Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Extortionists Revert to Scareware Tactics to Pressure Victims to Avoid Negotiators The Ragnar Locker ransomware operation has been threatening to dump victims' stolen data if they contact police, private investigators or professional negotiators before paying a ransom. But as one expert notes: "Perhaps the criminals watched too many TV shows, because this isn’t how the real world works.
AIIM
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
What is Information Governance, and Why is it Important? There are many benefits to constructing an Information Governance program plan. Generally, regulatory compliance or litigation activities are at the top of the list and often spur the creation of the IG program itself, but that's just the start of the list of IG benefits. In addition, a well-designed IG program can provide cost savings from better IT and information storage utilization, business agility, analytics, collaboration, and profi
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Several security vulnerabilities in infusion pump products from B. Braun could collectively allow malicious actors to modify the dose of medicines delivered to patients, says Douglas McKee, a security researcher on a McAfee team that recently discovered the flaws.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Zero day threats can be the source of some of the most dangerous kinds of cyberattacks. Zero day attacks take advantage of vulnerabilities that haven’t been discovered or are not publicly known yet. One of the things that makes these threats so dangerous is that they often come without warning, posing a huge risk to the companies or individuals at stake.
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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
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Verizon's John Grim on Why Espionage Breaches Are Tougher to Spot Cyberespionage breaches take longer to discover than financial breaches. One of the biggest clues to finding them lies in understanding suspicious network traffic. John Grim of the Verizon Threat Research Advisory Center shares insight from a new study of cyberespionage trends.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Conti Ransomware Attackers' Infrastructure Targeted After Health Service Disruption The Irish law enforcement body, the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau, has conducted a "significant disruption operation" targeting the IT infrastructure of a cybercrime group and seizing several domains used in a May ransomware attack against Ireland’s state health services provider.
Hunton Privacy
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
On August 27, 2021, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (“Swiss DPA”) announced that the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses (the “SCCs”) may be relied on to legitimize transfers of personal data from Switzerland to countries without an adequate level of data protection, provided that the necessary amendments and adaptations are made for use under Swiss data protection law.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Jenai Marinkovic Discusses Highlights from ISACA's State of Cybersecurity Report Key challenges from the recent State of Cybersecurity 2021 report include "integrating risk with maturity and keeping up with industry trends," says Jenai Marinkovic, member of the ISACA Emerging Trends Working Group.
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
For Energy companies, providing reliable and effective services depends on reliable and effective maintenance to ensure assets are — you guessed it — reliable and effective. The better organized and proactive the maintenance, the better the results, including delivering significant time and cost savings when done right. Yet with maintenance crews spread out, skilled labor … The post The costly goldilocks approach to Energy maintenance appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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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
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Details on 2 of the 3 Vulnerabilities Released Google has identified three critical vulnerabilities affecting several Netgear smart switch products that, if exploited, give the attacker complete control over the compromised device. Netgear has issued a security advisory confirming that it has issued patches for 20 impacted products.
Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Normal-looking cables (USB-C, Lightning, and so on) that exfiltrate data over a wireless network. I blogged about a previous prototype here.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Researcher Says Australia Should Copy EU's Verified QR Code System A researcher says the government needs better vulnerability reporting mechanisms after he created a fake digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate. The agency in charge failed to acknowledge his bug report. The bug remains unfixed as Australia irons out how people will prove their vaccination status through apps.
The Guardian Data Protection
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Digital ID systems are a powerful development tool, providing a legal identity to millions, but their misuse can be deadly The Taliban have openly talked about using US-made digital identity technology to hunt down Afghans who have worked with the international coalition – posing a huge threat to everyone recorded in the system. In addition, the extremists now also have access to – and control over – the digital identification systems and technologies built through international aid support.
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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
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Responsible Australian Agency Has Yet to Acknowledge Bug, Security Researcher Says An Australian software engineer warns that he was able to create a fake digital COVID-19 vaccine certificate via the government's Express Medicare Plus app. He says the agency in charge of the app has so far failed to acknowledge his bug report.
The Texas Record
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
(Authors: Maria Freed and Sarah Swanson). Content Disclaimer. The guidance provided below does not constitute legal advice. Instead, it is intended to provide general information as a resource for records management teams. Take a moment to think about the systems your local government or agency uses to manage its electronic records. What would your ideal Electronic Document and Records Management System (EDRMS) look like?
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Russian Gang Member Was Stranded After COVID-19 Restriction A Russian citizen, alleged to be working as a developer for the malware-spreading organization Trickbot, reportedly has been arrested at Seoul-Incheon International Airport. He was questioned by Korean authorities following an extradition request from the U.S.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The development team behind the Jenkins server disclose a security breach, threat actors deployed a cryptocurrency miner on one of its servers. The development team behind the Jenkins Project disclosed a security breach after threat actors compromised one of their internal servers and installed a cryptocurrency miner. Jenkins is the most popular open-source automation server, it is maintained by CloudBees and the Jenkins community.
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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.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The privacy-touting, end-to-end encrypted email provider erased its site's “we don’t log your IP” boast after France sicced Swiss cops on it.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The Ragnar Locker ransomware operators threaten to leak stolen data if the victims attempt to contact law enforcement agencies. The Ragnar Locker ransomware gang is adopting a new technique to force victims to pay the ransom, the operators threaten to leak stolen data if the victims contact law enforcement agencies. The group announced its new strategy with a message on its darknet leak site, the gang also extend the threat to victims that will request the help of data recovery experts and profe
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Investigators/the FBI/ransomware negotiators just screw everything up, the ransomware gang said, threatening to publish files if victims look for help.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
A researcher published the PoC exploit code for a Ghostscript zero-day vulnerability that could allow completely compromise a server. Security researcher Nguyen The Duc published on GitHub the proof-of-concept exploit code for a Ghostscript zero-day vulnerability. The vulnerability is a remote code execution (RCE) issue that could allow an attacker to completely compromise a server.
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OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
August 2021 31st August, 2021: Independent survey highlights need for advanced analytics and machine learning to accelerate investigations Gaining insight allows for faster decision making, particularly in cases where data is subject to compliance and regulatory scrutiny: OpenText today announced findings from a recent independent survey from Compliance Week, sponsored by OpenText.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The leak site of the popular REvil ransomware gang is it is not clear if the group resumed operations or the FBI turned on its servers. Today the servers of the REvil ransomware gang were back online after around two months since their shutdown. The circumstance was immediately noted by many researchers, me too. The dark web leak site of the ransomware gang, also known as the Happy Blog, is back online, while the site decoder[.]re is still offline at the time of this writing.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
The Demon's Cries, Draconian Fear and Seventh Inferno security bugs are high-severity entryways to corporate networks.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
A police report revealed that the popular encrypted email service provider ProtonMail shared the IP address of a French activist with the authorities. The privacy friendly end-to-end encrypted email service provider ProtonMail has shared the IP address of anti-gentrification activists with law enforcement authorities, a police report revealed. The police used this information to identify and arrest a France activist who was using the popular service.
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Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Patch now: The popular biz-collaboration platform is seeing mass scanning and exploitation just two weeks after a critical RCE bug was disclosed.
Unwritten Record
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
In 1941 the United States had begun to prepare for the possibility of war and consequently, millions of jobs were being created. However, racial discrimination kept African Americans and other minorities from obtaining these defense industry jobs. In response to pressure from A. Philip Randolph, who had been organizing a march on Washington, and other Black leaders (as well as his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt), President Roosevelt signed Executive Order No. 8802 on June 25, 1941.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Verizon DBIR is already funny, useful & well-written, and it just got better with mapping to MITRE ATT&CK TTPs. The marriage could finally bring answers to "What are we doing right?" instead of the constant reminders of what's not working in fending off threats.
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