Data Breach Today
JUNE 21, 2019
BeyondTrust's Karl Lankford on Mitigating the Unmanaged Privilege Threat Attackers crave insider-level access to IT infrastructure and regularly target insiders - and especially administrators- to steal their credentials, says BeyondTrust's Karl Lankford, who advises organizations to ensure they manage, monitor and audit all privileged access.
National Archives Records Express
JUNE 21, 2019
NARA is in the final stages of our records scheduling process with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for schedule DAA-0567-2015-0013, Detainee Records. This schedule was originally proposed to NARA on October 26, 2015. NARA published notice of the pending schedule in the Federal Register on July 14, 2017. The schedule, which covers records related to deaths of detainees and allegations of sexual assault and abuse of detainees, received a record number of public comments.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 21, 2019
Barracuda's Michael Flouton on Social Engineering, Account Takeover and More The early days of email attacks - so much noise in the form of malware, spam and links - have given way to attacks that often rely on little more than words, and email gateways often struggle to arrest social engineering ploys, says Michael Flouton of Barracuda Networks.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 21, 2019
In 2017, some Android phones came with a backdoor pre-installed : Criminals in 2017 managed to get an advanced backdoor preinstalled on Android devices before they left the factories of manufacturers, Google researchers confirmed on Thursday. Triada first came to light in 2016 in articles published by Kaspersky here and here , the first of which said the malware was "one of the most advanced mobile Trojans" the security firm's analysts had ever encountered.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 21, 2019
Report Outlines 10 Years' Worth of Serious Incidents Hackers have repeatedly stolen valuable data - including launch codes and flight trajectories for spacecraft - from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in recent years, according to a new inspector general audit, which describes weak security practices.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 21, 2019
Stuart Reed of Nominet on Improving Visibility DNS is cybersecurity's best-kept secret for eliminating threats, says Stuart Reed of Nominet, who explains the value of analyzing traffic.
IT Governance
JUNE 21, 2019
Anyone looking for advice on how to achieve effective cyber security should consider the NCSC’s (National Cyber Security Centre) 10-step guide. Originally published in 2012, it is now used by the majority of FTSE 350 organisations. In this blog, we explain each step and provide advice on how to get started. 1. Risk management regime. Organisations must understand the risks they face before implementing security measures.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 21, 2019
Forcepoint's Carl Leonard Says More Real-Time Response to Behavior Required Many cybersecurity tools are designed to block or allow specific activities based on prescribed rules, but with insider breaches continuing, enterprise protection also requires real-time reaction to actual user behavior, says Carl Leonard of Forcepoint.
Security Affairs
JUNE 21, 2019
Russia-Linked cyberespionage group Turla uses a new toolset and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Russia-linked Turla cyberspies used a new set of tools in new attacks and hijacked command and control infrastructure operated by Iran-Linked OilRig APT. Recent campaigns demonstrate that Turla continues to evolve its arsenal and adopt news techniques to remain under the radar.
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
JUNE 21, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the security and privacy implications of Facebook's new digital currency - Libra. Also featured: Discussions on the rise of machine learning and IT and OT collaboration on cybersecurity.
Dark Reading
JUNE 21, 2019
While risk analysts and security experts continue to urge companies to secure systems against ransomware, they are now also advising that firms be ready to pay.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 21, 2019
When migrating systems, data and applications to the cloud, a critical security step is to involve compliance auditors in the process as early as possible, says Thien La, CISO at Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. He'll be a featured speaker at ISMG's Healthcare Security Summit on June 25 in New York.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 21, 2019
A jury this week finds that Minneapolis police officers abused their license database access. Dozens of other lawsuits have made similar claims.
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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.
Dark Reading
JUNE 21, 2019
As the number of blacklisted apps on Google Play continues to drop, attackers find new ways to compromise smartphones.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 21, 2019
TPS reports. Flair. Red Swingline® stapler. Non-working printer. Cube farms. If you’re a fan of the cult hit “Office Space” – a 1999 comedy about a technology company working on software updates in preparation for Y2K – you’ll recognize all of the items listed above. In addition to the laughs the movie provokes, it also … The post IT Challenges: A 20-Year Look Back at “Office Space” appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
The Texas Record
JUNE 21, 2019
The annual e-Records Conference will be held Friday, November 15, 2019. The theme this year is Better Together in a Digital World: Security and Retention. We want to you to speak at e-Records 2019. This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government.
Dark Reading
JUNE 21, 2019
This special October event in Alexandria, Virginia offers unique, practical courses in everything from data breach response to military strategy for cybersecurity.
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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.
Threatpost
JUNE 21, 2019
A component in SupportAssist software pre-installed on Dell PCs - and other OEM devices - opens systems up to DLL hijacking attacks.
Dark Reading
JUNE 21, 2019
TrueFort plans to use the funding to expand sales, marketing, R&D, customer support, and go-to-market initiatives.
Troy Hunt
JUNE 21, 2019
So first things first - my patience for the Instamics we're wearing just reached zero. One of them recorded and one of them didn't which means we've had to fallback to audio captured by the iPhone I was recording from so apologies it's sub-par. I ended up just uploading the unedited clip direct from the phone because frankly, after trying to recover the non-existent audio both my time and patience were well into the red.
Dark Reading
JUNE 21, 2019
Remote work and other developments demand a shift to managing people rather than devices.
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eSecurity Planet
JUNE 21, 2019
Which IT security projects deliver the most value and protection from risk? Gartner analysts offer their views.
Dark Reading
JUNE 21, 2019
Four new CVEs present issues that have a potential DoS impact on almost every Linux user.
Threatpost
JUNE 21, 2019
Mozilla has patched a second actively-exploited vulnerability in Firefox this week.
DXC Technology
JUNE 21, 2019
by Dr. Richard Swafford, Senior Principal Industry Strategist Data is integral to what the life sciences industry does. To establish and run clinical trials, companies depend on data about the disease state, the molecule they are working with, similar products on the market and, most crucially, the patient. Aside from advancing clinical trial recruitment, access […].
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Threatpost
JUNE 21, 2019
The Threatpost team discusses the top news of the week - from a NASA cyberincident to dating app privacy issues.
Information Management Resources
JUNE 21, 2019
How can trained data professionals and specialists remain relevant and at the top of their field? The answer lies in having soft skills to interoperate with different industries, technologies and people.
Threatpost
JUNE 21, 2019
A spoofing bug (CVE-2019-1105) can open the door to an email attack chain.
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