WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 6, 2019

From rogue USB sticks to Chrome extensions gone wild, here is a quick guide to some basic risks you should look out for.

Cybersecurity 103

Cybersecurity Risk Security 103

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

A database containing details of 92 million Brazilians was auctioned by a threat actor on underground forums along with a search service focused on Brazilians. Someone is auctioning on several restricted underground forums a database containing personal information of 92 million Brazilian citizens. The threat actor, registered as X4Crow, is also advertising a search service that allows retrieving detailed information on Brazilian citizens.

Education 82

Education Authentication IT Security 82

DXC Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Treating documentation as code has become an important part of the software development process. Companies are recognizing that the more they can treat documentation like source code, the more effective their documentation, software development and maintenance become. But it’s not only that — the entire ecosystem of teams supporting the software becomes more effective as […].

Digital transformation 48

Digital transformation 48

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warns of attacks exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure. According to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been exploiting recently disclosed VPN vulnerabilities in enterprise VPN products in attacks in the wild.

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Military Data breaches Security Government 80

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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Managing Your Information

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Having worked since 1998 in the field of data protection, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has, in my view, significantly increased the profile of those working with the legislation. This is assisted and reinforced by the legislation requiring the role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) to have particular attributes and undertake certain tasks.

GDPR 36

GDPR Compliance IT 36

eDiscovery Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2019

After two weeks in Italy, of course my first post back had to be a post about Europe, right? ; o ) Regardless, while I was out last week, a notable decision was announced by the Court of Justice of the European Union which might impact a few people (i.e., anyone from the EU who accesses websites). Anyway, as covered in Rob Robinson’s terrific Complex Discovery blog last week ( Storing Cookies Requires Internet Users’ Active Consent Says Court of Justice of the European Union ), in Case C-673/1

Data Privacy 34

Data Privacy Privacy Access Paper 34

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Four restaurant chains in the U.S. disclose d payment card theft via PoS malware that took place over the summer. Four restaurant chains in the United States disclosed security breaches that impacted their payment systems over the summers, crooks used PoS malware to steal payment card data of the customers. The restaurant chains are McAlister’s Deli , Moe’s Southwest Grill , Schlotzsky’s , and Hy-Vee, they confirmed the presence of PoS malware at certain locations.

Data breaches 65

Data breaches Access Security IT 65

Information Management Resources

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Agency awards grant to facility to serve as a data management and coordinating center for the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network.

Big data 31

Big data 31

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2019

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Hi folk, let me inform you that I suspended the newsletter service, anyway I’ll continue to provide you a list of published posts every week through the blog. Once again thank you! Hacker claims to have stolen over 218M Zynga ‘Words with Friends Gamers records.

Security 51

Security IoT Ransomware Cybersecurity 51

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