Mon.Apr 04, 2022

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Social Engineering by "Emergency Data Request"

KnowBe4

Bloomberg has reported that forged "Emergency Data Requests" last year induced Apple and Meta to surrender "basic subscriber details, such as a customer’s address, phone number and IP address.".

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Lapsus$ Teens Out on Bail, Due Back in Court April 29

Data Breach Today

Among Charges: Unauthorized Computer Access With Intent to Impair Data Reliability Two teenage boys arrested and charged by the City of London Police in connection with its investigation into the Lapsus$ hacking group have been released on bail for an undisclosed sum. They are due to appear in Southwark Crown Court on April 29.

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GUEST ESSAY : Advanced tech to defend API hacking is now readily available to SMBs

The Last Watchdog

APIs have become a security nightmare for SMBs and enterprises alike. Hackers don’t discriminate based on the number of employees or the size of the IT budget. The same types of security risks impact businesses, whatever their size. Related: Using employees as human sensors. Day in and day out, small-to-medium businesses are targeted by cyberattacks.

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Targeted Mailchimp Breach Affects Trezor Crypto Customers

Data Breach Today

Data of 102 Mailchimp Accounts Exported; One Trezor user clams 55,000 pounds losses A data breach involving email marketing firm Mailchimp has affected customers of cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Trezor, which launched an investigation after its customers received phishing emails containing their Trezor email addresses. Mailchimp says it learned of the breach on March 26.

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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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Beware of These 5 Tax Scams

Dark Reading

Fraudsters are out in full force as Tax Day approaches. Use this list to keep your company’s employees informed on what to watch out for this year.

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State Department Announces Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy

Dark Reading

The newly created bureau will help shape norms of responsible government behavior in cyberspace and help US allies bolster their own cybersecurity programs.

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The Ransomware Files, Episode 6: Kaseya and REvil

Data Breach Today

The REvil ransomware gang's attack against the U.S. software company Kaseya in July 2021 is one of the largest and most intriguing ransomware attacks of all time. Here's the inside story of how the attack went down and how organizations recovered.

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MailChimp breached, intruders conducted phishing attacks against crypto customers

Security Affairs

Threat actors gained access to internal tools of the email marketing giant MailChimp to conduct phishing attacks against crypto customers. During the weekend, multiple owners of Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallets reported having received fake data breach notifications from Trezor, BleepingComputer first reported. @Trezor WARNING: Elaborate Phishing attack.

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Report: Health Insurance Exchange Suffered Dozens of Breaches

Data Breach Today

One Vendor Linked to Vast Majority of Connecticut Exchange's Incidents Access Health, Connecticut's health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act, experienced dozens of mostly small data breaches over about a 3 1/2-year period, and the vast majority involved one contractor, says an auditor report that recommends the exchange make improvements to data security.

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How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

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Indiana Amends State Data Breach Notification Law

Hunton Privacy

On March 18, 2022, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law an amendment to Indiana’s data breach notification statute. The amendment requires notification of a data breach to affected individuals and the Indiana Attorney General without unreasonable delay, but no later than forty-five (45) days after discovery of the breach. The amendment will take effect on July 1, 2022.

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Cyberespionage Actor Deploying Malware Using Excel

Data Breach Today

Threat Actors Luring Ukrainian Phishing Targets to Download Malicious Files Researchers from Malwarebytes have found that cyberespionage actor UAC-0056, also known as SaintBear, UNC2589 and TA471, is now using a macro-embedded Excel document to target several entities in Ukraine, including ICTV, a private TV channel.

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New Jersey Requires Employers to Notify Employees of the Use of Tracking Devices

Hunton Privacy

On January 18, 2022, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Assembly Bill No. 3950 , requiring employers to provide written notice to employees prior to the use of tracking devices in vehicles used by employees (the “Act”). The Act will go into effect on April 18, 2022. Under the Act, an employer who “knowingly makes use of a tracking device in a vehicle used by an employee” must first provide written notice to the employee.

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VMware released updates to fix the Spring4Shell vulnerability in multiple products

Security Affairs

VMware released security updates to address the critical remote code execution vulnerability known as Spring4Shell. VMware has published security updates to address the critical remote code execution vulnerability known as Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965). According to the virtualization giant, the flaw impacts many of its cloud computing and virtualization products.

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7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

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Wyze Camera Vulnerability

Schneier on Security

Wyze ignored a vulnerability in its home security cameras for three years. Bitdefender, who discovered the vulnerability, let the company get away with it. In case you’re wondering, no, that is not normal in the security community. While experts tell me that the concept of a “responsible disclosure timeline” is a little outdated and heavily depends on the situation, we’re generally measuring in days , not years. “The majority of researchers have policies where if th

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Brokenwire attack, how hackers can disrupt charging for electric vehicles

Security Affairs

Boffins devised a new attack technique, dubbed Brokenwire, against the Combined Charging System (CCS) that could potentially disrupt charging for electric vehicles. A group of researchers from the University of Oxford and Armasuisse S+T has devised a new attack technique, dubbed Brokenwire, against the popular Combined Charging System ( CCS ) that could be exploited by remote attackers to disrupt charging for electric vehicles.

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How Do I Decide Whether to Buy or Build in Security?

Dark Reading

To build or buy — that is the question. Security teams have to consider maintenance costs and compliance questions when they go down the build-it-yourself path.

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Experts spotted a new Android malware while investigating by Russia-linked Turla APT

Security Affairs

Researchers spotted a new piece of Android malware while investigating activity associated with Russia-linked APT Turla. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Lab52 discovered a new piece of Android malware while investigating into infrastructure associated with Russia-linked APT Turla. The malicious code was discovered while analyzing the Penquin-related infrastructure , the experts noticed malware was contacting IP addresses that had been used as C2 in Russia-linked APT Turla’s operation.

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Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

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How Explosions Actually Kill

WIRED Threat Level

Wars often spark misinformation about the nature of blast trauma. Russia's unprovoked bombardment of Ukraine is no different.

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Token Licensing is Taking Off: Here's Why

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Token Licensing is Taking Off: Here's Why. jstewart. Mon, 04/04/2022 - 17:21. Companies that sell complex software are searching for pricing solutions that satisfy multiple requirements while remaining easy to navigate. . Token Licensing. Software products are increasingly complex. Over the past ten years, countless companies have transitioned from offering one product with a handful of features to offering software suites with many products and countless features.

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Millions of Installations Potentially Vulnerable to Spring Framework Flaw

Dark Reading

Internet scan indicates hundreds of thousands of vulnerable installations, while data from the major Java repository suggests millions, firms say.

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Register for ARMA NOVA 2022 Virtual Spring Seminar

IG Guru

The post Register for ARMA NOVA 2022 Virtual Spring Seminar appeared first on IG GURU.

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How to Migrate From DataStax Enterprise to Instaclustr Managed Apache Cassandra

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.

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Cybersecurity Mesh: IT's Answer to Cloud Security

Dark Reading

With a properly functioning cybersecurity mesh architecture, one can guarantee safe, authorized access to data from any access point.

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erwin® Data Modeler by Quest® R12.0: Leading the way with a new DevOps GitHub capability

erwin

If you’re a long-time erwin ® Data Modeler by Quest ® customer, you might be asking yourself, “What happened to the release naming convention of erwin Data Modeler?” In 2021 erwin Data Modeler released 2021R1. But in 2022, the release naming convention changed from following the standard practice using the current year and number of releases to R12.

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Citrix® Modernizes Security to Accommodate Hybrid Work

Dark Reading

Company launches cloud delivered, Zero Trust Network Access solution that protects all apps, data and devices, enabling secure work from anywhere.

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How Good Design Enhances Document Security

HID Global

How Good Design Enhances Document Security. msugdon. Mon, 04/04/2022 - 16:31.

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Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

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Apple Gift Card Scammers Sentenced for Role in $1.5M Fraud

Dark Reading

Criminal conspiracy included theft of Apple point-of-sale devices.

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The benefits of treating data as a product with Collibra and Google Cloud

Collibra

There’s no denying that data is one of the most critical assets for an organization. When data is trustworthy–and used in the correct context to help make better business decisions–it can change the way companies interact with customers, comply with regulations, make informed decisions, create smoother workflows, and beyond. Unfortunately, data is sometimes viewed through the scope of an overwhelming influx of information rather than your company’s product.

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Qualys Delivers Multi-Vector EDR 2.0 with Enhanced Prioritization to Quickly Surface the Most Critical Incidents

Dark Reading

EDR solution provides comprehensive threat detection and reduces the risk of compromise with vulnerability management and patching all from a single agent.

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