Thu.Jul 18, 2019

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Anatomy of a spear phishing attack – with example scam

IT Governance

With cyber crime quickly becoming a top priority for organisations, IT admins have felt the pressure to invest in network defences and ensure their systems aren’t breached. But those measures aren’t much help when criminals use phishing scams to bypass organisations’ defences and hit them where they’re most vulnerable: their employees. Fraudsters have countless tricks up their sleeve when targeting people for attacks, but perhaps the most dangerous is spear phishing.

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Experts spotted a rare Linux Desktop spyware dubbed EvilGnome

Security Affairs

Experts at Intezer discovered a new backdoor, dubbed EvilGnome, that is targeting Linux systems for cyber espionage purpose. Intezer spotted a new piece of Linux malware dubbed EvilGnome because it disguises as a Gnome extension. The researchers attribute the spyware to the Russia-linked and Gamaredon Group. The modules used by EvilGnome are reminiscent of the Windows tools used by the Gamaredon Group, other analogies include the use of SFX, persistence with task scheduler and the deployment o

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How to deliver a scalable AI pilot in just 8 weeks

IBM Big Data Hub

In business, aspiring to world-class is not enough when your competitors are already there. About half of the companies listed on the S&P 500 will be replaced over the next 10 years. Compared to the past, what’s unique abou t the disruption happening today is the rapid pace of change. During past revolutions, businesses had many years – even decades – to adapt.

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Identity Theft on the Job Market

Schneier on Security

Identity theft is getting more subtle: " My job application was withdrawn by someone pretending to be me ": When Mr Fearn applied for a job at the company he didn't hear back. He said the recruitment team said they'd get back to him by Friday, but they never did. At first, he assumed he was unsuccessful, but after emailing his contact there, it turned out someone had created a Gmail account in his name and asked the company to withdraw his application.

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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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8 Legit Tools and Utilities That Cybercriminals Commonly Misuse

Dark Reading

Threat actors are increasingly 'living off the land,' using publicly available management and administration tools to conceal malicious activity.

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FaceApp row: UK watchdog monitoring privacy concerns

The Guardian Data Protection

Information Commissioner’s Office says people should check how apps use their data The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is considering allegations that FaceApp, the face-ageing photo app that has gone viral, is misusing personal data. “We are aware of stories raising concerns about FaceApp and will be considering them,” a spokesperson for the information watchdog said on Thursday.

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Scraping the TOR for rare contents

Security Affairs

Cyber security expert Marco Ramilli explains the difficulties for scraping the ‘TOR networks’ and how to enumerate hidden-services with s crapers. Scraping the “TOR hidden world” is a quite complex topic. First of all you need an exceptional computational power (RAM mostly) for letting multiple runners grab web-pages, extracting new links and re-run the scraping-code against the just extracted links.

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How Capture the Flag Competitions Strengthen the Cybersecurity Workforce

Dark Reading

These competitions challenge participants with problems involving digital forensics, cryptography, binary analysis, web security, and many other fields.

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The Problem With the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act

Security Affairs

The Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act may provide business owners with access to government-level tools to secure small business against attacks. Perhaps the best approach to rampant malware, ransomware and cybercrime is stronger cooperation between the public and private sectors. The American Congress took a stab at that kind of ecumenical solution to the looming $6 trillion problem of cybersecurity in the form of the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Act (SBCAA).

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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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Security Lessons From a New Programming Language

Dark Reading

A security professional needed a secure language for IoT development. So he wrote his own, applying learned lessons about memory and resources in the process.

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Experts detailed new StrongPity cyberespionage campaigns

Security Affairs

Experts at AT&T’s Alien Labs recently discovered an ongoing campaign conducted by StrongPity threat actor that abuses malicious WinBox installers to infect victims. AT&T’s Alien Labs experts recently discovered an ongoing campaign conducted by StrongPity APT group that abuses malicious WinBox installers to infect victims. The activity of the group was initially uncovered in 2016 when experts at Kaspersky observed the cyberespionage group targeting users in Europe, in the Middle East, and

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BitPaymer Ransomware Operators Wage Custom, Targeted Attacks

Dark Reading

A new framework is allowing the threat group to compile variants of the malware for each victim, Morphisec says.

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Slack Initiates Mass Password Reset

Threatpost

More victims of a 2015 credential-harvesting incident have come to light.

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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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79% of US Consumers Fear Webcams Are Watching

Dark Reading

Widespread privacy concerns have caused 60% of people to cover their laptop webcams - some in creative ways - survey data shows.

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Europe’s Galileo Satellite Outage Serves as a Warning

WIRED Threat Level

The dramatic EU Galileo incident underscores the threat of satellite timing and navigation system failures.

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Calculating the Value of Security

Dark Reading

What will it take to align staff and budget to protect the organization?

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How podcasting can advance your tech career

DXC Technology

There was a time when the only ways technology professionals could proactively raise their profiles (and monetary value) in their industries or areas of expertise were to get on the conference/speaker circuit, become a steady and reliable source for print and broadcast news media, write books, and maybe land a columnist gig at a tech […].

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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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RDP Bug Takes New Approach to Host Compromise

Dark Reading

Researchers show how simply connecting to a rogue machine can silently compromise the host.

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Why is robotic process automation disappointing healthcare organizations?

DXC Technology

by Michael Brouthers All healthcare organizations — on both the provider and payer side — struggle with three operational imperatives: maximizing revenues and operating margins, improving clinical outcomes, and optimizing administrative efficiency. The success or failure of these efforts directly determines the success or failure of the business. As a result, leadership is always on […].

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Bulgarian Tax Breach Nets All the Records

Dark Reading

An attack by a 'wizard hacker' results in leaked records for virtually every Bulgarian taxpayer.

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Security Watch: Elon Musk’s NeuraLink Links Brains to iPhones via Bluetooth

Threatpost

Directly linking thoughts to a phone via Bluetooth -- what could go wrong?

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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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Open Source Hacking Tool Grows Up

Dark Reading

Koadic toolkit gets upgrades - and a little love from nation-state hackers.

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Mirai Botnet Sees Big 2019 Growth, Shifts Focus to Enterprises

Threatpost

Mirai activity has nearly doubled between the first quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019.

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Two new State Archives partner with Preservica to safeguard permanent government records

Preservica

Colorado and Alaska State Archives are the latest government agencies to join the growing community of public sector organizations using Preservica’s cloud-hosted (SaaS) active digital preservation platform to meet state mandates and public records laws to preserve and provide greater access to permanent and historical government records. Nearly half of all State and Territorial Archives now use Preservica as well as a growing community of county and city governments, including Alabama, Arkansas

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Google Triples Some Bug Bounty Payouts

Threatpost

Google is announcing much higher bug bounty payouts for Chrome, Chrome OS and Google Play.

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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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Finding the Best Business Cloud Storage with Advanced Security Features – Plus 3 Bonus Security Tips

OneHub

On average, it takes over six months to realize a network has been breached. The damage done in this amount of time can be catastrophic for businesses. Unfortunately, for many small to medium-sized companies, the up-front capital expenses of cyber security are out of reach. Instead, many turn to a cloud service provider to store and protect their data.

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Introducing Jamf’s ?Solution Partner Program

Jamf

More than an MDM, Jamf also collects extensive inventory of Apple devices and exposes that to our admins. Learn more about Jamf's Solution Partner Program at our webinar on Tuesday, July 30th.

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DocPoint Solutions Wins 2019 Nintex Partner Award for Business Excellence

Info Source

Fulton, Md. — July 17, 2019— DocPoint Solutions, Inc. (DocPoint), a Konica Minolta company specializing in consultation and architecture planning and design for Microsoft ® SharePoint ® and its integrated suite of products, is the winner of the 2019 Nintex Partner Award within the Business Excellence category. This award marks the fourth year in a row and fifth time DocPoint was recognized for its proven ability to drive strong revenue growth, digitally transform operations and enhance how peopl

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