Data Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2021

Facebook Says Data Comes from Previously Reported 2019 Incident A security researcher found more than 500 million Facebook records made available for free on the darknet, exposing basic user information including any phone numbers associated with accounts. Facebook says this is “old data” previously reported.

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Elie

APRIL 4, 2021

Malware is one of the key threats to online security today, with applications ranging from phishing mailers to ransomware and trojans. We present Spotlight, a large-scale malware lead-generation framework.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2021

A malware attack against vehicle inspection services provider Applus Technologies paralyzed preventing vehicle inspections in eight US states. Applus Technologies is a worldwide leader in the testing, inspection and certification sector, the company was recently hit by a malware cyberattack that impacted vehicle inspections in eight states, including Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Utah, and Wisconsin.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 4, 2021

The government's latest attack is aimed at discouraging the company from following through with its planned rollout across platforms.

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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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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2021

Clop ransomware gang leaked online data stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, and the University of California. Clop ransomware operators have leaked the personal and financial information stolen from Stanford Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), and the University of California. Data were stolen by the ransomware gang by compromising the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) application used by the universities to share information.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 4, 2021

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to receive the complete weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free, including the international press, subscribe here. Experts found two flaws in Facebook for WordPress Plugin Hackers disrupted live broadcasts at Channel Nine.

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