
Anonymous targeted many governments websites in Spain to protest against the Government’s efforts to block Catalonia ‘s separatist wave. Members of the notorious Anonymous collective claimed responsibility for bringing down several government websites in Spain on Monday to protest against the decision of the government to block Catalonia’s separatist drive.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
Paul Vixie discusses the uncertain fate of WHOIS in the age of GDPR, the risks of domain name homographs, and other underpinnings of the Internet that are hard to trust and harder to fix.
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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 20, 2018
A glitch in the live streaming platform Twitch may have exposed some of its users’ private messages to other users. The company is notifying affected users. The live streaming platform Twitch warning users that a glitch may have exposed some of their private messages to other users. The company sent out the notifications to some broadcasters informing them that a software bug could have changed access permissions to older messages allowing other users to download them and read them.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
Royal Bank of Canada machine learning researcher and Terbium Labs chief scientist discuss how they use intelligence about the carding market to predict the next payment card fraud victims.
Threatpost
AUGUST 20, 2018
An attacker could escalate privileges on the server, further penetrating the network, harvesting customer information or mounting credible social-engineering campaigns.
IG Guru
AUGUST 20, 2018
Why You Should Care? Your Medical Information Could Be in India, Pakistan, and/or the Philippines! Why is it important that medical records remain with a workforce located in the United States? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules exist to protect your “individually identifiable health information” held or transmitted by […].
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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.
Daymark
AUGUST 20, 2018
During two hot July days a team of dedicated Daymark employees traded a couple of days in the office for a great cause at the build site of the current Habitat for Humanity project in Boston. The Daymark group of volunteers worked tirelessly on the construction of Habitat Greater Boston’s newest location, a five-unit condominium on Balina Place in Dorchester, MA.
CGI
AUGUST 20, 2018
A flexible energy system – the end of the beginning? pallavi.m@cgi.com. Mon, 08/20/2018 - 06:25. I was talking to someone recently and they asked me whether, with the publication of the “Upgrading our energy system: Smart systems and flexibility plan” and the “Clean Growth Strategy”, there was still a need for discussions about flexibility – the direction of travel is, after all, set.
The Security Ledger
AUGUST 20, 2018
In this week’s episode of the Security Ledger Podcast (#109): What lurks in the dark recesses of online information operations? How about a secret “US Freedom Army” organized by Russia linked online “info ops?” Dave Aitel of Cyxtera joins us to talk about it. Also: hacking critical infrastructure isn’t just for. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories As Election Threats Mount, Voting Machine Hacks are a Distraction Episode 106: Election Trolls Are Afoot.
Info Source
AUGUST 20, 2018
SILICON VALLEY, CA (August 17, 2018) – P3iD Technologies, Inc. , has completed its filing and establishment as a private, closely held corporation duly formed under the laws of the State of California. Formerly known as P3iD Cloud, this is the next step in the evolution of the company as a platform developer for capture, extraction, and storage of highly secure documents and data. .
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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
AUGUST 20, 2018
Google's latest cloud security rollouts include early releases of its cloud-hosted security module and a container security tool to verify signed images.
Threatpost
AUGUST 20, 2018
The recently-patched flaw could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
Trojans, file downloaders, stolen credentials, and BEC scams, hitting the real estate sector.
Information Management Resources
AUGUST 20, 2018
To set the stage for initiatives like AI and machine learning, companies need a rock-solid governance framework.
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Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
Over 400K individuals affected by the breach, which was the result of a successful phishing attack that occurred in September 2017.
Threatpost
AUGUST 20, 2018
This could mark yet another reinvention for the VenusLocker group, which has mostly been focused on cryptomining this year.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
Olumuyiwa Adejumo and co-conspirators targeted CEOs, CFOs, and other enterprise leaders in the US with fraudulent emails.
Threatpost
AUGUST 20, 2018
Researchers launched a Proof-of-Concept attack on two Android mobile phones and an embedded system board.
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Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
There are three main reasons why the field has been more welcoming for women. Can other tech areas step up?
Information Management Resources
AUGUST 20, 2018
OCR guidance urges organizations to take extreme care in decommissioning devices and memory media.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2018
Olumuyiwa Adejumo and co-conspirators targeted CEOs, CFOs, and other enterprise leaders in the US with fraudulent emails.
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