Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2020

Most of the civilized world years ago shifted to requiring computer chips in payment cards that make it far more expensive and difficult for thieves to clone and use them for fraud. One notable exception is the United States, which is still lurching toward this goal. Here’s a look at the havoc that lag has wrought, as seen through the purchasing patterns at one of the underground’s biggest stolen card shops that was hacked last year.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 29, 2020

Global Transaction Patterns and Emerging Cybercrime Threats This report review details the anatomy of global fraud networks to better understand the global, regional and industry connections.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

Experts spotted an undetectable Linux malware that exploits undocumented techniques to evade detection and targets publicly accessible Docker servers. Cybersecurity researchers at Intezer spotted a new completely undetectable Linux malware , dubbed Doki , that exploits undocumented evasion techniques while targeting publicly accessible Docker servers.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 29, 2020

Attorneys Discuss Gaps That Still Need To Be Addressed Now that it's been two years since enforcement of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation began, three attorneys - Kelsey Finch, Jonathan Armstrong and David Dumont - reflect on the lessons learned so far and the compliance gaps that still need to be addressed.

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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.

WIRED Threat Level

JULY 29, 2020

A disinfo operation broke into the content management systems of Eastern European media outlets in a campaign to spread misinformation about NATO.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

U.S. cybersecurity firm revealed that China-linked hackers have infiltrated Vatican computer networks ahead of talks. China-linked hackers have infiltrated the Vatican computer networks, reads a report published by the U.S. cybersecurity firm Recorded Future that focuses on the analysis of nation-state actors. According to the experts, the cyber espionage campaign began in May ahead the talk between the Vatican and the Chinese government.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 29, 2020

HID Global's Dean Stevenson on Strengthening Digital Channels with Advanced Authentication Suddenly, onboarding, servicing and securing digital accounts with advanced authentication techniques isn't just a priority for global enterprises; it is the priority. Dean Stevenson of HID Global previews an upcoming virtual roundtable discussion.

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Threatpost

JULY 29, 2020

The "BootHole" bug could allow cyberattackers to load malware, steal information and move laterally into corporate, OT ,IoT and home networks.

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 29, 2020

You've seen them before: the UX ploys designed to trick you into spending money, or make it nearly impossible to unsubscribe. Here's what to look out for.

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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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Micro Focus

JULY 29, 2020

The Education Difference Education. This is not normally a touchpoint along the customer journey that most people think of when describing the main interaction points with a company. However, at Micro Focus we operate a very different Customer Experience model to the industry normal. We statistically analyse which touchpoints along the customer journey provide the.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 29, 2020

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating Facebook Inc. (“Facebook”) for alleged violations of the Texas Business and Commercial Code, which contains provisions governing the collection, retention and disclosure of biometric data. As we previously reported , Facebook recently reached a $650 million settlement for alleged violations of Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act for their use of facial recognition software without permission from affected users.

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The Texas Record

JULY 29, 2020

By Rebecca Hanna, Anne Poulos, and Brady Cox. Tune in monthly for a curated collection of articles we found interesting on a broad range of topics, some which are directly related to records management and others which might share common themes. No, we didn’t write these articles—hence the name of this series, “Off the Record”—but fortunately, we didn’t need to in order to share the knowledge with our subscribers.

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Dark Reading

JULY 29, 2020

Figuring out which cybersecurity job you want -- or are qualified for -- can be difficult when words have no consistent meaning in the industry.

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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.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2020

Billions of Windows and Linux devices are affected by a serious GRUB2 bootloader issue, dubbed BootHole, that can be exploited to install a stealthy malware. Billions of Windows and Linux devices are affected by a serious GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-10713 and dubbed BootHole , which can be exploited by attackers to install persistent and stealthy malware.

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IG Guru

JULY 29, 2020

Information privacy has boomed with new regulation such as GDPR and CCPA, but why do organizations still struggle with privacy matters? Maybe it is time to talk about cyber security WITH privacy. Even lead with cyber security. As you can see, google trends shows in 2020 information security and cyber security out rank governance and […]. The post Having trouble talking about privacy in 2020?

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Threatpost

JULY 29, 2020

Algorithms clocked error rates of between 5% to 50% when comparing photos of people wearing digitally created masks with unmasked faces.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JULY 29, 2020

Until recently, most decisions of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Belgian DPA) concerned national companies or individuals. However, on 14 July 2020, the Belgian DPA imposed a fine of EUR600,000 on Google Belgium SA/NV (Google Belgium) for not respecting a Belgian resident’s right to be forgotten. This is the highest fine ever imposed by the Belgian DPA.

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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.

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Threatpost

JULY 29, 2020

Adobe has released patches for critical and important-severity flaws in its popular Magento e-commerce platform.

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Dark Reading

JULY 29, 2020

Current attacks will continue to be refined, and what may seem a weakness now could turn out to be a disaster.

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Jamf

JULY 29, 2020

Take your Apple IT Dashboards from 0-100 with these key takeaways from our last webinar.

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Dark Reading

JULY 29, 2020

New IBM study shows that security system complexity and cloud migration can amplify breach costs.

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“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.

Threatpost

JULY 29, 2020

Gear from Secomea, Moxa and HMS Networks are affected by remote code-execution flaws, researchers warn.

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Dark Reading

JULY 29, 2020

Effective management of vulnerabilities can be done only when information about supply chain dependencies is accurate and recent.

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Threatpost

JULY 29, 2020

WordPress plugin Comments – wpDiscuz, which is installed on over 70,000 sites, has issued a patch.

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Dark Reading

JULY 29, 2020

A flaw in the GRUB2 bootloader affects most Linux devices and some Windows computers using UEFI Secure Boot.

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Threatpost

JULY 29, 2020

Attackers could exploit various flaws in OkCupid's mobile app and webpage to steal victims' sensitive data and even send messages out from their profiles.

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Dark Reading

JULY 29, 2020

More than 130 security researchers and developers are ready to showcase their work.

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Adam Levin

JULY 29, 2020

A collection of source code from companies including General Electric, Disney, Microsoft, Motorola, Qualcomm, Adobe, Nintendo and Microsoft has been aggregated and posted online. . The repository was released onto Gitlab by software developer and IT consultant Tillie Kottmann and was collected from publicly available leaked data that had been stored on misconfigured online servers.

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