Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Software Giant Says Exploits Could Expand Beyond Cryptomining Now that security researchers have located the first exploits that take advantage of the BlueKeep vulnerability in Windows, Microsoft is warning users to apply patches the company issued for this flaw before more dangerous exploits merge.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Orvis , a Vermont-based retailer that specializes in high-end fly fishing equipment and other sporting goods, leaked hundreds of internal passwords on Pastebin.com for several weeks last month, exposing credentials the company used to manage everything from firewalls and routers to administrator accounts and database servers, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
White House Describes Framework for Notifying Public of 2020 Election Interference The White House has developed protocols for notifying the public of nation-state hacking or other interference during the 2020 presidential election cycle. But the full framework has not yet been released.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd announced it paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards during the last week of October. Bug bounty program could represent an excellent opportunity to monetize your passion, in just one week crowdsourced security platform Bugcrowd announced it paid over $500,000 in bug bounty rewards at the end of October. Bugcrowd is used by many enterprises, it allows them to manage bug bounty programs, penetration testing, and vulnerability disclosure.
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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
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Questions HIPAA Enforcement Agency in Wake of Millions of Patient Files Discovered Online Senator Mark Warner, D-Va., is scrutinizing the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights' response to the recent discovery by German researchers of millions of patients' medical image files being exposed on the internet - including by a U.S. company.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Minors With Business Profiles Can Shield Contact Information, But May Be Unaware In June, I wrote an in-depth story about how millions of Instagram users worldwide under 18 years old were exposing their email addresses, phone numbers or both. Instagram has finally made a change to address the issue - but it doesn't go far enough.
Schneier on Security
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Interesting : Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are vulnerable to attacks that use lasers to inject inaudible -- and sometimes invisible -- commands into the devices and surreptitiously cause them to unlock doors, visit websites, and locate, unlock, and start vehicles, researchers report in a research paper published on Monday. Dubbed Light Commands, the attack works against Facebook Portal and a variety of phones.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Make Insider Threat Defenses 'Top of the Agenda' Says Veriato's Chris Gilkes Too many organizations are still failing to prioritize mitigating the risk posed by insiders, whether they're malicious actors or model employees who make mistakes that unintentionally lead to a data breach, says Veriato's Chris Gilkes.
OpenText Information Management
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
OpenText is the global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), and the leading provider of content services to the modern enterprise. Simply put, OpenText knows how to manage information in order to deliver a competitive advantage. OpenText also understands that security must be job number one. The company acquired Guidance Software in 2017 and with … The post Bringing security closer to the data 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
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
PwC's Polly Ralph on Data Breach Preparation and Remediation Trends The EU's General Data Protection Regulation rewrote the rules of the data privacy and breach notification game when it went into full effect last year. Now, however, numerous organizations are revisiting and refining their GDPR compliance efforts around preparation and remediation, says PwC's Polly Ralph.
IBM Big Data Hub
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Forrester, a leading IT analyst firm, has constructed a Total Economic Impact (TEI) framework with a focus on how IBM Planning Analytics compares to the competition across a variety of metrics—from ROI, to time, to value—and much more. They consulted several current IBM Planning Analytics customers to determine the value and cost associated with purchasing, using and implementing the solution.
Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Government and Private Sector Collaborate on Initiative A new defense company has been formed in United Arab Emirates, combining three government-owned and 22 independent companies in an effort to develop technologies to help thwart cyberattacks and repel military drones.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
This is really an embarrassing incident, ZoneAlarm forum site has suffered a data breach exposing data of its discussion forum users. ZonaAlarm , the popular security software firm owned by Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach. According to the post published by The Hacker News, the security breach exposed the data of ZonaAlarm discussion forum users.
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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
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Life Post-GDPR: Veteran CISO Thom Langford Sees Room for Improvement Data privacy discussions must focus not just on collecting, storing and securing data, but also the impetus for doing so - and whether it is being done in an ethical manner, says consultant Thom Lagford, a former CISO, who addresses GDPR compliance issues.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) warns businesses and netizens of Emotet and BlueKeep attacks in the wild. The ACSC is warning organizations and people of a wave of cyberattacks exploiting the Windows BlueKeep vulnerability to deliver crypto-currency miners. “The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), with its state and territory partners, is continuing to respond to the widespread malware campaign known as Emot
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
The specific type of TCP attack used in the recent spate of DDoS efforts were TCP SYN-ACK reflection attacks.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Cloud APIs' accessibility over the Internet opens a new window for adversaries to gain highly privileged access to cloud assets.
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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.
Gimmal
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Records and Information Management (RIM) is constantly changing and evolving as record managers begin to realize the benefits of automation in their daily operations. In my 6 years of consulting, I have seen everything from heavily manual business processes to highly adaptable, integrated document management.? Even as time goes by, information professionals continue to face the long-standing hardship of trying to get end users to comply with either internal or external regulations when it comes
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
The Global Cyber Security Center has developed a tool named CERTrating to evaluate the Maturity Level of CERTs and services provided to the Constituency. Cyber-attacks that have occurred in recent years have fully confirmed that Cybersecurity is an increasingly complex challenge that represents a priority for all companies both in terms of development and investments.
eDiscovery Daily
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
A data lake, that is. So, what is it and why should you care? Let’s take a look. Leave it to Rob Robinson and his excellent Complex Discovery blog to provide links to several useful articles to help better understand data lakes and the potential they have to impact the business world (which, in turn, impacts the eDiscovery world). Here’s one example: In this article in BizTech ( Data Lakes Prove Key to Modern Data Platforms , written by Jennifer Zaino), the author defines data lakes as “ stor[
Collibra
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
In today’s digital world, you would be hard-pressed to find a successful company that disagrees with the view that data is important. It seems new articles pop up weekly claiming how data has become one of the most valued commodities in the world. It’s true: treated as a strategic asset, data can become a competitive advantage and help propel success.
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Information Management Resources
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Information is the life blood of any business or organization. It helps dictate how businesses form strategies, implement processes and drive results.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Cheap labor, frequent data breaches, and better fraud detection technology are fueling frustrating changes in attackers' methods.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Apple is investigating an issue raised by a Mac specialist discovered to be storing emails that are supposed to be S/MIME-encrypted as readable files.
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
It can't be overstated: Web attacks and credential stuffing are real, long-term threats. This white paper, sponsored by Akamai, focuses on how they are impacting the high-tech, video media, and entertainment sectors.
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Preservica
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Tamara Thornhill is the Corporate Archivist at Transport for London (TfL) , the local government body responsible for the day-to-day operation and planning of London’s public transport network. TfL are custodians of the Underground, the famous red buses and the capital's main roads. In this second episode of the podcast Tamara shares her view on the role of technology in supporting the archive in providing value back to the business and staying on top of the explosion of digital content.
Collibra
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
In today’s digital world, you would be hard-pressed to find a successful company that disagrees with the view that data is important. It seems new articles pop up weekly claiming how data has become one of the most valued commodities in the world. It’s true: treated as a strategic asset, data can become a competitive advantage and help propel success.
The Security Ledger
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
In this episode of the podcast (#167): two stories this week - one from Pittsburgh and one from New York - have highlighted anxiety about Chinese made cameras and other security gear deployed in U.S. government agencies and in cities and towns. We're joined by Terry Dunlap the co-founder of ReFirm Labs to talk about why software supply chain risks. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories From China with Love: New York Firm sold millions in PRC Surveillance Gear to US Government, Military Ep
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