Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2020
Cybercriminals Had Access to Millions of User Credentials, Police Say Five suspected members of the InfinityBlack hacking group have been arrested, and authorities in Europe say they've seized two databases with more than 170 million entries, including combinations of stolen usernames and passwords.
AIIM
MAY 6, 2020
The concept of a digital mailroom has been around a while. The idea is pretty simple - all incoming mail is scanned on entry and delivered electronically to the appropriate department or process. In reality, only mail with business value is likely to be processed. This will predominantly be documents with a structure such as forms, orders, invoices, delivery dockets, and vouchers.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2020
New Materials Warn of Cyberthreats, Potential HIPAA Violations Federal regulators are alerting healthcare organizations about an array of coronavirus-themed cyberthreats. Plus, they're advising them to avoid potential HIPAA privacy violations involving unauthorized disclosures of patient information to news outlets during the COVID-19 crisis.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2020
More than 55% of open source vulnerabilities are rated high or critical. To truly understand a vulnerability and how it might affect an organization or product, we need much more than a number.
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
MAY 6, 2020
Researchers: Malware Is Capable of Launching DDoS Attacks Kaiji, a newly discovered botnet, is compromising Linux servers and IoT devices using brute-force methods that target the SSH protocol, according to the security firm Intezer. The botnet has the capability to launch DDoS attacks.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2020
Alleged GRU Agent Charged Earlier in Connection With U.S. Election Interference German prosecutors believe that an alleged Russian hacker who apparently is a member of an elite military unit is responsible for the 2015 cyberattack against Germany's parliament, according to a news report. Earlier, the suspect was charged in connection with U.S. 2016 election interference.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2020
Hackers have breached the online learning platform Unacademy and are selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Online learning platform Unacademy has suffered a data breach after a hacker gained access to their database and started selling the account information for close to 22 million users. Unacademy, one of the largest Indian online learning platforms suffered a data breach, and hackers are selling the account information for close to 22 million users.
Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2020
We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode Well Despite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough users will ever trust these apps to make them effective remains a major question. Is it too late to get more projects back on track?
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 6, 2020
The system's use of GPS data could let hackers pinpoint who reports a positive diagnosis.
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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
MAY 6, 2020
Microsoft: Emails With COVID-19 Themes Targeting US, South Korea Several malicious spam campaigns using COVID-19 as a lure are attempting to install the Remcos remote access Trojan on victims' devices, according to Microsoft.
DXC Technology
MAY 6, 2020
DevOps dojos have been wildly popular as on-site workshops that support an organization’s DevOps transformation. But even before COVID-19 and social distancing, in-person sessions had their limits. They could only reach a certain number of employees and customers. To bridge the gap, DXC has created Online DevOps Dojo — an open source, immersive learning experience […].
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2020
Australian shipping giant Toll informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems due to a new ransomware attack. The Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group informed its customers that it has shut down some IT systems after a new ransomware attack, it is the second infection disclosed by the company this year. The Toll Group is an Australian transportation and logistics company with operations in road, rail, sea, air, and warehousing, it is a subsidiary of Japan Post
erwin
MAY 6, 2020
In these times of great uncertainty and massive disruption, is your enterprise data helping you drive better business outcomes? The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to tactically adjust their business models, work practices and revenue projections for the short term. But the real challenges will be accelerating recovery and crisis-proofing your business to mitigate the impact of “the next big thing.”.
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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.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2020
Hackers are hitting the sports industry hard on social media and luring quarantined consumers with offers of free streaming services, a new report shows.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2020
A threat actor is offering a database apparently belonging to Pakistan’s leading telecom service, it includes data of 44 Million Pakistani mobile users. The threat actor is leaking the database of Pakistan’s leading telecom service Mobilink’s (now @jazzpk ). The database contains personally-identifiable and subscription information for 44,000,000 Pakistanis, including customer full names, home addresses (city, region, street name), National identification (CNIC) numbers, mobile
Hunton Privacy
MAY 6, 2020
On April 28, 2020, the Litigation Chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) imposed a €50,000 fine on a company for non-compliance with the requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) related to the appointment of a data protection officer (“DPO”). Following the notification of a data breach, the Belgian DPA started an investigation into the notifying company’s data protection practices and privacy program.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
MAY 6, 2020
Businesses spent the latter months of 2019 working hard to prepare for the January 1, 2020 implementation of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Months later, those businesses still are uncertain of their full range of potential compliance obligations because the California Attorney General’s (CAG) CCPA implementing regulations are still not final.
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“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.
Micro Focus
MAY 6, 2020
In the first of two blogs charting the progress in automation technologies, Kris Lall looked at the transition from first generation software automation, like High Level Language Application Program Interface (HLLAPI), to today’s sophisticated Robotic Process Automation (RPA). In this post, Kris summarizes the history of automation and its challenges in a journey from the.
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2020
A three-month Azure Sphere bug-bounty challenge will offer top rewards for compromising Pluton or Secure World within Microsoft's IoT security suite.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 6, 2020
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. While there is debate about who originally coined this phrase, one thing that remains undisputed is that Netezza set the standards on what simplicity of use means in the world of enterprise data warehousing and analytics.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2020
Europol arrested five members of the Infinity Black hacker group that were selling stolen user credentials and hacking tools. Europol announced another success in the fight against cybercrime, today it has arrested five Polish hackers who were members of the Infinity Black hacking group. The joint operation coordinated by the Europol, saw the participation of the Polish and Swiss law enforcement authorities, and Eurojust.
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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.
Hunton Privacy
MAY 6, 2020
In the final segment of an S4x20 video on Cybersecurity Law and Governance, Lisa Sotto , Chair of Hunton Andrews Kurth’s Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, explains what effective cybersecurity oversight looks like for a company board of directors. While boards may have paid lip service to cyber risk a decade ago, they moved the issue to the top of their radar screen in the wake of CEO terminations resulting from cyber attacks.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2020
Some companies' endpoint security strategies may now cover an ever-widening array of devices, as Dark Reading's latest State of Endpoint Security survey discovered.
Schneier on Security
MAY 6, 2020
It's the twentieth anniversary of the ILOVEYOU virus, and here are three interesting articles about it and its effects on software design.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2020
In the past year, the number of digital threats increased by nearly half as phishing swamped malware to become the most dominant attack technique.
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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.
OpenText Information Management
MAY 6, 2020
As enterprises digitally transform, optimizing content-centric processes and workflows becomes a priority. We’re saying goodbye to the traditional fax machine but looking to the performance, security and stability of fax technologies to improve communications across organizations and with their partners, suppliers and customers. Digital fax is a key tool for secure information sharing and collaboration … The post What is digital fax?
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2020
Australian transportation company Toll Group has been hit by the Nefilim ransomware, causing customers to experience delays.
Collibra
MAY 6, 2020
We are online more than ever… if that was even possible. From work and school to birthday parties and happy hours. Every household is testing the limits of their bandwidth. But with all this additional time we spend online, have we stopped to think about the security of our devices and the tools we use every day? The answer, barring a numbered few, is likely no. .
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