Data Breach Today
MARCH 26, 2018
Users Surprised By Metadata Collection, But Facebook Says It Always Asked Facebook is facing a new controversy after some users say they've found records of phone calls and text messages in their personal files, but claim they never granted the social networking site permission to collect the data.
TAB OnRecord
MARCH 29, 2018
In a three-part blog post we are outlining the ways that modern RIM professionals are increasing the value they provide to the organization. In part one of our blost post we discussed how records managers are extending their reach beyond the filing and storage rooms. This allows them to apply their expertise in information architecture, [.] Read More.
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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC
MARCH 29, 2018
The year was 1994 and I had the fortunate opportunity to stumble upon a company – Cygnus Support – that was “selling free software.” I remember telling my mom that I was Vice President of Sales & Marketing of a company that was selling free software. After a very long pause, she replied, “Is your resume up to date?”. Cygnus Support sold support contracts and custom consulting projects for GNU development tools (gcc, g++, gdb) to companies looking to accelerate their time-to-market in the emb
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 24, 2018
Shahmir Sanni, a volunteer for Vote Leave, the official pro-Brexit EU referendum campaign, explains how a data company linked to Cambridge Analytica played a crucial role in the result, and voices his concerns that electoral spending rules were manipulated… and evidence apparently destroyed • Brexit insider claims Vote Leave team may have breached spending limits When I first met Shahmir Sanni last August, he was nervy, anxious, uncertain.
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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
MARCH 27, 2018
Security Researcher Discovers Apparent Breach at Medical Practice A medical practice's misconfigured database server that allegedly exposed information about thousands of patients plus staff serves as another reminder about the importance of safeguarding sensitive data from exposure on the internet.
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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC
MARCH 28, 2018
“Survival, in the cool economics of biology, means simply the persistence of one’s own genes in the generations to follow.” — Lewis Thomas. A recent article in The Economist titled “ The Year of the Incumbent ” postulates that 2018 is the year that the incumbents “get back into the game” by stealing the momentum from technology startups to reclaim their spots atop the market valuation charts.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 27, 2018
What's happening at the US Army's new cyber branch headquarters marks a change for Fort Gordon. Hell, it might be changing warfare itself—all through a computer screen.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 26, 2018
Insights on Vulnerability Management and Incident Response An effective endpoint security strategy can be as layered as you want it to be. But you'll have a strong foundation if you build off of these four key steps.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 29, 2018
Users complain of phone and text data collected by the company despite never having agreed to practice Facebook began logging the text messages and phone calls of its users before it explicitly notified them of its practice, contradicting the company’s earlier claims that “uploading this information has always been opt-in only”. In at least one previous version of the Messenger app, Facebook only told users that the setting would enable them to “send and receive SMS in Messenger”, and presented
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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.
AIIM
MARCH 30, 2018
Yep, that is what I am hearing these days, reminiscent of the scene from the Wizard of Oz when they are entering the forest, knowing that there are animals and possible danger hiding in the shadows. Yet they choose to enter anyway. Now we have Facebook, and news that information was collected and used by Cambridge Analytica. So how does this happen?
IT Governance
MARCH 28, 2018
Healthcare breaches are common in our monthly lists – but the number of incidents this month is insane. Take a look at the list, and you’ll quickly notice that the majority of them are healthcare related. There’s a mixture of incidents in there, from a rogue employee to someone accidentally sending information to the wrong fax number. Yes, I said fax….
Data Breach Today
MARCH 29, 2018
5 Days After Outbreak, Email Works, But Don't Try Paying Parking Tickets Online Five days after a ransomware outbreak crypto-locked city systems, Atlanta has advised its 8,000 employees that they can once again boot their PCs and printers. But information security experts warn that the city's infrastructure still appears to have easily exploitable misconfigurations.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 29, 2018
Sensing opportunity – and GDPR – the Silicon Valley company launches major data protection push across devices Apple is launching a major privacy push, with software updates across all its devices to introduce new data privacy information immediately, with an updated website offering new privacy management tools to follow in May. Thursday’s updates (macOS 10.13.4, iOS11.3 and tvOS 11.3) are prompted by the enormous new European data protection regulation GDPR, and have been in the works since at
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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.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 28, 2018
Cloud providers have done a good job of integrating default encryption services within their core infrastructure. However, as discussed in previous blogs , the encryption service is only as secure as the keys that are used to encrypt the data. Enterprises cannot ignore the responsibility of implementing a strong key assurance service that ensures they maintain control of their own risks.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 29, 2018
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, news articles and commentators have focused on what Facebook knows about us. A lot, it turns out. It collects data from our posts, our likes, our photos , things we type and delete without posting, and things we do while not on Facebook and even when we're offline. It buys data about us from others. And it can infer even more: our sexual orientation, political beliefs, relationship status, drug use, and other personality traits -- even if we didn't
Data Breach Today
MARCH 29, 2018
WannaCry Reportedly Identified by Boeing Executive as the Culprit Boeing says that a malware outbreak affected a small number of systems but did not disrupt production. An executive has reportedly identified the malware as being WannaCry ransomware and called for "all hands on deck" to respond to the incident.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 28, 2018
Corporation suggests changes are response to Cambridge Analytica scandal, with EU set to toughen data protection rules in May Facebook is launching a range of new tools in an effort to “put people in more control over their privacy” in the buildup to new EU regulations that tighten up data protection. The changes come after a troubling two weeks for the company, which is battling with the fallout of the Cambridge Analytica files.
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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.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 29, 2018
As the volume of both card-based payments and digital payments continue to grow significantly year-on-year, the importance of securing sensitive card data (and in particular the primary account number or PAN) has never been a more critical and challenging task. In the recent Thales eSecurity eBook, ‘ PCI Compliance and Data Protection for Dummies ’, we cover the main technologies that can be used, such as encryption and tokenization, to help with such efforts in protecting the payment prior to a
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 25, 2018
No matter how much mystique a hacker persona has, the individual or group behind it inevitably makes operations security errors sometimes.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 30, 2018
150 Million Accounts Exposed; Could Phishing Campaign Be Coming? Under Armour says an unauthorized intruder gained access to information for the accounts of 150 million users of its MyFitnessPal mobile app and website. Learn why some fear the breach could lead to a massive phishing campaign.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 29, 2018
Robert is often required to email sensitive data. Is there a secure way of doing so in view of the new data protection laws? As a freelance media professional, I am often asked by my various employers to send copies of my passport, completed visa forms and other sensitive data in the form of email attachments. I have recently questioned this and have not really got a satisfactory response.
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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.
Troy Hunt
MARCH 26, 2018
Here's the tl;dr - someone named "Md. Shofiur R" found troyhunt.com on a "free online malware scanner" and tried to scare me into believing my site had security vulnerabilities then shake me down for a penetration test. It didn't work out so well for him, here's the blow-by-blow account of things then I'll add some more thoughts afterwards: Should I respond?
IT Governance
MARCH 27, 2018
Businesses are starting to panic as they try to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) before the May 2018 deadline. Many even believe that the GDPR won’t apply to them because they have fewer than 250 employees. Our small business guide to the GDPR should help clarify some of the key factors affecting SMEs. Does it apply to me? Any organisation, regardless of size, that regularly processes EU residents’ personal data must comply with the Regulation.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 29, 2018
But Agency Will Seek Public Input First Federal regulators are considering potential changes to HIPAA privacy rule and enforcement regulations, but aim to first engage the healthcare sector and public for input, says the nation's top HIPAA enforcer. So, what changes are being considered?
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 29, 2018
Company to shut down Partner Categories feature to ‘improve people’s privacy’ but analysts question potential impact of change Facebook is shutting down a feature that allowed “data brokers” such as Experian and Oracle to use their own reams of consumer information to target social network users, the company has announced. The feature, known as “Partner Categories”, will be “winding down over the next six months”, Facebook announced in a terse blogpost.
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Elie
MARCH 24, 2018
This post provides an in-depth analysis of Gooligan monetization schemas and recounts how Google took it down with the help of external partners. This post is the final post of the series dedicated to the hunt and take down of Gooligan that we did at Google in collaboration with Check Point in November 2016. The. first post. recounts the Gooligan origin story and offers an overview of how it works.
IT Governance
MARCH 27, 2018
You might be a small organisation that’s seemingly below cyber criminals’ radar, but you are far from immune to data breaches. Small and medium-sized enterprises account for a large proportion of cyber attacks, victims of random and indiscriminate attacks that target vulnerabilities, rather than specific organisations. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017 shows just how prevalent the issue is.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 27, 2018
$1 Billion in Losses Tied to Gang Wielding Carbanak and Cobalt Malware The alleged leader of a cybercrime gang tied to more than $1 billion in losses has been arrested in Alicante, Spain. Authorities say "Denis K." is a Ukrainian national who led a gang that developed Carbanak and Cobalt malware to infect PCs as well as perpetrate ATM jackpotting attacks.
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