Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2022
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes why the number of ransomware attacks and the amounts being paid in ransoms are both on the rise. It also discusses today's cyberthreat landscape and whether organizations should rely on user training to improve security.
Krebs on Security
JULY 21, 2022
U.S. state and federal investigators are being inundated with reports from people who’ve lost hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in connection with a complex investment scam known as “ pig butchering ,” wherein people are lured by flirtatious strangers online into investing in cryptocurrency trading platforms that eventually seize any funds when victims try to cash out.
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Dark Reading
JULY 29, 2022
The first half of the year saw more than 11,800 reported security vulnerabilities, but figuring out which ones to patch first remains a thankless job for IT teams.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 11, 2022
Intezer Labs security researchers have identified a sophisticated new malware that targets Linux devices. Dubbed OrBit , the malware can gain persistence quickly, evade detection and hide its presence in network activity by manipulating logs. The module hooks functions called in shared libraries, which is pretty common for malware, but it also implements “advanced evasion techniques” and “remote capabilities over SSH.”.
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.
Security Affairs
JULY 31, 2022
A vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-30563, impacting Dahua IP Camera can allow attackers to seize control of IP cameras. The CVE-2022-30563 vulnerability impacting Dahua IP Camera can allow attackers to seize control of IP cameras. The issue affects Dahua’s implementation of the Open Network Video Interface Forum ( ONVIF ). ONVIF provides and promotes standardized interfaces for effective interoperability of IP-based physical security products.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 15, 2022
Small and Mid-Size Businesses Targeted Globally But So Far Extortion Attempts Have Failed Microsoft security researches say they're tracking a hacking group originating from North Korea that may be a side project of an established threat actor. So far the group, which likes the moniker "H0lyGh0st," appears not to have collected any ransom.
Krebs on Security
JULY 10, 2022
Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Research suggests identity thieves were able to hijack the accounts simply by signing up for new accounts at Experian using the victim’s personal information and a different email
Dark Reading
JULY 14, 2022
Vulnerability will remain a "significant" threat for years to come and highlighted the need for more public and private sector support for open source software ecosystem, Cyber Safety Review Board says.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 12, 2022
The first signs of the ransomware attack at data storage vendor Spectra Logic were reports from a number of IT staffers about little things going wrong at the beginning of the day. Matters steadily worsened within a very short time and signs of a breach became apparent. Screens then started to display a ransom demand, which said files had been encrypted by the NetWalker ransomware virus.
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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
JULY 9, 2022
Fortinet released security patches to address multiple High-Severity vulnerabilities in several products of the vendor. Fortinet addressed multiple vulnerabilities in several products of the vendor. Impacted products are FortiADC, FortiAnalyzer, FortiManager, FortiOS, FortiProxy, FortiClient, FortiDeceptor, FortiEDR, FortiNAC, FortiSwitch, FortiRecorder, and FortiVoiceEnterprise.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 13, 2022
Celebrating Emoji Day in CyberSecurity! divya. Thu, 07/14/2022 - 06:57. It's that day of the year again - the time? when we celebrate ?? Emoji Day on ?? 17 July. You might be wondering ??, what is Emoji Day, and what does it have to do with cybersecurity??? And you might think ?? why should security ?? professionals even care? Well, emojis are everywhere and used in all types of digital communication ???
Data Breach Today
JULY 14, 2022
Attackers Targeted More Than 10,000 Organizations Since Last September Attackers used a phishing campaign to direct unwitting Microsoft business email customers into supplying logon credentials to a proxy server. Attackers stole online session cookies, allowing them to defeat MFA and access inboxes. From there, they emailed corporate vendors to obtain financial data.
Krebs on Security
JULY 18, 2022
The 911 service as it exists today. For the past seven years, an online service known as 911 has sold access to hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers daily, allowing customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe — but predominantly in the United States. 911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software.
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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
JULY 18, 2022
Tools purporting to help organizations recover lost passwords for PLCs are really droppers for malware targeting industrial control systems, vendor says.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 8, 2022
Disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity have been an essential aspect of enterprise IT for decades. Whether it’s earthquakes, floods, or power outages, DR is there to ensure operations can continue. But more recently, a lot more has been put on the DR plate. Ransomware has now emerged as one of the key reasons to have a DR plan and DR technology in place.
Security Affairs
JULY 24, 2022
Threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter users that were obtained by exploiting a now patched flaw in the popular platform. A threat actor has leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor is now offering for sale the stolen data on a the popular hacking forum Breached Forums.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 13, 2022
On July 11, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection issued a business alert on businesses’ handling of sensitive data, with a particular focus on location and health data. The alert describes the “opaque” marketplace in which consumers’ location and health data is collected and exchanged amongst businesses and the concerns and risks associated with the processing of such information.
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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.
Data Breach Today
JULY 13, 2022
Free Searching on Stolen Data and Higher Ransom Demands Among Latest Innovations Seeking maximum profits, ransomware groups continually refine the tactics they use to bypass defenses, infect victims and pressure them into paying. Unfortunately, a reported increase in ransomware attacks and ransom amounts getting paid to criminals suggests these efforts largely remain successful.
Schneier on Security
JULY 12, 2022
Honda vehicles from 2021 to 2022 are vulnerable to this attack : On Thursday, a security researcher who goes by Kevin2600 published a technical report and videos on a vulnerability that he claims allows anyone armed with a simple hardware device to steal the code to unlock Honda vehicles. Kevin2600, who works for cybersecurity firm Star-V Lab, dubbed the attack RollingPWN. […].
Dark Reading
JULY 21, 2022
The CloudMensis spyware, which can lift reams of sensitive information from Apple machines, is the first Mac malware observed to exclusively rely on cloud storage for C2 activities.
eSecurity Planet
JULY 8, 2022
A six-year quantum cryptography competition just ended, producing four new security standards selected by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The announcement comes on the heels of a few major strides in quantum computing accessibility and speed—and may hopefully stave off the growing quantum security threat.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
Security Affairs
JULY 20, 2022
Kaspersky researchers discovered a new ransomware family written in Rust, named Luna, that targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Researchers from Kaspersky Lab detailed a new ransomware family named Luna, which is written in Rust and is able to target Windows, Linux, and ESXi systems. Luna ransomware is the third ransomware family that is written in Rust language, other malware strains are BlackCat and Hive.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 26, 2022
Following the ruling in Dobbs , the National Institutes of Health’s (“NIH’s”) certificates of confidentiality offer an important layer of privacy protection to reproductive health research data. The Public Health Service Act created the certificates of confidentiality program, which prohibits the disclosure of identifiable, sensitive research data “in any Federal, State, or local civil, criminal, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding” without the research subject’s consent.
Data Breach Today
JULY 29, 2022
Customers of 'Robin Banks' Platform Have Netted $500,000 Fifty bucks gets cybercriminals access to a phishing-as-a-service platform for campaigns impersonating major brands in the United States and other English-speaking countries. Researchers from IronNet say the prices offered on "Robin Banks" are substantially less than comparable service providers.
KnowBe4
JULY 19, 2022
The latest iteration in Copyright Claim scams is an evolution of this repeated attack method that has proven to get the attention – and response – of victims over the last few years.
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Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.
Dark Reading
JULY 7, 2022
It's time to tap the large reservoir of talent with analytical skills to help tackle cybersecurity problems. Train workers in cybersecurity details while using their ability to solve problems.
Jamf
JULY 28, 2022
Integrating Butterfly Network's’ s innovative hand-held Ultrasound-on-Chip™ technology with Jamf supports HIPAA-compliant patient care while making medical imaging accessible everywhere.
Security Affairs
JULY 13, 2022
IT giant Lenovo released security fixes to address three vulnerabilities that impact the UEFI firmware shipped with over 70 product models. The multinational technology company Lenovo released security fixes to address three vulnerabilities that reside in the UEFI firmware shipped with over 70 product models, including several ThinkBook models. A remote attacker can trigger these flaws to execute arbitrary code on the vulnerable systems in the early stages of the boot avoiding the detection of s
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