Data Breach Today
MARCH 18, 2021
Avast Says OnionCrypter Has Been in Use Since 2016 Security researchers at Avast have discovered that more than 30 hacker groups have been using a malware crypter dubbed OnionCrypter.
AIIM
MARCH 18, 2021
Migrating to a new system or moving to a new platform? Then you’ll definitely need to create a successful data migration strategy to protect your valuable data and achieve the desired results. In this article, we’ll take a look at several ways to migrate your data. They will allow you to build a successful strategy, prevent data loss, and make everything as efficient as possible. 1.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 18, 2021
Centene Corp. Alleges Vendor Failed to Comply With Business Associate Agreement As the list of healthcare sector entities affected by the recent hacking of Accellion's File Transfer Appliance platform continues to grow, the technology vendor faces a lawsuit filed by one of its affected clients, health insurer Centene Corp.
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2021
Egyptian security researcher Sayed Abdelhafiz discovered multiple bugs in TikTok Android Application that can be chained to achieve Remote code execution. Egyptian security researcher Sayed Abdelhafiz discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the TikTok Android Application that can be chained to achieve Remote code execution. “While testing TikTok for Android Application, I identified multiple bugs that can be chained to achieve Remote code execution that can be triaged through multiple dange
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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.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 18, 2021
CISA Acting Director and Federal CISO Tell Senate of Need for a New Government Strategy The SolarWinds supply chain attack should push federal government agencies to adopt the "zero trust" model and deploy better endpoint detection and response tools, according to the new federal CISO and the acting director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 18, 2021
Method Works Even If JavaScript Is Disabled University researchers have tested a new browser-based side-channel attack technique that uses only HTML and CSS and works even if JavaScript is disabled. They shared their findings with browser providers and tech firms.
IT Governance
MARCH 18, 2021
The UK government plans to invest £24 billion in cyber security and the armed forces as part of a major shake-up of its defence policy. Published earlier this week, Global Britain in a Competitive Age: the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy includes a new “full-spectrum” approach to the UK’s cyber security capabilities, which are designed to improve the country’s defences and deter potential attackers.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 18, 2021
Commission Cites National Security Concerns Citing national security concerns, the Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with legal proceedings to ban three Chinese-owned companies from providing telecommunications services in the U.S.
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2021
Wintriage is a live response tool that extracts Windows artifacts, it allows to extract the most artifacts as possible, but in a selective way. Throughout my life, my daily job has been purely related to cybersecurity. But the branch I like the most is Incident Response and Forensics. So, I work as DFIRer. For many years, I have used IRTriage and Windows Live Response for the triage phase in Windows’ victim systems.
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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
MARCH 18, 2021
McAfee: RedDelta Group Used Fake Job Website to Target Employees A hacking group used a fake Huawei careers website to lure telecommunications workers and infect the job seekers' devices with malware that could steal information, says McAfee's Advanced Threat Research Strategic Intelligence team.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
MARCH 18, 2021
Authors: Andy Serwin and Jennifer Kashatus. Florida appears to be on track to be one of the next states to pass a general privacy law, joining California and Virginia. CS/HB 969 makes changes to existing law, and also adds a number of new requirements. It is unclear whether the Bill will be enacted, though it appears to have broad support in Florida, and this post will provide an overview of those changes and additions.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 18, 2021
On March 2, Microsoft announced that its on-premises Exchange Server had experienced multiple 0-day exploits. Microsoft commented: “In the attacks observed, the threat actor used these vulnerabilities to access on-premises Exchange servers which enabled access to email accounts and allowed installation of additional malware to facilitate long-term access to victim environments.
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2021
The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has published its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which provides information from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes affecting victims in the U.S.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 18, 2021
The internal hacking team has spent the last year looking for vulnerabilities in the products the company uses, which could in turn make the whole internet safer.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 18, 2021
Google has demonstrated exploiting the Spectre CPU attack remotely over the web: Today, we’re sharing proof-of-concept (PoC) code that confirms the practicality of Spectre exploits against JavaScript engines. We use Google Chrome to demonstrate our attack, but these issues are not specific to Chrome, and we expect that other modern browsers are similarly vulnerable to this exploitation vector.
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2021
China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. China-linked cyber espionage group APT31 is believed to be behind an attack on the Parliament of Finland that took place in 2020. According to the government experts , the hackers breached some parliament email accounts in December 2020. “Last year, the Security Police has identified a state cyber espionage operation against Parliament, which tried to infiltrate
Threatpost
MARCH 18, 2021
A glitch in Zoom's screen-sharing feature shows parts of presenters' screens that they did not intend to share - potentially leaking emails or passwords.
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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 18, 2021
Unknown threat actors have been using a new XcodeSpy Mac malware to target software developers who use Apple’s Xcode integrated development environment. Researchers at SentinelOne uncovered a series of attacks involving a new XcodeSpy used to deliver a custom variant of a backdoor tracked as EggShell. The EggShell allows threat actors to spy on users, capture data from the victim’s camera, microphone and keyboard, and upload and download files, An anonymous researcher informed the researchers o
IG Guru
MARCH 18, 2021
A smart city is pretty much an urban region that makes use of information and communication technology, with electronic sensors to optimize efficiency, collect data, share information, and better the services rendered by the government and the lives of the citizens. There are several smart cities in the world, with the 5 most prominent being […].
Security Affairs
MARCH 18, 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared that Britain needs to boost its cyber capability to conduct cyber attacks on foreign hostile actors. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that his government needs to boost its capability to conduct cyber attacks on foreign threat actors. “Cyber power is revolutionising the way we live our lives and fight our wars, just as air power did 100 years ago,” Johnson said in a statement released by his office and reported by the Reuters agency.
Dark Reading
MARCH 18, 2021
A majority of firms say they're more likely to buy from suppliers that are open about security issues -- yet that sentiment isn't necessarily reflected in the technology providers they're currently working with.
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Threatpost
MARCH 18, 2021
In a new campaign, threat actors are bundling macOS malware in trojanized Apple Xcode developer projects.
Information Governance Perspectives
MARCH 18, 2021
Tomorrow’s leaders will be brave enough to scale the dangerous peaks of an increasingly competitive and ethically challenging mountain range. They will drive the problematic conversations that illuminate the valleys in between. The post Data Governance: Directing the Flow of Information appeared first on Rafael Moscatel.
Data Matters
MARCH 18, 2021
The updated 2021 Chambers Global Practice Guides for Data Protection & Privacy and Cybersecurity are available , covering important developments across the globe and bringing expert legal commentary for businesses. Read the introductions to each Guide, authored by Alan Charles Raul, here and here. The post Chambers 2021 Global Practice Guides for Data Protection & Privacy and Cybersecurity Available appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.
Threatpost
MARCH 18, 2021
Fintech security provider Fiserv acknowledges it used unregistered domain as default email.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
Dark Reading
MARCH 18, 2021
This month is a perfect opportunity for us to take a step back and think about what role we want to play as women in the technology sector.
Threatpost
MARCH 18, 2021
The popular learning-management system for teacher-student communication is rife with SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Dark Reading
MARCH 18, 2021
Attackers are mimicking the names of existing packages on public registries in hopes that users or developers will accidentally download these malicious packages instead of legitimate ones.
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