WIRED Threat Level

JULY 21, 2019

For all the attention on sophisticated nation-state attacks, the malware that’s most likely to hit your phone is much more mundane.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Hackers breached at least 62 college and university networks exploiting a flaw in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. US Department of Education warned that hackers have breached at least 62 college and university networks by exploiting a vulnerability in the Ellucian Banner Web Tailor module of the Ellucian Banner ERP. The module is used by colleges and universities to customize their web applications.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 21, 2019

From predictions of crime to identifying endangered children, we are in thrall to tech Are you a “metro high-flyer” or part of an “alpha family”? A “midlife renter” or a “cafes and catchments” sort? An “estate veteran” or a “bus-route renter”? You may not know, but if you live in Nottingham or Kent, your local council certainly does. And if you’re from Durham, so does the bobby on the beat.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

Security experts at Emsisoft released a second decryptor in a few days, this time announced a free decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. A few days ago, the experts at Emsisoft released a free decryptor for the Ims00rry ransomware , now the malware team announced the released of a decryptor for the ZeroFucks ransomware. Victims of the ZeroFucks ransomware don’t have to pay the ransom, they only need to download the decryptor form the link below: Download the ZeroFucks Decryptor Here.

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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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John Battelle's Searchblog

JULY 21, 2019

I like to keep myself honest when it comes to predictions. Now that six months of 2019 are in the books (well, nearly seven given how intermittent my postings have been this year), it’s time to see how things are tracking. Regular readers may have noticed I’m not really written much this year. This pains me, but it’s because I’ve been deep in a new project, one focused on a new market and a new media format.

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eDiscovery Daily

JULY 21, 2019

It was just last week that we discussed the new (probable) largest fine since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was enacted last May, with the proposed fine of nearly $230 million against British Airways for a data breach last year. But, this fine approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook for data privacy violations makes that fine look like peanuts.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! For nearly a year, Brazilian users have been targeted with router attacks. NCSC report warns of DNS Hijacking Attacks. SAP Patch Day – July 2019 addresses a critical flaw in Diagnostics Agent.

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Security Affairs

JULY 21, 2019

The principal Twitter account of Scotland Yard, which has more than 1.2 million followers, was hacked and tweeted a series of bizarre messages on Friday night. Hackers took over the Scotland Yard’s principal Twitter account and tweeted a dozen bizarre messages on Friday night, some of the tweets referred to the British rapper Digga D. Digga D, real name Rhys Herbert, was jailed last year aged 17 along with other four members of his gang after they were caught with baseball bats and machetes, th

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