Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its employee accounts for weak passwords.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
UN's World Health Organization Warns of Fraud Attempts As the coronavirus generates headlines around the world, cybercriminals are continuing to use this public health crisis to spread phishing emails and create malicious domains for a variety of fraud. Here's an update on the latest developments.
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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
A new flaw was discovered in a WordPress plugin, this time experts found a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons to create admin accounts. Security experts from WordFence have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons that was actively exploited by hackers in the wild to create user accounts with admin permissions. According to WordFence, the ThemeREX Addons zero-day is currently installed on at least 44,000 websites.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
CISA Alert: Incident Led to Two-Day Shutdown A ransomware attack on a U.S. natural gas compression facility led to a two-day shutdown of operations, according to an alert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The DRBControl APT group has been targeting gambling and betting companies worldwide with malware that links to two China-linked APT groups. Security researchers from TrendMicro have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign carried out by an APT group tracked as DRBControl that employed a new family of malware. The attackers aimed at stealing databases and source code from gambling and betting companies in Southeast Asia, and likely in Europe and the Middle East. “The threat actor is currently
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Company's Action Follows Similar Move by Google Nest Amazon's Ring is mandating the use of two-factor authentication for all users, a move designed to help stop creepy takeovers of the web-connected home security cameras. A passcode will be sent to a user's email address or by SMS.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
OpenText™ is pleased to issue the 2020 Webroot Threat Report. The report highlights not only the agility and innovation of cybercriminals who continue to seek out new ways to evade defenses, but also their commitment to long-established attack methods. The 2020 Webroot Threat Report analyzed samples from more than 37 billion URLs, 842 million domains, … The post 2020 Webroot Threat Report shows 640% increase in phishing attacks appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Post-Ransomware Attack Lawsuit Against Hackensack Meridian Health Seeks Damages Hacked-off patients are suing New Jersey healthcare organization Hackensack Meridian Health for damages after it suffered a ransomware attack last December and paid attackers an unspecified ransom to unlock its systems.
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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.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
A new Emotet campaign is spread via SMS messages pretending to be from banks and may have ties to the TrickBot trojan.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Globally, the coronavirus has infected more than 75,000 people and led to over 2,000 deaths. But business travelers should avoid panic, says pandemic expert Regina Phelps, who offers preventive health tips for those headed to international events, such as the RSA 2020 conference.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Artificial intelligence is an immensely helpful tool for businesses and consumers alike, how to use artificial intelligence to secure sensitive Information. Artificial intelligence (AI) is an immensely helpful tool for businesses and consumers alike. By processing data quickly and predicting analytics, AI can do everything from automating systems to protecting information.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Email-Related Incidents Continue to Dominate, But Other Breaches Still Popping Up Hacking incidents involving email appear to be the most common type of major health data breach being reported to federal regulators so far in 2020. But the largest breach added to the tally involved a type of incident rarely seen in recent years: the theft of an unencrypted laptop.
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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.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Amazon Web Services is a top source of cyberattacks, responsible for 94% of all Web attacks originating in the public cloud.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Cryptography, Critical Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Bug Bounties and More Are you attending the RSA 2020 conference? To help navigate the show, here's a preview of 12 top keynote sessions featuring some of the biggest names in cybersecurity tackling critical subjects, including cryptography, critical infrastructure security, bug bounties and supply chain risks.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
When providing care for the elderly, you have a tremendous responsibility to your residents and their families. With 10 care homes and up to a thousand residents, SummitCare is committed to providing accurate and up-to-the-minute data on KPIs, as well as complete transparency to ensure that they are upholding the highest standards. With staff alerted to potential issues, SummitCare is able to provide the best quality care their residents deserve.
Jamf
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Have a story of Apple and Jamf success that you want to share at the 2020 Jamf Nation User Conference? Let us hear it!
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Threatpost
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Traditional e-mail based scams are also in the mix this year, one in particular that uses the legitimate app TeamViewer to take over victims’ systems.
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
In part two of our podcast by Never Stop Learning , Lisa Sotto , partner and chair of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, and Eric Friedberg, Co-President of Stroz Friedberg, LLC, and Aon’s Cyber Solutions Group, discuss the fragmented nature of data security law in the U.S. and abroad. Sotto notes that the “patchwork quilt of regulation” in the U.S. regarding data security makes it difficult for companies to know what rules to implement.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The attack took a gas compression facility offline for two days, disrupting the supply chain.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
McAfee researchers say they were able to get a Tesla to autonomously accelerate by tricking its camera platform into misreading a speed-limit sign.
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Threatpost
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
More than 55 percent of medical imaging devices - including MRIs, XRays and ultrasound machines - are powered by outdated Windows versions, researchers warn.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
The voting experience should be the same whether the vote is in person, by mail, or over the Internet. Let's not allow one bad incident stop us from finding new ways to achieve this.
DXC Technology
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
by Mark Wren It wasn’t long ago that healthcare and pharmaceuticals were treated as separate industries and the crossover – when it happened – was just in terms of how clinicians used drugs and devices. But today those lines are blurring. Technically savvy patients, the pressure to improve outcomes while lowering costs, and the rapid […].
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Cynet Free Threat Assessment spotlights critical, exposed attack surfaces and provides actionable knowledge of attacks that are currently alive and active.
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Are you asking the right questions to determine how well your vendors will protect your data? Probably not.
eDiscovery Daily
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
In Digital Mentor, Inc. v. Ovivo USA, LLC, No. 2:17-cv-01935-RAJ (W.D. Wash. Feb. 4, 2020) , Washington District Judge Richard A. Jones granted in part and denied in part the defendant’s motion to compel, ruling that the plaintiff had not shown that a consultant to the plaintiff met the criterion of being considered a “functional employee” for which all communications with the plaintiff could be considered privileged, but denying the defendant’s request for preclusion sanctions, determining thos
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Yes, the title is snarky! Recent records found in a landfill in 2020! Check out this story here. The post Hundreds of confidential Georgia files discovered landfill…in 2020 via North Augusta Star appeared first on IG GURU.
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