Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
Also: Twitter Hacker Pleads Guilty, Seoul National University Hospital and Sysco In this week's data breach, the spotlight was on Dragos, a guilty plea from a Twitter hacker and cryptocurrency thief and North Korean hackers. Also, Sysco, a Ukrainian border truck queuing system and an update on Western Digital. Plus, a new tool for decrypting partially encrypted files.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 11, 2023
Email remains by far the no.1 business communications tool. Meanwhile, weaponized email continues to pose a clear and present threat to all businesses. Related: The need for timely training At RSA Conference 2023 , I learned all about a new category of email security — referred to as integrated cloud email security ( ICES ) – that is helping companies more effectively keep email threats in check.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
Non-Binding Vote Urges European Commission to Re-Open Negotations With US The European Parliament called on the European Commission to reject a draft legal framework facilitating trans-Atlantic commercial data flows in a non-binding vote. A majority said the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework fails to protect European citizens from American bulk online surveillance.
Hunton Privacy
MAY 11, 2023
On May 11, 2023, at a plenary session, the European Parliament voted to adopt a resolution on the adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”) which calls on the European Commission (the “Commission”) to continue negotiations with its U.S. counterparts with the aim of creating a mechanism that would ensure equivalence and provide the adequate level of protection required by EU data protection law.
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.
Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
Beyond $25M in Estimated Cleanup Costs, The Game Remains Afoot for Victim Details In the annals of attempting to downplay the impact of a data breach, here's a new one: British outsourcing giant Capita says the hackers who hit it - steling data pertaining to customers, suppliers and employees - accessed "less than 0.1% of its server estate.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
2 Experts Discuss Why Ethical Hackers Are Key Assets to Security Teams Two experts from HackerOne - Marten Mickos, CEO, and Alex Rice, CTO and co-founder - provide insights on the similarities and differences between ethical hackers and in-house red teams, as well as the misconceptions around engaging with ethical hackers.
Schneier on Security
MAY 11, 2023
We will all soon get into the habit of using AI tools for help with everyday problems and tasks. We should get in the habit of questioning the motives, incentives, and capabilities behind them, too. Imagine you’re using an AI chatbot to plan a vacation. Did it suggest a particular resort because it knows your preferences, or because the company is getting a kickback from the hotel chain?
Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
Alert Concerns Vendor's Veeam Backup & Replication Product Federal authorities are warning healthcare sector entities of a rise in cyberattacks against Veeam's Backup & Replication software. Some incidents appear tied to exploitation of a high-severity vulnerability in the vendor's software in that was disclosed in March.
Lenny Zeltser
MAY 11, 2023
Too many people are unsure how to enter or grow in the cybersecurity industry. It's a relatively young field, and we haven’t done a good job of defining what it means to have a career in it. Hiring managers who are worried about finding candidates because of the much-discussed cybersecurity skills gap should consider the underlying issue, which I'd like to call the cybersecurity careers gap.
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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
MAY 11, 2023
Laminar Has Landed Multiple M&A Suitors Just 18 Months After Emerging from Stealth The purchase of promising early-stage startup Laminar by a large tech vendor would match many M&A deals seen in 2023. The downturn has made it tough for small startups to raise additional funding at an increased valuation, while the push for profitability has left big firms open to only tuck-in M&A.
Dark Reading
MAY 11, 2023
Two years ago, a popular ransomware-as-a-service group's source code got leaked. Now other ransomware groups are using it for their own purposes.
Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
Digital Experience Vendor Pursues $40M in Cost Cuts by Eliminating 3% of Workforce Akamai will shrink its workforce by 3% as its shifts resources from its shrinking content delivery business to growth areas in cloud computing and security. The company will shrink its 9,960-person staff by 299 positions as it looks to sustain its profitability levels despite economic headwinds.
Dark Reading
MAY 11, 2023
Attackers compromised the personal email of a new employee and, when the initial attack failed, attempted through socially engineered messages to get the company to pay them off.
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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.
Data Breach Today
MAY 11, 2023
Also: Insider Trading, the IRS Trains Up Ukraine and Proposed Cybersec Regulations A hacker made $34 million from MEV bot attacks, NYDFS penalized Bitflyer for lax cybersecurity, Ishan Wahi was sentenced in the Coinbase insider trading case, the IRS is training Ukraine in blockchain forensics and the New York AG proposed a crypto cybersecurity bill.
Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2023
Researchers shared technical details about a flaw in Windows MSHTML platform, tracked as CVE-2023-29324 , that could be abused to bypass security protections. Cybersecurity researchers have shared details about a now-patched security flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-29324 (CVSS score: 6.5), in Windows MSHTML platform. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by crafting a malicious URL that would evade zone checks. “An attacker can craft a malicious URL that would evade zone checks, resultin
Hunton Privacy
MAY 11, 2023
On May 10, 2023, the Texas Senate passed H.B. 4 , also known as the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The TDPSA now heads to a conference committee between the Texas Senate and House to rectify the differences between the Senate and House versions. If the TDPSA is signed into law, Texas could become the tenth state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation.
IT Governance
MAY 11, 2023
The Eurovision Song Contest is set to take place in Liverpool this weekend, but amid the pageantry and political jostling, organisers are concerned about the threat of a cyber attack. Broadcasters at the BBC have said it’s their “biggest worry” ahead of the event, which is expected to be watched by more than 200 million people. Cyber attacks are becoming increasingly common with live broadcasts, but the political nature of the Eurovision Song Contest – and this year’s one in particular – h
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Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2023
Researchers disclosed the details of five vulnerabilities that can be chained to take over some Netgear router models. Industrial and IoT cybersecurity firm Claroty disclosed technical details of five vulnerabilities that be exploited to hack some Netgear router models. “Team82 disclosed five vulnerabilities in NETGEAR’s Nighthawk RAX30 routers as part of its research and participation in last December’s Pwn2Own Toronto hacking competition.” reads the advisory published by the sec
Dark Reading
MAY 11, 2023
Corgan got FBI involved to track down the cybercriminal, who had stolen from other artists as well, he said.
Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2023
Google announced the opening of the dark web monitoring report security feature to all Gmail users in the United States. Google is going to offer dark web monitoring to all U.S. Gmail users, the feature allows them to search for their email addresses on the dark web. Dark web scans for Gmail address was previously only available to Google One subscribers in the US.
Dark Reading
MAY 11, 2023
As a way to enhance the security of MFA, Microsoft will require users to authorize login attempts by entering a numeric code into the Microsoft Authenticator app.
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Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2023
Experts warn of an unauthenticated privilege escalation flaw in the popular Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin. Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin is a collection of 90+ creative elements and extensions Enhance that allow admins to enhance Elementor page building experience. The plugin has more than one million active installations.
KnowBe4
MAY 11, 2023
New data from the U.K.’s Office of National Statistics shows that this often overlooked scam has grown significantly in interest – likely because it pays off.
Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2023
The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) warns that a North Korea-linked APT group had breached the Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH). The Korean National Police Agency (KNPA) revealed that a North Korea-linked APT group has breached one of the largest hospitals in the country, the Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH). The security breach took place between May and June 2021 and was aimed at stealing sensitive medical information and personal details.
Dark Reading
MAY 11, 2023
Supplementing staff by hiring hackers to seek holes in a company's defense makes economic sense in a downturn. Could they be cybersecurity's unlikely heroes in a recession?
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Security Affairs
MAY 11, 2023
Dear readers and friends, once again we are in the final of the European Cybersecurity Blogger Awards 2022 and I need your support. Please help me in reaching this new target. I work hard every day to provide updated news to students, passionate readers, and of course, cyber security professionals. I do it for passion and it is a pleasure for me to share with you my experience and lessons learned on the field.
Dark Reading
MAY 11, 2023
New data shows cyberattacks targeting software supply chains will cost the global economy $80.6 billion annually by 2026.
Data Matters
MAY 11, 2023
The European Union is moving closer to adopting the first major legislation to horizontally regulate artificial intelligence. Today, the European Parliament ( Parliament ) reached a provisional agreement on its internal position on the draft Artificial Intelligence Regulation ( AI Act ). The text will be adopted by Parliament committees in the coming weeks and by the Parliament plenary in June.
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