Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
Customers of 'Robin Banks' Platform Have Netted $500,000 Fifty bucks gets cybercriminals access to a phishing-as-a-service platform for campaigns impersonating major brands in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Researchers from IronNet say the prices offered on "Robin Banks" are substantially less than comparable service providers.
Krebs on Security
JULY 29, 2022
The 911 service as it existed until July 28, 2022. 911[.]re, a proxy service that since 2015 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, announced this week that it is shutting down in the wake of a data breach that destroyed key components of its business operations. The abrupt closure comes ten days after KrebsOnSecurity published an in-depth look at 911 and its connections to shady pay-per-install affiliate programs that secretly bundled 911’s proxy so
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Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
Agreement Focuses on Data Sharing, Conducting Joint Exercises Ukrainian and U.S. officials pledged closer cybersecurity collaboration, announcing a memorandum of cooperation after Ukrainian officials discussed Russian threat actors in a meeting with the FBI in New York. "Cyberthreats cross borders and oceans," said CISA head Jen Easterly.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
In a Black Hat USA talk, Katie Moussouris will discuss why bug-bounty programs are failing in their goals, and what needs to happen next to use bounties in a way that improves security outcomes.
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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
JULY 29, 2022
Midsized Businesses Are the New Frontier for Ransomware Demands Here's unwelcome ransomware news: When a ransomware victim chooses to pay a ransom, the average amount has increased to $228,125, reports ransomware incident response firm Coveware. On the upside, however, big-name ransomware groups are having a tougher time attracting affiliates.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
LockBit 3.0, New US Privacy Laws and FTC Initiatives to Watch Lisa Sotto of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP joins three ISMG editors to discuss important cybersecurity and privacy issues, including data breach preparedness, the evolution of LockBit 3.0 and the potential impact of the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2022
Microsoft linked the recently discovered Raspberry Robin Windows malware to the notorious Evil Corp operation. On July 26, 2022, Microsoft researchers discovered that the FakeUpdates malware was being distributed via Raspberry Robin malware. Raspberry Robin is a Windows worm discovered by cybersecurity researchers from Red Canary, the malware propagates through removable USB devices.
Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
Proposed Class Action Claims Meta Pixel Tracks Sensitive Patient Info Another proposed federal class action lawsuit alleges Facebook uses its Pixel tracking tool to collect millions of individuals' sensitive health data from healthcare provider websites without patients' knowledge or consent. HIPAA prohibits the use of PHI for marketing purposes without consent.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2022
Threat actors used multiple npm packages to target Discord users with malware designed to steal their payment card data. A malicious campaign targeting Discord users leverages multiple npm packages to deliver malware that steals their payment card information, Kaspersky researchers warn. The malicious code hidden in the packages, and tracked as Lofy Stealer, is a modified version of an open-source token logger called Volt Stealer, “The Python malware is a modified version of an open-source
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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
JULY 29, 2022
CyberArk Keeps Leading the PAM Market, With Delinea and One Identity Close Behind CyberArk continues to lead the privileged access management market, Gartner found, but Delinea and One Identity follow closely behind thanks to big-time acquisitions last year. Gartner once again recognized CyberArk for having the most complete vision and strongest execution ability in PAM.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 29, 2022
On July 22, 2022, T-Mobile entered into an agreement to settle a class action lawsuit stemming from its 2021 data breach. The breach involved the personal information of 76.6 million U.S. residents and was T-Mobile’s fifth breach over a four year period. The proposed settlement will require T-Mobile to pay $500 million to settle customers’ claims and to bolster its cybersecurity practices. .
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
The first half of the year saw more than 11,800 reported security vulnerabilities, but figuring out which ones to patch first remains a thankless job for IT teams.
Schneier on Security
JULY 29, 2022
Yet another article about cyber-weapons arms manufacturers and their particular supply chain. This one is about Windows and Adobe Reader zero-day exploits sold by an Austrian company named DSIRF. There’s an entire industry devoted to undermining all of our security. It needs to be stopped.
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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.
Threatpost
JULY 29, 2022
Recent LofyLife campaign steals tokens and infects client files to monitor various user actions, such as log-ins, password changes and payment methods.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
Dark Reading's digest of other "don't-miss" stories of the week — including a Microsoft alert connecting disparate cybercrime activity together, and an explosion of Luca Stealer variants after an unusual Dark Web move.
Micro Focus
JULY 29, 2022
In the second installment of his “How to Run and Transform” blog series, Achmad Chadran reviews how Value Stream Management brings the customer experience perspective into key software development and delivery processes and resources to better align operations with business objectives. The challenges of processing DevOps metrics and transforming them into actionable prescriptive analytics makes.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
The campaign uses four malicious packages to spread "Volt Stealer" and "Lofy Stealer" malware in the open source npm software package repository.
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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.
KnowBe4
JULY 29, 2022
It's been 23 years of celebrating all of our fellow System Administrators! Your hard work on daily maintenance of your company's day-to-day computer operations definitely deserves kudos.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
Trying to get the whole organization on board with better cybersecurity is much tougher than it may sound.
KnowBe4
JULY 29, 2022
Check out the thirteen new pieces of training content added in July, alongside the always fresh content update highlights and new features.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
The new GuardDuty Malware Protection and Amazon Detective were among 10 products and services unveiled at AWS re:Inforce in Boston this week.
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IG Guru
JULY 29, 2022
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Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
While attackers continue to rely on older, unpatched vulnerabilities, many are jumping on new vulnerabilities as soon as they are disclosed.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2022
Passwords no longer meet the demands of today’s identity and access requirements. Therefore, strong authentication methods are needed. “ Usernames and passwords are insufficient and vulnerable means of authentication on their own; therefore, it is essential to employ strong authentication techniques like multi-factor authentication (MFA) to confirm users’ identities before granting secure access to resources,” Sarah Lefavrais, Product Marketing Manager, Thales states in her recent article.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
Identity and access management was front and center at AWS re:inforce this week.
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Schneier on Security
JULY 29, 2022
Short article on the evolution of the vampire 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.
Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
Why was PII belonging to nearly 1 billion people housed in a single, open database? Why didn't anyone notice it was downloaded?
Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
Senator Accuses Court System of Hiding Attack and National Security Consequences A 2020 breach of US courts' digital docketing system was done by three foreign actors, said Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., House Judiciary Committee chairman. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democratic member of Senate Intelligence, said the US Administrative Office of the Courts is hiding the attack's gravity.
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