Data Breach Today
MARCH 11, 2020
Microsoft Recommends Emergency Disabling of SMBv3 Compression, Pending Patches Microsoft has confirmed that a serious flaw in Windows SMB_v3 exists that could be exploited by attackers to remotely seize control of vulnerable systems. While no attacks have been seen in the wild, no patch for the wormable flaw is yet available. A workaround exists for servers, but not clients.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 11, 2020
Speed is what digital transformation is all about. Organizations are increasingly outsourcing IT workloads to cloud service providers and looking to leverage IoT systems. Related: The API attack vector expands Speed translates into innovation agility. But it also results in endless ripe attack vectors which threat actors swiftly seek out and exploit.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 11, 2020
IAPP's Caitlin Fennessy and Perkins Coie's Dominique Shelton Leipzig Analyze New Law Organizations have been scrambling to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act before enforcement begins in July, say Caitlin Fennessy, research director of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and Dominique Shelton Leipzig, a partner at Perkins Coie LLP.
Security Affairs
MARCH 11, 2020
Antivirus maker Avast has disabled a core component of its antivirus to address a severe vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to control users’ PC. The Antivirus maker Avast has disabled a major component of its antivirus engine to address a severe vulnerability that would have allowed attackers to hack into users’ PCs. The issue was discovered by the popular white-hat hacker and Google vulnerability researcher Tavis Ormandy, it resides in the Avast’s JavaScript engi
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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
MARCH 11, 2020
Security Experts Say US Is Better Prepared This Time Around The U.S. is better prepared to respond to election interference and related cybersecurity issues than it was four years ago, several security professionals, including one of the FBI's top experts, tell Information Security Media Group.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 11, 2020
Cybercriminals Thwarted From Using Infrastructure for Attacks Microsoft along with its partners from 35 countries has taken coordinated legal and technical action to disrupt Necurs, one of the largest botnets in the world, the company announced in a Tuesday blog post.
Dark Reading
MARCH 11, 2020
Should you happen to be in a meeting with an ICS vendor, here are some terms you will need to know so as to not be laughed out of the room.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 11, 2020
Both Worked for Security Firm Exabeam, Company Confirms Two employees of security firm Exabeam who attended the recent RSA 2020 conference in San Francisco, have tested posted for COVID-19, according to the company. The RSA Conference notes that's it not yet clear if the two contracted the coronavirus at the event or at some other time.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 11, 2020
In my last blog, I concluded by saying that a good Voice of the Customer (Voc) program is time, money, and effort well spent. By gathering feedback at key points in your customer’s journey and acting on it, your organization can be a market leader in your respective industry. Customer experience is so instrumental to … The post What can a Voice of the Customer program do for you?
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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.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 11, 2020
HHS Inspector General Recommends More Safeguards for Patient Data The U.S. National Institutes of Health must do more to ensure that its electronic health records system is secure and that patient data is kept safe and confidential, according to a new audit.
Hunton Privacy
MARCH 11, 2020
On March 11, 2020, the California Attorney General (“AG”) issued a second set of modified draft regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). The AG has provided a redline to the initial modified draft regulations about which we previously reported. According to the AG’s website , the second set of modified draft regulations are subject to another public comment period.
Dark Reading
MARCH 11, 2020
To get back up and running quickly, and because it's cheaper, city and county governments often pay the ransom, especially if insurance companies are footing the bill. The result: More ransomware.
Security Affairs
MARCH 11, 2020
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 address 115 vulnerabilities, 26 issues affecting Windows, Word, Dynamics Business Central, Edge, and Internet Explorer have been rated as critical severity. Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates for March 2020 also address vulnerability Exchange Server, Office, Azure DevOps, Windows Defender, Visual Studio, and Dynamics. 88 vul
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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.
Threatpost
MARCH 11, 2020
A full 98 percent of all IoT device traffic is unencrypted, exposing personal and confidential data on the network.
Dark Reading
MARCH 11, 2020
As Magecart and formjacking attacks become more sophisticated, it's essential to address not only what services may interact with users, but what that interaction looks like and how to control it.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 11, 2020
This is bad in several dimensions. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has been accused of deliberately keeping widespread gaps in its cybersecurity a secret from regulators in a large-scale coverup involving the city's mayor.
Security Affairs
MARCH 11, 2020
A flaw in the impacting Avast and AVG AntiTrack privacy software could expose users to browser hijacking and Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks. Security expert David Eade has discovered a vulnerability ( CVE-2020-8987 ) in Avast and AVG AntiTrack privacy software that could expose end-users to Man-in-The-Middle (MiTM) attacks, browser session hijack, with consequent exposure of sensitive data. “A remote attacker running a malicious proxy could capture their victim’s HTTPS traffic and
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DXC Technology
MARCH 11, 2020
With Women’s History Month underway, I’ve been thinking about a report published a few months ago in Wired magazine. The article examines the progress tech companies have made in diversifying their workforces since they began reporting statistics five years ago. I can describe that progress to you in two words—not much. From 2014 to 2019 […].
Dark Reading
MARCH 11, 2020
A rapid transition to remote work puts pressure on security teams to understand and address a wave of potential security risks.
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 11, 2020
This story is part of Analytics Heroes , a series of profiles on leaders transforming the future of business analytics.
Threatpost
MARCH 11, 2020
The tech giant will take control of the U.S.-based infrastructure used by the criminals behind the world’s most prolific botnet used to distribute malware and infect victim computers.
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Dark Reading
MARCH 11, 2020
If the number of women in cybersecurity equaled the number of men, the US would see an economic gain up to $30.4 billion, research shows.
Threatpost
MARCH 11, 2020
Attackers are using YouTube redirect links, whitelisted by various security defense mechanisms, to evade detection.
eDiscovery Daily
MARCH 11, 2020
In Houston v. Southwest Airlines, No. 3:17-cv-02610-N-BT (N.D. Tex. Feb. 18, 2020) , Texas Magistrate Judge Rebecca Rutherford “decline[d] to impose sanctions under either Rule 11 or its inherent powers” against the plaintiff for statements she made regarding her response to the defendant’s interrogatories and requests for admission in her summary judgment response.
Threatpost
MARCH 11, 2020
The Ultimate Security Budget Plan & Track Excel template provides security executives with a clear and intuitive tool to keep track of planned vs. actual spend, ensuring that security needs are addressed while maintaining the budgetary frame.
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IG Guru
MARCH 11, 2020
Proposed new bill could streamline record storage and save municipalities time and money storing records. The post Rep. Maddock: Burdensome record storage costs would be dialed back with reproduction plan via Michigan GOP House appeared first on IG GURU.
Import.IO
MARCH 11, 2020
Organizations often turn to alternative data for relevant and complete datasets, but this route can lead them to alternative data fatigue. Alternative data providers offer datasets for competitive insights, but they often package and sell the same datasets to multiple hedge funds who then spend much of their time preparing. The post Alternative Data Fatigue: How It Happens and How to Solve It appeared first on Import.io.
Zapproved
MARCH 11, 2020
A webinar featuring pragmatic steps that legal counsel can take to manage global privacy, discussed industry best practices for managing requests, and dove into real world strategies to strike the right balance between ediscovery and compliance teams.
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