Sat.Oct 29, 2022

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Espionage Hackers Use Microsoft IIS to Plant Malware

Data Breach Today

Hacking Group Uses a New Backdoor Called Danfuan Threat actors are using Internet Information Services - Microsoft's extensible web server software - to deliver a previously undocumented dropper that is being used to install a new backdoor and other tools. The group dubbed Cranefly uses a new backdoor called Danfuan, researchers say.

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A massive cyberattack hit Slovak and Polish Parliaments

Security Affairs

The Slovak and Polish parliaments were hit by a massive cyber attack, and the voting system in Slovakia’s legislature was brought down. A massive cyber attack hit the Slovak and Polish parliaments, reported the authorities. The cyber attack brought down the voting system in Slovakia’s legislature. “The attack was multi-directional, including from inside the Russian Federation,” reads a statement published by the Polish Senate.

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China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: The New York Post gets hacked, a huge stalkerware network is exposed, and the US claims China interfered with its Huawei probe.

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Twilio discloses another security incident that took place in June

Security Affairs

Twilio suffered another brief security incident in June 2022, the attack was conducted by the same threat actor of the August hack. The Communications company Twilio announced that it suffered another “brief security incident” on June 29, 2022, the attack was conducted by the same threat actor that in August compromised the company and gained access to customers’ and employees’ information. “Our investigation also led us to conclude that the same malicious actors li

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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Weekly Update 319

Troy Hunt

Geez we've been getting hammered down here: Optus, MyDeal, Vinomofo, Medibank and now Australian Clinical Labs. It's crazy how much press interest there's been down here and whilst I think some of it is a bit hyperbolic, bringing the issue to the forefront and ensuring it's being discussed is certainly a good thing. Anyway, let's see what happens between now and next week's video, at this rate there'll be at least one more major Aussie breach to talk about!

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How will Twitter change under Elon Musk?

Security Affairs

Cybhorus CEO Pierluigi Paganini talks to TRT World about Elon Musk completing his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter and what changes he will make to the social media platform. Of course, the first impact will be on the leadership, Elon Musk was critical in the past with Agrawal’s leadership. Musk will also take action to demonstrate that his priority is to preserve free speech on Twitter.