Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 28, 2020
FBI's Elvis Chan on What to Expect Before - and After - Nov. 3 Election FBI agent Elvis Chan has dedicated his past four years to ensuring U.S. election security. With the Nov. 3 election less than a week away, he opens up on concerns about Russian, Chinese and Iranian interference and threats he'll be watching before and after the vote.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 28, 2020
In March 2020, KrebsOnSecurity alerted Swedish security giant Gunnebo Group that hackers had broken into its network and sold the access to a criminal group which specializes in deploying ransomware. In August, Gunnebo said it had successfully thwarted a ransomware attack, but this week it emerged that the intruders stole and published online tens of thousands of sensitive documents — including schematics of client bank vaults and surveillance systems.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Sophos: Cybercriminals Renting Buer Loader The operators behind the Ryuk strain of malware are increasingly relying on a malware-as-a-service tool - the Buer loader - to deliver the malware, rather than botnets such as Trickbot and Emotet, the security firm Sophos reports.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 28, 2020
On Monday, Oct. 26, KrebsOnSecurity began following up on a tip from a reliable source that an aggressive Russian cybercriminal gang known for deploying ransomware was preparing to disrupt information technology systems at hundreds of hospitals, clinics and medical care facilities across the United States. Today, officials from the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security hastily assembled a conference call with healthcare industry executives warning about an “imminent cybercrime t
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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
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Researcher Discovered Misconfigured Microsoft Azure Blog Cloud Server A misconfigured Microsoft Azure Blob cloud storage server used by Maruti Suzuki, an automobile manufacturer in India, exposed investors' personal and financial data online, according to a security researcher.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Among the 2017 Incidents Was a Mailing Mishap Exposing HIV Information Federal regulators have slapped health insurer Aetna with a $1 million HIPAA settlement for three 2017 breaches - including a mailing incident that exposed HIV information - that occurred within six months.
IT Governance
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Experian has been selling millions of people’s personal information without their consent, the UK’s data protection watchdog has found. An ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) investigation revealed that the credit reference agency has been selling personal data to political parties and organisations that used it to identify those who could afford products and services.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Security Experts Outline Their Concerns So far, much of the discussion about 5G security has focused on avoiding the use of technology from Chinese manufacturers, including Huawei and ZTE. But security experts are increasingly concerned that 5G network and device providers rushing products to market aren't devoting enough attention to security.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Third-party Web trackers might be following your website visitors' every step. How can new tools like Blacklight help you stop them in their tracks?
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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
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Alert From CISA, FBI Describes Espionage Campaigns The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI have issued an alert providing details on the activities of a North Korean hacking group dubbed Kimsuky. The group, which has primarily focused on South Korean targets, has also conducted espionage campaigns in the U.S. and Japan.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The feature is convenient, but it can also leak sensitive data, consume bandwidth, and drain batteries. And some sites are worse than others.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Cloud Pak for Security Digital transformation is accelerating. Organisations are adopting SAAS solutions at increasing rates to reduce internal IT constraints and budgets. This webinar will take a deep dive into IBM's Cloud Pak for Security where you will learn how to: Gain insights without moving your data; Respond faster to secuirty incidents with automation and investigative capabilities; Run anywhere, connect security openly.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Office furniture company Steelcase was hit by Ryuk ransomware attack that forced it to shut down its network to avoid the malware from spreading. Steelcase is a US-based furniture company that produces office furniture, architectural and technology products for office environments and the education, health care and retail industries. It is the largest office furniture manufacturer in the world.
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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 Breach Today
OCTOBER 28, 2020
A successful Cloud journey needs security to be considered at every stage. In this webinar, Scott McAvoy, Cloud Security Competency Lead of IBM will be outlining how to get security right with an open and integrated approach.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 28, 2020
A few days after the TrickBot takedown, Netscout researchers spotted a new TrickBot Linux variant that was used by its operators. A few days ago, Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC , ESET , Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs , NTT , and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joined the forces and announced a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Security practitioners shed light on obstacles limiting career growth and the steps businesses can take to achieve their promises of a more diverse workforce.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Hospitals in New York and Oregon were targeted on Tuesday by threat actors who crippled systems and forced ambulances with sick patients to be rerouted, in some cases.
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Dark Reading
OCTOBER 28, 2020
By making a commitment to a unified approach to security, then doing what's necessary to operationalize it, organizations can establish a better security model for the next normal.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Turla has outfitted a trio of backdoors with new C2 tricks and increased interop, as seen in an attack on a European government.
OpenText Information Management
OCTOBER 28, 2020
We are experiencing the fastest, deepest, most consequential technology disruption in the history of the world. In my keynote at OpenText World 2020, I discussed how COVID-19 has changed everything, intensifying technological disruption and plunging the world into a new equilibrium. Here are some of the exciting topics covered in my keynote, which I will … The post OpenText World 2020—The New Equilibrium and the Great Rethink appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 28, 2020
How a retail sector reeling from COVID-19 can lock down their online systems to prevent fraud during the upcoming holiday shopping spike.
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Data Matters
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Sidley’s newest partner, Sujit Raman , former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice (DOJ), was among three panelists on the TRM Talks inaugural podcast, titled “Unpacking DOJ’s Crypto Enforcement Framework.” The panel discussed the DOJ’s recently-published Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework on legitimate uses of cryptocurrencies, the inherent risks and challenges, and the federal government’s enforcement strategies in this space.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 28, 2020
With the election just a week away, cybercriminals are ramping up mobile attacks on citizens under the guise of campaign communications.
The Texas Record
OCTOBER 28, 2020
As part of our ongoing celebration of Archives Month, we reached out to the Travis County Archives for a chat with Christy Costlow, CA about topics inspired by questions we’ve received over the years from local governments dealing with ongoing digital preservation efforts. TSLAC: Christy, tell us about your ongoing digitization project that was a result of the county clerk’s role in ensuring long-term preservation of county records.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The Phosphorous APT has launched successful attacks against world leaders who are attending the Munich Security Conference and the Think 20 (T20) Summit in Saudi Arabia, Microsoft warns.
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Dark Reading
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The joint alert, from CISA, the FBI, and others, describes activities from the North Korean advanced persistent threat group.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Fraudulent Facebook messages allege copyright infringement and threaten to take down pages, unless users enter logins, passwords and 2FA codes.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The transformation we need: merging the network operations center with the physical security operations center.
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