Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

TMT Group Targeted 500,000 Companies in More Than 150 Countries Interpol, along with Nigerian law enforcement agencies and security firm Group-IB, has uncovered a massive Nigerian business email compromise gang that was active across more than 150 countries.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

US Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., discloses a ransomware attack that took place in September 2020. US Fertility , the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., revealed that a ransomware attack hit its systems in September 2020. The US Fertility (USF) network is comprised of 55 locations across 10 states that completed almost 25,000 IVF cycles in 2018 through its clinics with 130,000 babies have been born. “On September 14, 2020, USF experienced

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Security Incident Affecting School District's Virtual Classes Officials with the Baltimore County Public Schools are investigating a ransomware attack that distributed virtual learning for students this week. Now, the district has been forced to call-off its virtual classes until next Monday.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

This is the fifth and final part of the IoT unravelled blog series. Part 1 was all about what a mess the IoT landscape is, but then there's Home Assistant to unify it all. In part 2 I delved into networking bits and pieces, namely IP addresses, my Ubiquiti UniFi gear and Zigbee. Part 3 was all about security and how that's all a bit of a mess too, particularly as it relates to firmware patching and device isolation on networks.

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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 Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Electric Car Manufacturer is Pushing Over-the-Air Updates to Patch Software Flaws Two vulnerabilities in Tesla's keyless entry system allowed researchers to clone a key fob and drive away with a Model X. The electric vehicle manufacturer is issuing over-the-air updates to fix the flaws, which allegedly center on a failure to validate firmware updates and a faulty Bluetooth pairing protocol.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Glen Hymers of Save The Children International on Implementing a Cloud-First Approach Glen Hymers, CISO and head of data protection at the U.K.-based charity Save the Children International, says adapting to a cloud-first environment requires extensive security measures, including automated monitoring.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Researcher discovers a zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 while he was working on a Windows security tool. The French security researcher Clément Labro discovered a zero-day vulnerability was discovered while the security researcher was working on an update Windows security tool. The researcher was developing his own Windows privilege escalation enumeration script, named PrivescCheck , which is a sort of updated and extended version of the famous PowerUp. “If you h

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Sopra Steria Was Hit By Previously Unknown Version of Ryuk Ransomware French IT services firm Sopra Steria, which was hit with Ryuk ransomware in October, is estimating that the attack will cost the company around $60 million in recovery costs.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Ritzau, the biggest Danish news agency, was hit by a ransomware attack that brought it offline but refused to pay the ransom. Ritzau , the biggest Danish news agency, was hit by a ransomware attack that brought it offline. The cyber attack hit a quarter of Ritzau ’s 100 servers that have been damaged. The agency confirmed that it has rejected the ransom demand but did not reveal its amount.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The cyber-security firm Sophos is notifying customers via email about a security breach that took place earlier this week. ZDNet reported that the cyber-security firm Sophos is notifying customers via email about a security breach, the company became aware ot the incident on November 24. “On November 24, 2020, Sophos was advised of an access permission issue in a tool used to store information on customers who have contacted Sophos Support,” reads the email sent to customers and obta

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Threatpost

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Designing a behavioral change program requires an audit of existing security practices and where the sticking points are.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Carding Action 2020 targeted crooks selling/purchasing compromised card data on sites selling stolen cred itcard data and darkweb marketplaces. Group-IB, a global threat hunting and intelligence company, has supported Carding Action 2020 – a cross-border operation led by Europol’s European Cyber Crime Centre (EC3) with the support from law enforcement agencies including The Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit of the London Metropolitan and the City of London Police.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Researchers show the promise of Federated Learning to protect patient privacy and improve healthcare outcomes across the world.

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