Data Breach Today
JANUARY 29, 2021
Researchers: 'LogoKit' Found on 700 Domains Researchers at the security firm RiskIQ have discovered a phishing kit they call "LogoKit" that fraudsters can use to easily change lures, logos and text in real time to help trick victims into opening up messages and clicking on malicious links.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 29, 2021
The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasn’t abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events. But the ID theft problem is coming to the fore once again: Countless Americans will soon be receiving notices from state regulators saying they owe thousands of dollars in taxes on benefits they never received last year.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 29, 2021
Researchers: Lebanese Cedar's Campaigns Expand Beyond Middle East An APT group known as Lebanese Cedar has launched a cyberespionage campaign targeting telecommunication companies and ISPs, according to the Israeli security firm ClearSky, which says the attacks have spread beyond the Middle East to the U.S. and Europe.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 29, 2021
Threat actors took over the domain name perl.com and pointed it to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. Attackers have taken over the official domain name of The Perl Foundation perl.com and pointed it to an IP address associated with malware campaigns. Users are recommended to avoid visiting the domain. The domain Perl.com was created in 1994 and was the official website for the Perl programming language, it is registered with the registrar key-systems(.)net. “The perl.com dom
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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
JANUARY 29, 2021
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of this week’s police takedowns of Emotet and Netwalker cybercrime operations. Also featured: Updates on passwordless authentication and the use of deception technology.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 29, 2021
Report on Canceled VA Project Offers Governance Lessons for Others The Department of Veterans Affairs’ watchdog agency alleges that two VA employees “concealed” and “mispresented” the cybersecurity and privacy risks of an ambitious "big data" project that would have analyzed 22 million veterans’ health records dating back two decades.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 29, 2021
Microsoft, like Google TAG, observed a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers that attributed to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. Researchers from Microsoft monitored a cyber espionage campaign aimed at vulnerability researchers and attributed the attacks to North Korea-linked Zinc APT group. “In recent months, Microsoft has detected cyberattacks targeting security researchers by an actor we track as ZINC.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 29, 2021
North Korean APT Group Apparently Involved Microsoft researchers say that a North Korean hacking group that the company calls "Zinc" - which is better known as the Lazarus Group or Hidden Cobra - likely was responsible for targeting vulnerability researchers in an attempt to steal information via a backdoor.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 29, 2021
A new California law prohibits efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. A bill in Washington state copies the language.
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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.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 29, 2021
On January 27, 2021, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced (in French) that it imposed a fine of €150,000 on a data controller, and a fine of €75,000 on its data processor, for failure to implement adequate security measures to protect customers’ personal data against credential stuffing attacks on the website of the data controller.
Threatpost
JANUARY 29, 2021
Fuji Electric’s Tellus Lite V-Simulator and V-Server Lite can allow attackers to take advantage of operational technology (OT)-IT convergence on factory floors, at utility plants and more.
Micro Focus
JANUARY 29, 2021
Micro Focus is delighted to support Safer Internet Day on 9 February 2021, a global initiative to create a safer internet for all, with particular focus on children and young adults. This year’s theme for Safer Internet Day is ‘Together for a Better Internet’ – and together with our employees, Micro Focus is taking this. View Article.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 29, 2021
This essay makes the point that actual computer hackers would be a useful addition to NATO wargames: The international information security community is filled with smart people who are not in a military structure, many of whom would be excited to pose as independent actors in any upcoming wargames. Including them would increase the reality of the game and the skills of the soldiers building and training on these networks.
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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.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 29, 2021
Most insider incidents don't get reported to the FBI due to fear of debilitating business disruptions, public embarrassment, and screeching vans skidding into the parking lot to confiscate servers. But is that reality?
Threatpost
JANUARY 29, 2021
The flaw could have let attackers send out custom newsletters and delete newsletter subscribers from 200,000 affected websites.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 29, 2021
Payments to ransomware gangs using cryptocurrency more than quadrupled in 2020, with less than 200 cryptocurrency wallets receiving 80% of funds.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 29, 2021
Researchers from Brown University have developed a system that could keep track of firearms while preserving privacy.
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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.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 29, 2021
Armo's platform was developed to protect cloud-native workloads and provide DevOps teams with greater visibility and control.
Micro Focus
JANUARY 29, 2021
Under Pressure For too long, there has been tremendous reliance on parents, schools and government to capture children’s imaginations – to help them imagine their future careers. Every child – regardless of their academic or cultural background – has potential to build a rewarding and meaningful career, where they can help shape the world and. View Article.
Threatpost
JANUARY 29, 2021
Apple has made structural improvements in iOS 14 to block message-based, zero-click exploits.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 29, 2021
In 2020, organizations moved from mostly in-office employees to hybrid working models and full remote working. As part of this transition, some organizations are discovering that their legacy applications are no longer on supported or performant platforms. What those applications need is a digital refresh to ensure that they are performing well, reliable, and most … The post How intelligent forms automation can help replace legacy applications appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Threatpost
JANUARY 29, 2021
Two new phishing tactics use the platform's automated responses to evade email filters.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 29, 2021
Apple has added added security features to mitigate the risk of zero-click iMessage attacks. Apple did not document the changes but Groß said he fiddled around with the newest iOS 14 and found that Apple shipped a “significant refactoring of iMessage processing” that severely cripples the usual ways exploits are chained together for zero-click attacks.
Threatpost
JANUARY 29, 2021
New details emerge of how North Korean-linked APT won trust of experts and exploited Visual Studio to infect systems with ‘Comebacker’ malware.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 29, 2021
On January 19, 2021, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published its analysis of the application of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (the “UK GDPR”) to transfers from UK-based firms or branches that are registered, required to be registered or otherwise regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Such firms or branches include investment advisers, securities-based swap dealers and other market participants.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 29, 2021
Attackers go after the weak links first, and the Web supply chain provides an abundance of weak links to target.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 29, 2021
A recent blog on ‘The resilient Procurement organization’ described the benefits of using OpenText™ Extended ECM for SAP® Solutions in a procurement situation. As a recent study shows, the digitalization of procurement is well underway, but by far not complete. Let’s look at this from a typical Purchase to Pay (P2P) related task – the … The post Digitalization in procurement appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 29, 2021
Multiple issues in WordPress ‘Popup Builder’ Plugin could be exploited by hackers to perform various malicious actions on affected websites. Developers behind the “Popup Builder – Responsive WordPress Pop up – Subscription & Newsletter” WordPress plugin have recently addressed multiple vulnerabilities that can be exploited to perform various malicious actions on affected websites.
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