Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Attackers Sending Emails Promising Copy of 'Permanent Record' A week after the Emotet botnet crept back to life, the attackers behind it are already trying a new way to ensnare victims - using Edward Snowden's newly released memoir as a phishing lure, according to the security firm Malwarebytes.
The Last Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Keeping track of badness on the Internet has become a thriving cottage industry unto itself. Related: ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ is upon us There are dozens technology giants, cybersecurity vendors, government agencies and industry consortiums that identify and blacklist IP addresses and web page URLs that are obviously being used maliciously; and hundreds more independent white hat hackers are doing much the same.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Remote Access Trojan Is Capable of Cyberespionage and Financial Fraud A newly discovered remote access Trojan called Dtrack has been targeting banks in India for well over a year, Kaspersky researchers say. The malware, which can steal data from ATMs and doubles as a cyberespionage tool, appears to be linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Business is booming and data is flowing. Retailers and shoppers are leveraging and enjoying many benefits data sharing brings: loyalty programs, personalized experiences, easier product location and ordering, online shopping, mobile access and the list goes on. With a few clicks, even hard-to-find products make their way to a customer’s doorstep within hours.
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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 Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Andrei Tyurin Stole Details of 83 Million Customers During Cybercrime Campaign Russian national Andrei Tyurin pleaded guilty to perpetrating massive hack attacks against leading U.S. financial services firms and others from 2012 to mid-2015. Victims included JPMorgan Chase, from which he stole details of 83 million customer accounts.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
EU's Highest Court Says Requirement Only Applies in Europe Europe's top court has ruled that Google does not have to remove links to sensitive personal data globally under the EU's "right to be forgotten" requirements, saying the requirement only applies in Europe.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Security experts at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group aimed at political targets. Security researchers at ESET have uncovered a new campaign carried out by Russia-linked Fancy Bear APT group (i.e. APT28 , Sednit , Sofacy , Zebrocy , and Strontium ) aimed at political targets. In the recent attacks, the hackers used a new set of malicious payloads, including a backdoor written in a new language.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Groups Ask Congress to Delay Finalization of Proposed Rule Seven healthcare and health IT industry groups are asking Congress to apply the brakes in issuing a final rule on interoperability, information blocking and health information exchange as required under the 21st Century Cures Act, citing concerns about privacy and other issues.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
'Tortoiseshell' discovered hosting a phony military-hiring website that drops a Trojan backdoor on visitors.
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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.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
How machine learning and advanced DLP technology can mitigate insider data breaches. How machine learning and advanced DLP technology can mitigate insider data breaches.
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Most electrical engineering firms are targeted by threat actors of opportunity because of two necessary ingredients: people and computers. These four tips will help keep you safer.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Proofpoint Researchers Say 17 Targeted in Phishing Campaign Since April An ongoing campaign to spread a new type of malware dubbed LookBack among U.S.-based utilities is much more extensive than previously believed, with at least 17 companies targeted since April, Proofpoint researchers say.
IT Governance
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Among the uncertainty surrounding GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance – particularly with Brexit complicating things – the UK government has been a reliable source for advice. The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) , which oversees data protection rules in the country, and gov.uk , regularly provide guidance to help organisations make sense of their requirements.
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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.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Researchers at Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab discovered an interesting drop chain associated with the well-known Aggah campaign. Introduction. During our threat monitoring activities, we discovered an interesting drop chain related to the well-known Aggah campaign , the ambiguous infection chain observed by Unit42 which seemed to deliver payloads potentially associated with the Gorgon Group APT.
Data Matters
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
*Jan Yves Remy is a former Sidley Austin Associate and now serves as the Deputy Director at Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services at the University of the West Indies in Barbados. As with all posts, this article is for your informational purposes only; Sidley Austin does not have offices in or practice law in Barbados.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Microsoft released an out-of-band patch to address a Zero-day memory corruption vulnerability in Internet Explorer that has been exploited in attacks in the wild. Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that was exploited in attacks in the wild. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-1367 is a memory corruption flaw that resides in the Internet Explorer’s scripting engine, it affects the way that objects in memory are handled. . “A remote
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
New analysis of the software used by espionage groups linked to Russia finds little overlap in their development, suggesting that the groups are siloed.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
An anonymous hacker disclosed technical details and proof-of-concept exploit code for a critical zero-day remote code execution flaw in vBulletin. vBulletin is one of the most popular forum software, for this reason, the disclosure of a zero-day flaw affecting it could impact a wide a udience. More than 100,000 websites online run on top of vBulletin.
Micro Focus
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Party hats at the ready! Welcome to a special birthday celebration issue of the Application Modernization & Connectivity Newsletter. The Fortune 500’s favorite language – COBOL– has hit the big 6-0. In celebration of this momentous milestone we are taking a closer look at the enduring influence – and fabulous future – of COBOL. Don’t miss the. View Article.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Security experts at Proofpoint observed a new wave of phishing attacks aimed at US Utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. Security experts at Proofpoint have discovered a new series of phishing attacks targeting entities US utilities in an attempt to deliver the LookBack RAT. In early August, the expert reported that between July 19 and July 25, 2019, several spear-phishing emails were identified?
OpenText Information Management
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
As businesses and consumers find new ways to interact with one another, and as the demand for increasingly convenient means of interaction grows, capture needs to expand its definition from a focus on paper-to-electronic data conversion to include sources like voice, video, images, unstructured text, and application data, to name a few. At the recent … The post Capture is now Capture 2.0 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Adobe released security updates to address three severe vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion web application development platform. Adobe released ColdFusion 2016 Update 12 and ColdFusion 2018 Update 5 to address three severe vulnerabilities in its ColdFusion web application development platform, two of them have been rated as “critical.” “Adobe has released security updates for ColdFusion versions 2018 and 2016.
Threatpost
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
'AdBlock' and 'uBlock' impersonate legitimate extensions but instead engage in cookie stuffing to defraud affiliate marketing programs, a researcher has found.
IBM Big Data Hub
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
68 percent of surveyed businesses recently responded that they use machine learning (ML) or plan to do so in the next three years. AI technologies rapidly are becoming how businesses distinguish themselves from competitors. But choosing the best way to implement AI isn’t always a straightforward process.
Info Source
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
ROCHESTER, N.Y., September 24, 2019 – Kodak Alaris is launching a new wave of network-connected scanning solutions aimed at tackling the most difficult pain points organizations face when onboarding information into line-of-business applications. The Alaris INfuse Smart Connected Scanning Solution and the Kodak Scan Station 730EX Plus Scanner automate business processes by seamlessly connecting document capture to existing business systems and the cloud.
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Hunton Privacy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
On September 20, 2019, the Philippines National Privacy Commission (“NPC”) announced it has filed its notice of intent to join the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPR”) system. The Philippines would be the ninth member of the CBPR system, joining the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and Chinese Taipei. After securing membership, the NPC will identify an accountability agent, which, once approved, will be able to independently assess and certify the compliance of
Dark Reading
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
A attack has had a significant impact on the operations of Wyoming's Campbell County Memorial Hospital.
Reltio
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
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