Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
'Authorized Third Party' Responsible for Leak, Company Says An "authorized third party" exposed a Dow Jones database with more than 2.4 million records of risky businesses and individuals on a public server without password protection. The incident points to the importance of proper vendor risk management, security experts say.
Krebs on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
A 20-year-old Illinois man has pleaded guilty to running multiple DDoS-for-hire services that launched millions of attacks over several years. The plea deal comes almost exactly five years after KrebsOnSecurity interviewed both the admitted felon and his father and urged the latter to take a more active interest in his son’s online activities.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Researchers Say Connecting to USB 3 Devices Could Lead to Data Theft Windows, MacOS and Linux operating systems don't sufficiently protect memory, making it possible for a fake network card to sniff banking credentials, encryption keys and private files, according to new research. Fixes are in the pipeline, but caution should be used before connecting to peripherals in public areas.
Schneier on Security
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
After years of claiming that the Terrorist Screening Database is kept secret within the government, we have now learned that the DHS shares it "with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities.". Critics say that the watchlist is wildly overbroad and mismanaged, and that large numbers of people wrongly included on the list suffer routine difficulties and indignities because of their inclusion.
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 Breach Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Facebook Alone the Focus of 10 Separate Regulatory Investigations by Privacy Watchdog Ireland's privacy watchdog has its eye on Facebook. Ten of the 15 major investigations that the Data Protection Commission launched since the EU's tough new privacy law, GDPR, went into full effect in May 2018 are focused on Facebook.
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Data Breach Today
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Guarding against threats targeting end users is among the top security priorities this year at a large group of surgical centers in Washington state - and artificial intelligence could play an important role, says CIO Curt Kwak of Proliance Surgeons.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Today, we’re pleased to announce the availability of IBM Streams as a premium add-on to IBM Cloud Private for Data, delivering on the promise of joining data with AI together in real-time.
Security Affairs
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The popular in-browser cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive has announced that it will shut down on March 8, 2019. The service made the headlines across the years because it was used by crooks to abuse computational resources of the victims that were visiting compromised websites hosting the Coinhive script. Coinhive was initially launched as a legitimate service for site administrators to generate revenue from the traffic visiting their websites.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
In some cases, attackers have demanded ransom, nude photos/videos of victims in exchange for stolen account, Trend Micro says.
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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.
Collibra
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
This is part two of a two-part blog series about facing uncertainty and creating ability and resilience in data management. Being resilient in the face of uncertainty. No matter the source of the political uncertainties that can impact international data flows, organizations need to be prepared. The outcome of good preparation should be the agility that enables organizational resilience in the face of politically-motivated disruption to international data flows.
IT Governance
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
This week, we discuss ICANN’s warning about DNS attacks, the extent of credential stuffing attacks on the retail sector, password managers’ responses to recent research into security flaws, and the European Data Protection Supervisor’s annual report for 2018. Hello, and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Thursday, 28 February 2019.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The Watchlist, which contained the identities of government officials, politicians, and people of political interest, is used to identify risk when researching someone.
National Archives Records Express
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Here is the latest on the Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative (FERMI) , our effort to make it easier for Federal agencies to obtain electronic records management (ERM) services and solutions. Since last August when we hosted an Industry Day with GSA , we have been working on a number of FERMI-related projects. We are continuing to work with two groups at the General Services Administration (GSA): the Unified Shared Services Management (USSM) office under the Office of Shared Solu
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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
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli analyzed a new piece of malware apparently designed to target PIK-Group that implements ransomware , Trojan, and Miner capabilities. When an unknown sender suggests me to click on a super wired url , dropping a ZIP file straight in my box, by saying it’s getting the next targeted attack on a huge company, well I kinda looking forward to it!
Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
On February 25, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (the “EDPB”) issued a statement regarding the transfer of personal data from Europe to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) for purposes of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”). Enacted in 2010, FATCA requires that foreign financial institutions report information about financial accounts and assets held by their U.S. account holders to the IRS.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The practice today is so pervasive that cryptojacking scripts are said to be running on an estimated 3% of all sites that users visit.
IBM Big Data Hub
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
IBM recently released IBM InfoSphere Virtual Data Pipeline (VDP) to help clients innovate at the speed of customer demands.
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
To effectively defend against today's risks and threats, organizations must examine their failings as well as their successes.
Threatpost
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Cisco said that CVE-2019-1663, which has a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
New services, which are both available in preview, arrive at a time when two major trends are converging on security.
eSecurity Planet
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Social media, encrypted data traffic and nation-states are just some of the cybersecurity threats organizations face, research shows.
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Dark Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
The Watchlist, which contained the identities of government officials, politicians, and people of political interest, is used to identify risk when researching someone.
DXC Technology
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Artificial intelligence (AI) already is changing industries across the world, from manufacturing to healthcare to technology to retail. But the changes really are just beginning; AI’s infiltration of every aspect of our economy, culture, and personal lives will only intensify and accelerate. Forbes contributor Bernard Marr predicts five significant developments/trends on the AI front this […].
OpenText Information Management
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
In the energy sector, it’s not just change that organizations must prepare for – it’s the speed of change. In October last year, the price of Brent crude was as high as $85 per barrel. Optimism was in the air and there was talk of new capital investments and new development projects. By early this … The post Five technology trends driving the energy sector in 2019 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
DXC Technology
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
DXC Technology et Beqom organisent un petit déjeuner le 15 mars 2019 sur la loi Pénicaud d’égalité H/F et le calcul de son index. L’inscription est gratuite pour les professionnels des ressources humaines. Dernières places disponibles. L’une des principales mesures du gouvernement pour lutter contre le sexisme au travail vise à s’attaquer résolument aux écarts […].
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Hunton Privacy
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
On February 27, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced a record $5.7 million civil penalty against popular video creation and sharing app Music.ly (now known as TikTok) for violations of U.S. children’s privacy rules. According to the FTC’s complaint, Music.ly is designed to appeal to young children (among others), and the company was aware that a significant percentage of Music.ly users were children under the age of 13.
Information Management Resources
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Collaborative intelligence, AI, open banking, omniscient healthcare and 5G technology are among the trends that will have the biggest impact on business this year.
Adam Shostack
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
I’m quite happy to say that my next Linkedin Learning course has launched! This one is all about spoofing. It’s titled “ Threat Modeling: Spoofing in Depth.” It’s free until at least a week after RSA. Also, I’m exploring the idea that security professionals lack a shared body of knowledge about attacks, and that an entertaining and engaging presentation of such a BoK could be a useful contribution.
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