Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
Cisco Talos: Reliance on These Tools Expands Attack Surface The increasing reliance on collaboration tools such as Slack and Discord to support those working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new ways for fraudsters and cybercriminals to bypass security tools and deliver malware, Cisco Talos reports.
Schneier on Security
APRIL 9, 2021
Unknown hackers attempted to add a backdoor to the PHP source code. It was two malicious commits , with the subject “fix typo” and the names of known PHP developers and maintainers. They were discovered and removed before being pushed out to any users. But since 79% of the Internet’s websites use PHP, it’s scary. Developers have moved PHP to GitHub, which has better authentication.
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Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
ISMG Editors Discuss Hot Topics, Including Health Data Breaches Four editors at Information Security Media Group discuss important cybersecurity issues, including President Biden’s latest cybersecurity proposals and large vendor-related breaches in healthcare.
Troy Hunt
APRIL 9, 2021
"What a s**t week". I stand by that statement in the opening couple of minutes of the video and I write this now at midday on Saturday after literally falling asleep on the couch. The Facebook incident just dominated; everything from processing data to writing code to dozens of media interviews. And I ran a workshop over 4 half days. And had 2 lots of guests visiting.
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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
APRIL 9, 2021
Andy Purdy, the chief security officer for Huawei Technologies USA who formerly worked on the White House staff and in the Department of Homeland Security, discusses cybersecurity best practices.
Information Management Today brings together the best content for information management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
More precise and pervasive cybersecurity threat modeling during manufacturers' development of medical devices - and also during the regulatory product review process - is critical for risk mitigation, says Kevin Fu, new acting director of medical device cybersecurity at the FDA.
Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2021
Cisco announced it will not release security updates to address a critical security vulnerability affecting some of its Small Business routers. Cisco is urging customers that are using some of its Small Business routers to replace their devices because they will no longer receive security updates. According a security advisory published by the company, Cisco Small Business RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W Routers are affected by Remote Command Execution vulnerability that resides in the Managem
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
Pets, Sports Teams, Notable Dates and Family Member Names Predominate, Experts Warn Loving your pet and creating tough-to-crack passwords should remain two distinctly separate activities. Unfortunately, Britain's National Cyber Security Center reports that more than 1 in 6 Brits admit to using the name of a pet as their password. And the problem is global.
Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2021
CISA released a Splunk-based dashboard for post-compromise activity in Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD), Office 365, and MS 365 environments. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a Splunk-based dashboard, dubbed Aviary , that could be used by administrators in the post-compromise analysis of Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AD), Office 365 (O365), and Microsoft 365 (M365) environments. “Aviary is a new dashboard that CISA and partners developed to
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
APRIL 9, 2021
Two Experts Offer Fraud-Fighting Insights How can automation help to reduce money laundering fraud? Larry Gordon and Kathleen Gowin of the consultancy Endurance Advisory Partners describe how predictive KYC can help mitigate risks.
Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2021
Zero-day broker Zerodium announced that will triples payouts for remote code execution exploits for the popular WordPress content management system. Zero-day broker Zerodium has tripled the payouts for exploits for the WordPress content management system that could be used to achieve remote code execution. Zerodium announced via Twitter that is temporarily offering a $300,000 payout for this kind of exploit.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
Commerce Department Cites National Security Concerns Citing national security concerns, the U.S. Commerce Department has placed seven Chinese supercomputer organizations on the Entity List, which effectively bars them from receiving supplies or components from U.S. companies.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 9, 2021
Software makers can’t catch every bug every time, but Facebook had ample warning about the privacy problems with its “contact import” feature.
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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
APRIL 9, 2021
ESET Report Ties 'Vyveva' Backdoor to North Korean APT Group The Lazarus Group, a North Korean-linked APT group, has recently deployed a previously undocumented backdoor called "Vyveva" to target a freight logistics company in South Africa, according to ESET.
Threatpost
APRIL 9, 2021
The database was subsequently leaked elsewhere, imperiling consumers from the U.S. and around the world.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
Cybercriminals Using Web Shells to Control Retailers' Servers Visa's Payment Fraud Disruption team reports that cybercriminals are increasingly using web shells to establish command and control over a retailers' servers during payment card skimming attacks.
Adam Levin
APRIL 9, 2021
Adam Levin spoke with NPR about the recent data archive of over 500 million Facebook accounts found on a hacking forum. “It’s serious when phone numbers are out there. The danger when you have phone numbers in particular is a universal identifier,” said Levin. Read the article here. The post Adam Levin Discusses Facebook Data Leak on NPR appeared first on Adam Levin.
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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.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 9, 2021
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of why transparent communication in the aftermath of a data breach pays off. Also featured: Mastercard on digital identity issues; building a more diverse and inclusive cybersecurity workforce.
Dark Reading
APRIL 9, 2021
Investing in women's cybersecurity careers can bring enormous benefits and help undo some of the significant economic damage wrought by the pandemic.
IG Guru
APRIL 9, 2021
The post John Mancini talks about joining the MER Conference and how he will bring value to attendees appeared first on IG GURU.
Security Affairs
APRIL 9, 2021
The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition was concluded, participants earned more than $1.2 million, the greatest total payout ever. The Pwn2Own 2021 hacking competition reached the end, participants earned more than $1.2 million which is more than ever paid out at this contest. White hat hackers demonstrated exploits for Safari, Chrome, Edge, Windows 10, Ubuntu, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Parallels, Oracle VirtualBox, and Microsoft Exchange, for a total of 23 attempts.
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WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 9, 2021
The FBI arrested the suspect in Texas after he purchased explosives from an undercover agent.
Threatpost
APRIL 9, 2021
Justin Jett, director of audit and compliance for Plixer, discusses the transformation of network-traffic analytics and what it means for cybersecurity now.
Dark Reading
APRIL 9, 2021
The APKPure app store was infected with malware that can download Trojans to other Android devices, researchers report.
Threatpost
APRIL 9, 2021
Allegedly perv college coach charged with cyberstalking and extorting nudes from his female athletes.
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Dark Reading
APRIL 9, 2021
Mobile apps to recommend to the people in your life who want to improve their online security and privacy.
Collibra
APRIL 9, 2021
Recapping a discussion moderated by Stijn Christiaens and featuring insurance data experts from Deloitte UK . Insurance is a data-intensive business. Insurance companies need data to better assess risks and price policies competitively, but also profitably. They need data to better manage claims, ensuring customer satisfaction but also mitigating fraud.
CILIP
APRIL 9, 2021
A statement on the death of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. CILIP would like to express our sincere condolences to our Patron, HM Queen on the passing of her husband, His Royal Highness, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The Duke of Edinburgh was a President of the Library Association between 1978-79 [TBC], a time which coincided with a period of growth and innovation in UK libraries.
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