Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2021
Patch Management and Locking Down Remote Desktop Protocol Remain Essential Defenses Ransomware operations continue to thrive thanks to a vibrant cybercrime-as-a-service ecosystem designed to support all manner of online attacks.
AIIM
JULY 29, 2021
There is a lot of excitement and interest in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) these days, and for good reason. Intelligent automation helps improve flexibility, response and service; all distinguishing capabilities in the age of digital transformation. As a result, business owners and executives from all industries are taking notice. According to one AIIM research study, 55% of organizations plan to implement some form of robotic process automation in the next 6-12 months.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2021
Key Factors: Negotiating Lower Ransoms, Improving Recovery Cyber insurance provider Coalition Inc. says its clients' average claims for losses when they were hit by a ransomware attack totaled $184,000 in the first half of this year, down 45% compared to the second half of 2020. Negotiating lower ransoms and more efficient recovery were key factors.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2021
A new variant of the LockBit 2.0 ransomware is now able to encrypt Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies. Researchers from MalwareHunterTeam and BleepingComputer, along with the malware expert Vitali Kremez reported spotted a new version of the LockBit 2.0 ransomware that encrypts Windows domains by using Active Directory group policies.
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
JULY 29, 2021
Europol Says Initiative Has Saved Ransomware Victims Over $1 Billion Europol says the No More Ransom Project, a portal launched five years ago, so far has helped more than 6 million ransomware victims worldwide recover their files for free so they could avoid paying almost 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in ransoms.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2021
Agency Officials Tell Congress of Concerns About Equipment Used The lack of adequate security features in critical electric grid equipment that's made in other nations poses a serious U.S. cybersecurity threat, federal officials said this week. Supply chain attacks could take down the grid and result in a lengthy recovery period, they told Congress.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2021
The cyber threat landscape change continuously, recently two new ransomware-as-service (RaaS) operations named BlackMatter and Haron made the headlines. Recently, two new ransomware gangs, named BlackMatter and Haron, announced the beginning of the operations. The Haron malware was first described by the South Korean security firm S2W Lab, three day after a first sample of the ransomware was uploaded to VirusTotal (July 19).
eSecurity Planet
JULY 29, 2021
Social engineering is a common technique that cybercriminals use to lure their victims into a false sense of security. Usually, social engineering involves impersonation, deception, and psychological manipulation that ultimately creates an environment where a victim feels either comfortable or pressured to share sensitive information or perform a specific action.
Schneier on Security
JULY 29, 2021
A teenager on an airplane sent a photo of a replica gun via AirDrop to everyone who had their settings configured to receive unsolicited photos from strangers. This caused a three-hour delay as the plane — still at the gate — was evacuated and searched. The teen was not allowed to reboard. I can’t find any information about whether he was charged with any of those vague “terrorist threat” crimes.
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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
JULY 29, 2021
There are patches or remediations for all of them, but they're still being picked apart. Why should attackers stop if the flaws remain unpatched, as so many do?
OpenText Information Management
JULY 29, 2021
Every organization is built with a mission to be successful. Whether yours is a small or large enterprise, your organization performs many activities to achieve its mission. As organizations grow and scale in size, they evolve many moving parts. These are the work activities performed with the mission in mind, and involve business processes made … The post Delivering on your vision for business process improvement appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
IG Guru
JULY 29, 2021
By Andrew Spett, Esq., IGP, CIGO “I hate retention policy! I know retention policies exist for a reason, but we should always look at deletion as the default and retention as the exception,” says Sentinel President Aaron Weller during the recent International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) web conference “Measuring What Matters.”
Threatpost
JULY 29, 2021
Uptycs Threat Research outline how malicious Linux shell scripts are used to cloak attacks and how defenders can detect and mitigate against them.
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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
JULY 29, 2021
The latest weapons in the global information war are fake vessels behaving badly.
Threatpost
JULY 29, 2021
Employee email takeover exposed personal, medical data of students, employees and patients.
OpenText Information Management
JULY 29, 2021
Many small business owners in the UK are feeling the pressure to learn how to set up EDI (electronic data interchange). The trend to digitize previously paper-based business transactions has been steadily growing for years and has accelerated in the wake of COVID-19. Today, retailers, such as Tesco in the UK, prefer or even require … The post How to become a Tesco EDI supplier: Setup made easy appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
JULY 29, 2021
Authorities opened an investigation into the secretive Israeli security firm.
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OpenText Information Management
JULY 29, 2021
If you rely on others to market and sell your products, your brand is your most valuable asset. Whether customers are browsing a retail outlet, an online marketplace or a distributor’s catalog, they need to instantly recognize your product as the one they should buy. Building brand awareness and equity is only part of the … The post DAM for consumer packaged goods organizations appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Role Model Software
JULY 29, 2021
3Q3M?—?What, Why, How of DPQ Software with Ken Auer— Episode 5 In the fifth episode of our video series 3 Questions in 3 Minutes (or 3Q3M), RoleModel Software’s marketing director, Jamey Meeker, and RoleModel’s CPO Ken Auer break down what design price quote (DPQ) software is, why it is useful and how we implement it for our clients' success. Join Ken and Jamey as they answer these questions and provide insight to help you understand the strengths of DPQ software and if it’s right for you.
The Security Ledger
JULY 29, 2021
A new study released by Incognia that measures user friction in mobile financial apps yields important results about the fate of the password. The post As Mobile Fraud Rises, The Password Persists appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F. Roberts. Related Stories What’s Good IAM? The Answer may depend on your Industry Spotting Hackers at the Pace of XDR – From Alerts to Incidents What SolarWinds Tells Us About Securing the Software Development Supply Chain.
Docuware
JULY 29, 2021
Today, financial resilience is one of the main attributes that determines whether your company will adapt and thrive in these uncertain times. It might be surprising, but your annual business audit can be a secret weapon in your efforts to increase business agility. It provides clarity by identifying how well internal controls and financial reporting are working and which process improvements should be the highest on your priority list.
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Zapproved
JULY 29, 2021
Just what is electronically stored information or ESI? And what do you need to do with it when it comes to corporate e-discovery?
The Schedule
JULY 29, 2021
Please check out our list of records management focused sessions for this year’s SAA Annual Meeting. This list is dynamic and we will be adding more content (if needed). Have fun at the meeting, all! Business Archives / Records Management Sections Joint Colloquium 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT on Tuesday, August 3. 2A – Records Management in Higher Education: Examining Systemic Power Dynamics and Vital Records 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT on Wednesday, August 4. 1A – Active Collec
Krebs on Security
JULY 29, 2021
Every time there is another data breach, we are asked to change our password at the breached entity. But the reality is that in most cases by the time the victim organization discloses an incident publicly the information has already been harvested many times over by profit-seeking cybercriminals. Here’s a closer look at what typically transpires in the weeks or months before an organization notifies its users about a breached database.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 29, 2021
Modern civilization revolves around inextricably intertwined relationships. This is why our financial markets rise and fall in lock step; why climate change is accelerating; and why a novel virus can so swiftly and pervasively encircle the planet. Related: What it will take to truly secure data lakes. Complex relationships also come into play when it comes to operating modern business networks.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2021
Meeting Comes After World Leaders Appear on Alleged 'Pegasus' Targeting List The Israeli government paid a visit on Wednesday to NSO Group, the company whose spyware is alleged to have been covertly installed on the mobile devices of journalists and activists. The visit comes as Israel faces growing pressure to see if NSO Group's spyware, called Pegasus, has been misused.
IT Governance
JULY 29, 2021
Earlier this month, we saw one of the most damaging ransomware attacks ever conducted, after the software company Kaseya was breached by the REvil gang. More than 1,500 organisations were affected , with the attackers demanding a $70 million (about £50 million) payment. That, of course, is only the latest in a long line of incidents that have been considered “one of the most damaging ever”.
Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2021
Meeting Comes After World Leaders Appear on Alleged 'Pegasus' Targeting List The Israeli government paid a visit on Wednesday to NSO Group, the company whose spyware has been alleged to have been covertly installed on the mobile devices of journalists and activists. The visit comes as Israel faces growing pressure to see if NSO Group's spyware, called Pegasus, has been misused.
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