Krebs on Security
AUGUST 19, 2021
Criminal hackers will try almost anything to get inside a profitable enterprise and secure a million-dollar payday from a ransomware infection. Apparently now that includes emailing employees directly and asking them to unleash the malware inside their employer’s network in exchange for a percentage of any ransom amount paid by the victim company.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 19, 2021
Updated Malware Now Includes Spyware and a Backdoor Researchers at the security firm Cisco Talos have spotted an ongoing campaign using an updated variant of the "Neurevt" Trojan to target customers of financial institutions in Mexico.
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The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 19, 2021
TMobile has now issued a formal apology and offered free identity theft recovery services to nearly 48 million customers for whom the telecom giant failed to protect their sensitive personal information. At the start of this week, word got out that hackers claimed to have seized personal data for as many as 100 million T-Mobile patrons. Related: Kaseya hack worsens supply chain risk.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 19, 2021
Incident Comes Just Days After Theft From Poly Network A hacker stole $97 million in cryptoassets from the Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid. The attack came just days after a hacker stole $612 million from the crypto platform Poly Network.
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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.
AIIM
AUGUST 19, 2021
Despite the proven operational improvements to be gain by going paperless, paper is still prevalent in too many core business processes today including loan applications, insurance claims, and customer onboarding. After last year's mad dash to accommodate distributed workers and work places, the reticence to digitize paper processes is decreasing. 70% of AIIM survey respondents indicate that they plan to expand their efforts to encourage and support more digitally-born documents this year.
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Schneier on Security
AUGUST 19, 2021
It’s a big one : As first reported by Motherboard on Sunday, someone on the dark web claims to have obtained the data of 100 million from T-Mobile’s servers and is selling a portion of it on an underground forum for 6 bitcoin, about $280,000. The trove includes not only names, phone numbers, and physical addresses but also more sensitive data like social security numbers , driver’s license information, and IMEI numbers , unique identifiers tied to each mobile device.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 19, 2021
More Major Incidents Added to the 'Wall of Shame' Several ransomware incidents have been added to the federal tally of major health data breaches in recent weeks, with no signs of these attacks abating.
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 19, 2021
The Digital Twin is becoming widely adopted in many industries. Yet, it is still in its infancy when it comes to Healthcare. In this blog, I’d like to look at three areas where this technology can generate substantial value in transforming quality, experience, and innovation. The Digital Twin is simply the virtual representation of a … The post 3 ways the Digital Twin can transform Healthcare appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 19, 2021
Researchers Learn Details During a Telegram Chat With an Attacker A Nigeria-based ransomware gang is conducting a campaign that dangles a $1 million bribe - or a portion of any ransom collected - to employees of targeted organizations if they will install DemonWare ransomware on their corporate 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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 19, 2021
Threat actors breached the servers of US Census Bureau on January 11, 2020, exploiting an unpatched Citrix ADC zero-day vulnerability, OIG revealed. A report published by the US Office of Inspector General (OIG) revealed that threat actors breached the servers of US Census Bureau on January 11, 2020, exploiting an unpatched Citrix ADC zero-day flaw.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 19, 2021
Menlo Security's Mark Guntrip on How to Learn to 'Defend Differently' On one hand, rapid cloud migration has been a boon to financial services organization. But it's also exposed some security weaknesses. Mark Guntrip of Menlo Security days it's time to "defend differently," and the zero trust model is one critical element of that new approach.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 19, 2021
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole $97 Million worth of crypto-currency assets from the company. Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid was hit by a cyber attack that resulted in the theft of $97 Million worth of crypto-currency assets from its warm wallets. Important Notice: We are sorry to announce that #LiquidGlobal warm wallets were compromised, we are moving assets into the cold wallet.
IT Governance
AUGUST 19, 2021
T-Mobile has said that it has been hit by a “highly sophisticated cyberattack” that compromised the personal data of more than 7.8 million customers. Additionally, more than 40 million records belonging to former and prospective customers were affected. In a statement , it confirmed that the stolen data included US customers’ full names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and ID information.
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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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 19, 2021
Cisco has no plan to fix a critical code execution flaw (CVE-2021-34730) in small business RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W routers. Cisco has no plan to address a critical code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-34730, that affects small business RV110W, RV130, RV130W, and RV215W routers. The CVE-2021-34730 flaw resides in the Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) service of vulnerable devices, an unauthenticated attacker could trigger this issue to remotely execute arbitrary code as root,
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
AUGUST 19, 2021
On 17 December 2019, the ICO issued the first administrative fine under the GDPR (known as a monetary penalty notice in the UK), alongside an Enforcement Notice, against Doorstep Disparensee Limited (“ DDL ”). DDL appealed against both elements of the enforcement action taken by the ICO which has recently been decided and provides useful guidance from the First-Tier Tribunal as to the nature of evidence required and expectations of both the regulator and of controllers.
Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
Microsoft first dismissed the elevation of privilege flaw but decided yesterday that attackers injecting malicious code is worthy of attention.
IG Guru
AUGUST 19, 2021
August 1-3, 2022 JW Marriott Resort & Spa 221 N. Rampart Blvd. Summerlin, NV Check out their site here. The post NIRMA Announces 2022 Conference Dates appeared first on IG GURU.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
The North Korea-linked APT group leverages known Internet Explorer vulns for watering-hole attacks.
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 19, 2021
Information technology is now central to the public sector – that statement is true of any body, local or national, that provides public services. The multi-faceted adoption of technology that contributes to enhancing services and productivity has earned the now-familiar term ‘digital transformation’. While this movement has been taking place for years, we are now at a peak … The post Digital transformation in the Public Sector needs to be people-centric appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
Hopefully not a hacked-up hairball of a “no can do” message when customers rush to change their PINs. In this episode: Corporate resilience vs. the opposite.
Hanzo Learning Center
AUGUST 19, 2021
Ediscovery is an unforgiving pursuit. Err on the side of collecting too little data, and you may find that you don’t have the helpful evidence you need (or that your opponent is rightfully demanding). On the other hand, if you err the other way by collecting too much data, you’ll soon realize that you’re paying to process and host volumes of unnecessary and unhelpful data.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
The issue affects a range of Cisco Wireless-N and Wireless-AC VPN routers that have reached end-of-life.
Attensa
AUGUST 19, 2021
14 August 2021 We are excited to announce that the Attensa Connector for Microsoft Teams is available for all organizations. You can get it now HERE in Microsoft App Source. If you are signed into Teams, you can install the Connector directly HERE. The Attensa Connector for Teams enables seamless integration between Microsoft Teams and Attensa. Using Attensa, news and information Briefings can be customized to match the needs of any Team Channel and delivered automatically.
Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
Oliver Tavakoli, CTO at Vectra, lays out the different layers of ransomware defense all companies should implement.
Attensa
AUGUST 19, 2021
14 August 2021 We are excited to announce that the Attensa connector for Microsoft Teams is available for all Microsoft Teams Customers. You can get it now HERE in Microsoft App Source. If you are signed into Teams, you can directly install the connector the connector directly HERE. The Attensa Teams Connector enables seamless integration between Microsoft Teams and Attensa Workspaces.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
COVID-19-related exploitation and abuse is on the rise as vaccine data opens new frontiers for threat actors.
HID Global
AUGUST 19, 2021
HID Becomes First to Offer SIA OSDP Verified Controllers. lharper. Thu, 08/19/2021 - 09:35.
Threatpost
AUGUST 19, 2021
Government says cybersecurity failures were many within failed January hack of U.S. Census Bureau systems.
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