Data Breach Today
MAY 1, 2018
Tripwire's Tim Erlin on Ways to Prevent Breaches Improperly implemented foundational controls pave the way for many data breaches, says Tim Erlin of Tripwire, who offers tips on building a strong foundation.
The Guardian Data Protection
MAY 1, 2018
Identity matching bill provides ‘significant scope’ for minister to expand powers, state warns Victoria has threatened to pull out of a state and federal government agreement for the home affairs department to run a facial recognition system because the bill expands Peter Dutton’s powers and allows access to information by the private sector and local governments.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 1, 2018
US Defense Department Defenders Say Attackers Don't Need No Stinking Zero Days The head of the NSA's Cybersecurity Threat Operations Center says attackers haven't bothered targeting unclassified U.S. Defense Department networks with a zero-day exploit in 24 months. Instead, they attempt to exploit flaws within 24 hours of information of the vulnerability or exploit going public.
The Guardian Data Protection
MAY 1, 2018
Parliament may formally call CEO to face Cambridge Analytica questions next time he is in UK MPs have threatened to issue Mark Zuckerberg with a formal summons to appear in front of parliament when he next enters the UK, unless he voluntarily agrees to answer questions about the activities of his social network and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Damian Collins, the chair of the parliamentary committee that is investigating online disinformation, said he was unhappy with the information the com
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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 1, 2018
Drago's Sergio Caltagirone on 'Safety vs. Security' Industrial control system environments are tough to hack, because each is unique, says Sergio Caltagirone of Dragos. But the recent emergency of Triton malware shows that attackers have been testing how to compromise some environments, which could have catastrophic results.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 1, 2018
WhatsApp Founder Jan Koum Is the Latest to Announce His Exit Jan Koum, WhatsApp's co-founder, is leaving Facebook. His departure marks another exit of a high-level privacy and security advocate. If Facebook continues to lose those who could better influence the social networking site's worrying views toward user data, what does that mean for the rest of us?
IT Governance
MAY 1, 2018
What does cyber incident response (CIR) management do? CIR management can help your organisation mitigate the risk of information security incidents and minimise losses. A proper incident response framework will allow you to prevent unauthorised access to data stores, identify attack vectors and breaches, prevent and isolate malware, remediate threats, control your risk and exposure during an incident, and minimise operational losses.
Data Breach Today
MAY 1, 2018
Experts Question Whether Partnership Could Pose Privacy, Security and Safety Concerns Fitbit and Google say they are collaborating to accelerate innovation and "transform the future" of digital health and wearables, leveraging cloud computing. Some observers, however, say the partnership also raises privacy, security and patient safety questions.
IT Governance
MAY 1, 2018
The Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive) comes into effect on 10 May 2018. It requires operators of essential services (OES) that are established in the EU, and digital service providers (DSPs) that offer services to persons within the EU, to enhance their cyber security measures appropriate to associated risks. The government has confirmed that the Directive will apply irrespective of Brexit.
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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 1, 2018
Imperva's Terry Ray on Application Security Imperatives in the Cloud Age Banks and other financial services sector organizations need to pay more attention to their security infrastructure and defenses and apply application security safeguards to monitor all of their data - as well as individual files, says Terry Ray, CTO of Imperva.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 1, 2018
The cyber community is often reminded of past events such as large-scale data breaches and vicious cyberattacks that caused mass destruction and caught the publics’ attention. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the WannaCry ransomware attack that seized operating systems across the globe and caused businesses up to $4 billion in damages. The WannaCry virus was able to spread thanks to the Shadow Brokers’ NSA data dump which exposed EternalBlue to the public and was quickly abused by cy
Data Breach Today
MAY 1, 2018
Trustwave's Rick Miller on How to Get the Most From Service Providers The managed security services marketplace has matured, says Rick Miller of Trustwave. But persistent myths continue to color perceptions. Miller attempts to shatter those myths and shed light on the market's new realities.
Schneier on Security
MAY 1, 2018
Researchers at Princeton University have released IoT Inspector , a tool that analyzes the security and privacy of IoT devices by examining the data they send across the Internet. They've already used the tool to study a bunch of different IoT devices. From their blog post : Finding #3: Many IoT Devices Contact a Large and Diverse Set of Third Parties In many cases, consumers expect that their devices contact manufacturers' servers, but communication with other third-party destinations may not b
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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.
Data Breach Today
MAY 1, 2018
Business email compromise and account takeover attacks haven't faded; they've just morphed. Wes Dobry of Agari discusses the new wave of these attacks and how organizations can do a better job of detecting and responding to them.
Dark Reading
MAY 1, 2018
Despite heightened awareness of the security implications many users still continue to reuse passwords and rarely if ever change them, a LogMeIn survey shows.
Threatpost
MAY 1, 2018
The apps are deemed malicious by doing things such as capturing pictures and audio when the app is closed, or making an unusually large amount of network calls.
Dark Reading
MAY 1, 2018
Researchers get hold of a copy of Kim Jong Un regime's mysterious internal 'SiliVaccine' antivirus software provided only to its citizens - and find a few surprises.
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OpenText Information Management
MAY 1, 2018
OpenText™ is The Information Company™. We devote our energy, focus and talent to helping our customers manage their enterprise information. It’s as simple as that. Of course, in the Digital Age, nothing is actually simple. That’s why we stay focused, to help our customers with the hard stuff – managing their enterprise information efficiently and … The post OpenText Release 16 EP4: Improving on what’s important appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Dark Reading
MAY 1, 2018
These five steps can show you how to start building your foundational privacy program for the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.
Hunton Privacy
MAY 1, 2018
On April 11, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted two Recommendations on the Standard Application for Approval of Data Controller or Processor Binding Corporate Rules for the Transfer of Personal Data (the “Recommendations”). Binding Corporate Rules (“BCRs”) are one of the mechanisms offered to companies to transfer data outside the European Economic Area to a country which does not provide an adequate level of protection for the data according to Article 45 of the GD
Troy Hunt
MAY 1, 2018
The more time that goes by and the more deeply I give it thought, the more convinced I am that the web is held together with sticky tape. No - cyber-sticky tape! Because especially when it comes to security, there are fundamental and inherent shortcomings in everything from HTTP to HTML and many of the other acronyms that make the web work as it does today.
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OpenText Information Management
MAY 1, 2018
When it comes to running your business, business-to-business (B2B) process excellence is mission critical. Your business is part of an extensive ecosystem of other companies, a business network of suppliers, customers, banks and more. You create your products and services with inputs from others, and you sell those products and services to others outside your … The post Next gen, 2.0, Industry 4.0, next big thing, new and improved… What are you waiting for?
IT Governance
MAY 1, 2018
As organisations begin to understand that cyber security is just as much about responding to breaches as it is about preventing them, the popularity of business continuity grows. Implementing a business continuity management system (BCMS) means organisations can ensure that mission-critical functions continue operating following disruptive incidents, which could be anything from cyber attacks to snow storms.
Threatpost
MAY 1, 2018
Exploitation can result in hackers gaining access to full browsing histories and all of the user's internet activities.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
MAY 1, 2018
By Tamara Hunter and David Spratley. Canada’s long-awaited federal private-sector data breach reporting regulations have now been published by the Canadian government and will take effect November 1, 2018. This gives organizations approximately seven months to get ready for compliance. Back in June 2015, Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) was amended (via the Digital Privacy Act) to include, among other things, an obligation for organizations to notify
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Threatpost
MAY 1, 2018
Vulnerable in-vehicle infotainment systems have left some Volkswagen cars open to remote hacking, researchers warn.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
MAY 1, 2018
May 1. MedTech Intelligence. Paul Otto will co-present with a FDA panelist on “Medical Device Cybersecurity Preparedness and Response” at the MedTech Intelligence Medical Cybersecurity Vulnerability & Patch Management conference. Location : Washington, D.C. May 10. IoT’s Impact on Health Care. Paul Otto will be a speaker in a Marsh webinar titled, “From Disruptive to Transformative: Preparing for IoT’s Impact on Health Care.” He will discuss why IoT is important to transfor
Threatpost
MAY 1, 2018
Samples of North Korean antivirus software called SiliVaccine crib software code from a competitor and come loaded with malware and a backdoor.
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