Data Breach Today
AUGUST 10, 2021
$5,400 Is the Average Price for Access to Hacked Networks, Kela Reports The rise of ransomware as a criminal moneymaking powerhouse parallels the services offered by initial access brokers, who continue to offer affordable access to victims' networks - often via brute-forced remote desktop protocol or VPN credentials - to help attackers hit more targets in search of larger profits.
AIIM
AUGUST 10, 2021
For millions of Microsoft 365 users, a substantial portion of the organizational knowledge is created, shared, and stored in SharePoint, Exchange email, or OneDrive. Teams offers yet another way to share content with colleagues and even customers, storing files in SharePoint and OneDrive separately. Organizations must oversee this activity across multiple jurisdictions.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 10, 2021
Platform Attempts to Communicate With Hackers Hackers have breached the blockchain-based Poly Network platform to steal more than $600 million in cryptocurrency, the platform announced Tuesday as it attempted to communicate with the hackers.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 10, 2021
Cybercriminals using an IP address in China are trying to exploit a vulnerability disclosed earlier this month to deploy a variant of the Mirai malware on network routers affected by the vulnerability, according to researchers with Juniper Threat Labs. In a recent blog post , the researchers said the bad actors are looking to leverage a path traversal vulnerability that could affect millions of home routers and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices that use the same code base and are manufactur
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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
AUGUST 10, 2021
Updated Security Approach Designed to Mitigate Ransomware, Nation-State Attack Risks NIST is updating "cyber resiliency" guidance to focus on mitigating modern cyberthreats to IT networks, especially ransomware and nation-state attacks. A draft encourages security defenders to move away from a perimeter-based defense to building resilient IT systems.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 10, 2021
Pondurance: Ransomware Group Utilized Backdoors That Persist Some patched on-premises Microsoft Exchange email servers are still proving to be vulnerable. The Conti ransomware group is now leveraging backdoors that persist, cybersecurity consulting firm Pondurance reports.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 10, 2021
A new variant of the eCh0raix ransomware is able to target Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices from both QNAP and Synology vendors. A newly variant of the eCh0raix ransomware is able to infect Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices from Taiwanese vendors QNAP and Synology. The eCh0raix ransomware has been active since at least 2019, when eExperts from security firms Intezer and Anomali separately discovered sample of the ransomware targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 10, 2021
Reports From Group IB, Positive Technologies Offer Details Researchers at Group-IB say Chinese threat actors apparently were responsible for an attack on Russian federal executive authorities in 2020. Meanwhile, Positive Technologies reports that Chinese hacking group APT31 is now using a new dropper to infect Russian systems with malware.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 10, 2021
Documents reveal that police bought facial-recognition software, vans equipped with x-ray machines, and “stingray” cell site simulators—with no public oversight.
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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
AUGUST 10, 2021
DHS, CISA Would Get More Money for Cybersecurity On Tuesday, the Senate, by a vote of 69-30, passed a $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill that would provide additional money for cybersecurity over the next several years, including extra funds for the Department of Homeland Security and its Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 10, 2021
The cross-chain protocol Poly Network has been hacked, threat actors stole $611 million making this hack the largest DeFi hack to date. $611 million has reportedly been stolen in one of the largest cryptocurrency hacks. The cross-chain protocol Poly Network disclose a security breach, threat actors have stolen over $611 million in cryptocurrencies. Important Notice: We are sorry to announce that #PolyNetwork was attacked on @BinanceChain @ethereum and @0xPolygon Assets had been transferred to ha
IT Governance
AUGUST 10, 2021
Welcome to August’s review of phishing scams, in which we look at criminals’ latest tactics and provide examples of successful frauds. This month, we delve into the latest phishing campaign targeting Microsoft SharePoint users, and take a look at a report that asks why almost three quarters of organisations have fallen victim to phishing scams in the past year.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 10, 2021
Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud-native SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform used the Fusion machine learning model to detect ransomware attack. Microsoft Azure Sentinel cloud-native SIEM is using the Fusion machine learning model to analyze data across enterprise environments and detect the activity associated with potential threats, including ransomware attacks.
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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
AUGUST 10, 2021
John Deere security bugs could allow cyberattackers to damage crops, surrounding property or even people; impact harvests; or destroy farmland for years.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 10, 2021
Microsoft released patch Tuesday security updates for August that address 120 CVEs in Microsoft products including a zero-day actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft released patch Tuesday security updates for August that address 120 CVEs in multiple products, including Microsoft Windows, Edge (EdgeHTML-based and Chromium-based), ChakraCore, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Scripting Engine, SQL Server,NET Framework, ASP.NET Core, Office and Office Services and Web Apps, Windows Codecs Librar
Threatpost
AUGUST 10, 2021
Some bad actors are honing tools to go after small fry: This variant was refined to target not one, but two vendors’ devices that are common in SOHO setups.
IG Guru
AUGUST 10, 2021
Check out the article here. The post ‘Vast majority’ of federal agencies’ information security programs are ineffective: Senate report via The Washington Times appeared first on IG GURU.
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Threatpost
AUGUST 10, 2021
Microsoft's August 2021 Patch Tuesday addressed a smaller set of bugs than usual, including more Print Spooler problems, a zero-day and seven critical vulnerabilities.
DXC Technology
AUGUST 10, 2021
Did anyone ever really believe in the death of the enterprise data center? Perhaps not. But there is a decline – in spending, numbers, square footage. More accurate to say is that the traditional data center has transformed – as has pretty much every other facet of IT. Today, the enterprise is looking to capitalize […]. The post The new data center: The core of the evolving IT infrastructure ecosystem appeared first on DXC Blogs.
Threatpost
AUGUST 10, 2021
A dump of hundreds of thousands of active accounts is aimed at promoting AllWorld.Cards, a recently launched cybercriminal site for selling payment credentials online.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 10, 2021
You may not have the full story about what network you're on—and how well you're protected.
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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.
Threatpost
AUGUST 10, 2021
The dangerous malware has been rapidly developed since June and could be released into the wild soon.
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 10, 2021
Thorsten Fischer leads the Product Management team responsible for the OpenText next-generation SaaS content services platform including OpenText™ Core Content, OpenText™ Core Share and OpenText™ Core Signature. OpenText™ Core Content helps teams get business content management capabilities up and running fast, with little to no IT support. We recently caught up with Thorsten Fischer, Senior Director, Product Management, to find out how Core Content makes it easy for almost anyone to handle the
Threatpost
AUGUST 10, 2021
Is fuzzing for the cybersec elite, or should it be accessible to all software developers? FuzzCon panelists say join the party as they share fuzzing wins & fails.
ForAllSecure
AUGUST 10, 2021
Secure software creates new possibilities. Businesses that did not exist before the creation of new software are today allowing us to share cars, share homes, stream from home, work from home and arrange, same day home delivery. Of course these new businesses require more code. How much more code? Today, there are millions of lines of code in just about everything that we use.
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Adapture
AUGUST 10, 2021
Writing a Job Posting to Attract Top Talent. With so many companies currently seeking top talent, job seekers are now in the driver’s seat. They have the opportunity to approach their search with a higher level of scrutiny–seeking specific aspects of the job they want. So how do you make your job listing stand out from the rest? How do you attract the best talent in the industry?
Unwritten Record
AUGUST 10, 2021
The White House hosted its first – and only – fashion show on February 29, 1968. The fashion show and luncheon was presented by the First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, and was titled “How to Discover America in Style.” The audience included the wives of governors who were in Washington D.C. for the midwinter meeting of the National Governors Conference.
HID Global
AUGUST 10, 2021
What Is Timestamping and How to Use It With Digital Signatures? mchandarana. Tue, 08/10/2021 - 10:32.
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