Sat.Sep 11, 2021

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SolarWinds Attack Spurring Additional Federal Investigations

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Lawmakers Want Answers On DOJ Breach; SEC Reportedly Probing Companies Nine months after discover of the attack that targeted SolarWinds and clients of its network monitoring tool, the incident continues to spur investigations into what happened. The SEC is reportedly probing those businesses involved, and lawmakers want answers about the breach of DOJ emails.

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Cisco released security patches for High-Severity flaws in IOS XR software

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Cisco fixed multiple high-severity flaws in the IOS XR software that can allow attackers to trigger a DoS condition, elevate privileges, overwrite/read arbitrary files. Cisco released security updates to address multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in the IOS XR software that can be exploited to conduct multiple malicious activities, such as rebooting devices and elevate privileges.

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Department of Commerce Establishes AI Advisory Committee

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Seeks Top-Level Experts to Guide Privacy, Data Security Policies The U.S. Department of Commerce this week announced the establishment of an artificial intelligence advisory committee set to counsel President Joe Biden and other federal agencies on issues ranging from privacy concerns to data security, along with global competition and inherent biases.

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New SOVA Android Banking trojan is rapidly growing

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SOVA is a new Android banking trojan that targets banking applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and shopping apps from the U.S. and Spain. Researchers from cybersecurity firm ThreatFabric have spotted in the beginning of August a new Android banking trojan, dubbed SOVA, that targets banking applications, cryptocurrency wallets, and shopping apps from the U.S. and Spain.

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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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HHS on Information Blocking Rule Enforcement: Stay Tuned

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Final Rule on Penalties for Violators of Regs Expected This Month - Or Is It? While a final rule for enforcement of the 21st Century Cures Act information blocking regulations is slated to be issued this month, some regulators are still uncertain that timeline will stick, or when other related unresolved details will be disclosed.

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Pysa Ransomware Gang Targets Linux

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Malware Designed To Attack Linux Hosts With ChaChi Backdoor The Pysa ransomware gang has created a new Linux version of its malware designed to target Linux hosts with the ChaChi backdoor, using its Windows counterpart's characteristics, according to a new report.

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LA Police Are Collecting Detainees' Social Media Information

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According to new documents, officers ask people they stop for their Facebook and Twitter account details, and then feed the data into Palantir.

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Ukrainian Extradited to US Faces Credential Theft Charges

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DOJ: Suspect Allegedly Used Botnet to Launch Brute Force Attacks A Ukrainian national was extradited from Poland to the U.S. this week and now faces charges of conspiracy, trafficking in unauthorized access devices and trafficking in computer passwords, according to the Justice Department.

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