Data Breach Today

APRIL 11, 2020

Ukrainian Man Behind the Actual Hacking Remains at Large The U.S. SEC has settled charges against two traders who were accused of profiting from the hacking of an EDGAR server in 2016. The Ukrainian man who allegedly hacked the system by bypassing its authentication control remains at large.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

San Francisco International Airport (SFO) disclosed a data breach, its websites SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com were hacked last month. In March hackers compromised two websites of San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and now it disclosed a data breach. SFO is a major gateway to Europe and Asia, it serves 45 international carriers. The attackers may have gained access to some users’ login credentials after deploying malware on both websites.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 11, 2020

Plus: WhatsApp updates, a ransomware scheme, and more of the week's top security news.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

Crooks are using a fake Cisco “critical security advisory” in a new phishing campaign aimed at stealing victims’ Webex credentials. The Cofense’s phishing defense center has uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign that uses a Cisco security advisory related to a critical vulnerability as a lure. The phishing messages urge victims to install the “update,” but it is a malware designed credentials for Cisco’s Webex web conferencing platform.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2020

Monte dei Paschi, one of the biggest Italian banks, suffered a cyber attack, hackers accessed the mailboxes of some employees and sent emails to clients. Italian state-owned bank Monte dei Paschi discloses a security breach, hackers have accessed the mailboxes of some employees and sent emails to clients. The news was reported by the Reuters that seen a notice sent by the Italian bank to its customers.

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