Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Hackers have stolen more than 218 million records from the popular ‘ Words With Friends’ developed by the mobile social game company Zynga Inc. Do you remember Gnosticplayers ? The popular hacker Gnosticplayers that between February and April disclosed the existence of some massive unreported data breaches in five rounds. He offered for sale almost a billion user records stolen from nearly 45 popular online services.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

It's been a bit of intense country-hopping since the last update so this one is a consolidated "this week in tweets" version. I actually found it kind of interesting going back through the noteworthy incidents of the week in lieu of having original content of my own, see what you think. Given the coming schedule (and a deep, deep desire for a few days of downtime), the next one might be more of the same so I hope it resonates!

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Adobe and Google Open Redirects Abused by Phishing Campaigns. Experts reported that phishing campaigns are leveraging Google and Adobe open redirects to bypass spam filters and redirect users to malicious sites. Phishers are abusing Google and Adobe open redirects to bypass spam filters and redirect users to malicious sites. Crooks abuse Google and Adobe services to create URLs that point to malicious websites that anyway are able to bypass security filters because they appear as legitimate URLs

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Information Management Resources

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The nation needs to develop a digital infrastructure that is interoperable between healthcare and social care organizations.

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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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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Researchers at Proofpoint have spotted a piece of downloader , dubbed WhiteShadow, that leverages Microsoft SQL queries to pull and deliver malicious payloads. . In August, malware researchers at Proofpoint spotted a new downloader which is being used to deliver a variety of malware via Microsoft SQL queries. The experts detected new Microsoft Office macros, which collectively act as a staged downloader , and tracked it as WhiteShadow.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Experts at Juniper Threat Labs have discovered a new piece of malware dubbed Masad Stealer that exfiltrate s cryptocurrency wallet files via Telegram. Security researchers at the Juniper Threat Labs discovered a strain of malware dubbed Masad Stealer that is actively distributed. The malware could steals files, browser information, and cryptocurrency wallet data and send them to the botmasters using a Telegram. “The malware is being advertised on black market forums as “Masad Clipper and S

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! 0patch will provide micropatches for Windows 7 and Server 2008 after EoS.

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