Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2019
Post-Snowden Transparency, Incident Response Push by Western Allies Continue With cyberattacks, online espionage and data breaches happening at a seemingly nonstop pace, Western intelligence agencies are bringing many of their capabilities out of the shadows to help businesses and individuals better safeguard themselves and respond. We need all the help we can get.
The Last Watchdog
MAY 6, 2019
A distinctive class of hacking is rising to the fore and is being leveraged by threat actors to carry out deep, highly resilient intrusions of well-defended company networks. Related: Memory hacking becomes a go-to tactic These attacks are referred to in the security community as “fileless attacks” or “memory attacks.” The latter conveys a more precise picture: memory hacking refers to a broad set of practices, which can include fileless attacks, that constitute this go-deep form of network brea
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Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2019
Researchers Describe What They've Learned From Data Dump Despite a doxing of its targets and tools in March, the advanced persistent threat group known as OilRig remains a significant threat to governments and businesses, researchers at Palo Alto Network's Unit 42 report.
AIIM
MAY 6, 2019
Have you ever watched a football game or other sporting event where they gave the players or coaches microphones? Or, how about an 'after show’ of your favorite reality tv program? I don’t know about you, but these are some of my favorites to watch because it gives the viewer a more intimate look than you would get by just watching the game or show normally.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2019
Touchstone Medical Imaging Learned of Breach From Two Federal Agencies Federal regulators have reached a $3 million HIPAA settlement in a case alleging that a medical imaging services provider delayed investigating and mitigating a breach involving patient information leaking onto the internet via a web server - and delayed notification of victims as well.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 6, 2019
Indictment Alleges Years-Long Scheme Infected Millions of PCs A Ukrainian national is facing wire fraud and other charges stemming from his alleged involvement in a years-long malvertising scheme that infected millions of PCs around the world. Authorities allege that he created a botnet that other cybercriminals could rent out.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2019
Ankit Anubhav, a principal researcher at NewSky Security, explained how to exploit a vulnerability in the Mirai bot to crash it. Ankit Anubhav, a principal researcher at NewSky, explained how to exploit a trivial bug in the code of the Mirai bot , which is present in many of its variants, to crash it. The expert pointed out that a Mirai C2 server crashes when someone connects it using as username a sequence of 1025+ “a” characters.
DXC Technology
MAY 6, 2019
As cars become increasingly smarter and automated, a lot of innovative technology will be needed to make them even smarter and more useful to drivers. Manufacturing cars of the future – be they autonomous, connected, electric, or a mix of all three – will be fueled by cutting-edge technology. Companies that can deploy this technology […].
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2019
Armed with stolen credentials from another breach or from a misconfigured file, attackers delete developers' repositories on GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, leaving behind ransom notes.
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.
Data Matters
MAY 6, 2019
We held our 5th Annual Privacy and Cybersecurity Roundtable on May 1, in Washington, D.C. The event featured the Chair of the European Data Protection Board Andrea Jelinek and FTC Commissioner Noah Phillips. Other government speakers represented the White House, UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office, and staff members from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2019
Sierra Wireless is warning its customers that additional AiraLink router models are affected by critical vulnerabilities previously disclosed. At the end of April, experts at Cisco Talos group disclosed a dozen of vulnerabilities in Sierra Wireless AirLink gateways and routers, including several serious flaws. Sierra Wireless AirLink gateways and routers are widely used in enterprise environments to connect industrial equipment, smart devices, sensors, point-of-sale (PoS) systems, and Industrial
Everteam
MAY 6, 2019
In the age of Big Data, capturing, organizing and analyzing all your data is nearly impossible if you are counting on traditional methods. Without having a solution to structure and benefit from this data, you’ll find yourself with mountains of data that you can’t tell what to do with but also are afraid of getting rid of. The size of Data might be an issue but the biggest challenge is the multiple data streams coming from online sources and social media, bringing rich media assets such as image
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2019
Web scammers are going after Marvel fans as the movie passes the $2.2 billion box-office mark, making it the second-highest grossing film of all time, behind only Avatar.
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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.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2019
The new software development kit - free and open source - will be available to election officials and technology suppliers this summer.
Security Affairs
MAY 6, 2019
ICS-CERT is warning of several vulnerabilities in the GE Communicator software, including hardcoded credentials and privilege escalation bugs. ICS-CERT is warning of five flaws affecting the GE Communicator software, including privilege escalation issues and hardcoded credentials. GE Communicator is a is a user-friendly software for programming and monitoring supported metering devices.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2019
Scammers are figuring out unique ways of abusing cloud services to make their attacks look more genuine, Netskope says.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 6, 2019
Spreadsheets are not a good option for planning - there is a better way to be efficient, agile and react to change in real-time.
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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.
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2019
Will connected devices be insecure forever? Or will legislation - such as the recent UK mandate announced this week - help boost IoT security?
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2019
The deployment of 5G networks will bring new use cases and revenue opportunities, mobile providers say, but security will be essential.
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2019
Amidst the PR glitz and popularity of bug bounty programs, experts worry that actual smart security strategy is being left behind.
Information Management Resources
MAY 6, 2019
Industry leaders often rush to capitalize on the latest trends, lacking a fundamental understanding of what AI really is, beginning with the term itself.
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“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.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 6, 2019
How a "secret" hackable bug found by the NSA was used over by Chinese, North Korean, and Russian hackers to wreak havoc.
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2019
Snowballing attacks using a recently patched critical bug show no sign of abating.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2019
A completely trusted stack lets the enterprise be confident that apps and data are treated and protected wherever they are.
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2019
After researchers were able to bypass a file upload validation flaw patch in WP Live Chat, a new patch has been issued.
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Info Source
MAY 6, 2019
VICTOR, N.Y., May 6, 2019 – Avalon Document Services and CloudDOCX have partnered to offer a full-service web-based document management solution to Avalon’s customers. The agreement allows Avalon – a leader in document services for the professional business community – to sell an end-to-end document management solution to its customers as a complete Avalon-branded service.
Threatpost
MAY 6, 2019
A digital signing flaw killed add-ons for Firefox as well as Tor -- and no patch is yet available for Tor users.
Dark Reading
MAY 6, 2019
MegaCortex uses a compromised domain controller in its attack.
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