Sat.Sep 03, 2022

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HelpSystems Buys Red-Teaming Firm for Offensive Security

Data Breach Today

Purchase of Outflank Marks Security Software Firm's 10th Acquisition in 20 Months HelpSystems acquired Dutch red-teaming startup Outflank to help critical infrastructure firms more effectively prepare for cyberattacks. The buying of Outflank will provide clients with a broader range of red-teaming software and services thanks to Outflank's tight integration with Cobalt Strike.

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Samsung discloses a second data breach this year

Security Affairs

Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach after some of its US systems were compromised in July. After the attack that hit the company in late July 2022, Samsung disclosed a data breach. The Electronics giant discovered on August 4 that threat actors have had access to its systems and exfiltrated customer personal information. The threat actors had access to Samsung customers’ names, contacts, dates of birth, product registration data, and demographic information.

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San Francisco 49ers Cybersecurity Incident Affected 20,000

Data Breach Today

BlackByte Ransomware-as-a-Service Group Claimed 49ers as Victims in February The NFL's San Francisco 49ers will notify more than 20,000 Americans that online attackers likely stole their name and Social Security number from the sports franchise's corporate network in a February network security incident. Ransomware-as-a-service group BlackByte took credit for the attack.

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Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day

Security Affairs

Google rolled out emergency fixes to address a vulnerability in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild. Google on Friday released emergency fixes to address a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-3075, in the Chrome web browser that is being actively exploited in the wild. The CVE-2022-3075 flaw is caused by insufficient data validating in Mojo.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Researchers Spot Snowballing BianLian Ransomware Gang Activity

Dark Reading

The operators of the emerging cross-platform ransomware BianLian increased their command and control infrastructure this month, indicating an acceleration in their operational pace.

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Feds, npm Issue Supply Chain Security Guidance to Avert Another SolarWinds

Dark Reading

The US government and the Open Source Security Foundation have released guidance to shore up software supply chain security, and now it's up to developers to act.

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Police Across US Bypass Warrants With Mass Location-Tracking Tool

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: An unsecured database exposed face recognition data in China, ‘Cuba’ ransomware knocks out Montenegro, and more.

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4 Scenarios for the Digital World of 2040

Dark Reading

Our digital future depends on the choices we make today. We need to invest in cybersecurity technologies and skills so that humanity can control its future.

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Build the foundation for your information advantage at OpenText World 2022

OpenText Information Management

From planning the next step of your digital journey to discussing the state of your industry to finding ways to maximize the business value from your OpenText investments, managing your information is essential to your business success. At OpenTextâ„¢ World 2022 in Las Vegas, we’ll be hosting a new OpenText Essentials track, designed to help … The post Build the foundation for your information advantage at OpenText World 2022 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 382

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Google rolled out emergency fixes to address actively exploited Chrome zero-day Samsung discloses a second data breach this year The Prynt Stealer malware contains a secret backdoor.

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Google’s image-scanning illustrates how tech firms can penalise the innocent | John Naughton

The Guardian Data Protection

New technology helps to track child abuse images, but in the case of false positives, companies don’t always rescind suspensions Here’s a hypothetical scenario. You’re the parent of a toddler, a little boy. His penis has become swollen because of an infection and it’s hurting him. You phone the GP’s surgery and eventually get through to the practice’s nurse.

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How to Stop DDoS Attacks: Prevention & Response

eSecurity Planet

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks cause problems for organizations of all sizes. To fight DDoS attacks, organizations and teams need to implement the three standard phases for any IT threat: preparation, reaction, and recovery. However, to plan the phases properly, organizations need to first understand the nature of DDoS attacks and why attackers use them.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Images

Schneier on Security

iStock has over 13,000 royalty-free images of squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.