Threatpost

JULY 17, 2018

DDoS attacks are relentless. New techniques, new targets and a new class of attackers continue to reinvigorate one of the internet's oldest nemeses.

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Information Management Resources

JULY 17, 2018

A successful plan must support API development and management, DevOps and continuous integration patterns, offer a flexible set of deployment options and equally support older legacy systems.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2018

Researchers have developed a tool that poses as GPS satellites to deceive nearby GPS receivers and manipulate road navigation systems. Researchers have developed a tool that poses as GPS satellites to deceive nearby GPS receivers. The kit could be used to deceive receivers used by navigation systems and suggest drivers the wrong direction. “we explore the feasibility of a stealthy manipulation attack against road navigation systems.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 17, 2018

Expert: Latest Attack on Healthcare Sector - Growing Target Medical laboratory testing firm LabCorp. is investigating a weekend cyberattack on its IT network, which was resulted in the company taking certain processes offline. The attack is just the latest cyber assault on the healthcare sector.

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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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AIIM

JULY 17, 2018

Last week, we opened up registration for The AIIM Conference 2019 - our annual conference that brings together over 600 information professionals from around the world for 3 days of learning, networking, and fun. If you've never been to one of our conferences or haven't been in a few years, you may be wondering what to expect. Sure, we could try and write up something up and do our best to describe it, but we have a better idea - hear it directly from last year's attendees, keynote speakers, and

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 17, 2018

On June 27, 2018, the Ministry of Public Security of the People’s Republic of China published the Draft Regulations on the Classified Protection of Cybersecurity (?????????????????) (“Draft Regulation”) and is seeking comments from the public by July 27, 2018. Pursuant to Article 21 of the Cybersecurity Law , the Draft Regulation establishes the classified protection of cybersecurity.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 17, 2018

Consumer Group Says Basic Error Put Millions at Risk A Spanish consumer rights organization says telecommunications company Telefónica has fixed an elementary security error in its Movistar website that potentially exposed billing invoices for millions of customers. Telfonica says it hasn't detected fraudulent use of the data.

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IT Governance

JULY 17, 2018

Clause 9.2 of ISO 27001 states that the purpose of an internal audit is to determine whether an organisation’s ISMS (information security management system): Conforms to its own requirements for an ISMS, as well as the requirements of the Standard; and. Is implemented and maintained effectively. An internal auditor’s most important task is to continually monitor the effectiveness of the ISMS and help senior staff determine whether the information security objectives are aligned with the organisa

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The Texas Record

JULY 17, 2018

As more organizations move from paper to electronic records, records management professionals face more complex challenges in managing these records. In their effort to maintain seamless records management processes within their organization, records managers expressed interest in products that specifically automate key records processes and controls.

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IT Governance

JULY 17, 2018

The EU GDPR ( General Data Protection Regulation ) places greater obligations on how organisations handle personal data – including schools. Whatever their size or setting, schools and trusts are expected to demonstrate compliance with the Regulation and put in place measures to protect the data under their care. The GDPR introduced several key changes for schools, and ensuring compliance is a complex task.

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 17, 2018

You may not have heard of Safe Browsing, but it's made the web more secure for over a decade. Here's its story, from the people who built it.

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IT Governance

JULY 17, 2018

With data breaches on the rise , and organisations such as Dixons Carphone and Ticketmaster being high-profile cases, compliance with the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) should be a priority for all organisations. Assess your current stance against the GDPR. A gap analysis is an assessment of your organisation’s current level of compliance.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 17, 2018

Watch how someone installs a credit card skimmer in just a couple of seconds. I don't know if the skimmer just records the data and is collected later, or if it transmits the data back to some base station.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 17, 2018

I love so many of the underlying principles of GDPR as it relates to protecting our personal data. I love the idea of us providing it for a specific purpose and it not being used beyond that. I love that it seeks to give us more control over access to (and erasure of) our data. I also love that the regulation has the potential to seriously bite organisations that don't protect it.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2018

Security researchers from Italian security firm TG Soft have uncovered an ongoing malware campaigns targeting Samsung service centers in Italy. “TG Soft’s Research Centre (C.R.A.M.) has analyzed the campaign of spear-phishing on 2 april 2018 targeting the service centers of Samsung Italy.” reads the analysis published by TG Soft. “The campaign analyzed is targeting only the service centers of Samsung Italy, it’s an attack multi-stage and we have monitored it u

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IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 17, 2018

“Content management” — at least as traditionally defined — is no longer the straw that stirs the process drink. It’s a key element, yes. It’s an important set of tools in the enterprise toolkit, yes. But it is not the only game in process town.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 17, 2018

Online shopping boosts parcel revenues but GDPR data privacy law deters marketing Royal Mail has reported a further fall in the number of letters it delivers for businesses, after new data privacy laws reduced the amount of junk mail sent. In a trading update ahead of its annual meeting in Sheffield on Thursday, where it could face a shareholder revolt over executive pay , the FTSE 100 company said letter revenues fell 7% in the three months to 24 June, with volumes down 6%.

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Dark Reading

JULY 17, 2018

Nearly 60% of surveyed organizations using SCADA or ICS reported they experienced a breach in those systems in the last year. Here are four tips for making these systems safer.

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Threatpost

JULY 17, 2018

IT companies allege that one of New Zealand’s largest networks of doctors and nurses has been storing hundreds of thousands of sensitive patient records, without express consent.

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IT Governance

JULY 17, 2018

A new study has found that 39% of British organisations’ CEOs believe that a successful cyber attack on their company is inevitable. This figure reflects the upsurge in cyber attacks over the past few years and the increased media attention on data breaches. Cyber security professionals have been repeatedly told that the threat of cyber attacks is becoming unmanageable, so the only surprise in KPMG’s report is that concern among CEOs in the UK is so low.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 17, 2018

On July 12, 2018, two U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to investigate the privacy policies and practices of smart TV manufacturers. In their letter , Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) note that smart TVs can “compile detailed profiles about users’ preferences and characteristics” which can then allow companies to personalize ads to be sent to “customers’ computers, phones or any other device that shares the smart TV’s interne

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2018

Hackers compromised the npm account of an ESLint maintainer and published malicious versions of eslint packages to the npm registry. Crooks compromised an ESLint maintainer’s account last week and uploaded malicious packages that attempted to steal login tokens from the npm software registry. npm is the package manager for JavaScript and the world’s largest software registry.

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Dark Reading

JULY 17, 2018

Alarming, yes, but it's actually an improvement over past years, a new Gartner survey of more than 3,000 CIOs reveals.

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Threatpost

JULY 17, 2018

Buyers and sellers can exchange cash in person, transfer bank funds online or can exchange funds for prepaid cards, gift cards or other cryptocurrencies.

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Collaboration 2.0

JULY 17, 2018

Like the early stages of the dot com boom, the initial speculative crypto bubble is over. Expect waves of rapid evolution next, as maturity kicks in and serious players emerge and scale.

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The Security Ledger

JULY 17, 2018

Facebook has denied allegations by a by a U.K. news outlet that it gave preferential treatment to some pages that promote hate speech because of financial interest, saying that creating a safe environment for its users remains a top priority. The social media giant Tuesday defended itself against a TV report on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. Read the whole entry. » Related Stories Kaspersky Deems Crypto-jacking the New Ransomware as Crypto-miners up Their Game EFF, others expand protest a

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Data Protection Report

JULY 17, 2018

On July 5, the European Parliament passed a non-binding resolution, asking the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, to suspend the Privacy Shield framework. The EU-US Privacy Shield, designed by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission , provides a mechanism for companies to transfer personal data between the EU and the US while remaining compliant with EU data protection laws.

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Adam Shostack

JULY 17, 2018

Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption. The letter calls on government officials to become proponents of digital security and work collaboratively to help law enforcement adapt to the digital era.

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