Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Defense Information Systems Agency Has a Security Mission A U.S. Defense Department agency that's responsible for providing secure communications and IT equipment for the president and other top government officials says a data breach of one of its systems may have exposed personal data, including Social Security numbers.
The Last Watchdog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Just five years ago, the Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI , was seriously fraying at the edges and appeared to be tilting toward obsolescence. Things have since taken a turn for the better. Related: Why PKI is well-suited to secure the Internet of Things PKI is the authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. The buckling of PKI a few years back was a very serious matter, especially since there was nothing waiting in the wings to replace PKI.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
IBM Says Mobile Banking Customers Targeted With Fakes Messages and Domains Mobile banking customers are being targeted by yet another SMS phishing campaign, according to new research from IBM X-Force. This time, however, in addition to trying to steal usernames and credentials, the attackers are also attempting to install Emotet malware.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
For decades, I have been talking about the importance of individual privacy. For almost as long, I have been using the metaphor of digital feudalism to describe how large companies have become central control points for our data. And for maybe half a decade, I have been talking about the world-sized robot that is the Internet of Things, and how digital security is now a matter of public safety.
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
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Personal Touch Home Care Explains Effect on Its Patients A home healthcare company has filed 17 breach reports after a ransomware attack on its cloud-based electronic health records vendor last December, illustrating once again how a vendor breach can have a wide impact.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
ISS World Says 'Root Cause' Has Been Identified ISS World, a global facilities maintenance company based in Denmark, says it's gradually restoring its systems after a malware attack on Monday. The company says it has identified the root cause but has not said if ransomware was involved.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) US agency in charge of secure IT and communication for the White House has disclosed a data breach. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the DoD agency that is in charge of the security of IT and telecommunications for the White House and military troops has suffered a cyber attack. The agency sent a data breach notification to its employees last week informing them of a security breach that took place last year between May and July.
Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Allies Say GRU Hackers Crippled and Defaced Thousands of Websites U.S. and U.K. officials are blaming the Russian military for launching an October 2019 cyberattack on the country of Georgia that crippled at least 2,000 government, news media and court websites over the course of one day.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
VMware has addressed serious vulnerabilities in vRealize Operations for Horizon Adapter, including remote code execution and authentication bypass flaws. VMware vRealize Operations is a software product that provides operations management across physical, virtual and cloud environments, it supports environments based on vSpher e, Hype r-V or Amazon Web Services.
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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
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
This special edition of the ISMG Security Report offers a preview of top keynote presentations at the RSA 2020 conference, plus a look at important themes and health tips for attendees.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Eight apps - mostly camera utilities and children's games - were discovered spreading a new malware strain that steals data and signs victims up for expensive premium services.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Exclusive: Pakistan and India to armaments. Researchers from Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab gathered intelligence on the return of Operation Transparent Tribe is back 4 years later. Introduction. The Operation Transparent Tribe was first spotted by Proofpoint Researchers in Feb 2016, in a series of espionages operations against Indian diplomats and military personnel in some embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.
ARMA International
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Welcome to the Age of the Internet of Bodies. A company in Wisconsin had a “chipping party” in 2017 to implant microchips in some of its employees to make it easier for them to access the buildings and systems and to buy food in the company break room. [1]. Those employees joined a growing number of workers in other countries – Belgium, the UK, and Sweden, to name a few – who use microchips for workplace security, convenience, and commuting.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The point of Kremlin interference has always been to find democracy’s loose seams, and pull.
Troy Hunt
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
On reflection, I feel this week's update was dominated by having a laugh at an IoT candle ?? And that's fair, too, even though I then went and bought one because hey, this is gonna be great conference talk material! Delivery is going to be much later this year so don't hold your breath, but it could be really, uh, "interesting" once it lands. Stay tuned for that one but until then, here's this week's update: References If you're not pwned, you may be an anomaly (I'd actually like to write this u
Jamf
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
As a Google Premier Partner, Jamf now offers a native Jamf Pro integration with Google LDAP. Whether using G Suite Enterprise or Cloud Identity Premium, Jamf Pro's unified authentication process is easy to set up.
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Demands on legal services within the enterprise have never been greater, extending beyond litigation and regulatory compliance to privacy, data security, and risk and crisis management. At the same time, budgets are being squeezed and legal departments are being asked to do more with less. When substantial eDiscovery document review surpasses the bandwidth of in-house … The post Tame eDiscovery document review costs without increasing risk appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
On February 19, 2020, the European Commission (“the Commission”) published a White Paper entitled “a European Approach to Excellence and Trust” on artificial intelligence (“AI”). This followed an announcement in November 2019, from the Commission’s current President, Ursula von der Leyen, that she intended to propose rules to regulate AI within the first 100 days of her Presidency, which commenced on December 1, 2019.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The incident cut off access to e-mail and shared IT services across customer sites of the multinational Denmark-based facility-management firm.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Readers of Security Now will join the Dark Reading community, gaining access to a wide range of cybersecurity content.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
When patched last week, the bug affected at least 1 million websites. Zero-day exploits were going on then.
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The distributed denial-of-service attacks took a congressional candidate's website offline for a total of 21 hours during the campaign for office.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A new lawsuit alleges that Google’s G Suite for Education program covertly collects data from students, violating both COPPA and other data privacy regulations.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The organization, which sells patient administration tools to hospitals, could not confirm whether patient data was accessed.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
From data privacy to industrial IoT cybersecurity concerns, Threatpost editors discuss the top stories they expect to see at this year's RSA Conference, which kicks off next week in San Francisco.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Destructive attacks and disinformation will likely target the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, two groups of threat experts say.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
On January 31 the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued CMMC v1.0, a new unified cybersecurity standard coupled with a certification program for all DoD contractors and subcontractors. CMMC contains maturity processes and cybersecurity best practices progressing across five maturity levels, from basic cyber hygiene to advanced/progressive. CMMC is instrumental in establishing cybersecurity as a foundation for future DoD procurements, as it addresses the need to protect DoD’s unclassified infor
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A resurgence in Emotet malware may make it one of the most pervasive security threats of 2020.
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