Data Breach Today
JUNE 17, 2019
Agency Says It Tested Remote Code Execution Exploit Yet another warning has been issued about the BlueKeep vulnerability in older versions of Microsoft Windows. The latest comes from the Department of Homeland Security, which tested a remote code execution exploit.
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2019
Security researchers at Cofense have spotted a phishing campaign aimed at commercial banking customers distributing a new remote access trojan (RAT) tracked as WSH RAT. Security experts at Cofense Phishing Defence Center have spotted a phishing campaign aimed at commercial banking customers that is distributing a new remote access trojan tracked as WSH RAT.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 17, 2019
New Report Calls for Other Methods of Authentication at Federal Agencies Some federal agencies inappropriately continue to rely on knowledge-based authentication to prevent fraud and abuse even though this method is no longer trustworthy because so much personal information that's been breached is readily available to fraudsters, a new U.S. Government Accountability Office report notes.
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2019
Today I’d like to share an interesting and heavily obfuscated Malware which made me thinking about the meaning of ‘Targeted Attack’ Nowadays a Targeted Attack is mostly used to address state assets or business areas. For example a targeted attack might address Naval industry ( MartyMcFly example is definitely a great example) or USA companies ( Botnet Against USA, Canada and Italy is another great example) and are mainly built focusing specific target sectors.
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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
JUNE 17, 2019
Argentina and Others Suffer Power Outages; System Maintenance Disrupts Target Not all that crashes has been hacked. To wit, this past weekend there were multiple major outages, including much of Argentina and Uruguay going dark, as well as U.S. retailer Target's system problems leaving customers unable to pay for goods. But none of these outages were due to cyberattacks.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 17, 2019
James Stanger of CompTIA on Improving Security Controls James Stanger, chief technology evangelist at CompTIA, explains why red teaming can prove highly beneficial in improving organizational security controls.
Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
Cybercriminals use new types of top-level domains, topical keywords, and targeted emails to trick victims into clicking malicious links.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 17, 2019
Trisis Malware Creator Moves Beyond Oil and Gas Industry Xenotime, the group suspected of launching the Trisis malware attack in Saudi Arabia during 2017, has over the past few months shifted its focus beyond the oil and gas industry to target electrical plants and utilities, security firm Dragos reports.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 17, 2019
Scammers are taking advantage of default calendar settings to try to trick users into clicking malicious links.
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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
JUNE 17, 2019
But Are Such Incidents Underreported to Regulators? A urology practice in Ohio and an eye care provider in Indiana are among the latest victims of ransomware attacks in the healthcare sector. Some security experts suspect that such attacks are still underreported to regulators.
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2019
Good news for the victims of the latest variants of the GandCrab ransomware , NoMoreRansomware released a free decryption tool. Victims of the latest variants of the GandCrab ransomware can now decrypt their files for free using a free decryptor tool released on the the NoMoreRansom website. The tool works with versions 5 to 5.2 of the ransomware, as well as versions 1 and 4. . “On 17 June, a new decryption tool for the latest version of the most prolific ransomware family GandCrab has b
Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
The attackers behind the Triton, or Xenotime, intrusions into critical infrastructure (CI) safety systems are testing their skills against electric power companies. Options for defense are still limited, however.
Security Affairs
JUNE 17, 2019
Threat actors are targeting Web-based DNA sequencer applications leveraging a still-unpatched zero-day to take over the targeted systems. Starting from June 12, 2019, the researcher Ankit Anubhav from NewSky Security, observed threat actors targeting Web-based DNA sequencer applications. The attackers are leveraging a still-unpatched zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-6526 , to gain full control over the targeted systems.
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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.
Data Matters
JUNE 17, 2019
Sidley has consolidated its materials and resources on the CCPA, including an amendment tracker, on the new Sidley CCPA Monitor. Explore the law and Sidley insights, available now. The post Stay Up-To-Date on the CCPA Through Sidley’s CCPA Monitor appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.
National Archives Records Express
JUNE 17, 2019
The following is a guest post by Tammy Hudson, DHS Records Officer on behalf of the Federal Records Management Council. The Federal Records Management Council (FRMC) is a NARA-sponsored group of agency records officers that meet regularly to discuss records management challenges common to all agencies. A subcommittee of the FRMC worked independently to examine the challenges around digitization of paper records.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 17, 2019
By now, the benefits of adding AI and machine learning (ML) to your digital business processes have been well-demonstrated, yet many organizations are still hesitant about moving towards AI. You know your organization would flourish. You know that more current, accurate, easily readable and sharable insights and predictions would add value. And you know that … The post New Magellan suites offer easy onramps to AI appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
JUNE 17, 2019
Microsoft is urging users to patch every Exim installation in their organization and make sure that they are updated to the most recent version, Exim version 4.92.
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Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
Most companies' cloud security operations would benefit significantly from clean-up, alignment, and organization.
IBM Big Data Hub
JUNE 17, 2019
Financial services organizations face considerable challenges today. From regulatory changes to globalization to shifting customer expectations, the urgent need to re-engineer outdated systems to better manage vast amount of data can apply additional pressure. Organizations must deal with the consistency, accuracy, timeliness and complexity of their data to remain competitive.
DXC Technology
JUNE 17, 2019
Para afrontar la transformación digital y mejorar su rendimiento, las empresas están adoptando una estrategia de “diseño para operaciones” para el desarrollo y distribución de software. Con “diseño para operaciones” queremos decir que el software está diseñado para ejecutarse continuamente, con actualizaciones incrementales frecuentes, que se pueden realizar a escala.
Jamf
JUNE 17, 2019
Jamf turned 17 on June 10! Thank you Jamf Nation for helping us hit several key milestones along the way.
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Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
The decryptor neutralizes GandCrab versions 5.0 through 5.2 and lets victims unlock their files for free.
CGI
JUNE 17, 2019
Cybersecurity in utilities: Critical questions for securing distributed energy resources (DERs). shobana.lv@cgi.com. Mon, 06/17/2019 - 05:09. The energy transition is driving a shift toward the increasing use of distributed energy resources (DERs). DERs are smaller power-generation resources, usually located on the consumer side, that provide energy where it is needed.
Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
Learn new enterprise-grade techniques for identifying vulnerabilities, improving Active Directory security, and building trust with customers at Black Hat USA this summer.
Threatpost
JUNE 17, 2019
The social platform has suspended six sets of accounts across four jurisdictions for running alleged influence campaigns, including Iran.
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Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
The outage, which is not (so far) seen as the result of a cyberattack, still had a significant impact on network and server availability.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 17, 2019
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich recently announced a settlement with healthcare software provider Medical Informatics Engineering Inc. (“MIE”) and its wholly owned subsidiary NoMoreClipboard, LLC. The settlement resolves a multistate litigation arising out of a May 2015 data breach in which hackers infiltrated WebChart, a web application run by MIE, and stole the electronic Protected Health Information (“ePHI”) of over 3.9 million individuals.
Dark Reading
JUNE 17, 2019
Agency urges organizations with vulnerable systems to apply mitigations immediately.
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