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The Value of Digital Transformation

Data Breach Today

Implement a Zero Trust Strategy to Secure the Digital Transformation Journey With the increase in remote workers and proliferation of uncontrolled devices, your IT team has been migrating applications to the cloud along with building cloud-native applications to support the speed needed by the business.

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Google announced the completion of the acquisition of Mandiant for $5.4 billion

Security Affairs

Google completed the acquisition of the threat intelligence firm Mandiant, the IT giant will pay $5.4 billion. Google announced the completion of the $5.4 billion acquisition of threat intelligence firm Mandiant. The acquisition was announced in March 2022 by both companies: “ RESTON, Va., March 8, 2022 – Mandiant, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNDT) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google LLC for $23.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at appro

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NortonLifeLock-Avast Deal Done, Forming $3.5B Consumer Titan

Data Breach Today

4th-Largest Security Deal Will Combine Security, Identity, Privacy Tools NortonLifeLock and Avast completed their $8.6 billion merger Monday, forming a $3.5 billion consumer cyber protection behemoth with expertise across security, privacy and identity. The fully merged company will have fewer than 4,000 employees and will initially go to market as NortonLifeLock.

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Albania was hit by a new cyberattack and blames Iran?

Security Affairs

Albania blamed Iran for a new cyberattack that hit computer systems used by the state police on Friday. Albania blamed the government of Teheran for a new cyberattack that hit computer systems used by the state police on Saturday. “The national police’s computer systems were hit Friday by a cyberattack which, according to initial information, was committed by the same actors who in July attacked the country’s public and government service systems,” reads a statement issue

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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.

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Google, Mandiant Begin Life Together After $5.4B Deal Closes

Data Breach Today

Deal Gives Google a Deep Foothold in the Threat Intel and Incident Response Markets Mandiant began its new life as part of Google on Monday after the search and public cloud behemoth closed a $5.4 billion acquisition. The megadeal will allow Google to join the back-end data analytics from its Chronicle SIEM platform with Mandiant's ability to identify signals of abnormal behavior.

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Albania Recovers From Second Iranian Cyberattack

Data Breach Today

Border-Crossing Systems Back Online After Tehran Again Lashes Out Iran is again implicated in a cyberattack against Albania, this time on a border-crossing system. Albanian government officials acknowledged the attack on Saturday, just days after the country broke off relations with Tehran in a rebuke for launching an assault on Albania's e-government portal.

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Some firmware bugs in HP business devices are yet to be fixed

Security Affairs

Six high-severity firmware bugs affecting several HP Enterprise devices are yet to be patched, some of them since July 2021. The Binarly security research team reported several HP Enterprise devices are affected by six high-severity firmware vulnerabilities that are yet to be patched, and some of them have been disclosed more than a year ago. The researchers disclosed technical details of some of the vulnerabilities at the Black Hat 2022 conference.

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After RaidForums' Demise, Breached Forum Seizes Leaks Mantle

Data Breach Today

New Forum Boasts More Stolen Records for Sale, Nearly as Many Users as Predecessor After an international law enforcement operation shuttered stolen data forum RaidForums in February, one of its power users launched a replacement called Breached. Within months, the English-language forum has amassed more stolen records and nearly as many users as its predecessor.

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Gaming-Related Phishing Trends

KnowBe4

Researchers at Kaspersky have found that the vast majority of gaming-related malware lures are targeted at Minecraft players. Roblox came in at a distant second, and the researchers note that both of these games are frequently played by children, “who have much less knowledge of cybersecurity due to a lack of experience.”.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

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New Linux Cryptomining Malware

Schneier on Security

It’s pretty nasty : The malware was dubbed “ Shikitega ” for its extensive use of the popular Shikata Ga Nai polymorphic encoder, which allows the malware to “mutate” its code to avoid detection. Shikitega alters its code each time it runs through one of several decoding loops that AT&T said each deliver multiple attacks, beginning with an ELF file that’s just 370 bytes.

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Putting the Human back in the Data: Using Data to Lead Change

ARMA International

When you think about data, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Do you love it? Or do you think you’re “not a numbers person”? Do you have concerns about security? Or validity of the data you collect? Or do you think of the technology that you use? Does your mind jump straight to the targets set by the leaders in your organization? And whether or not you’re likely to achieve them?

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Federal Privacy Bill That Would Preempt State Privacy Laws Faces Uncertain Future

Dark Reading

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act would provide federal-level protections that don't exist in most states, but override existing, stronger state protections.

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iOS 16 Has Two New Security Features for Worst-Case Scenarios

WIRED Threat Level

Safety Check and Lockdown Mode give people in vulnerable situations ways to quarantine themselves from acute risks.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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How Machine Learning Can Boost Network Visibility for OT Teams

Dark Reading

Opswat says its new tool uses neural networks to protect critical environments through AI-assisted asset discovery, network visibility, and risk management.

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3 top priorities for consumer goods companies

OpenText Information Management

The consumer goods industry is being rapidly transformed by multiple, irresistible forces. External market realities driven by Covid-19 and supply chain disruptions have led to full ships and empty shelves for many categories in this sector. Consumer consumption habits and buying behaviors are changing and brand-driven direct-to-consumer programs are taking off.

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Google Completes Acquisition of Mandiant

Dark Reading

The threat-intelligence and cyberdefense company company will join Google Cloud and retain its brand name.

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Integrity Monitoring with Website Security

PerezBox

We spend a lot of time talking about the tools at our disposal to prevent hacks. Tools like security plugins, or cloud-based WAF’s, but we need to remember that security is a cyclical process. A comprehensive thought process forces us to be be considerate of all security domains – Protection, Detection, Response. In this article… The post Integrity Monitoring with Website Security appeared first on PerezBox.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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Security Awareness Training Must Evolve to Align With Growing E-Commerce Security Threats

Dark Reading

Users must continually be made aware of new threats, including attacks targeting shipping, the supply chain, email, and hybrid workers.

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Collibra wins a gold medal for metadata management

Collibra

Since 2018, we’ve always been at the forefront of helping organizations become united by data. Each product and feature we roll out is geared towards ensuring our users have healthier data to spur better decision-making. Our commitment to this goal is unwavering, and getting recognized and appreciated for our efforts is the seal of approval. So, we are incredibly excited to announce that Collibra is a gold medal winner in this year’s SoftwareReviews’ Metadata management data quadrant awards. .

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Google Releases Pixel Patches for Critical Bugs

Dark Reading

Unpatched Pixel devices are at risk for escalation of privileges, Google warns.

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You’re Not Ready for CPRA If Your Vendors Aren’t via ANA

IG Guru

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Campaigns: How Effective Are They in Changing Behavior?

Dark Reading

Your chance to be a part of a ground-breaking study.

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How can Dirty Data Impact Your Bottom Line?

Reltio

What is Dirty Data, and How Can it Impact Your Bottom Line? Our everyday lives rely on confidence in quality data. We trust that our bank accounts are accurate, our social security numbers are secure, and our insurance policies are up to date. Dirty data is what happens when this goes wrong. Put simply, dirty data is information that’s unusable or untrustworthy for any reason.

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How to stay ahead of ever-evolving data privacy regulations

IBM Big Data Hub

Enterprises are dealing with a barrage of upcoming regulations concerning data privacy and data protection, not only at the state and federal level in the US, but also in a dizzying number of jurisdictions around the world. Kicked off several years ago by the groundbreaking introduction of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) , the regulation and compliance trend is only going to intensify.