Data Breach Today
MAY 9, 2019
Researchers: 'Fxmsp' Russian Hacking Collective Exploits Victims Via RDP and Active Directory The "Fxmsp" hacker collective has been advertising source code that it claims to have stolen from three top U.S. anti-virus software development firms, as well as remote access to the companies' neworks, warns fraud-prevention firm Advanced Intelligence.
AIIM
MAY 9, 2019
5 Elements of Real-time Capture. Why should your organization care about the differences between real-time capture and batch capture? Each has a purpose and benefit to an organization, based on the need, information type, and value it represents in relation to operational outcomes. Many businesses today, are facing increased demands to capture information from unique applications immediately, and address multi-channel capture at the first touch-point of content.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 9, 2019
Outage Leaves Firm's Cloud-Based Tax and Accounting Software Customers Scrambling Accounting software giant Wolters Kluwer is continuing to attempt to recover from a malware attack that has disrupted access to its cloud-based tax and accountancy software, which the company says is used by most major U.S. accounting firms and global banks. Some users say they've been left unable to do their jobs.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MAY 9, 2019
The Cloud Security Challenge. It’s no secret that cloud technology usage is pervasive among enterprises. According to the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report -Global Edition, some 90 percent of 1,200 responding data security professionals worldwide report their organizations are using the cloud. While the agility and cost-saving benefits of cloud technologies are compelling, the need to protect sensitive application data remains.
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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
MAY 9, 2019
Malicious JavaScript Steals Credit Card Data A new skimmer attack that has injected malicious JavaScript into the payment sections of 105 ecommerce websites is stealing credit card and other customer data, security researchers warn. The news comes after another recent report of similar attacks against online campus stores.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 9, 2019
Business Associate Reports Ransomware Attack; Hacks Still Biggest Cause of Breaches A ransomware attack reported by a business associate that impacted more than three dozen clients and nearly 207,000 individuals is among the latest incidents added to the Department of Health and Human Services' data breach tally. Here's the latest health data breach tracking update.
Schneier on Security
MAY 9, 2019
Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon's ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush competitors. Sometimes, these black hat companies bribe corporate Amazon employees to leak information from the company's wiki pages and business reports, which they then resell to marketplace sellers for steep prices.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2019
'100 Women in 100 Days' is a career development program made possible by a $160,000 gift from Craig Newmark Philanthropies.
Schneier on Security
MAY 9, 2019
In 2015, the Intercept started publishing " The Drone Papers ," based on classified documents leaked by an unknown whistleblower. Today, someone who worked at the NSA, and then at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, was charged with the crime. It is unclear how he was initially identified. It might have been this: "At the agency, prosecutors said, Mr.
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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.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2019
Canadian Freedom Mobile mobile network operator exposed the details of many customers, including their payment card data. Security researchers at vpnMentor discovered an unprotected database containing information belonging to Freedom Mobile customers. Freedom Mobile is the fourth largest mobile network operator in Canada. The unprotected database stored at least 5 million records associated with 1.5 million users of the mobile network operator.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2019
If we don't change our ways, the gap will keep getting worse. Outside-the-box thinking and new techniques are required, and here are a few ways to get started.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2019
Since December 2015, Alpine Linux Docker images have been shipped with hardcoded credentials, a NULL password for the root user. Security researchers from Cisco revealed that Alpine Linux Docker images distributed via the official Docker Hub portal since December 2015 have been using a NULL password for the root account, The NULL password for the root account was included in the Official Alpine Linux Docker images since v3.3.
erwin
MAY 9, 2019
Emerging technology has always played an important role in business transformation. In the race to collect and analyze data, provide superior customer experiences, and manage resources, new technologies always interest IT and business leaders. KPMG’s The Changing Landscape of Disruptive Technologies found that today’s businesses are showing the most interest in emerging technology like the Internet of Things (IoT) , artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
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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.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2019
The source of breaches has fluctuated significantly over the past nine years, but organized crime has almost always topped nation-state actors each year. The gap narrowed significantly in 2018, according to the annual report.
Threatpost
MAY 9, 2019
A simple Wireshark analysis was enough to subvert the gadget, which uses iris identification to protect the drive.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2019
Fujie Wang allegedly worked as part of a hacking team out of China that stole information on nearly 80 million Americans in the massive healthcare breach.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2019
Global information services company Wolters Kluwer took offline has taken offline many of its applications and platforms in response to a ransomware attack. Another ransomware attack made hit a big company, this time the victim is the Global information services giant Wolters Kluwer that took offline some of the affected systems after the incident. Wolters Kluwer N.V. is a global information services company headquartered in the Netherlands that serves legal, business, tax, accounting, finance,
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Hunton Privacy
MAY 9, 2019
As reported by Bloomberg Law , on May 7, 2019, Washington State Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill ( HB 1071 ) amending Washington’s data breach notification law. The new requirements include the following: Expanded Definition of Personal Information. HB 1071 expands the definition of “personal information.” Washington’s breach notification law previously defined personal information as an individual’s name in combination with the individual’s Social Security number, state identification card num
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2019
US DoJ indicted a member of sophisticated China-based hacking group for series of computer intrusions. The group is also responsible for the 2015 Health Insurer Anthem data breach. The US Department of Justice indicted Fujie Wang (32), a member of sophisticated Chinese hacking group that breached at several US companies, including the health insurer Anthem Inc. back in 2015. “A federal grand jury returned an indictment unsealed today in Indianapolis, Indiana, charging a Chinese national as
Threatpost
MAY 9, 2019
Alpine Linux Docker images available via the Docker Hub contained a critical flaw allowing attackers to authenticate on systems using the root user and no password.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2019
Security researcher discovered a browser address bar spoofing flaw that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. Security researcher and bug hunter Arif Khan has discovered a browser address bar spoofing vulnerability that affects popular Chinese UC Browser and UC Browser Mini apps for Android. The vulnerability affects latest version of the UC Browser 12.11.2.1184 and UC Browser Mini 12.10.1.1192.
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IT Governance
MAY 9, 2019
More than 5,000 people fell victim to holiday and travel booking scams last year, with their losses totalling £7 million, according to an Action Fraud and NFIB (National Fraud Intelligence Bureau) study. The scams cost holidaymakers £1,380 on average, although this only accounts for money paid directly to scammers. The actual cost is much higher when you factor in the additional expenses victims faced, such as making new travel plans or cancelling their holidays.
Preservica
MAY 9, 2019
Preservica’s cloud hosted active digital preservation platform will be used to safeguard unique advertising, posters and product images for brands including Absolut Vodka. Boston, MA; London, UK. May 9, 2019. Preservica, market leaders in active digital preservation has announced that the Absolut Company has selected its cloud hosted active digital preservation platform to protect and future-proof more than 140 years of unique brand heritage and company history.
DXC Technology
MAY 9, 2019
Many of us have had an experience similar to this: You call an airline to make a reservation and get a digital agent on the phone. The call starts off fine, but when you ask if your friend can sit next to you on the flight, the digital agent stalls and sends you to a […].
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 9, 2019
The IBM Institute for Business Value found that 85 percent of companies manage a multicloud environment.
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Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2019
New ISSA/ESG survey underscores increasing pressures and security fallout of a strapped security team.
IT Governance
MAY 9, 2019
HMRC (HM Revenue and Customs) has been told to delete more than five million people’s voice records after it was discovered that the way the information was collected breached the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The UK’s tax authority didn’t give individuals the option to opt out of a scheme in which it used voice records as part of its audio verification system.
Information Management Resources
MAY 9, 2019
Everybody knows data is essential in business today, but handling it effectively and ethically is no easy task. That's where data governance comes in.
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