Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Today marks the 10th anniversary of KrebsOnSecurity.com! Over the past decade, the site has featured more than 1,800 stories focusing mainly on cybercrime, computer security and user privacy concerns. And what a decade it has been. Stories here have exposed countless scams, data breaches, cybercrooks and corporate stumbles. In the ten years since its inception, the site has attracted more than 37,000 newsletter subscribers, and nearly 100 million pageviews generated by roughly 40 million unique

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

New trojan called ‘Lampion’ has spread using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax during the last days of 2019. Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. SI-LAB noted that Portuguese users were targeted with malscam messages that reported issues related to a debt of the year 2018.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Publication of recipients’ details described as ‘most serious’ data laws breach Politicians have called for an inquiry into how more than 1,000 prominent figures who are to receive honours had their home and work addresses posted on a government website. Personal details of those on the new year honours list – including more than a dozen MoD employees and senior counter-terrorism officers – were published in a downloadable list at 10.30pm on Friday.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

IoT vendor Wyze announced that one of its servers exposed the details of roughly 2.4 million customers. IoT vendor Wyze announced that details of roughly 2.4 million customers were accidentally exposed online. The company produces inexpensive smart home products and wireless cameras. . The leak was reported to Wyze on December 26th at around 10:00 AM and the company immediately secured the database and launched an investigation.

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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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The Security Ledger

DECEMBER 29, 2019

If you do nothing else in 2020, resolve to clean up the mess that is your online security. Your financial health could depend on it! We give you seven simple steps to level up your password and account security. A good friend e-mailed me recently with the subject line “security stuff.” I knew what was coming: questions about how to. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories Episode 163: Cyber Risk has a Dunning-Kruger Problem Also: Bad Password Habits start at Home RSA warns Digit

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2019

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Experts warn of Greta Thunberg-themed Emotet malware campaign. Former contractor sentenced to 10 months in prison for hacking airline Jet2. UK authorities sentenced hacker who blackmailed Apple for $100,000. Champagne Bakery Cafe and Islands burger chain disclose payment card breaches.

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