Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 25, 2019
It's the Second Attack to Target South African City This Year Johannesburg has been hit with a ransomware attack that is crippling municipal services. City Power, an electric utility owned by the city that was hit by a similar attack in July - also was affected by the latest attack.
Data Matters
OCTOBER 25, 2019
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Cheap and Simple 'Malware as a Service' Sold in Cybercriminal Underground The "Raccoon" infostealer, first spotted in the wild earlier this year, is rapidly gaining in popularity on underground forums due to its low cost and ability to steal a wide range of data, including credit card numbers and cryptocurrency wallets, according to a new analysis from Cybereason.
IT Governance
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Cyber security training is one of the most effective ways of improving your organisation’s defences against security incidents. It gives staff the wherewithal to avoid costly mistakes and establishes a strong cyber security culture in the office. Yet, according to a report by Centrify , 77% of UK workers say they’ve never received any form of cyber skills training.
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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
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Fake Apps Downloaded More Than 8 Million Times, ESET Researchers Say Some 42 apps that were available in the Google Play store had been delivering adware to Android devices for about a year, according to the security firm ESET. In the 12-month period starting in July 2018, these apps were downloaded about 8 million times to Android devices around the world, the researchers say.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 25, 2019
The use of new standards can help strengthen cybersecurity risk management of medical devices at the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as other healthcare organizations, says Anura Fernando of UL, which recently completed a study with the VA examining gaps in medical device cybersecurity approaches.
Quest Software
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Find out to replicate on-premises backups from QoreStor to Azure cloud-based storage in just moments in our tech brief.( read more ).
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 25, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes how the Russian hacking group Turla has been coopting Iranian hacking tools. Plus: Avast's CCleaner hit by second attack; sizing up draft regulations for the California Consumer Protection Act.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2019
This week Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a major distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that made it unavailable for some customers. This week, threat actors launched a massive DDoS attack against Amazon Web Services (AWS) causing the inability of some customers to access their AWS S3 buckets. Users were intermittently unable to access online services relying on the Amazon infrastructure that was under attack.
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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.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Targeted ransomware, mobile malware and other attacks will surge, while companies will adopt AI, better cloud security and cyber insurance to help defend and protect against them.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Google has patched three serious flaws in Chrome that can be exploited to escape the sandbox of the popular web browser. Google has addressed three serious vulnerabilities affecting its Chrome browser that can be exploited to escape the built-in sandbox. The tech giant released Chrome 77 update in September that addressed two use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to sandbox escape.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Sing it loud: The App Store's not perfect. Especially when it's up against click fraud code this clever.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2019
A new ransomware attack made the headlines, this time the victim is the City of Johannesburg municipality. A ransomware attack infected systems at the City of Johannesburg municipality shutting down the website, the e-services platform, and the billing system (SAP ISU and CRM). “The City of Johannesburg reported a breach of its network on Thursday night and shut down its website and all e-services , hours after receiving a bitcoin ransom note from a group called the Shadow Kill Hackers.
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WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Three senators have called for an investigation into the social media app, which is owned by the Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Experts have uncovered an ongoing phishing campaign targeting the United Nations and NGOs, including UNICEF and UN World Food. Security firm Lookout uncovered an ongoing spear-phishing campaign aimed at NGOs, including human rights organizations such as the Red Cross, UNICEF, the UN World Food and the UN Development programs. The analysis of the server infrastructure behind the campaign shows that the attackers have to be active at least since March 2019.
Troy Hunt
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Ah, impending summer on the Gold Coast! It's that time of year when you can just start to sense those warm beach days and it's absolutely my favourite time of year here. Which means. it's time to head off to other events again. Fortunately it's all domestic this time as I head south to Sydney and Melbourne and maintaining my "no fly unless I absolutely have to" stance, it's long, open road drives, copious podcasts and lots of thinking time.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 25, 2019
CVE-2017-11882 has been attackers' favorite malware delivery mechanism throughout the second and third quarters of 2019.
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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Following the joint press statement from Commissioner V?ra Jourová and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross of 13 September, on 23 October 2019 the European Commission published its report on the third annual review of the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. In a nutshell, the report of the third review found that the U.S. continues to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred under the Privacy Shield from the EU to participating companies in the U.S.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 25, 2019
An e-skimmer placed on the Procter & Gamble-owned First Aid Beauty site to steal payment card data went undetected for five months.
Information Matters
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Building Business Models for the Internet of Things (IoT): a Literature Review Abstract This paper presents a comprehensive literature review of research relating to IoT business models. The results highlight research that has developed theory relating to IoT business model development and identifies some common threads linking the research. The findings represent an analysis of […].
IG Guru
OCTOBER 25, 2019
This article discusses how the IRS in the USA along with agencies in the UK and South Korea. A notable quote from the article, “By analyzing the blockchain and de-anonymizing bitcoin transactions, the agency was able to identify hundreds of predators around the world – even though those users thought that they could remain anonymous.” […].
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Rippleshot
OCTOBER 25, 2019
California has set a new precedent for breach notification laws that is continuing to gain ground nationwide. A bill was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom that adds passports and biometric data ad part of the PII covered by California’s data breach notification law. California now joins15 additional states that require notification if a resident’s fingerprint or other biometric information is breached.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Attackers who broke into the city's network demand four Bitcoins in ransom or threaten to share stolen personal and financial data.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Senators penned a letter to the FTC urging it to investigate whether Amazon is to blame for the massive Capital One data breach disclosed earlier this year.
Dark Reading
OCTOBER 25, 2019
With a little research and basic planning, small companies can make big strides against the cybersecurity threats they face. Here's how.
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Threatpost
OCTOBER 25, 2019
A smart mobile-first phishing effort uses valid certificates to sign fake Office 365 pages, and logs keystrokes in real time.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 25, 2019
Keybase exists to keep things safe online. And it doesn't use 2FA to do it.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 25, 2019
From hacking hotel room robots to crackdowns on stalkerware apps, Threatpost editors break down this week's top news stories.
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