eFile Tax Return Software Found Serving Up Malware
Dark Reading
APRIL 4, 2023
In the height of tax-return season, a popular tax prep software service leaves a malicious JavaScript file online for weeks.
Dark Reading
APRIL 4, 2023
In the height of tax-return season, a popular tax prep software service leaves a malicious JavaScript file online for weeks.
WIRED Threat Level
APRIL 3, 2023
An agency database WIRED obtained reveals widespread use of so-called 1509 summonses that experts say raises the specter of potential abuse.
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IT Governance
APRIL 5, 2023
Malware is one of the most common cyber security threats that organisations and individuals face. Whenever someone talks about their computer being infected, encountering bots or even falling victim to a scam email, malware is normally involved. It’s why anti-malware software is usually considered a top priority for staying safe online. However, those tools are not flawless.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2023
Tranche of Stolen Data Is Disguised Royal Ransomware Installer, Researchers Warn The Royal ransomware group has been running a social engineering campaign designed to trick targets into thinking they've fallen victim to a crypto-locking and data exfiltration attack by giving them a purported list of what was stolen that, if opened, installs Royal ransomware, researchers warn.
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.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 4, 2023
Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. Sources tell KrebsOnsecurity the domain seizures coincided with “dozens” of arrests in the United States and abroad targeting those who allegedly operated the service, as well as suppliers who continuously fed Genesis Market with freshly
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Dark Reading
APRIL 5, 2023
Using only ChatGPT prompts, a Forcepoint researcher convinced the AI to create malware for finding and exfiltrating specific documents, despite its directive to refuse malicious requests.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2023
Tallahassee Memorial Says Patient Data 'Obtained' in February Security Incident A Florida-based community healthcare system has begun notifying about 20,000 individuals whose information was compromised in a data security incident that prompted the organization to operate under its IT downtime procedures, including diverting some emergency patients, for two weeks in February.
Krebs on Security
APRIL 3, 2023
John Clifton Davies , a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies’ newest invention appears to be “ CodesToYou ,” which purports to be a “full cycle software development company” based in the U.K.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 7, 2023
Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. It remains to be seen if Kali Purple will do for defensive open source security tools what Kali Linux has done for open source pentesting, but the addition of more than 100 open source tools for SIEM , incident response , intrusion detection and more should raise the profile of those defensive tools.
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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.
IT Governance
APRIL 3, 2023
Welcome to our March 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified exactly 100 publicly disclosed incidents during the month, accounting for 41,970,182 breached records. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, including our new feature in which we delve into the month’s biggest incidents in a little more detail.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 3, 2023
Online Services Are Offline Hard disk drive maker Western Digital disclosed a hacking incident the company says likely resulted in data theft. Online services offered by the California company - including personal and enterprise cloud storage and email and push notifications - are down as of publication.
Data Protection Report
APRIL 5, 2023
Introduction By way of an interim measure adopted on 30 March 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority ( Garante per la protezione dei dati personali ) (the Garante ) ordered the US company Open AI LLC to temporarily stop ChatGPT’s processing of personal data relating to individuals located in Italy, pending the outcome of the Garante’s investigation into the privacy practices of ChatGPT.
OpenText Information Management
APRIL 6, 2023
Every day at OpenText we elevate people to achieve superhuman impact by working smarter and making information their superpower. Our customers face a relentless digital landscape with overwhelming depths of data – we provide the information advantage that enables better results faster and gives them a competitive advantage. We help our customers do this by … The post Smarter with OpenText: The information advantage at work appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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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.
Data Matters
APRIL 5, 2023
The updated 2023 Chambers Global Practice Guides for Data Protection & Privacy and Cybersecurity, edited by Alan Charles Raul , are available now, covering important developments across the globe and offering insightful legal commentary for businesses. The post Chambers 2023 Global Practice Guides for Data Protection & Privacy and Cybersecurity Available appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 4, 2023
Chinese-Owned App Will Pay 12.7 Million Pounds A British government agency added to TikTok's reputational woes by finding it failed to protect children's privacy. TikTok is playing defense in multiple Western countries against concerns it collects massive amounts of data it could use for surveillance or information operations.
Dark Reading
APRIL 4, 2023
The malware is one of the most sophisticated ransomwares ever seen in the wild, and marks a leap ahead for cybercrime.
Information Governance Perspectives
APRIL 6, 2023
I am Ashkenazi and German by birth, but as a baby, I was adopted by a hot-blooded Sephardic family that migrated to the United States from the Isle of Rhodes. They were eccentric and whimsical, and growing up with them was mostly wonderful. Culturally, the Sephardim are a distinct ethnic group that many around the world are unfamiliar with. Their native language, a blend of Hebrew, Turkish, and Spanish called Ladino , is beautiful and romantic.
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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.
Hunton Privacy
APRIL 4, 2023
On April 4, 2023, the data protection regulator of the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a fine of a £12.7 million to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (together, “TikTok”) for a number of breaches of UK data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully. In summary, the ICO found that TikTok breached the UK GDPR between May 2018 and July 2020 by: providing its services (i.e., an information society service) to UK childr
Data Breach Today
APRIL 5, 2023
19-Year-Old José Huerta Allegedly Hacked A Government File Transfer System Spanish National Police arrested Friday a teenager hacker who allegedly stole the sensitive data of more than half a million taxpayers from the national revenue service and boasted in an online podcast about having access to personal data of 90 percent of the population.
Dark Reading
APRIL 6, 2023
A flaw in Twitter code allows bot abuse to trick the algorithm into suppressing certain accounts.
OpenText Information Management
APRIL 4, 2023
Legal teams are looking for ways to improve their prospects and transform their litigation support practices. To understand how pre-existing trends and the pandemic have affected how in-house legal professionals approach eDiscovery, OpenText engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to anonymously survey corporate legal leaders online and through interviews about their immediate challenges, long-term opportunities and impressions … The post <strong>The Great eDiscovery Reset</strong> ap
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
IT Governance
APRIL 5, 2023
This week, we discuss a cyber attack on the outsourcing giant Capita, Italy’s ban on OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and further bad news for TikTok: a £12.7 million fine from the ICO for breaching UK data protection law. Now available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud. The post IT Governance Podcast 2023-7: Capita, ChatGPT and TikTok (yet again) appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 6, 2023
Russian Group Targets Patient Care and Evolves Its Tactics, HHS HC3 Report Warns Most of the healthcare organizations hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks by pro-Russia hacktivists in January have one or more level 1 trauma centers, indicating that the attackers aimed to disrupt care for the most critically ill and injured patients, according to a new government report.
Dark Reading
APRIL 5, 2023
CISA is advising Nexx customers to unplug impacted devices until the security issues are addressed — but so far, it's crickets as to patch timeline.
eSecurity Planet
APRIL 5, 2023
Effective vulnerability management is about knowing what you own and prioritizing what you need to fix. A new research report shows that millions of organizations are failing at those critical cybersecurity practices. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Rezilion found more than 15 million instances in which systems are vulnerable to the 896 flaws listed in the U.S.
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.
Jamf
APRIL 7, 2023
Our Jamf After Dark co-hosts Kat Garbis and Sean Rabbitt welcome the Jamf Healthcare team to the podcast to discuss Jamf’s growth in the space, the need for innovative solutions, emerging security efforts, and what to expect at HIMSS 2023.
Data Breach Today
APRIL 5, 2023
OpenText, Varonis, Forcepoint Enter Leaders Category While Trellix, Broadcom Fall OpenText, Varonis and Forcepoint joined Google and Microsoft atop Forrester's data security rankings, while Trellix and Broadcom fell from the leaders category. Data protection historically focused on delivering security controls, but firms are increasingly looking to address adjacent use cases.
Dark Reading
APRIL 3, 2023
Proxyjacking is an emerging, low-effort and high-reward attack for threat actors, with the potential for far-reaching implications.
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