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Microsoft Details Year-Long Office 365 Phishing Campaign

Data Breach Today

Researchers Found Hackers Deploying Morse Code To Help Evade Detection A year-long phishing campaign used various techniques to help evade security tools while attempting to harvest the credentials of Office 365 users, according to Microsoft researchers. In some cases, the attackers even used Morse code to help avoid detection.

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Glowworm Attack allows sound recovery via a device’s power indicator LED

Security Affairs

The Glowworm attack leverages optical emanations from a device’s power indicator LED to recover sounds from connected peripherals and spy on electronic conversations. Boffins from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev devised a new attack technique, dubbed the “ Glowworm attack ,” that leverages optical emanations from a device’s power indicator LED to recover sounds from connected peripherals and spy on electronic conversations.

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Schneier on Security

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking (via Internet) at SHIFT Business Festival in Finland, August 25-26, 2021. I’ll be speaking at an Informa event on September 14, 2021. Details to come. I’m keynoting CIISec Live —an all-online event—September 15-16, 2021. I’m speaking at the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Law Conference in Plano, Texas, USA, September 22-23, 2021.

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Four years after its takedown, AlphaBay marketplace revamped

Security Affairs

The popular black marketplace AlphaBay is back, four years after law enforcement agencies took down the popular hidden service. The darknet marketplace AlphaBay resurfaced four years after an international operation conducted by law enforcement agencies took down it. AlphaBay was active between 2014 and June 2017, law enforcement seized the marketplace and arrested the administrator Alexandre Cazes (aka “Alpha02/Admin”), who died by suicide in prison in Thailand. “At the time of its downfa

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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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Hacker Steals $610M of Cryptocurrency—and Returns Most of It

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: An Apple lawsuit, a VPN audit, and more of the week's top security news.

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1Password vs LastPass: Compare Top Password Managers

eSecurity Planet

1Password and LastPass are probably at the top of your list for password managers , but which one is the best for you? They both do a great job of protecting your employees’ passwords and preventing unauthorized users from gaining access to your business systems. However, each of these password management solutions offers its own unique benefits. 1Password and LastPass comparison.