Collibra
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Data is said to be “the new currency”. But often data infrastructures are running on old, inefficient technologies. This makes it hard for organizations to find, trust and unlock the value of their data. . Today’s organizations require an adaptive data architecture using the latest technologies. These new architectures make it easier to democratize data across the organization and use it to drive business outcomes.
eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Security information and event management (SIEM) technology provides foundational support for threat detection. The high costs of SIEMs once made them feasible only for larger enterprise clients, but they have become more reasonable solutions for smaller organizations over time. While a properly configured SIEM can provide effective threat protection, misuse of SIEM technology can increase costs and undermine security.
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Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
On February 10, 2022, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) ruled the transfer of EU personal data from the EU to the U.S. through the use of the Google Analytics cookie to be unlawful. In its decision, the CNIL held that an organization using Google Analytics was in violation of the GDPR’s data transfer requirements. The CNIL ordered the organization to comply with the GDPR, and to stop using Google Analytics, if necessary.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Spanish National Police arrested eight alleged members of a crime ring specialized in SIM swapping attacks. Spanish National Police has arrested eight alleged members of a crime organization who were able to steal money from the bank accounts of the victims through SIM swapping attacks. Crooks conduct SIM swapping attacks to take control of victims’ phone numbers tricking the mobile operator employees into porting them to SIMs under the control of the fraudsters.
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 Matters
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
On Monday, January 24, 2022, in a speech at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law annual Securities Regulation Institute conference, Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced that he has asked SEC staff to provide sweeping rulemaking recommendations to modernize and expand the agency’s rules relating to cybersecurity. 1 Stressing that cybersecurity is a matter of national security, Chair Gensler signaled that new guidance or proposed rule
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Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The Uptycs threat research team has been observing an increase in utilization of regsvr32.exe heavily via various types of Microsoft Office documents. The full report that includes Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) is available here: [link]. During our analysis of these malware samples, we have identified that some of the malware samples belonged to Qbot and Lokibot attempting to execute.ocx files.
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Director of Information Governance opportunity. · Law Firm with offices in Washington DC, Chicago IL, and 5 offices in Michigan. This position also in open to remote work, hiring out of state. · The Director of Information Governance, reporting to the firm’s Chief Operations Officer (COO) and working closely with the COO and the Chief Information Officer, […].
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of an escalation in SIM swap attacks that caused millions of losses. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) observed an escalation in SIM swap attacks aimed at stealing millions from the victims by hijacking their mobile phone numbers. The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Of the four bot marketplaces Cognyte analyzed, the Russian Market is the most dominant, but the others are all active, updated daily, and well-known, too.
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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.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
I transcribed a recent interview, here some questions and answers about nation-state hacking, spyware, and cyber warfare. Enjoy” How has spyware changed the rules of cyber security in recent years? What will cyber security look like now that those tools are all over the internet? In the last decade, we have observed a progressive weaponization of cyberspace.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Buying and selling NFTs or transferring digital currency is going to require a little leap of faith. Here’s how to get started.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
IPv6 became imperative after developers discovered that IPv4 had a finite number and addresses. How does an IPv6 Proxy work? Technological advancements have come a long way – from when internet utility was very limited to when internet connection was achieved only through internet protocol (IP) version 4 (IPv4) addresses to this modern age where IPv6 is the next big thing.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The plug-in’s default settings spawned flaws that could allow for full site takeover but have since been fixed in an update that users should immediately install, Wordfence researchers said.
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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.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
WordPress plugin PHP Everywhere is affected by three critical issues that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. Wordfence experts found three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the PHP Everywhere WordPress plugin, all the issues have received a CVSS score of 9.9. The plugin that allows WordPress admins to insert PHP code in pages, posts, the sidebar, or any Gutenberg block, to display dynamic content based on evaluated PHP expressions. “On January 4
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
SAP’s Patch Tuesday brought fixes for a trio of flaws in the ubiquitous ICM component in internet-exposed apps. One of them, with a risk score of 10, could allow attackers to hijack identities, steal data and more.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Advanced machine learning models within an XDR framework could uncover what actually causes breaches, but first we need better data transparency.
WIRED Threat Level
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Word and Excel files you download from the internet just got a whole lot safer.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The attacks, which lead to 2FA defeat and account takeover, have accelerated by several hundred percent in one year, leading to thousands of drained bank accounts.
IG Guru
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Check out her post here. The post Peggy Winton announced departure from AIIM via LinkedIn appeared first on IG GURU.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
The Maze gang are purportedly never going back to ransomware and have destroyed all of their ransomware source code, said somebody claiming to be the developer.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Password-guessing became last year's weapon of choice, as attackers attempted to brute-force vulnerable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) servers, SQL databases, and SMB file shares.
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IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
As a data scientist for IBM Consulting, I’ve been fortunate enough to work on several projects to fulfill the various needs of IBM clients. Over my time at IBM, I have seen technology applied to various use cases that I would have never originally considered possible, which is why I was thrilled to steward the implementation of artificial intelligence to address one of the most insidious societal issues we face today, racial injustice.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Application Security Module unifies multicloud observability and advanced AIOps with real-time vulnerability management and defense.
Data Protection Report
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) is considered the most comprehensive law governing the processing of biometric data. Passed in 2008, BIPA sets out requirements for private entities, including employers, that collect, use, store, and share biometric information. It’s also one of the most popular class action suits today – hundreds, if not thousands of cases have been filed in recent years – and there is no sign that the litigation is slowing down.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
IT teams need to consider unforeseen threats to avoid violating privacy regulations and supplier contracts.
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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.
eDiscovery Daily
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Safeguarding a client’s personal information is an important responsibility. Redactions protect client privacy by obscuring confidential, privileged, non-responsive, and personally identifiable information from relevant documents. [1] Though important, redactions are a time-consuming part of the review process, especially when done manually. To save time, legal teams should conduct an initial assessment of what, when, and where redactions should be placed.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Companies overall met government standards, but poor credential management left vulnerabilities.
eDiscovery Law
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Key Insight: The court denied plaintiff’s motion for recusal based on metadata in the court’s orders that suggested that the special master was the author of some of the court’s opinions in the case. Plaintiff claimed the author field on the metadata suggested the special master was the author of the court’s opinions but the […].
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