WIRED Threat Level

JULY 29, 2018

Inside Cloudflare's San Francisco office, 100 units of Edward Craven Walker’s groovy hardware help guard the internet.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 29, 2018

Malcolm Crompton says his cautions about an opt-out system were ignored by the government Australia’s former privacy commissioner warned government officials about the dangers of an opt-out My Health Record system six years ago, but said his cautions were ignored. Malcolm Crompton, now an advisor at one of Australia’s leading information privacy consultancies, has also warned digital health records will not be secure unless a widespread audit of every GP clinic in Australia is conducted.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

Cisco Talos researchers found tens of flaws in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose smart home devices to attack. Cisco Talos researchers have discovered 20 vulnerabilities in Samsung SmartThings Hub controller that potentially expose any supported third-party smart home devices to cyber attack. “Cisco Talos recently discovered several vulnerabilities present within the firmware of the Samsung SmartThings Hub.” reads the analysis published by Talos. “These

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 29, 2018

People have a right to worry about their health data falling into the wrong hands. Dismissing their concerns is unethical What is that antibiotic I am allergic to that sounds like penicillin but isn’t? What happens when I take ibuprofen? Did my last ECG have a left or right bundle branch block? Am I due for my pneumonia shot yet? What does proteinuria mean?

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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

JULY 29, 2018

Several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving suspicious letters via snail mail containing malware-laden CD. Crooks and cyberspies attempt to exploit any attack vector to compromise the targeted computers and the case we are going to discuss demonstrate it. The popular security expert Brian Krebs reported that several U.S. state and local government agencies have reported receiving suspicious letters via snail mail containing malware-laden compact discs (CDs).

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

Security experts have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited by attackers to access video feeds. Security experts from Pen Test Partners (Andrew Tierney, Chris Wade and Ken Munro) along with security researchers Alan Woodward, Scott Helme and Vangelis Stykas have discovered a security glitch in Swann IoT camera that could be exploited to access video feeds.

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Information Management Resources

JULY 29, 2018

A community bank in Virginia thought the $2.4 million hackers stole from its customers would be fully covered by its insurance policy, but its carrier begged to differ. Their highly technical legal fight is a cautionary tale for all bankers who assume they are sufficiently covered.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

New Underminer exploit kit delivers a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. Malware researchers from Trend Micro have spotted a new exploit kit, tracked as Underminer exploit kit, delivering a bootkit that infects the system’s boot sectors as well as a cryptocurrency miner dubbed Hidden Mellifera. “We discovered a new exploit kit we named Underminer that employs capabilities used by other exploit kits to deter researcher

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Information Management Resources

JULY 29, 2018

Small banks are being warned to slow down mobile tool development and check vendor arrangements, as researchers repeatedly find vulnerabilities that can be exploited by cybercriminals.

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Security Affairs

JULY 29, 2018

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal. 20% discount. Kindle Edition. Paper Copy. Once again thank you! · Ecuador to withdraw asylum for Julian Assange in coming weeks or days. · TA505 gang abusing PDF files embedding SettingContent-ms to distribute FlawedAmmyy RAT. · CSE Malware ZLab – Chinese APT27 s long-

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