Data Breach Today
JANUARY 17, 2020
N.Y. Fed Warns of Consequences for Entire Financial System A cyberattack targeting one of the largest banks in the U.S. that stops the processing of payments likely would have a major ripple effect throughout the financial system, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 17, 2020
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Information Management Resources
JANUARY 17, 2020
While the advent of new and disruptive technologies has brought along new opportunities and advancements, an abundance of challenges, particularly involving software security, have also become apparent.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 17, 2020
Site Provided Access to 12 Billion Personal Records, Police Allege Law enforcement agencies in five countries have shut down WeLeakInfo.com, which allegedly provided cybercriminals with access to over 12 billion personal records culled from 10,000 data breaches.
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.
erwin
JANUARY 17, 2020
What is Data Modeling? Data modeling is a process that enables organizations to discover, design, visualize, standardize and deploy high-quality data assets through an intuitive, graphical interface. Data models provide visualization, create additional metadata and standardize data design across the enterprise. As the value of data and the way it is used by organizations has changed over the years, so too has data modeling.
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Jamf
JANUARY 17, 2020
With Super Early Bird registration pricing ending for the 2020 Jamf Nation User Conference on March 11, we wanted to revisit key takeaways from our recent JNUC conference to show what you can expect.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 17, 2020
'Aging Accounts' a Useful Tool for Stealing Money As business email compromise schemes continue to evolve, some cybercriminals are focusing on accessing companies' financial documents, which provide useful information to support the theft of money, according to a new report from security firm Agari.
Data Matters
JANUARY 17, 2020
On January 14, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Investor Education and Advocacy published an investor alert (Alert) regarding initial exchange offerings (IEOs), a type of digital asset fundraising facilitated by online trading platforms. 1 Although the Alert is directed at investors, it provides important information to blockchain companies and trading platforms.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 17, 2020
Third-Party Hosting Provider to Blame, P&N Bank Says P&N Bank in Perth, Australia, says a server upgrade gone wrong led to the breach of sensitive personal information in its customer relationship management system. The incident is another example how organizations can be imperilled by mistakes on the part of their suppliers.
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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
JANUARY 17, 2020
Hack the Army bug bounty program results: 146 valid vulnerabilities were reported by white hat hackers and more than $275,000 were paid in rewards. The second Hack the Army bug bounty program ran between October 9 and November 15, 2019 through the HackerOne platform. The bug bounty program operated by the Defense Digital Service, along with the U.S.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 17, 2020
How Another Firm's Breach Could Impact Your Organization. Recommendations for protecting your organization from ripple events.
Micro Focus
JANUARY 17, 2020
The economic reality of the new decade means core business applications, the lifeblood of the organization, are more vital than ever. But can they meet needs of the new digital era too? Derek Britton looks at the enduring value of core applications, and how they can easily evolve in our latest modernization blog. Introduction As. View Article.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 17, 2020
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses why Britain is struggling to determine whether to use China's Huawei technology in developing its 5G networks. Plus: An update on a mobile app exposing infant photos and videos online and an analyst's take on the future of deception technology.
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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
JANUARY 17, 2020
The FBI has seized the WeLeakInfo.com websites for selling subscriptions to data that were exposed in data breaches. WeLeakInfo.com is a data breach notification service that allows its customers to verify if their credentials been compromised in data breaches. The service was claiming a database of over 12 billion records from over 10,000 data breaches.
Threatpost
JANUARY 17, 2020
The agency changed its policy to provide more timely and actionable information to state and local election officials in the case of a cybersecurity breach to election infrastructure.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 17, 2020
Chinese authorities continue operations against unauthorized VPN services that are very popular in the country. China continues to intensify the monitoring of the cyberspace applying and persecution of VPN services that could be used to bypass its censorship system known as the Great Firewall. The Great Firewall project already blocked access to more hundreds of the world’s 1,000 top websites, including Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Dropbox.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 17, 2020
A new report from Check Point recaps the cybercrime trends, statistics, and vulnerabilities that defined the security landscape in 2019.
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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
JANUARY 17, 2020
Are publicly-released PoC exploits good or bad? Why is the Joker malware giving Google a headache? The Threatpost team discusses all this and more in this week's news wrap.
Preservica
JANUARY 17, 2020
From the news room of the City of Red Deer, Alberta, CA: Red Deerians are invited to explore our city’s heritage via the digital archives collection that will launch this month on a new web site hosted by Preservica. The collection includes photos and videos from Red Deer’s history that are available online to search, download and use by members of the public for the first time.
Adapture
JANUARY 17, 2020
Everyone is talking about the new American Dream–leaving a steady, corporate, nine-to-five job for the freedom of a contract position. While moving from full-time to contract work–and the flexibility that comes with it–certainly has its perks, it’s not all rainbows. If you’ve been thinking of taking the leap, take some time to consider the pros [ ] The post Are You Ready to Take the Leap from Full-Time to Contract Work?
Rippleshot
JANUARY 17, 2020
A newly published report from the American Bankers Association reveals key themes across the banking ecosystem: Fraudsters keep targeting old habits, while newer trends are gaining traction quicker than ever. The ABA's report showed is that popular fraud trends like check fraud and deposit account fraud continue to contribute to overall fraud losses — accounting for roughly $2.5 billion collectively.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
Threatpost
JANUARY 17, 2020
Researchers say that JhoneRAT has various anti-detection techniques - including making use of Google Drive, Google Forms and Twitter.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 17, 2020
On January 16, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission announced that settlements with five companies of separate allegations that they had falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework had been finalized. The FTC had alleged, in separate actions, that DCR Workforce, Inc., Thru, Inc., LotaData, Inc., and 214 Technologies, Inc., had made false claims on their websites that they were certified under the EU-U.S.
Threatpost
JANUARY 17, 2020
Weak challenge questions by customer service reps make it easy for fraudsters to hijack a phone line and bypass 2FA to breach accounts.
DXC Technology
JANUARY 17, 2020
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda‘s growing popularity is proof positive that serverless computing is for real. But wouldn’t it be nice if you had a better view of how Lamba’s function-as-a-service actually works? Or, better still, if Lambda’s inner workers were open-sourced so you could use them in your own serverless projects?
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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.
Threatpost
JANUARY 17, 2020
Are publicly released proof-of-concept exploits more helpful for system defenders -- or bad actors?
Information Management Resources
JANUARY 17, 2020
Japan’s Toshiba Corp. says it has the technology to make rapid-fire calculations a reality -- not quite quantum computing, but perhaps the next best thing.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 17, 2020
Fraudulent emails tell recipients their W-2 forms are ready and prompt them to click malicious links.
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