Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2021
Deal Will 'Strengthen Cyber Safety Program' Antivirus and identity protection firm NortonLifeLock confirmed Tuesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire its rival, Avast, for $8.1 billion to $8.6 billion.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2021
Global consulting giant Accenture has allegedly been hit by a ransomware attack carried out by LockBit 2.0 ransomware operators. IT and consulting giant Accenture was hit by a ransomware attack carried out by LockBit 2.0 ransomware operators, the group announced the hack on its leak site, “These people are beyond privacy and security. I really hope that their services are better than what I saw as an insider.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2021
LockBit Takes Credit for the Incident on Its Darknet Website The consultancy Accenture, which offers cybersecurity services, confirmed Wednesday it had been hit by a cyber incident. The ransomware gang LockBit took credit for the attack.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 11, 2021
Cobolt Strike is a security tool, used by penetration testers to simulate network attackers. But it’s also used by attackers — from criminals to governments — to automate their own attacks. Researchers have found a vulnerability in the product. The main components of the security tool are the Cobalt Strike client — also known as a Beacon — and the Cobalt Strike team server, which sends commands to infected computers and receives the data they exfiltrate.
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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
AUGUST 11, 2021
But the Key Appears to Only Unlock Files Encrypted in the Kaseya Attack It's another twist in the REvil ransomware saga. A decryption key released on Friday on a Russian-language cybercrime unlocks files encrypted in the attack against Miami-based software developer Kaseya. Why it was released, however, is unknown, and its utility at this point is questionable.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2021
Intel, Adobe Roll Out Security Fixes Microsoft's Patch Tuesday rollout addressed two additional security issues within Windows Print Spooler, including one zero-day, the company reported. Microsoft's August security update covers 44 vulnerabilities, with seven rated critical. Intel and Adobe also made security fixes.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2021
Adobe security updates for August 2021 have addressed critical vulnerabilities in Magento and important bugs in Adobe Connect. Adobe security updates for August 2021 address a total of 29 flaws, including critical vulnerabilities in Magento and important issues in Adobe Connect: APSB21-64 Security?updates available?for Magento APSB21-66 Security update available for Adobe Connect.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2021
Experts React to New Report That Identifies Challenges For the fifth consecutive year, the supply of those with cybersecurity skills is far too low to meet the demand, according to a new report. Cybersecurity pros offer insights on how to change that.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2021
The threat actor who hacked Poly Network cross-chain protocol stealing $611 million worth of cryptocurrency assets returns the stolen funds. The threat actor behind the hack of the Poly Network cross-chain protocol is now returning the stolen funds. The hackers have stolen $611 million worth of cryptocurrency assets, $273 million worth of Ethereum tokens , $253 million in tokens on Binance Smart Chain and $85 million in USDC on the Polygon network.
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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.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 11, 2021
As users have increasingly moved from desktop operating systems to mobile devices as their primary form of computing, cyber attackers have taken notice and malware has followed. While the total volume of mobile malware is a fraction of that created for desktops, it is nonetheless a growing security concern, as more and more high-value and sensitive tasks are performed on mobile devices.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2021
The threat actor who hacked Poly Network cross-chain protocol stealing $611 million worth of cryptocurrency assets returns the stolen funds. The threat actor behind the hack of the Poly Network cross-chain protocol is now returning the stolen funds. The hackers have stolen $611 million worth of cryptocurrency assets, $273 million worth of Ethereum tokens , $253 million in tokens on Binance Smart Chain and $85 million in USDC on the Polygon network.
Rocket Software
AUGUST 11, 2021
Yesterday, Rocket announced enhancements to Rocket® EDX, an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) cloud managed service that lets users outsource all their global EDI needs to the proven EDI experts at Rocket Software. . With these updates, Rocket can continue to help customers with their day-to-day EDI tasks and management needs to ensure the mechanics of successful global EDI. .
Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2021
In one of the largest cryptocurrency hacks to date, cyberattackers reportedly stole millions from the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network.
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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.
IG Guru
AUGUST 11, 2021
Check out the article here. The post UK’s Ministry of Defence coughs up bug bounties for crowdsourced pentesting via The Register appeared first on IG GURU.
Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2021
The decryptor is of little use to other companies hit in the spate of attacks unleashed before the notorious ransomware group went dark, researchers said.
Synergis Software
AUGUST 11, 2021
This month’s spotlight features one of our beloved Synergis founders, Bill Stamp. Bill, along with Janet Kiehart and David Sharp, founded the company in 1984. In 1990, while working with Scott Paper Company, Bill first realized the need for an automation tool to control and manage electronic engineering documents and drawings. Bill brought the idea for a network file manager to his fellow founders and a short time later, NFM (Network File Manager), the predecessor to Synergis Adept, was born!
Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2021
Experts urged enterprises to patch fast: SAP vulnerabilities are being weaponized in a matter of hours.
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Everteam
AUGUST 11, 2021
Job interview. Job itw : Software development engineer. Anne-Claire Girard. 11 August 2021. Software Development Engineer Products Department Can you introduce yourself in a few words? Name Marame Taww NDIAYE Function Software Development Engineer Seniority at Everteam: 1 year What does your job involve? What qualifications, qualities and skills does it require?
Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2021
Despite a lack of evidence, the National Security Agency will investigate whether the Fox host was illegally targeted.
Everteam
AUGUST 11, 2021
Job interview. Job itw : Documentary engineer. Anne-Claire Girard. 11 August 2021. Documentary Engineer Product Engineering Department In a few words? Name Marie Barnerias Documentary Engineer function Seniority at Everteam: 20 years, I started in pre-sales, and held several positions before my current position. What is your job of documentary engineer ?
Threatpost
AUGUST 11, 2021
Spam was on the rise in Q2, with video fraud and COVID-19-related efforts in the mix.
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Everteam
AUGUST 11, 2021
Job interview. Job itw : Software development engineer. Anne-Claire Girard. 11 August 2021. Software Development Engineer Products Department Can you introduce yourself in a few words? Name Marame Taww NDIAYE Function Software Development Engineer Seniority at Everteam: 1 year What does your job involve? What qualifications, qualities and skills does it require?
HID Global
AUGUST 11, 2021
Watching the Clock - Technology to Monitor Staff Time. shewitt. Wed, 08/11/2021 - 09:22.
Everteam
AUGUST 11, 2021
Job interview. Job itw : Documentary engineer. Anne-Claire Girard. 11 August 2021. Documentary Engineer Product Engineering Department In a few words? Name Marie Barnerias Documentary Engineer function Seniority at Everteam: 20 years, I started in pre-sales, and held several positions before my current position. What is your job of documentary engineer ?
HID Global
AUGUST 11, 2021
Open Banking Insight – A Singapore Perspective. emonreal. Wed, 08/11/2021 - 10:08.
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Everteam
AUGUST 11, 2021
Job interview. Job itw : Presales consultant. Anne-Claire Girard. 11 August 2021. Pre-sales consultant Pre-sales department Can you introduce yourself in a few words? Rabah Ammouche pre-sales consultant at everteam for 4 and a half years. What does your job of presales consultant involve? I am in charge of promoting our software solutions in the field of document management.We work in close collaboration with the sales and marketing teams.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
AUGUST 11, 2021
How Not to Pay the Ransom? No Soup For You, Ransomware! sparsh. Thu, 08/12/2021 - 05:19. Ransomware campaigns such as WannaCry and Petya attacks made this malware type a top threat to all organizations worldwide. Cyber crooks are getting more sophisticated and IT professionals have tough times struggling to detect and block malicious interventions at early stages.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 11, 2021
Federal Agencies Ordered to Identify 'Critical Software' That Must Then Be Protected The Office of Management and Budget is ordering federal agencies to begin identifying "critical software" that needs protection as part of the effort to fulfill President Biden's cybersecurity executive order. Executive branch agencies then will have a year to implement security measures.
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