Data Breach Today
MARCH 23, 2020
Latest Schemes Target At-Home Employees; Some Spoof Health Agencies As the global COVID-19 pandemic worsens, security firms and law enforcement, including the FBI, are warning of increasing phishing and other the cybercriminal scams targeting a largely at-home workforce.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 23, 2020
In December 2018, KrebsOnSecurity looked at how dozens of U.S. political campaigns, cities and towns had paid a shady company called Web Listings Inc. after receiving what looked like a bill for search engine optimization (SEO) services rendered on behalf of their domain names. The story concluded that this dubious service had been scamming people and companies for more than a decade, and promised a Part II to explore who was behind Web Listings.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 23, 2020
Pro-Kremlin Outlets Complicating Public Health Response, Nation-State Watchers Warn Disinformation campaigns with ties to Russia are continuing in an attempt to impede other governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, complicating public health efforts to combat the disease, European officials warn.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 23, 2020
Defending enterprise networks has become a convoluted challenge, one that is only getting more byzantine by the day. I’ve written about the how SIEMs ingest log and event data from all across hybrid networks, and about how UEBA and SOAR technologies have arisen in just the past few years to help companies try to make sense of it all, even as catastrophic breaches persist.
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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
MARCH 23, 2020
Attorney Sadia Mirza Reviews 'Spring Cleaning' of Landmark Privacy Act Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the California Attorney General's Office on March 11 released a second modification of the proposed regulations to implement the California Consumer Protection Act. Attorney Sadia Mirza explains what's included in this "spring cleaning" and how the coronavirus impacts the global privacy landscape.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 23, 2020
Attackers Targeted Corporate Network, Forcing Company to Shut Down IT Operations Finastra, a large financial services software provider based in London, continues to recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to take its IT operations offline Friday to prevent further damage to its corporate network, according to the company's CEO.
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2020
Hackers are offering for sale on the dark web data belonging to 538 million Weibo users, including 172 million phone numbers. Data of 538 million Weibo users are available for sale on the dark web the news was reported by several Chinese media and users on social networks. 107 million records include personal data and basic account information such as the user ID, number of Weibo tweets, number of followers and accounts users are following, account gender, geographic location and more.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 23, 2020
Cybercriminal Group TA505 Sending Trojanized CV Files, Prevailian Reports TA505, a notorious cybercriminal group believed to be operating in Russia, is using business email compromise tactics to target a new group of victims - HR departments, according to security researchers, who describe the new scheme.
Jamf
MARCH 23, 2020
To best keep students and educators safe — schools are re-evaluating their teaching practices and learning environments to accommodate an at-home, remote learning experience. In part three of our five-part blog series, we show you ways to promote peer-to-peer interaction.
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.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 23, 2020
As automobile manufacturers and others rush to shift to production of ventilators and other medical equipment and supplies to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, they must take steps to ensure security, privacy and safety risks are addressed, says technology attorney Steven Teppler.
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2020
Experts observed multiple botnets exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in DVRs for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN. Botnet operators are exploiting several zero-day vulnerabilities in digital video recorders (DVRs) for surveillance systems manufactured by Taiwan-based LILIN-. According to the Chinese security firm Qihoo 360’s Netlab team, operators of several botnets , including Chalubo , FBot , and Moobot , targeting LILIN DVRs at least since August 30, 2019. “
Jamf
MARCH 23, 2020
Today, more organizations than ever before are examining their remote employee and work-from-home policies — be it for health, employee retention or employee productivity reasons. In the conclusion of our three-part blog series, we show you how to fully support permanent and temporarily remote employees.
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2020
The University of Utah Health disclosed a security breach, it has discovered malware on its systems and revealed unauthorized access to some employee email accounts. The University of Utah Health disclosed a security breach, the research hospital has discovered unauthorized access to some employee email accounts along with the presence of malware on its systems.
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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
MARCH 23, 2020
The International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced that NCC Group has been approved as a U.S. Accountability Agent under the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPR”) system. NCC Group joins TrustArc and Schellman as the third U.S. Accountability Agent under the CBPR and the sixth Accountability Agent approved under the system overall.
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2020
Microsoft warns of hackers actively exploiting two zero-day remote code execution vulnerabilities in Windows Adobe Type Manager Library. Microsoft warns of hackers exploiting two zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Library, both issues impact all supported versions of Windows. The vulnerabilities affects the way Windows Adobe Type Manager Library handles a specially-crafted multi-master font – Adobe Type 1 PostScript format. “Microso
Adam Levin
MARCH 23, 2020
Secure Your Router: If you’re still using your router’s manufacturer default password, it’s past time for a change. Your password should be include letters, numbers and special characters in a combination you haven’t used on other accounts. You can also create an extra firewall by configuring your router to block unwanted incoming internet traffic. Secure Your Webcam: If you’re using an external webcam for videoconferences, disconnect it when you’re not using it.
Security Affairs
MARCH 23, 2020
Operation Pangea is the name of a joint international operation lead by the Interpol that seized €13 million in counterfeit drugs for care. . The Coronavirus outbreak is sustaining an unprecedented demand in hygiene products, surgical masks, and drugs that could care the COVID infection. The Europol announced the result of an international operation, dubbed Operation Pangea , has brought together police from over 90 countries in a bid to stem a rising flood of criminal enterprises relating to C
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Jamf
MARCH 23, 2020
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Adam Levin
MARCH 23, 2020
Covid-19 is increasing the number of employees working from home, and more businesses are relying on video conferences as a means of keeping in regular communication. . Follow these tips to make sure your webcam isn’t compromising your privacy and your data: Unplug/disable your camera when it’s not in use: If you’re using an external camera, don’t just turn it off when you’re not in a conference–unplug it completely.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 23, 2020
I previously wrote about hacking voice assistants with lasers. Turns you can do much the same thing with ultrasonic waves : Voice assistants -- the demo targeted Siri, Google Assistant, and Bixby -- are designed to respond when they detect the owner's voice after noticing a trigger phrase such as 'Ok, Google'. Ultimately, commands are just sound waves, which other researchers have already shown can be emulated using ultrasonic waves which humans can't hear, providing an attacker has a line of si
Gimmal
MARCH 23, 2020
The current pandemic has more people working from home than ever before, but that should not stop your organization from being diligent with information governance practices. Just like washing your hands, and social distancing can slow down the spread of germs, steps can be taken to ensure that the health of your information systems stay strong as well.
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Dark Reading
MARCH 23, 2020
Fraudsters exploit concerns by claiming to offer virus-related information or promising stimulus checks.
Data Matters
MARCH 23, 2020
On March 5, 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued an updated set of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) 1 regarding risk management in national bank relationships with third parties to further supplement its 2013 guidance, OCC Bulletin 2013-29 (the Bulletin), 2 and its 2017 FAQs (Prior FAQs) on the topic. 3 Twelve of the 27 FAQs are new and elaborate on a wide range of topics, including the broad intended scope of third-party risk management obligations,
Threatpost
MARCH 23, 2020
Authorities have cracked down on a website that claimed to give out coronavirus vaccine kits - but that was actually stealing victims' payment card data and personal information.
IG Guru
MARCH 23, 2020
This complimentary webinar provides a method for creating Records and Information Governance “Champions” in your organization. You will improve your leadership skills with the practical methods demonstrated in this session and you will walk away feeling empowered and encouraged despite the challenges we are currently facing in our industry and across the globe.
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Threatpost
MARCH 23, 2020
Criminals behind botnets Chalubo, FBot and Moobot attack unpatched vulnerabilities in the commercial DVRs made by LILIN.
Jamf
MARCH 23, 2020
Repurposing or recycling malware is a technique that can be used by malware authors to quickly reuse capabilities of existing known malware, reducing development time while confusing attribution should the bad actor be caught.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 23, 2020
On March 13, 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) released a statement regarding workplace-related processing of personal data in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (the “Statement”). The key takeaways from Statement are: Lawfulness. Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), every processing activity must be lawful, even where such processing activities relate to preventive health measures.
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