Sat.Dec 07, 2019

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Ransomware at Colorado IT Provider Affects 100+ Dental Offices

Krebs on Security

A Colorado company that specializes in providing IT services to dental offices suffered a ransomware attack this week that is disrupting operations for more than 100 dentistry practices, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Multiple sources affected say their IT provider, Englewood, Colo. based Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), was hacked, allowing a potent strain of ransomware known as “Sodinokibi” or “rEvil” to be installed on computers at more than 100 dentistry businesses

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Vietnam-linked Ocean Lotus hacked BMW and Hyundai networks

Security Affairs

Alleged Vietnamese Ocean Lotus (APT32) hackers breached the networks of the car manufacturers BMW and Hyundai to steal automotive trade secrets. According to German media, hackers suspected to be members of the Vietnam-linked APT Ocean Lotus ( APT32 ) group breached the networks of the car manufacturers BMW and Hyundai. The intrusion aimed at stealing automotive trade secrets. “The attack the alleged Vietnamese hacker group began in the spring of 2019.

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Why the iPhone 11 Tracks Your Location Even When You Tell It Not To

WIRED Threat Level

Russian disinformation, a VC hack, vulnerable VPNs, and more are in the week’s top security news.

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US authorities charged Dridex gang members for stealing over $100 Million

Security Affairs

US DoJ charged two Russian citizens for deploying the Dridex malware and for their involvement in international bank fraud and computer hacking schemes. The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged Russian citizens Maksim V. ( 32) and Igor Turashev (38) for distributing the infamous Dridex banking Trojan , and for their involvement in international bank fraud and computer hacking schemes.

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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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Empirical Evaluation of Secure Development Processes

Adam Shostack

Earlier this year, I helped to organize a workshop at Schloss Dagstuhl on Empirical Evaluation of Secure Development Processes. I think the workshop was a tremendous success, we’ve already seen publications inspired by it, such as Moving Fast and Breaking Things: How to stop crashing more than twice , and I know there’s more forthcoming.

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Mission Data and Information Intelligence, Analytics, AI - the DoD and Army's Data Strategy

Interactive Information Management

The New Army Data Strategy, Due Soon in 2019. Many in our mission intelligence and data management community are eagerly anticipating the pending release of the Army’s 2019 Data Strategy (last released in 2016). The 2016 strategy still is entirely (mostly) relevant, however, and in fact remains to be fully implemented in all corners of the Army. The digital domain with AI/ML tools is quickly evolving, however – by the data owners, data consumers and their enemies.