Data Breach Today
JUNE 1, 2020
Updated Module Runs on System Memory, Leaving Little Trace The developers behind TrickBot have updated it to run from an infected device's memory to help better avoid detection, according to researchers at Palo Alto Network's Unit 42. The use of this malware has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Data Protection Report
JUNE 1, 2020
Many businesses are suffering serious financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19, particularly those in the retail, hospitality and tourism sectors. For many of these businesses the one asset that will undoubtedly retain value, despite the pandemic, will be their customer database. This valuable commodity could help attract potential purchasers.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 1, 2020
Bug Bounty Hunter Reveals Critical Issue Affecting Third-Party Applications An independent security researcher disclosed a zero-day vulnerability contained in the "Sign in with Apple" feature that, if exploited, could have resulted in a full account takeover. The vulnerability has been patched, and Apple says it found no account misuse tied to it.
Micro Focus
JUNE 1, 2020
Introduction Digital transformation is today’s key business imperative to ensure organizations remain relevant in a constantly evolving and competitive landscape. That landscape is changing almost daily as the eclipsing effects of the pandemic sweep across the commercial sector, disrupting everything in its path. It is a time of unprecedented change.
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
JUNE 1, 2020
Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report 2020 highlights the leading causes of breaches last year, including credential theft, phishing, ransomware as well as issues linked to cloud implementations and web applications. In an interview, Verizon's Ashish Thapar offers an in-depth analysis.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 1, 2020
Worker Sentenced in Case Involving Theft of Patient Data A former administrative employee of a medical marijuana clinic and several other clinics was recently sentenced to serve time in federal prison after pleading guilty to identity theft and wire fraud. The case illustrates the potential risks posed by employees inappropriately using personal devices.
Security Affairs
JUNE 1, 2020
Maintainers at the Joomla open-source content management system (CMS) announced a security breach that took place last week. Last week a member of the Joomla Resources Directory (JRD) team left an unencrypted full backup of the JRD site ( resources.joomla.org ) on an unsecured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket operated by the company. The company did not reveal is third-parties have found and accessed to the S3 bucket. “JRD full site backups (unencrypted) were stored in a third-party company A
Micro Focus
JUNE 1, 2020
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Security Affairs
JUNE 1, 2020
Earlier this year a hacker breached Daniel’s Hosting, the largest free web hosting provider for dark web hidden services and now leaked its DB. A threat actor has leaked the database of Daniel’s Hosting (DH) , the largest free web hosting provider for dark web hidden services. The hacker has stolen the data in March when he breached the hosting provider, almost 7,600 dark web portals have been taken offline following the security breach.
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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.
CGI
JUNE 1, 2020
Adapting lending in a time of crisis to alleviate customer hardship and bank pressures. The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial industry far exceeds anything we have seen in our lifetime. Record unemployment, voluminous requests for hardship support, and the likelihood that loan defaults will significantly increase. Along with higher net charge-off rates and other financial impacts, there is significant pressure on banks to rethink their lending programs and practices to not
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 1, 2020
Mayhem emerged from a 2016 government-sponsored contest at a Las Vegas casino hotel. Now it's used by the military—and Netflix.
Dark Reading
JUNE 1, 2020
The Sandworm group -- behind disinformation and election-hacking campaigns and responsible for a 2016 power outage in the Ukraine -- is now targeting e-mail servers.
Security Affairs
JUNE 1, 2020
The expert Bhavuk Jain received an award of $100,000 for reporting a severe security issue in ‘Sign in with Apple’ authentication bypass bug that could allow the takeover of third-party user accounts. . The bug hunter Bhavuk Jain received an award of $100,000 by Apple, as part of its bug bounty program, for reporting a severe vulnerability that could allow the takeover of third-party user accounts. .
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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.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 1, 2020
On May 29, 2020, the German Federal Court of Justice ( Bundesgerichtshof, “BGH”), Germany’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, issued its ruling on case Planet49 (I ZR 7/16) regarding consent requirements for the use of cookies and telemarketing activities. In October 2017, the BGH suspended its proceedings and submitted questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) for a preliminary ruling regarding the effectiveness of obtaining consent for the use of cookies thro
Security Affairs
JUNE 1, 2020
VMware has released an update to address a privilege escalation flaw in VMware for the macOS version of Fusion that was introduced by a previous patch. In March, VMware patched a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability ( CVE-2020-3950 ) in Fusion, Remote Console (VMRC) and Horizon Client for Mac. The CVE-2020-3950 is a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by the improper use of setuid binaries, it could be exploited by attackers to escalate privileges to root.
Threatpost
JUNE 1, 2020
Troy Hunt said that the supposed data breach perpetrated by Anonymous is most likely a hoax.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 1, 2020
This study shows that most people don't change their passwords after a breach, and if they do they change it to a weaker password. Abstract: To protect against misuse of passwords compromised in a breach, consumers should promptly change affected passwords and any similar passwords on other accounts. Ideally, affected companies should strongly encourage this behavior and have mechanisms in place to mitigate harm.
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Threatpost
JUNE 1, 2020
Apple has fixed a critical flaw in its Sign in with Apple feature, which could have been abused by attackers to takeover victims' third-party applications.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 1, 2020
Guest blog by Mike Theaker, VP, HR Advisory & Digital Transformation, SAP SuccessFactors Remember when careers were linear? A workforce comprised of full-time employees moving through a series of sequential promotions doing defined jobs. Managing a known talent pool on a predictable trajectory was straightforward.
Dark Reading
JUNE 1, 2020
Research details vulnerabilities in the Zephyr Real Time Operating Systems and MCUboot, both used in IoT devices and sensors.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 1, 2020
COVID-19 has made all our worlds smaller, but for the Black American community, the world gets even smaller. For many, this is a crisis within a crisis within a crisis. For Black Americans: The unemployment rate has doubled to near 17% The death rate from COVID-19 is 3x the rate of white people 25% cannot … The post Time to Act appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
Adam Levin
JUNE 1, 2020
Administrators of the open source Joomla content management system announced a data incident that potentially compromised the information of 2,700 developers. A database containing the personal data of users of Joomla Resources Directory website was discovered on an unprotected Amazon Web Services bucket following an internal audit. Leaked information included names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, encrypted passwords, and IP addresses. “ Data that would be typically used for the purp
Dark Reading
JUNE 1, 2020
Without the right tools and with not enough cybersecurity pros to fill the void, the talent gap will continue to widen.
Threatpost
JUNE 1, 2020
Database of sensitive info, including emails and passwords, from owners of Daniel’s Hosting portals could be incriminating.
Dark Reading
JUNE 1, 2020
Over 7 million records exposed, according to vpnMentor, but app maker says there is no sign of malicious use.
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CGI
JUNE 1, 2020
Adapting lending in a time of crisis to alleviate customer hardship and bank pressures. The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial industry far exceeds anything we have seen in our lifetime. Record unemployment, voluminous requests for hardship support, and the likelihood that loan defaults will significantly increase. Along with higher net charge-off rates and other financial impacts, there is significant pressure on banks to rethink their lending programs and practices to not
Dark Reading
JUNE 1, 2020
Apple has fixed a flaw in the "Sign in with Apple" feature that could have enabled attackers to break into user accounts for third-party services.
Adapture
JUNE 1, 2020
Atlanta-based IT solutions provider recognized on prestigious CRN 2020 Solution Provider 500 list for the fifth consecutive year. Atlanta, GA, June 1, 2020 – ADAPTURE announced today that CRN ® a brand of The Channel Company , has named ADAPTURE to its 2020 Solution Provider 500 list. Each year, CRN releases its list of top 500 solution providers, a ranking of the leading IT channel partner organizations across North America by revenue.
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