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Organizers of major hacking conferences in Asia put them on hold due to Coronavirus outbreak

Security Affairs

Organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced that they put the events on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Bad news for cybersecurity passionates and experts, organizers of Black Hat Asia and DEF CON China security conferences announced last week that they have put the events on hold due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

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Over 500 Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data

WIRED Threat Level

A researcher discovered that hundreds of extensions in the Web Store were part of a long-running malvertising and ad-fraud scheme.

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IOTA cryptocurrency shuts down entire network after a coordinated attack on its Trinity wallet

Security Affairs

IOTA Foundation behind the IOTA cryptocurrency was forced to shut down its entire network following a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of funds. Hackers have exploited a vulnerability in the official IOTA wallet to steal funds from the users. In response to the incident, the IOTA Foundation, the nonprofit organization behind the IOTA cryptocurrency , has decided to take down its entire network.

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Your DNA is a valuable asset, so why give it to ancestry websites for free? | Laura Spinney

The Guardian Data Protection

DNA testing companies are starting to profit from selling our data on to big pharma. Perhaps they should be paying us The announcement by 23andMe, a company that sells home DNA testing kits, that it has sold the rights to a promising new anti-inflammatory drug to a Spanish pharmaceutical company is cause for celebration. The collected health data of 23andMe’s millions of customers have potentially produced a medical advance – the first of its kind.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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Mobile Collection: It’s Not Just for iPhones Anymore, Part Two

eDiscovery Daily

Editor’s Note: Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of computerized litigation support systems. He has also been a great addition to our webinar program, participating with me on several recent webinars. Tom has also written several terrific informational overview series for CloudNine, including his most recent one, DOS and DON’TS of a 30(b)(6) Witness Deposition.

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Fox Kitten Campaign – Iranian hackers exploit 1-day VPN flaws in attacks

Security Affairs

Iranian hackers have been hacking VPN servers to plant backdoors in companies around the world. Iran-linked attackers targeted Pulse Secure, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and Citrix VPNs to hack into large companies as part of the Fox Kitten Campaign. During the last quarter of 2019, experts from security firm ClearSky uncovered a hacking campaign tracked as Fox Kitten Campaign that is being conducted in the last three years.

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Security Affairs newsletter Round 251

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Maastricht University finally paid a 30 bitcoin ransom to crooks. Massive DDoS attack brought down 25% Iranian Internet connectivity. The number of cyber attacks on Saudi Aramco is increasing. 1.2 million CPR numbers for Danish citizen leaked through tax service.