Data Breach Today
MARCH 28, 2023
APT43 Launders Crypto Through Mining, Says Mandiant North Korean hackers are stealing cryptocurrency to fund operations under an apparent mandate from Pyongyang to be self-sufficient, threat intel firm Mandiant says. The regime probably expected its hackers to pay their own way before 2020, but the novel coronavirus pandemic exacerbated its demands.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 28, 2023
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has been busy setting up phony DDoS-for-hire websites that seek to collect information on users, remind them that launching DDoS attacks is illegal, and generally increase the level of paranoia for people looking to hire such services. The warning displayed to users on one of the NCA’s fake booter sites.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 28, 2023
Gartner's Dionisio Zumerle on API Security Challenges, Risk Assessments and Trends Recent high-profile breaches resulting from API attacks are "just the tip of the iceberg," said Gartner analyst Dionisio Zumerle. "What we have is a new way of exchanging information which is increasingly popular, and almost no organization has the recipe to secure that new way of communicating.
Weissman's World
MARCH 28, 2023
TL;DR It’s bad enough when an information policy doesn’t align with an organization’s objectives. But it’s far worse when it has more to do with protecting a fiefdom than the greater good. Case in point: the New Hampshire Governor’s Office? There’s an interesting dynamic taking place in the New Hampshire governor’s office that to this… Read More » Beware the Spirit vs. the Letter of a Policy The post <strong>Beware the Spirit vs. the Letter of a Policy</strong> appeare
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
MARCH 28, 2023
Attackers Using Decentralized File Protocol to Deliver Phishing Pages Credential harvesting attackers are taking advantage of a distributed file protocol to distribute customized phishing links. Because the system, the InterPlanetary File System, is designed to be resilient against content takedowns, scammers are using it to deliver phishing emails at scale.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 28, 2023
31-Year-Old and Co-Conspirators Aimed to Steal $1 Million, Justice Department Says A U.S. federal judge sentenced a Nigerian national to four years in prison for running several cyber-enabled schemes aimed at defrauding U.S. citizens out of more than $1 million. The men were arrested four years ago and extradited to Arizona in 2022 from Malaysia and the United Kingdom.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 28, 2023
What is HR compliance for employee document management? Very broadly, HR compliance refers to the practice of ensuring your HR policies and procedures adhere to all applicable laws, ethics and regulations and updating them as regulations change and your organization grows. It is a critical component of HR’s role, but perhaps one of the most … The post What is HR compliance?
Data Breach Today
MARCH 28, 2023
Insurer Notifying Thousands Affected by Breach of Behavioral Health Provider's Data Blue Shield of California is notifying more than 63,000 customers that their data was potentially exfiltrated in a compromise involving Fortra's GoAnywhere secure file transfer software and one of the health plan's covered mental health providers for minors.
Collibra
MARCH 28, 2023
Don’t you just hate when you are working with a data set and you have no clue what the tables and columns are about? As a Data Scientist in our internal Data Office, I understand that data is the backbone of modern business and unlocking its value requires a thorough understanding. That’s why I rely on Collibra to find, trust, understand, and access my data.
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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
MARCH 28, 2023
Jen Easterly Tells Congress Quantifying Impact of CISA Spending Is Difficult to Do Lawmakers urged Director Jen Easterly to devise metrics that quantify how effectively the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency uses federal money to cut cyber risk. Rep. Dave Joyce wants CISA to more precisely measure the return on taxpayer spending given the agency's rising budget.
Hanzo Learning Center
MARCH 28, 2023
We Take Search for Granted Remember the days when you wanted to look for a document using the file manager on your desktop and you’d forgotten exactly where it was stored? It would take forever and sometimes freeze the operating system, and then you still didn’t find the file you were looking for, so you went to each folder on the C-drive and looked through everything manually.
Data Protection Report
MARCH 28, 2023
In a recent decision (the Decision ), [1] the Personal Data Protection Commission ( PDPC ) considered for the first time a company’s reliance on the Legitimate Interests Exception (as defined below) under the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 ( PDPA ) when the consent procured is invalid. The General Legitimate Interests Exception The general Legitimate Interests Exception was introduced to the PDPA as part of a number of amendments to the PDPA in November 2020 that came into effect on February
Dark Reading
MARCH 28, 2023
The NullMixer loader has compromised thousands of endpoints in the US, France, and Italy, stealing data and selling it to Dark Web data dealers, all without setting off alarm bells.
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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
MARCH 28, 2023
Europol warns of cybercriminal organizations can take advantage of systems based on artificial intelligence like ChatGPT. EU police body Europol warned about the potential abuse of systems based on artificial intelligence, such as the popular chatbot ChatGPT, for cybercriminal activities. Cybercriminal groups can use chatbot like ChatGPT in social engineering attacks, disinformation campaigns, and other cybercriminal activities, such as developing malicious code.
KnowBe4
MARCH 28, 2023
I remember sitting in Stu Sjouwerman ’s office with Perry Carpenter and myself being pitched a drama series about cyber security by Jim Shields (Creative Director - Twist & Shout) and Rob McCollum (Writer/Co-Director - Twist & Shout).
Security Affairs
MARCH 28, 2023
Telecommunications giant Lumen Technologies discovered two cybersecurity incidents, including a ransomware attack. In a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission, on March 27, 2023, Lumen announced two cybersecurity incidents. One of the incidents is a ransomware attack that impacted a limited number of its servers that support a segmented hosting service.
Dark Reading
MARCH 28, 2023
A lack of website protections, Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records, and DNSSEC configurations leave companies open to phishing and data exfiltration attacks.
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Security Affairs
MARCH 28, 2023
Australian loan giant Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) revealed that a data breach its has suffered impacted 14 million customers. The data breach suffered by Latitude Financial Services (Latitude) is much more serious than initially estimated. The company initially determined that the number of impacted individuals was 328,000, but now confirmed that the real number of affected individuals is 14 million.
Dark Reading
MARCH 28, 2023
In cyberattacks against the US, South Korea, and Japan, the group (aka APT43 or Thallium) is using advanced social engineering and cryptomining tactics that set it apart from other threat actors.
Security Affairs
MARCH 28, 2023
Intezer researchers reported that a South Asian espionage group, tracked as Bitter, is targeting the Chinese nuclear energy industry. Intezer researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign targeting the Chinese nuclear energy sector, they linked it to the Bitter APT group. The Bitter APT group is a South Asian cyberespionage group active since at least 2021.
KnowBe4
MARCH 28, 2023
CyberheistNews Vol 13 #13 | March 28th, 2023 [Eye Opener] How to Outsmart Sneaky AI-Based Phishing Attacks Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO. "A leader tasked with cybersecurity can get ahead of the game by understanding where we are in the story of machine learning (ML) as a hacking tool," Tyson writes.
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Security Affairs
MARCH 28, 2023
Toyota Italy accidentally leaked sensitive data for more than one-and-a-half years, until this March, CyberNews reported. A Japanese multinational accidentally leaked access to its marketing tools, enabling attackers to launch phishing campaigns against its vast pool of customers in Italy. Toyota Italy accidentally leaked sensitive data for more than one-and-a-half years, until this March.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 28, 2023
Both Google’s Pixel’s Markup Tool and the Windows Snipping Tool have vulnerabilities that allow people to partially recover content that was edited out of images.
KnowBe4
MARCH 28, 2023
This is a disgusting topic. It's also a very high social engineering risk. I will keep this post safe-for-work, which is not easy. NBC news just reported on the deepfake economy surging in recent months, because there is a loophole that allows people to pay with normal credit cards.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 28, 2023
On March 27, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that a New York-based law firm (Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach LLP) had agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties and enhance its cybersecurity practices to settle charges stemming from a 2021 data breach. The New York AG alleged that, in November 2021, the firm experienced a cybersecurity incident in which attackers acquired the private data of over 114,000 patients of hospitals who were clients of the firm, including names, S
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KnowBe4
MARCH 28, 2023
We’re thrilled to announce the long-awaited fifth season of the award-winning KnowBe4 Original Series - “ The Inside Man ” is now available in the KnowBe4ModStore!
Dark Reading
MARCH 28, 2023
With the rise in cloud-based security concerns and other issues, organizations must improve data literacy across the enterprise.
KnowBe4
MARCH 28, 2023
We’re thrilled to announce the long-awaited fifth season of the award-winning KnowBe4 Original Series - “The Inside Man” is now available in the KnowBe4ModStore!
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