Data Breach Today
JUNE 14, 2019
Sharing Email Address, Phone Numbers May Be Risky, Experts Say Tens of thousands of minors on Instagram expose their email addresses and phone numbers, which child-safety and privacy experts say is worrisome. The kids have turned their profiles from personal ones to business ones, which Instagram mandates must have contact details. But is that appropriate for a child?
erwin
JUNE 14, 2019
Digital transformation examples can be found almost anywhere, in almost any industry. Its past successes – and future potential – are well documented, chronicled in the billion-dollar valuations of the frontrunners in the practice. Amazon began as a disruptor to brick-and-mortar bookstores, eventually becoming one of the most obvious digital transformation examples as it went on to revolutionize online shopping.
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Data Breach Today
JUNE 14, 2019
Maersk on NotPetya Cleanup, Troy Hunt on Kid-Perpetrated Data Breaches, and More Data breaches, incident response and complying with the burgeoning number of regulations that have an information security impact were among the top themes at this year's Infosecurity Europe conference in London. Here are 10 of the top takeaways from the conference's keynote sessions.
Dark Reading
JUNE 14, 2019
Researchers at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security highlight the cost savings of sharing cybersecurity data and push for greater access to information on breaches, attacks, and incidents.
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
JUNE 14, 2019
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features a deep dive into an analysis of the cybersecurity risks that publicly traded companies face. Plus: Was the band Radiohead hacked? And what's unusual about the proposed Premera Blue Cross breach lawsuit settlement?
Information Management Today brings together the best content for information management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 14, 2019
U.S. Wants WikiLeaks Founder Extradited for Espionage Trial A British judge has determined that an extradition hearing for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won't be held until next February. The U.S. is asking for the extradition so Assange can face espionage charges.
Threatpost
JUNE 14, 2019
Attackers are exploiting a Linux Exim critical flaw to execute remote commands, download crypto miners and sniff out other vulnerable servers.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 14, 2019
Flaws Are a Reminder of Common Legacy Medical Device Security Risks Medical device vendor Becton Dickinson and U.S. federal regulators have issued security alerts about vulnerabilities that potentially put certain infusion pump products from the manufacturer at risk for remote hacker attacks.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 14, 2019
The same hackers behind a potentially lethal 2017 oil refinery cyberattack are now sniffing at US electrical utility targets.
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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
JUNE 14, 2019
Ilker Taskaya of Delphix on Reducing Risk in Non-Production Environments Data in non-production environments represents a significant percentage of total enterprise data volume. Non-production environments also carry more risk than production environments because there are more direct users, says Ilker Taskaya of Delphix, who discusses how organizations can reduce that risk.
Rippleshot
JUNE 14, 2019
Fighting the rise of payment fraud and cyber attacks has also fueled the growth of the fraud prevention, detection and risk mitigation markets. Among those trends is the multi-factor authentication market that continues to see new investments as financial fraud rises. A new report from Adroit Market Research indicates that by 2025, the multi-factor market will be worth roughly $20.41 billion — a growth of roughly 24% over the next six years.
Security Affairs
JUNE 14, 2019
Experts at Dragos firm reported that Xenotime threat actor behind the 2017 Trisis/Triton malware attack is targeting electric utilities in the US and APAC. Xenotime threat actor is considered responsible for the 2017 Trisis/ Triton malware attack that hit oil and gas organizations. In December 2017, the Triton malware (aka Trisis) was discovered by researchers at FireEye, it was specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) system.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 14, 2019
In a strangely public product announcement, the phone-cracking firm revealed a powerful new device.
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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
JUNE 14, 2019
Mozilla released security updates for the Thunderbird email client that address vulnerabilities that could allow code execution on impacted systems. . Mozilla released security updates for the Thunderbird email client that address vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code on impacted systems. . Mozilla released Thunderbird version 60.7.1 that addresses three High severity vulnerabilities and one Low risk issue. .
Threatpost
JUNE 14, 2019
ASCO is the latest headline-making organization to be hit by ransomware, prompting many companies to consider what to do to minimize their risk.
Security Affairs
JUNE 14, 2019
The Cybaze-Yoroi ZLab analyzed a new sample of Nanocore Remote Administrator Tools (RAT) using a Delphi wrapper to protect its code. Introduction. Historically, cyber-criminals adopted one or more layers of encryption and obfuscation to lower their footprint and avoid detection. The usage of cryptors and packers has become a commodity in the contemporary malware landscape, providing the so-called “FUD” (Fully UnDetectable) capabilities to malicious code and allowing the outsourcing of the payloa
Dark Reading
JUNE 14, 2019
The development follows speculation and concern among security experts that the attack group would expand its scope to the power grid.
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Schneier on Security
JUNE 14, 2019
The ACLU's Jay Stanley has just published a fantastic report: " The Dawn of Robot Surveillance " (blog post here ) Basically, it lays out a future of ubiquitous video cameras watched by increasingly sophisticated video analytics software, and discusses the potential harms to society. I'm not going to excerpt a piece, because you really need to read the whole thing.
The Texas Record
JUNE 14, 2019
Caldwell County Courthouse. This week my colleague Andrew Glass and I headed out to Lockhart, TX and taught a 2-day class for employees of several Caldwell County offices. We enjoyed being able to provide face-to-face instruction and consulting for the attendees, and based on their competitive round of Jeopardy at the end of day 2, we think they enjoyed our company as well. :).
Troy Hunt
JUNE 14, 2019
Well this was a big one. The simple stuff first - I'm back in Norway running workshops and getting ready for my absolute favourite event of the year, NDC Oslo. I'm also talking about Scott's Hack Yourself First UK Tour where he'll be hitting up Manchester, London and Glasgow with public workshops. Tickets are still available at those and it'll be your last chance for a long time to do that event in the UK.
IT Governance
JUNE 14, 2019
When the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect a year ago, it promised to overhaul the EU’s data protection landscape. Things have moved a little slower than expected for most member states, but that’s not been the case in Ireland. The country’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) flew out of the tracks, dealing with more than 1,000 GDPR queries and logging 60 data breaches in the first three weeks of the Regulation’s enforcement.
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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.
Security Affairs
JUNE 14, 2019
Good news for the victims of the pyLocky Ransomware versions 1 and 2, French authorities have released the pyLocky decryptor to decrypt the files for free. French authorities have released a decryptor for pyLocky Ransomware versions 1 and 2. The decryptor allows victims to decrypt their files for free. It was developed in collaboration between French law enforcement, the French Homeland Security Information Technology, and Systems Service, along with independent and volunteer researchers. “
Threatpost
JUNE 14, 2019
Two lawsuits are seeking class-action status, alleging that Amazon records children and stores their voiceprints indefinitely.
Security Affairs
JUNE 14, 2019
Yubico is replacing YubiKey FIPS security keys due to a serious flaw that makes cryptographic operations easier to crack under specific conditions. Yubico is replacing YubiKey FIPS security keys due to a serious issue that flaw that makes it easier to crack RSA keys and ECDSA signatures generated on these devices. The security advisory published by the company states that the issue impacts YubiKey series devices running versions 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 of the firmware.
Threatpost
JUNE 14, 2019
Traffic analysis sheds light on weekday habits of attackers such as the most likely day for attacks and how malicious infrastructure is shared.
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Are you trying to decide which entity resolution capabilities you need? It can be confusing to determine which features are most important for your project. And sometimes key features are overlooked. Get the Entity Resolution Evaluation Checklist to make sure you’ve thought of everything to make your project a success! The list was created by Senzing’s team of leading entity resolution experts, based on their real-world experience.
DXC Technology
JUNE 14, 2019
What is an IndyCar pit stop really like? Mayhem? Organized chaos? Or maybe the moment just hums along like a well-oiled machine? This weekend, DXC offered DXC Technology 600 guests at Texas Motor Speedway a chance to find out by recreating an actual IndyCar pit stop training experience through augmented reality technology and Microsoft’s HoloLens […].
Threatpost
JUNE 14, 2019
Attackers continue to push the boundaries with modular trojans and ransomware attacks, a new report found.
Hunton Privacy
JUNE 14, 2019
On June 12, 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (the “Belgian DPA”) launched a public consultation on direct marketing with a view to updating its Recommendation No. 02/2013 of January 30, 2013 on direct marketing (the “Direct Marketing Recommendation” – in French and in Dutch ). The planned Direct Marketing Recommendation update aims at supporting professionals through useful and practical information.
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