Thu.Oct 08, 2020

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Doing Cloud Migration and Data Governance Right the First Time

erwin

More and more companies are looking at cloud migration. Migrating legacy data to public, private or hybrid clouds provide creative and sustainable ways for organizations to increase their speed to insights for digital transformation, modernize and scale their processing and storage capabilities, better manage and reduce costs, encourage remote collaboration, and enhance security, support and disaster recovery.

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More Breach Fines for Community Health Systems

Data Breach Today

Latest Settlement: $5 Million Paid to 27 States A 2014 data breach at Community Health Systems that exposed the protected health information of 6.1 million individuals has led to another round of government penalties. This time, the Franklin, Tennessee-based company has agreed to pay $5 million for a settlement with 27 state attorneys general.

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Microsoft Azure Flaws Open Admin Servers to Takeover

Threatpost

Two flaws in Microsoft's cloud-based Azure App Services could have allowed server-side forgery request (SSFR) and remote code-execution attacks.

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FINRA Warns Members of Scams Using Spoofed Domain

Data Breach Today

Phishing Campaign Targets Organization's Members Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private organization that helps self-regulate U.S. brokerage firms and exchange markets, is warning its members about phishing emails originating from websites that spoof its domain.

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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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Data from Airlink International UAE leaked on multiple dark web forums

Security Affairs

Cybersecurity researchers from Cyble have spotted a threat actor sharing leaked data of Airlink International UAE for free on two different platforms. Cybersecurity researchers from Cyble have found a threat actor sharing leaked data of Airlink International UAE for free on two platforms on the dark web. The availability of the data on the dark web could pose organizations to serious risk, threat actors could use this data to carry out multiple malicious attacks.

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Food Delivery Service Chowbus hacked, more than 400K customer impacted

Security Affairs

The popular Asian food delivery platform Chowbus has been hacked, attackers stole customer data and emailed victims as proof of the attack. Hackers have stolen customer data from the food delivery platform Chowbus and emailed victims to inform them of the data breach. The service is currently available in Australia, Canada and the United States, it has several hundreds of thousands of customers.

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Azure Sphere IoT Bug Hunt Yields $374,000 in Bounties

Data Breach Today

Three-Month Competition Designed to Sniff Out Problems Microsoft's IoT platform, Azure Sphere, which launched in February, is the company's bet to address the growing security and management problems around connected devices. A three-month bug bounty program for the platform resulted in resolving a number of vulnerabilities and awarding $374,000 in bounties.

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ICO Launches Consultation on Its Draft Statutory Guidance

Hunton Privacy

On October 1, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) launched a public consultation on its draft Statutory Guidance (the “Guidance”). The Guidance provides an overview of the ICO’s powers and how it intends to regulate and enforce data protection legislation in the UK, including its approach to calculating fines. The Guidance is required by the UK Data Protection Act 2018, and applies only to regulatory action taken under that Act, while the rest of the ICO’s activities are gover

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Hack-for-Hire Group Wages Espionage, Fake News Campaigns

Data Breach Today

BlackBerry: 'Bahamut' Paid to Target Political Victims in Asia, Middle East A hack-for-hire group dubbed "Bahamut" is renting out its espionage and disinformation services to the highest bidder to target nonprofit organizations and diplomats across the Middle East and southern Asia, according to security researchers at BlackBerry.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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Springfield Public Schools district hit with ransomware

Security Affairs

The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts was forced to shut down its systems after a ransomware attack and closed the schools. The Springfield Public Schools district, the third largest school district in Massachusetts, was forced to shut down its systems after a ransomware attack. The district, which has over 25,000 students, 4,500 employees, and more than sixty schools that were closed after the incident.

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Mastercard's 'Dr. Jay' on the Future of Cybersecurity Leadership

Data Breach Today

Deputy CSO Alissa Abdullah on Talent, Tools and Techniques She was deputy CIO at the White House and served as CISO at Xerox. Now, as deputy CSO at Mastercard, Alissa "Dr. Jay" Abdullah opens up on the accomplishments of her first year as well as new leadership techniques and strategies for refining talent and tools.

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QNAP addresses 2 critical flaws that can allow hackers to take over NASs

Security Affairs

QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that could enable potential attackers to take over NAS devices. QNAP has addressed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Helpdesk app that can potential allow threat actors to take over vulnerable QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Helpdesk is a built-in app that allows owners of QNAP NAS to directly submit help requests to the vendor from their NAS, to do this, the app has specific permission.

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Intensifying Digital Protection for your Cryptocurrency Portfolio

IG Guru

Image from Pixabay.com by Amy Cavendish October 8, 2020 There have been numerous stories of individuals becoming rich as they invest in cryptocurrency. Because of the surge in crypto value, cyber-attackers are escalating efforts in a bid to lay their hands on valuable cryptocurrencies. In the cryptocurrency space, hacking is considered to be one of […].

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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MontysThree threat actor targets Russian industrial organizations

Security Affairs

A previously unknown threat actor, tracked as MontysThree , composed of Russian speaking members targets Russian industrial organizations. Kaspersky Lab researchers spotted a new threat actor, tracked as MontysThree , composed of Russian speaking members targets Russian industrial organizations. The MontysThree group used a toolset dubbed MT3 in highly targeted attacks with cyber espionage purposes.

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Australia: Notifiable Data Breaches – Two years on

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Since the mandatory data breach notification requirements were introduced in Australia in February 2018, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner ( OAIC ) has published regular statistics on the operation of the scheme. These reports give a useful overview of the trends emerging in Australia over the last two years. The high-level causes of notifiable data breaches have remained consistent throughout this period, with approximately one third of all notified breaches being caused by

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Rethinking the way citizen services are designed

DXC Technology

Most government IT solutions were created only with the intention of automating the back office and focusing on efficiency. Requirements were gathered from case workers and then converted into functionality. The resulting IT solution is entirely focused on the internal operating model. A similar approach has been taken with most government websites, which are often […].

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Behind Anduril’s Effort to Create an Operating System for War

WIRED Threat Level

The company, launched by Oculus cofounder Palmer Luckey, is building software to connect multiple Air Force systems—allowing officers to act more quickly.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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Cisco Fixes High-Severity Webex, Security Camera Flaws

Threatpost

Three high-severity flaws exist in Cisco's Webex video conferencing system, Cisco’s Video Surveillance 8000 Series IP Cameras and Identity Services Engine.

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Cyberattacks Up, But Companies (Mostly) Succeed in Securing Remote Workforce

Dark Reading

Despite fears that the burgeoning population of remote workers would lead to breaches, companies have held their own, a survey of threat analysts finds.

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Amazon Prime Day Spurs Spike in Phishing, Fraud Attacks

Threatpost

A spike in phishing and malicious websites aimed at defrauding Amazon.com customers aim to make Prime Day a field day for hackers.

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Scale Up Threat Hunting to Skill Up Analysts

Dark Reading

Security operation centers need to move beyond the simplicity of good and bad software to having levels of "badness," as well as better defining what is good. Here's why.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.

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Legendary Help: Helping Travelers Stay Safe

Rocket Software

Traveling can be an amazing experience. There are new cultures, foods, and people to discover. There is history to get lost in or magnificent new inventions to see. But not knowing the culture or the city can also be overwhelming, especially if something goes wrong. Travel insurance can give travelers some assurance that, if something does go wrong, they have resources that can help them receive medical attention, stay safe, and return home. .

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CISA Warns Government Agencies of Increasing Emotet Attacks

Adam Levin

The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an alert warning of an increase in Emotet malware-based phishing attacks on state and local agencies. “Since August, CISA and MS-ISAC have seen a significant increase in malicious cyber actors targeting state and local governments with Emotet phishing emails. This increase has rendered Emotet one of the most prevalent ongoing threats,” the alert stated.

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Android Ransomware Has Picked Up Some Foreboding New Tricks

WIRED Threat Level

While it's still far more common on PCs, mobile ransomware has undergone a worrying evolution, new research shows.

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RAINBOWMIX Apps in Google Play Serve Up Millions of Ad Fraud Victims

Threatpost

Collectively, 240 fraudulent Android apps -- masquerading as retro game emulators -- account for 14 million installs.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.

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How organisations are completing EU–US data transfers following demise of the Privacy Shield

IT Governance

Earlier this year, the ECJ (European Court of Justice) invalidated the EU–US Privacy Shield, ruling that it fails to protect people’s rights to privacy and data protection. It followed heavy criticism from the Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, who argued that the US government’s mass surveillance practices contradicted the protections that the Privacy Shield was supposed to provide.

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US Seizes Domain Names Used in Iranian Disinformation Campaign

Dark Reading

The US has seized 92 domain names used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to spread a worldwide disinformation campaign.

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Office of Foreign Assets Control: Making or Facilitating Ransomware Payments May Violate U.S. Sanctions

Data Matters

On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published an advisory that highlights the risk of potential U.S. sanctions law violations if U.S. individuals and businesses comply with ransomware payment demands. 1. Ransomware attacks use malware, often injected through phishing schemes, to encrypt a victim’s data files or programs, followed by a ransom demand by the threat actor that offers the decryption key in exchange for payment.