Data Breach Today
JUNE 2, 2021
FireEye to Sell Product Line, Name to Private Equity FireEye announced on Wednesday the sale of its product line and name to Symphony Technology Group, a private equity group based in Palo Alto, for $1.2 billion. The deal means FireEye will be separated from Mandiant Solutions, its forensics unit that's often called upon after a data breach.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 2, 2021
The amount of data in the world topped an astounding 59 zetabytes in 2020, much of it pooling in data lakes. Related: The importance of basic research. We’ve barely scratched the surface of applying artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to the raw data collecting in these gargantuan cloud-storage structures erected by Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 2, 2021
Vulnerabilities Could Have Enabled Malware Installation Vulnerabilities in some antivirus software could have enabled attackers to install malware and deactivate anti-ransomware protection to take over software controls, academic researchers say.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 2, 2021
The New York Times has a long story on the DarkSide ransomware gang. A glimpse into DarkSide’s secret communications in the months leading up to the Colonial Pipeline attack reveals a criminal operation on the rise, pulling in millions of dollars in ransom payments each month. DarkSide offers what is known as “ransomware as a service,” in which a malware developer charges a user fee to so-called affiliates like Woris, who may not have the technical skills to actually create ran
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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
JUNE 2, 2021
Fancy Product Designer Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution Hackers are exploiting a critical zero-day flaw in the WordPress plug-in Fancy Product Designer, which allows remote code execution, the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team at Defiant Inc. says. Because a patch has not yet been released, the team urges users to immediately uninstall the vulnerable plug-in.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 2, 2021
'Industrial-Scale Cocaine Lab' Seizure Traces to Users of Defunct EncroChat Service Former customers of the now-defunct encrypted communications service EncroChat, which was infiltrated by police last year, continue to get busted, including members of a crime syndicate that operated "an industrial-scale cocaine laboratory" in the Netherlands, Europol says.
Security Affairs
JUNE 2, 2021
A critical zero-day vulnerability in the Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin exposes more than 17,000 websites to attacks. Researchers from the Wordfence team at WordPress security company Defiant warn that a critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-24370, in the Fancy Product Designer WordPress plugin is actively exploited in the wild.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 2, 2021
In Wake of Colonial Pipeline Attack, Ransomware as Unrestrained as Ever, Experts Say After the ransomware attack against meat-processing giant JBS, the White House says it has contacted Russia, putting it on notice that "responsible states do not harbor ransomware criminals." Experts say that despite the chaos caused by the Colonial Pipeline hit, the pace of ransomware attacks hasn't slowed.
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
Pen-testing today's threat deception technology is not for the faint-hearted. Do modern deception tools truly frustrate adversaries, and are they ready for the enterprise SOC?
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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.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 2, 2021
Benefits Administrator Says AWS S3 Bucket Was Breached 20/20 Hearing Care Network, a vision and hearing benefits administrator, is notifying nearly 3.3 million individuals that their personal and health information contained in an Amazon Web Services cloud storage bucket was accessed or downloaded - and then deleted - by an "unknown" actor.
Security Affairs
JUNE 2, 2021
WizCase’s security team discovered an unsecured ElasticSearch server owned by AMT Games which exposed 1.47 TB of data. This leak exposed users’ email addresses, IP addresses, Facebook data, and more to potential attack. The leaked data numbers in the millions and was accessible to anyone who possessed the link. There was no need for a password or login credentials to access the information, and the data was not encrypted.
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
Security pros discuss the most typical ways attackers leverage Microsoft 365 and share their guidance for defenders.
Security Affairs
JUNE 2, 2021
Group-IB discovered a database allegedly belonging to a bulletproof hosting provider DDoS-Guard posted for sale on a cybercrime forum. Group-IB , a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company specializing in investigating and preventing hi-tech cybercrimes, has discovered a database allegedly belonging to a bulletproof hosting provider DDoS-Guard posted for sale on a cybercrime forum on May 26.
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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.
Micro Focus
JUNE 2, 2021
SaaS (a.k.a. cloud computing) is the future. We know this to be true since SaaS is an increasingly common delivery model for business applications. However, as well as examining how SaaS can drive business transformation, it is equally important to consider how SaaS relates to social responsibility. Environmental considerations are becoming more important to everyone.
Threatpost
JUNE 2, 2021
In this Threatpost podcast, Fortinet’s top researcher sketches out the ransom landscape, with takeaways from the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline.
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
Especially with nation-state attacks, its critical to assess whether you're up against jet fighter strength or a bumbler who tries to pick locks.
Threatpost
JUNE 2, 2021
In this Threatpost podcast, Forcepoint’s SASE and Zero Trust director describes how the pandemic jump-started SASE adoption.
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Security Affairs
JUNE 2, 2021
Cyber Defense Magazine June 2021 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition…packed with over 129 pages of excellent content. Cyber Defense Magazine June 2021. 129 PAGES. GRAB THIS VERSION TO HELP FUND OUR OPERATIONS: CLICK HERE FOR PDF DOWLOAD Here’s our online flipbook & MOBILE version: CLICK HERE FOR FLIPBOOK Here’s our online Yumpu version: CLICK HERE FOR YUMPU.
Threatpost
JUNE 2, 2021
Diana Lebeau allegedly tried to trick candidates for public office and related individuals into giving up account credentials by impersonating trusted associates and the Microsoft security team.
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
Most malicious emails get blocked, but the ones that get through linger around dangerously long, a new study shows.
Data Protection Report
JUNE 2, 2021
On May 13, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced a $1.8 million settlement with two related insurance companies, relating to violations of two different requirements of the NYDFS cybersecurity regulation during the period 2018 to 2019. NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation. Readers may recall that NYDFS’ cybersecurity regulation went into effect in March of 2017.
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Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
The acquisition will bring ReFirm's firmware analysis capabilities alongside Microsoft's Azure Defender for IoT to boost device security.
Threatpost
JUNE 2, 2021
FinTech fraud spikes 159 percent in Q1 2021 along with stimulus spending.
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
With nearly twice as many firms suffering a breach compared with the previous year, limiting the damage becomes more important, a survey finds.
IG Guru
JUNE 2, 2021
May 25, 2021 Clinical Laboratory Pays $25,000 to Settle Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations Peachstate Health Management, LLC, doing business as AEON Clinical Laboratories (Peachstate), has agreed to pay $25,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to implement a corrective action plan to […].
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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
JUNE 2, 2021
The transaction will include the FireEye brand name; the business that remains will be called Mandiant Solutions.
ForAllSecure
JUNE 2, 2021
With more than 600K followers on YouTube, LiveOverflow is one of infosec’s first social media influencers. How did he get started and what’s next? In this episode, LiveOverflow talks about his six years of producing engaging YouTube content and what the rise of social media influencers might mean for traditional conferences like Black Hat.
Dark Reading
JUNE 2, 2021
The plugin under active attack has been installed on more than 17,000 websites, Wordpress reports.
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