Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2021
Commission Says Huawei, ZTE Are National Security Threats The FCC has finalized a $1.9 billion plan that will help smaller, rural telecommunications carriers pay to rip and replace technology from the Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE. The commission says using the gear poses a threat to U.S. national security.
Security Affairs
JULY 14, 2021
Google security experts revealed that Russia-linked APT group targeted LinkedIn users with Safari zero-day. Security researchers from Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Google Project Zero revealed that four zero-day vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild earlier this year. The four security flaws were discovered earlier this year and affect Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, and WebKit browser engine.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2021
Agency Warns Microsoft Print Spooler Service Flaw Exploit Could Lead to Full System Compromise In an emergency directive, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency calls on federal agencies to immediately implement a patch to address the "PrintNightmare" Windows Print Spooler service flaw and disable the service on servers on Microsoft Active Directory domain controllers.
Schneier on Security
JULY 14, 2021
China is making sure that all newly discovered zero-day exploits are disclosed to the government. Under the new rules, anyone in China who finds a vulnerability must tell the government, which will decide what repairs to make. No information can be given to “overseas organizations or individuals” other than the product’s manufacturer.
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.
Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2021
Incident Reportedly Involved 'Cuba' Ransomware Forefront Dermatology S.C, a Wisconsin-based dermatology practice with affiliated offices in 21 states plus Washington, D.C., is notifying 2.4 million patients, employees and clinicians of a recent hacking incident. The attack apparently involved a ransomware strain known as "Cuba.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2021
Former Head of GCHQ Highlights Need for Getting Basics Right, Plus Government Action Ransomware-wielding criminals continue to find innovative new ways to extort victims, develop technically and sidestep skills shortages by delivering ransomware as a service, said Robert Hannigan, the former head of U.K. intelligence agency GCHQ, in his Infosecurity Europe 2021 virtual keynote speech.
Threatpost
JULY 14, 2021
The Joker premium billing-fraud malware is back on Google Play in a fresh onslaught, with an updated bag of tricks to evade scanners.
Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2021
Proofpoint Describes Campaign That Uses Conference as a Lure The Iranian advanced persistent threat group TA453 has been conducting a series of spear-phishing attacks in an attempt to steal sensitive information from scholars who study the Middle East, according to Proofpoint.
Threatpost
JULY 14, 2021
A Windows security bug would allow an attacker to fool a USB camera used in the biometric facial-recognition aspect of the system.
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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
JULY 14, 2021
'BioPass' Targets Chinese Gambling Companies' Clients Newly uncovered malware dubbed "BioPass" is targeting clients of Chinese online gambling companies, Trend Micro says. The malware exploits popular livestreaming and video recording app Open Broadcaster Software Studio.
Schneier on Security
JULY 14, 2021
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century , a virtual conference hosted by The IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT), July 23-25, 2021. I’m speaking at DEFCON 29 , August 5-8, 2021. I’m speaking (via Internet) at SHIFT Business Festival in Finland, August 25-26, 2021.
Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2021
Gartner's Peter Firstbrook Analyzes Detection Methods Extended detection and response, or XDR, can play an important role in improving the detection of ransomware and supply chain attacks, says Peter Firstbrook of Gartner.
Jamf
JULY 14, 2021
With no immediate way back to a pre-pandemic workplace, future ways of working are based in hybrid models, offering flexibility. But what does this mean for your business, employees and future technology?
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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
JULY 14, 2021
LuminousMoth: Kaspersky uncovered an ongoing and large-scale APT campaign that targeted government entities in Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines. Kaspersky experts uncovered an ongoing and large-scale cyber espionage campaign, tracked as LuminousMoth, aimed at government entities from Southeast Asia, including Myanmar and the Philippines government entities.
IG Guru
JULY 14, 2021
Check out the article here. The post Self-Crowned Bitcoin Inventor Wins Lawsuit Over Whitepaper Copyright Claim via Decrypt appeared first on IG GURU.
Threatpost
JULY 14, 2021
The gang is using a new brute-forcer – “Diicot brute” – to crack passwords on Linux-based machines with weak passwords.
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2021
Hit by ransomware? These missteps can take a bad scenario and make it even worse
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Threatpost
JULY 14, 2021
Ukrainian cops seize PlayStation 4 consoles, graphics cards, processors and more in cryptomining sting involving alleged electricity theft.
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2021
A China-based threat actor -- previously observed targeting US defense industrial base organizations and software companies -- is exploiting the bug in SolarWinds' Serv-U software, Microsoft says.
Threatpost
JULY 14, 2021
The attackers have spruced up the 'vncDll' module used for spying on targets and stealing data.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 14, 2021
Starting with a beta that launches today, you'll no longer have to route all of your messages through your smartphone.
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Threatpost
JULY 14, 2021
Phil Richards, vice president and CSO at Ivanti, explains how organizations can design DevOps processes and systems to thwart cyberattacks.
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2021
Beginning in M94, Chrome will offer HTTPS-First Mode, which will attempt to upgrade all page loads to HTTPS.
CGI
JULY 14, 2021
Making sustainability a differentiator in global trade finance (part 3). This CGI blog post discusses making sustainability a differentiator in global trade finance. pooja.cs@cgi.com. Wed, 07/14/2021 - 23:38.
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2021
The attack exploits a known vulnerability that was fixed in new versions of firmware released this year.
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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.
ForAllSecure
JULY 14, 2021
As we head to Hacker Summer Camp, how should we rebuild our infosec communities to be more inclusive and diverse? Jack Daniel offers his unique voice. As one of the founders of BSides and as a community advocate for Tenable, Jack provides guidance on how we can re-emerge and successfully amplify and support people of different ethnicities, faiths, and genders within our infosec communities without being patronizing.
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2021
Cyber games can play a critical role in re-engaging our workforce and addressing the employee retention crisis.
Hanzo Learning Center
JULY 14, 2021
Knowledge workers may never go back to the office as we once knew it. But, now that companies and their employees have learned how well working from home can work—both for maintaining productivity and workers' quality of life—remote work is unquestionably here to stay.
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