Data Breach Today

APRIL 10, 2021

Meanwhile, OneTrust Receives Additional Funding Email security provider Cofense and data security firm StrikeForce Technologies both have announced strategic acquisitions this pas week. Meanwhile, data protection firm OneTrust received additional funding.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2021

The FBI arrested a man for allegedly planning a bomb attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) to kill about 70% of the internet. The FBI arrested Seth Aaron Pendley (28), from Texas, for allegedly planning to launch a bomb attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center on Smith Switch Road in Ashburn, Virginia. The man was attempting to buy C-4 plastic explosives from an undercover FBI employee, the explosive would have been used to destroy the data center and kill about 70% of the interne

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 10, 2021

Plus: A bad Zoom bug, a billion-dollar cocaine bust, and more of the week's top security news.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2021

APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores, was the victim of a supply chain attack, threat actors compromised client version 3.17.18 to deliver malware. Multiple security experts discovered threat actors tampered with the APKPure client version 3.17.18 of the popular alternative third-party Android app store. APKPure is available only on devices that use Google Mobile Services (GMS) and are firmly tied to Google’s infrastructure.

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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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APRIL 10, 2021

Microsoft researchers spotted a malware campaign abusing contact forms on legitimate websites to deliver the IcedID malware. Security experts from Microsoft have uncovered a malware campaign abusing contact forms on legitimate websites to deliver the IcedID malware. Threat actors behind the operation are using contact forms published on websites to deliver malicious links to enterprises using emails with fake legal threats.

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