Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
A new email-based extortion scheme apparently is making the rounds, targeting Web site owners serving banner ads through Google’s AdSense program. In this scam, the fraudsters demand bitcoin in exchange for a promise not to flood the publisher’s ads with so much bot and junk traffic that Google’s automated anti-fraud systems suspend the user’s AdSense account for suspicious traffic.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Researchers Say Attackers Stole Browser Data and Redirected Users to Malicious Sites Google has removed 500 Chrome extensions from its online store after researchers found that attackers were using them to steal browser data, according to a new report from security firm Duo Security. The thefts were part of a malvertising campaign that had been active for at least a year, the researchers say.
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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
A serious flaw in the ThemeGrill Demo Importer WordPress theme plugin with over 200,000 active installs can be exploited to wipe sites and gain admin access to the site. Experts from the security firm WebARX have discovered a serious flaw in the WordPress theme plugin ThemeGrill Demo Importer with over 200,000 active installs. The vulnerability could be exploited to wipe sites running the vulnerable versions of the plugin and gain admin access to the site.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
CISA Describes Its Role as Security Facilitator The U.S. Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency has released its cybersecurity plan for the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, outlining the agency's role as a facilitator that will assist federal, state and local agencies in protecting critical election infrastructure.
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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.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
This paper describes the flaws in the Voatz Internet voting app: " The Ballot is Busted Before the Blockchain: A Security Analysis of Voatz, the First Internet Voting Application Used in U.S. Federal Elections.". Abstract: In the 2018 midterm elections, West Virginia became the first state in the U.S. to allow select voters to cast their ballot on a mobile phone via a proprietary app called "Voatz.
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IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Imagine opening your mailbox and seeing a letter addressed to “current resident,” or having your financial institution’s AI powered digital assistant inform you that your replacement card is on its way to your old address.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Covid-19 Outbreak: 8 RSA Sponsors Withdraw; Some Attendees Have Already Canceled With IBM and seven other sponsors withdrawing from next week's RSA Conference 2020 - as worries over the China-centered outbreak of the coronavirus continue - and some attendees already canceling, will others follow suit?
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Security experts from Yoroy-Cybaze ZLab have conducted a detailed analysis of an implant used by the Gamaredon APT group in a recent campaign. Introduction. Gamaredon Group is a Cyber Espionage persistent operation attributed to Russians FSB ( Federal Security Service ) in a long-term military and geo-political confrontation against the Ukrainian government and more in general against the Ukrainian military power. .
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
In the years leading to 2020, public cloud databases were commonly seen as “dev/test” environments for applications living on-premises. And while this use case is important and should continue to be implemented across IT functions, businesses must expand more workloads into cloud to realize monetary and operational benefits. However, a common question permeating every public cloud discussion has held some businesses back: “How secure is public cloud?
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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.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The popular hacker group OurMine has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of Olympics and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The popular hacker group has hacked the official Twitter account of the FC Barcelona, along with the accounts of and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). On Saturday, the popular hacker collective Ourmine has hijacked the official Twitter accounts of FC Barcelona, the Olympics and the International Olympic Committee
eDiscovery Daily
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
In the case In re Mercedes-Benz Emissions Litig., No. 2:16-cv-881 (KM) (ESK) (D.N.J. Jan. 9, 2020) , Special Master Dennis Cavanaugh (U.S.D.J., Ret.) issued an order and opinion stating that he would not compel defendants to use technology assisted review (TAR), and instead adopted the search term protocol negotiated by the parties, with three areas of dispute resolved by his ruling.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Tutanota , the popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email software, has been blocked by Russian authorities. The popular free and open-source end-to-end encrypted email service Tutanota has been blocked in Russia on Friday evening. Since early February, the Russian government has blocked other encrypted email and VPN services in Russia, including ProtonMail and ProtonVPN VPN service.
Adam Levin
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The California Consumer Privacy Act ( CCPA ) became law on January 1, 2020, and as was the case on the effective date of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s similarly sweeping privacy legislation, it is being met with a general panic. How dare that deadline actually pass without our data practices magically being up to snuff?
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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.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
About a year ago, Yoroi released the Yomi Hunter sandbox, today, they love to challenge the malware community with the first “Yomi Hunting” contest. About a year ago, we publicly released the Yomi Hunter sandbox for a few simple reasons: in Yoroi we believe in the InfoSec community value, we think it plays a central role in the fight of cyber-threats and we feel the need to support it. .
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Interested in becoming a Certified Information Privacy Technologist? Check out the new Introduction to Information Privacy for Technologists resource introduced by the IAPP. The post The IAPP announces updated CIPT textbook appeared first on IG GURU.
Import.IO
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Customer experience (or CX) is the overall perception that a consumer has when interacting with your product, service, or brand. Many companies believe that definitive experiences are created internally, then passed on to the end consumer and not changed after that. While the customer experience certainly begins within the business, The post How to Improve Customer Experience Using Web Data appeared first on Import.io.
CILIP
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Understanding the future - a new literacy. Understanding the future - a new literacy. Are you on social media? Do you scroll as much as I do? Do you retweet, share.overshare? Are you scripturient? Good word, isn?t it? It means ?possessed of a violent desire to write.? I learned it last year, from Richard Seymour?s book The Twittering Machine , and I?
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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Melissa Bianchi. Mark Brennan. Bret Cohen. Scott Loughlin. Tim Tobin. The California Attorney General (CA AG) has released a notice of changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) draft regulations , making substantial changes to the earlier draft regulations published in 2019 (covered in a prior webinar by Hogan Lovells, here ). The CA AG will accept public comments on the modified draft regulations until Monday, February 25, 2020.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
When it comes to defending their networks, most companies have had it drilled into them, by now, that it’s essential to erect layered defenses. Related :Promise vs. pitfalls of IoT For small- and mid-sized businesses, firewalls, antivirus suites and access management systems represent the entry stakes for participating in today’s digital economy. Security-mature SMBs go the next step and embrace incidence response and disaster recovery planning, as well Meanwhile, large enterprises pour tens of
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
In the past decade, businesses started evaluating the pros and cons of moving to the cloud in order to meet the increased demand for the cost and IT efficiency benefits of cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS). Many businesses subsequently adopted a Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or SaaS model, thus positioning the cloud as the foundation for digital transformation.
CILIP
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Turning over new leaves: Can outdoor spaces help libraries grow? Turning over new leaves: Can outdoor spaces help libraries grow? ?IF you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need,? observed Cicero in a letter dating from 46 B.C. In fact, some translations suggest an even more emphatic quotation: ?If you have a garden in your library, everything will be complete!?
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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Israeli Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ phones by posing as attractive women on social media. Israeli Defence Force (IDF) announced it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers’ mobile devices by posing as attractive women on social media and instant messaging apps ( i.e.
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