Data Breach Today
JUNE 6, 2019
As GDPR Celebrates Its First Birthday, Privacy Experts Meet in London to Review One year after the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect, data protection experts gathered at the European Data Protection Summit in London to review the state of privacy - not just in the U.K. and Europe but across the world. Here are eight takeaways.
IT Governance
JUNE 6, 2019
Phishing is one of the most longstanding and dangerous methods of cyber crime. It uses deceptive messages to trick victims into clicking bogus links, downloading malicious attachments or sending sensitive information. Despite what people think they know about phishing, they consistently fall victim. According to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report , 32% of all cyber attacks involved phishing.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 6, 2019
Cequence Security's Carl Gustas on Why These Bots Are a Growing Threat Organizations and their applications are under attack from automated bots and bad actors. And many of these attacks are undetectable by conventional security technologies. How can organizations detect and prevent this activity? Carl Gustas of Cequence Security shares insights.
AIIM
JUNE 6, 2019
By now, you may have heard that AIIM is in the process of updating its Certified Information Professional (CIP) Program. With CIP 3 set to launch soon, your podcast host Kevin Craine wanted to dig deeper into what users can expect from the revamp of the program. To get some answers, Kevin took a two-pronged approach on this episode of AIIM on Air. First, he went straight to one of the people leading the CIP 3 charge - AIIM's Director of Professional Development, Jesse Wilkins.
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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
JUNE 6, 2019
Meanwhile, NSA Issues Alert Stressing Urgency of Patching A security researcher has posted a demonstration showing how an attacker could exploit the BlueKeep vulnerability to take over a Windows device in a matter of seconds. Meanwhile, the NSA has joined Microsoft in urging users to patch devices before an attacker takes advantage of this vulnerability.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 6, 2019
At Least 3 Lab Testing Firms Affected; State Attorney General Investigates A third medical lab test firm - BioReference Laboratories - has acknowledged that it's a victim of the data breach at American Medical Collections Agency, which may have exposed data on more than 20 million patients. Meanwhile, at least one state attorney general is now investigating the breach.
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2019
VMware has informed its users that it has patched two high-severity vulnerabilities that affect its Tools and Workstation software. VMware has patched two high-severity flaws that affect its Tools and Workstation software. The first security flaw, tracked as CVE-2019-5522, affects VMware Tools 10.x on Windows. The vulnerability is an out-of-bounds read issue in the vm3dmp driver in Windows guest machines, it was reported by the researchers ChenNan and RanchoIce of Tencent ZhanluLab. “VMw
IBM Big Data Hub
JUNE 6, 2019
Together, IBM and Cloudera offer a modern data platform with the governance and security to drive the future of AI and ML. Our solutions are optimized for the cloud, but we give our customers options to put their data where it works best for them.
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2019
Security expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the recently leaked APT34 hacking tool tracked as Jason – Exchange Mail BF. Today I want to share a quick analysis on a new leaked APT34 Tool in order to track similarities between APT34 public available toolsets. This time is the APT34 Jason – Exchange Mail BF project to be leaked by Lab Dookhtegan on June 3 2019.
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.
Schneier on Security
JUNE 6, 2019
Citing security concerns, the Chinese military wants to replace Windows with its own custom operating system : Thanks to the Snowden, Shadow Brokers, and Vault7 leaks, Beijing officials are well aware of the US' hefty arsenal of hacking tools, available for anything from smart TVs to Linux servers, and from routers to common desktop operating systems, such as Windows and Mac.
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2019
Researchers at security firm CheckPoint have discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in a popular IPTV middleware platform. Security experts at CheckPoint have discovered multiple critical flaws in a popular IPTV middleware platform that is used by more than a thousand online media streaming services to manage their millions of subscribers. Ministra TV platform is a PHP-based middleware platform for media streaming services, it manages Internet Protocol television (IPTV), video-on-demand (V
Schneier on Security
JUNE 6, 2019
Today is the second day of the twelfth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior , which I am hosting at Harvard University. SHB is a small, annual, invitational workshop of people studying various aspects of the human side of security, organized each year by Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, and myself. The 50 or so people in the room include psychologists, economists, computer security researchers, sociologists, political scientists, criminologists, neuroscientists, designers, lawyers, philoso
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2019
Cisco disclosed several flaws in its CISCO Industrial Network Director product, including a high severity code execution vulnerability. Cisco employees discovered several vulnerabilities in CISCO Industrial Network Director product, including a high severity code execution flaw. The Cisco Industrial Network Director is used to manage industrial networks, it helps operations teams gain full visibility into the automation network for improved system availability and increase overall equipment effe
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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
JUNE 6, 2019
Experts share the cybersecurity threats to watch for and advice to stay protected.
Security Affairs
JUNE 6, 2019
The Platinum cyber espionage group uses steganographic technique to hide communications with the Command and Control Servers (C&C). Experts from Kaspersky have linked the Platinum APT group with cyber attacks involving an elaborate, and new steganographic technique used to hide communications with C2 servers. The APT group was discovered by Microsoft in 2016, it targeted organizations in South and Southeast.
Dark Reading
JUNE 6, 2019
Cyber can learn a lot from the highly regulated world of rail travel. The most important lesson: the value of impartial analysis.
Collibra
JUNE 6, 2019
At Collibra, we strive to make sure that everything we do aligns with our company values. And our number one value is: We are one Collibra. What does that mean? As a global company with offices located in every corner of the world, and a diverse group of employees from various backgrounds, cultures and beliefs, it would be easy to operate in silos and stick with the people with whom we have the most in common.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 6, 2019
Opinion: Russia and Iran’s decisions to build isolated, domestic internets represent a new form of internet fragmentation—one that is far more physical than what we’ve seen before.
Collibra
JUNE 6, 2019
At Collibra, we strive to make sure that everything we do aligns with our company values. And our number one value is: We are one Collibra. What does that mean? As a global company with offices located in every corner of the world, and a diverse group of employees from various backgrounds, cultures and beliefs, it would be easy to operate in silos and stick with the people with whom we have the most in common.
Dark Reading
JUNE 6, 2019
Another American was arrested and charged alongside three international suspects who remain at large, according to newly unsealed indictment.
DXC Technology
JUNE 6, 2019
Many system integrators and cloud hosting providers claim to have their own unique process for cloud migration. The reality is everyone’s migration process is just about the same, but that doesn’t mean they’re all created equal. What really matters is in the details of how the work gets done. Application transformation and migration requires skilled […].
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Dark Reading
JUNE 6, 2019
Researchers witness an increase in buying and selling targeted hacking services, custom malware, and corporate network access on the Dark Web.
OpenText Information Management
JUNE 6, 2019
Ahead of OpenText Enterprise World, we caught up with Patty Nagle, OpenText SVP & CMO to get the low-down on what to expect next month in Toronto. Can you give us some highlights on what to expect at this year’s OpenText Enterprise World? It’s hard to believe that OpenText Enterprise World 2019 is almost here. … The post OpenText Enterprise World – I’m in…are you?
Dark Reading
JUNE 6, 2019
If your company truly is a great place to work, make sure your help-wanted ads steer clear of these common job-listing cliches.
IT Governance
JUNE 6, 2019
Last month marked the first anniversary of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) taking effect, but many organisations are still struggling to meet their compliance requirements, according to a Thomson Reuters report. GDPR+1 Year: Business Struggles with Data Privacy Regulations Increasing polled organisations from across the globe a year before the GDPR took effect and again in December 2018.
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If you’re considering migrating from DataStax Enterprise (DSE) to open source Apache Cassandra®, our comprehensive guide is tailored for architects, engineers, and IT directors. Whether you’re motivated by cost savings, avoiding vendor lock-in, or embracing the vibrant open-source community, Apache Cassandra offers robust value. Transition seamlessly to Instaclustr Managed Cassandra with our expert insights, ensuring zero downtime during migration.
DXC Technology
JUNE 6, 2019
by Dr. Shainal Nathoo and Marcus Cowley There is growing evidence that mobility brings significant benefits to clinicians. However, some of the common sticking points with any new technology are cost and choosing the right solution for the organization. Let’s start by assessing the financial factors or return on investment (ROI) and what approach to […].
Dark Reading
JUNE 6, 2019
More than half of all SMBs plan to rely on third party providers for their security tools and services, according to IDC.
Threatpost
JUNE 6, 2019
Ken Munro of Pen Test Partners hopes to see regulation for connected-device security in 2020.
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