Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Fraud and Identity Theft Risk Follows Bank Account and Postal Address Exposure Victims of hurricanes, wildfires and other disasters now face a second hit: The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency inadvertently shared 2.3 million disaster survivors' personal data of with an agency contractor, leaving victims at increased risk from fraud and identity theft.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 25, 2019
Remember when software used to come on CDs packaged in shrinked-wrapped boxes, or even before that, on floppy disks? Related: Memory-based attacks on the rise. If you bought a new printer and wanted it to work on your desktop PC, you’d have to install a software driver, stored on a floppy disk or CD, to make that digital handshake for you. Today software is developed and deployed in the cloud, on the fly.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Attorney Kimberly Peretti of Alston & Bird on Indictments, Breach Response and More What's hot on the cybersecurity legal front? For starters, in 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted twice as many alleged state-sponsored attackers than it had ever indicted, says Kimberly Peretti of Alston & Bird.
Security Affairs
MARCH 25, 2019
It is a battle with no holds barred between T-Series and PewDiePie, their fans are spreading the PewDiePie ransomware to force users to subscribe to PewDiePie Youtube channel. The story I’m going to tell you is another chapter of the battle between the most followed Youtuber T-Series and PewDiePie. T-Series is an Indian music company, while PewDiePie a Youtuber whom fans are accused to use any means to increase the number of subscribers to its channel.
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
MARCH 25, 2019
Veteran CISO Thom Langford on Life After Hitting Bottom Call to action: Information security teams should "include mental health topics in their team meetings, their management reports and metrics, as well as face to face meetings," says to Thom Langford, head of security consultancy (TL)2, speaking from experience.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Javvad Malik on New Entity's Role in Cybersecurity Market AT&T has just re-branded its AlienVault acquisition as AT&T Cybersecurity. Javvad Malik, security advocate for the firm, explains its place in the global market and how it will impact delivery of threat intelligence.
Security Affairs
MARCH 25, 2019
Due to the growing demand for Android banking malware, threat actors continue using Anubis even is the creator has vanished. Introduction. Besides being the Egyptian God associated with mummification and afterlife, Anubis is also an Android banking malware that has caused quite some trouble for over 300 financial institutions worldwide since 2017. Anubis II is the Android banking Trojan created and advertised by an actor with the nickname “maza-in” This malware family goes beyond the
Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Stan Lowe of Zscaler on How CISOs Can Help Drive Revenue Growth Securely Digital transformation is having a significant impact on enterprise security. Zscaler's Stan Lowe describes the evolving role of the CISO in the age of cloud and connectivity.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 25, 2019
Not email, paper mail : Thieves, often at night, use string to lower glue-covered rodent traps or bottles coated with an adhesive down the chute of a sidewalk mailbox. This bait attaches to the envelopes inside, and the fish in this case -- mail containing gift cards, money orders or checks, which can be altered with chemicals and cashed -- are reeled out slowly.
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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
MARCH 25, 2019
Andreas Kuehlmann of Synopsys on Shifting Trends As trends such as DevSecOps and agile application development spread, enterprises increasingly are focused on software integrity. Andreas Kuehlmann of Synopsys discusses how to address this shift.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 25, 2019
Hackers compromised Asus’s Live Update tool to distribute malware to almost a million people. Here’s how to find out if your computer has it.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Trend Micro's Steve Neville on Managing Today's Complex Technical Landscape Simpler is better. While that might be a frequent truism in life, it's especially applicable to the technology landscape facing organizations, as CISOs attempt to manage cloud services, 5G and other emerging technologies, says Steve Neville, director of corporate marketing at Trend Micro.
Threatpost
MARCH 25, 2019
Low-key but effective, steganography is an old-school trick of hiding code within a normal-looking image, where many cybersecurity pros may not think to look.
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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
MARCH 25, 2019
Hardik Modi of Netscout Analyzes the Latest Cybercrime Trends Netscout is out with its latest threat report, and the research offers some startling new insights into DDoS, advanced threats and the commercialization of cybercrime. Hardik Modi offers analysis.
IBM Big Data Hub
MARCH 25, 2019
IIRA is an AI-powered regulatory on-ramp which helps businesses comply with a variety of regulations, and is available as an add-on to IBM Cloud Private for Data (ICP for Data).
Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Chemical Manufacturers Hexion and Momentive Still Recovering from Cyberattacks A pair of U.S. chemical manufacturing companies have reportedly been struck by the LockerGoga ransomware over the past month and continue to recover from the same cyberattack that took down part of Aluminum giant Norsk Hydro last week.
Dark Reading
MARCH 25, 2019
In the latest Pwn2Own vulnerability throwdown at the CanSecWest conference, two researchers walk away with the lion's share of rewards-just like the real marketplace.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Incident Among Largest Health Data Breaches So Far in 2019 The Oregon Department of Human Services is among the latest entities to reveal a phishing breach impacting the protected health information of hundreds of thousands of individuals.
Security Affairs
MARCH 25, 2019
Operation ShadowHammer – ASUS is the last victim of a clamorous supply chain attack that delivered a backdoor to more than one million users, Kaspersky Lab reported. Over 1 million ASUS users may have been impacted by a supply chain attack that leveraged the ASUS Live Update utility to inject a backdoor in ASUS systems. Kaspersky tracked the attack as Operation ShadowHammer , it took place between June and November 2018, but experts discovered it in January 2019. “In January 2019, we
Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Mike Fong of Privoro Discusses Smartphone Encryption Smartphone security is paramount for certain scenarios, but software based encryption has been shown to be insufficient.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 25, 2019
An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.
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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.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2019
Joyce Brocaglia on How BoardSuited Prepares Security Leaders Cybersecurity leaders hear a lot about speaking to the board. But increasingly, these leaders are also tapped to serve on boards of directors. What business skills are most needed and often lacking? Executive recruiter Joyce Brocaglia of Alta Associates and the Executive Women's Forum explains.
Threatpost
MARCH 25, 2019
More than one-third of surveyed organizations (36 percent) said they have experienced a security incident because of a remote worker's actions.
Jamf
MARCH 25, 2019
To coincide with Apple’s March 25 event, Jamf Pro offers day-zero support for Apple's spring release of operating system updates. Learn more.
Dark Reading
MARCH 25, 2019
Execs and employees have dramatically different ideas of how much information is being lost and why - a gap that puts enterprise data in grave danger.
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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.
Information Management Resources
MARCH 25, 2019
BOOK EXCERPT In 'Data Leverage: Unlocking the Surprising Growth Potential of Data Partnerships,' the authors explore how data partnerships can produce a whole that is often greater than the sum of its parts.
Dark Reading
MARCH 25, 2019
ShadowHammer campaign latest to highlight dangers of supply chain attacks.
Threatpost
MARCH 25, 2019
Attackers can remotely compromise multiple network devices (IP PBX, conferencing gear and IP phones), installing malware and eavesdropping via video and audio functions.
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