Fri.May 03, 2019

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'Five Eyes' Intelligence Agencies Discuss Strategies

Data Breach Today

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report describes a discussion among "Five Eyes" intelligence agencies at the recent CyberUK conference. Plus, an update on a Huawei 'backdoor' allegation and new research on managing third-party risk.

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Credit Union Sues Fintech Giant Fiserv Over Security Claims

Krebs on Security

A Pennsylvania credit union is suing financial industry technology giant Fiserv , alleging that “baffling” security vulnerabilities in the company’s software are “wreaking havoc” on its customers. The credit union said the investigation that fueled the lawsuit was prompted by a 2018 KrebsOnSecurity report about glaring security weaknesses in a Fiserv platform that exposed personal and financial details of customers across hundreds of bank Web sites.

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Darknet Disruption: 'Wall Street Market' Closed for Business

Data Breach Today

Suspected Admins Arrested in Germany and Alleged Top Narcotics Vendors in US German police have disrupted Wall Street Market and arrested its alleged administrators, who apparently "exit scammed" with $13 million in bitcoins, while U.S. authorities detained two of the site's alleged top narcotics vendors. Separately, Finnish police disrupted Silkkitie, aka Valhalla Marketplace.

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Feds Bust Up Dark Web Hub Wall Street Market

Krebs on Security

Federal investigators in the United States, Germany and the Netherlands announced today the arrest and charging of three German nationals and a Brazilian man as the alleged masterminds behind the Wall Street Market (WSM), one of the world’s largest dark web bazaars that allowed vendors to sell illegal drugs, counterfeit goods and malware. Now, at least one former WSM administrator is reportedly trying to extort money from WSM vendors and buyers (supposedly including Yours Truly) — i

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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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Drug Lab Cyberattack Puts Spotlight on IP Theft Threat

Data Breach Today

Charles River Laboratories Says Some Clients' Data 'Copied' by Hackers In what may be a case of industrial espionage, Massachusetts-based drug development company Charles River Laboratories has reported a cyberattack involving the copying of client data by an intruder. Why is IP theft a growing worry for the healthcare sector?

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The Vision for Omnichannel Authentication

Data Breach Today

Enterprises today have many digital ways of interacting with their customers - and therefore just as many ways for authenticating those users and transactions. Sesh Venkataraman of CA Technologies explains the business value of omnichannel authentication solutions.

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Cybersecurity for the Public Interest

Schneier on Security

The Crypto Wars have been waging off-and-on for a quarter-century. On one side is law enforcement, which wants to be able to break encryption, to access devices and communications of terrorists and criminals. On the other are almost every cryptographer and computer security expert, repeatedly explaining that there's no way to provide this capability without also weakening the security of every user of those devices and communications systems.

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SAP's NetWeaver: New Exploits for Misconfigurations

Data Breach Today

Researchers at Onapsis Say Attacks Could Focus on NetWeaver Platform New exploits released online that target long-known configuration weaknesses in SAP's NetWeaver platform could pose risks to payroll, invoicing and manufacturing processes, according to researchers at Onapsis. As many as 50,000 companies could be vulnerable.

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Authorities shut down major darknet marketplaces: the Wall Street Market and Valhalla

Security Affairs

German police have shut down one of the world’s largest black marketplace in the darkweb, the ‘Wall Street Market,’ and arrested its operators. The German police, with the support of Europol, Dutch police and the FBI, has shut down one of the world’s largest black marketplace in the darkweb , the ‘Wall Street Market,’ and arrested three operators allegedly running it.

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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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Why intelligent cloud ERP delivers increased value

DXC Technology

Agility is the name of the game for businesses who want the ability to respond to threats and opportunities in their marketplace. The arrival of intelligent cloud ERP provides the core technology that allows organisations to build the agile foundation required for entering new markets and becoming the disruptors of their industry. Intelligent cloud ERP […].

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Cisco addresses a critical flaw in Nexus 9000 switches

Security Affairs

Cisco released security patches to address tens of vulnerabilities in its products, including a critical vulnerability affecting Nexus 9000 switches. Cisco released security patches to address tens of vulnerabilities in its products. Among the flaws fixed by Cisco, there is also a critical vulnerability in Nexus 9000 switches that is tracked as CVE-2019-1804 and that received a CVSS score of 9.8.

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A Mysterious Hacker Group Is On a Supply Chain Hijacking Spree

WIRED Threat Level

A group of likely Chinese hackers has poisoned the software of seven companies in just the last three years.

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Inphi drives engineering design efficiency with simplified IT infrastructure

OpenText Information Management

Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Inphi is a leader in high-speed data movement, providing its customers with sleek semiconductor solutions to move data around inside and between data centers. With around 580 design engineers and business professionals across 15 locations worldwide, Inphi identified the need to consolidate its disparate data sources and optimize its Electronic … The post Inphi drives engineering design efficiency with simplified IT infrastructure appeared first on

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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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Using the Human Factor in Cyber Attacks

Security Affairs

The Human Factor has a fundamental importance for the success of a cyber attack, for this reason it is important to create a culture of cyber security within organizations. Every day we see a large number of tools being implemented within enterprises and institutions due to the need to keep their environments more secure, along with this implementation of tools comes a series of responsibilities to make resources be used efficiently and effectively, generating the results expected by the Analyst

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The 2019 State of Cloud Security

Dark Reading

Enterprise cloud security is making real progress, but emerging technologies call for security teams to keep up the pace.

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How to create an ISO 27001-compliant risk treatment plan

IT Governance

An RTP (risk treatment plan) is an essential part of an organisation’s ISO 27001 implementation process, as it documents the way your organisation will respond to identified threats. It’s one of the mandatory documents you must complete as part of your ISO 27001 implementation project , and forms the final stage of the risk assessment process. What are your risk treatment options?

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Massive Dark Web 'Wall Street Market' Shuttered

Dark Reading

Europol-led international law enforcement operation led to takedown of world's second-largest digital underground marketplace.

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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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Cyber Defense Magazine – May 2019 has arrived. Enjoy it!

Security Affairs

Cyber Defense Magazine May 2019 Edition has arrived. We hope you enjoy this month’s edition … packed with over 160+ pages of excellent content. Cyber Defense eMagazine for May 2019. ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. ~ Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini. ( SecurityAffairs – Cyber Defense Magazine, hacking).

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How Storytelling Can Help Keep Your Company Safe

Dark Reading

Well-crafted narratives can help you win over users in the battle to develop a sustainable cybersecurity culture.

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IBM’s Data Science and AI Elite helps Geisinger break new ground in sepsis care

IBM Big Data Hub

Learn how Geisinger Health System tapped the IBM Data Science and AI Elite team to reduce mortality from sepsis.

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Open Security Tests Gain Momentum With More Lab Partners

Dark Reading

NetSecOPEN, a group of next-generation firewall vendors, has added the first university-based testing facility in its effort to move toward more open security testing.

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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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What is Large Format Scanning?

Record Nations

Large format scanning is the process of digitizing oversized documents using an LFD scanner. The process converts oversized paper documents to small and easy to manage, access, and distribute digital files in.PDF,TIFF,DWG,DXF, and.JPEG formats. Watch the video or read the transcript below to find out the benefits of and why […]. The post What is Large Format Scanning?

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Retefe Banking Trojan Resurfaces, Says Goodbye to Tor

Threatpost

The malware has new tricks, like using the stunnel encrypted tunneling mechanism and abusing a legitimate shareware app.

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Who’s listening to your machines?

OpenText Information Management

Manufacturers face security challenges both from outside and within the organization. As they connect their machines and operational technology to wireless networks to expand their supply chains across the globe and empower their mobile workers, they must deal with relentless security threats. On the one hand, adopting and integrating new technologies to become an Intelligent … The post Who’s listening to your machines?

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News Wrap: Cartoon Network Hack, the Catholic Church and Jason Statham Scams

Threatpost

The Threatpost team breaks down the strangest security stories this week - from Cartoon Network hacked to show stripper videos, to a church being scammed out of $1.75 million.

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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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The growing legal and regulatory implications of collecting biometric data

Information Management Resources

While these technologies often simplify the user authentication experience, they also introduce new privacy challenges around the collection and storage of such data.

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Multiple Sierra Wireless AirLink Routers Open to Remote Code Execution

Threatpost

Critical flaws in the software of Sierra Wireless' AirLink routers enable an array of malicious attacks.

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Data analytics rises to top ranks of most in-demand skills

Information Management Resources

Skills in data analytics are becoming among the most sought-after in the job market, as a growing number of organizations try to gain increased value from their information assets.