WIRED Threat Level

MAY 14, 2019

All it took to compromise a smartphone was a single phone call over WhatsApp. The user didn't even have to pick up the phone.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 16, 2019

$63 Million in Fines Imposed Since Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect European privacy authorities have received nearly 65,000 data breach notifications since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect in May 2018. Privacy regulators have also imposed at least $63 million in GDPR fines.

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Data breaches GDPR Privacy 267

Information Management Resources

MAY 17, 2019

Such frameworks ensure that AI continues to lead to the best decisions, without unintended consequences or misuse of data and analytics.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 14, 2019

Microsoft today is taking the unusual step of releasing security updates for unsupported but still widely-used Windows operating systems like XP and Windows 2003 , citing the discovery of a “wormable” flaw that the company says could be used to fuel a fast-moving malware threat like the WannaCry ransomware attacks of 2017. The May 2017 global malware epidemic WannaCry affected some 200,000 Windows systems in 150 countries.

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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.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 15, 2019

In the early days of the Internet, there was a period when Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses (e.g. 4.4.4.4) were given out like cotton candy to anyone who asked. But these days companies are queuing up to obtain new IP space from the various regional registries that periodically dole out the prized digits. With the value of a single IP hovering between $15-$25, those registries are now fighting a wave of shady brokers who specialize in securing new IP address blocks under false preten

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AIIM

MAY 17, 2019

Sometimes a little too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. An overabundance of motivation can lead to stress, fatigue, and burnout. According to the Harvard Business Review, the majority of managers now spend over 85% of their work time checking emails, checking up on meetings, connecting with people over the phone, and checking their phones for important, work-related updates.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 16, 2019

We are seeing more organizations use a ‘lift and shift’ policy, where data is moved to the cloud to satisfy project requirements. But safe migration to the cloud requires that the process be secure, compliant and easy to implement. The 1,200 data security professionals worldwide who were surveyed for the 2019 Thales Data Threat Report-Global Edition tell us that protecting sensitive data in the cloud is becoming increasingly complex.

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Cloud Compliance Security Digital transformation 105

Krebs on Security

MAY 16, 2019

Law enforcement agencies in the United States and Europe today unsealed charges against 11 alleged members of the GozNym malware network, an international cybercriminal syndicate suspected of stealing $100 million from more than 41,000 victims with the help of a stealthy banking trojan by the same name. The locations of alleged GozNym cybercrime group members.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 13, 2019

Massive 2017 Breach Continues to Bite the Credit Reporting Giant's Bottom Line Equifax has reported a loss in its latest quarter due to ongoing incident response, legal, investigative and corporate information security overhaul costs resulting from its 2017 data breach. The credit reporting giant says that so far, it's spent $1.4 billion as a result of the massive breach.

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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.

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MAY 15, 2019

I am very pleased to announce that the Certified Information Professional (CIP) exam has been approved for reimbursement under the Veterans Education Benefit program for Licensing and Certification reimbursements administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - aka the GI Bill. This is something that is intensely personal to me. When I got out of the Marine Corps, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, but I knew that I had the GI Bill to help fund my education and professional development.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 17, 2019

In March, Adi Shamir -- that's the "S" in RSA -- was denied a US visa to attend the RSA Conference. He's Israeli. This month, British citizen Ross Anderson couldn't attend an awards ceremony in DC because of visa issues. (You can listen to his recorded acceptance speech.) I've heard of at least one other prominent cryptographer who is in the same boat.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 14, 2019

Digital transformation is driving IT modernization, IoT, and cloud migrations at a record pace in the federal government. The ability to narrow the gap between taking advantage of digital transformation without compromising security was a reoccurring theme at our 2019 annual Data Security Summit on May 1. The roundtable, including more than a dozen IT and cyber leaders from government and industry, explored the business drivers, challenges and evolving strategies around cybersecurity in governme

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Data Breach Today

MAY 15, 2019

CPUs Shipped From 2011 Onward Have Flaws of the Meltdown and Spectre Variety Newly discovered microarchitectural data sampling flaws in Intel processors - collectively dubbed "ZombieLoad" - could be exploited to steal private data from PCs and servers, including shared cloud environments. Intel, Microsoft, Apple and others have begun to ship patches designed to help mitigate the problems.

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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.

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AIIM

MAY 13, 2019

As a project manager that specializes in digital software products, I will let you in on a secret about a new role, a new type of person that is emerging in the ranks—and it’s all good news for your project. This particular role actually inspired this series of articles about new roles that were emerging in the project life cycle due to digital disruption.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 13, 2019

Human Rights Watch has reverse engineered an app used by the Chinese police to conduct mass surveillance on Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The details are fascinating, and chilling. Boing Boing post.

Privacy 99

Privacy 99

IT Governance

MAY 14, 2019

If you’ve recently had a missed call on WhatsApp from a number you didn’t recognise, cyber criminals might be spying on you. The Facebook-owned app has admitted that cyber criminals have exploited a major vulnerability in its voice call function and are planting spyware on users’ phones. This enables crooks to turn on devices’ cameras and microphones, read emails and instant messages, and collect users’ location data.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 16, 2019

6 Suspects Arrested on Money Laundering, Malware-Writing or Fraud Charges Law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Europe have disrupted a malware attack platform called GozNym. Six suspects have been arrested in four countries and face local prosecution on fraud, money laundering or malware-writing charges. Five Russian suspects remain at large.

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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.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 13, 2019

Researchers have discovered a way to break one of Cisco's most critical security features, which puts countless networks at potential risk.

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Risk Security 110

Dark Reading

MAY 14, 2019

Just as spreadsheets and personal computers created a job boom in the '70s, so too will artificial intelligence spur security analysts' ability to defend against advanced threats.

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Artificial Intelligence IT Security 95

Data Matters

MAY 16, 2019

*This article first appeared in Law360 on May 15, 2019. The California Consumer Privacy Act, known as the CCPA, is a new law set to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The CCPA is the first U.S. law that will require businesses with an online presence in California to focus on user data and it regulates how businesses collect, share and use such data. One of the most significant risks to online business providers in California is that the CCPA provides for a private right of action for California co

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Privacy Data breaches Sales Access 84

Data Breach Today

MAY 13, 2019

Business Email Compromise Schemes Get More Sophisticated A growing area of concern for security researchers is a new crop of business email compromise schemes originating from Nigeria, with scammers upping their game by using new malware. The biggest of the crime gangs is SilverTerrier, according to Palo Alto Network's Unit 42.

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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.

Schneier on Security

MAY 16, 2019

Last month, Kaspersky discovered that Asus's live update system was infected with malware , an operation it called Operation Shadowhammer. Now we learn that six other companies were targeted in the same operation. As we mentioned before, ASUS was not the only company used by the attackers. Studying this case, our experts found other samples that used similar algorithms.

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Dark Reading

MAY 14, 2019

Tweet suggests possible screenshot of stolen city documents and credentials in the wake of attack that took down city servers last week.

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Ransomware 110

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2019

Researchers at Cisco Talos discovered an use-after-free() vulnerability in SQLite that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute code on an affected device. Cisco Talos experts discovered an use-after-free() flaw in SQLite that could be exploited by an attacker to remotely execute code on an affected device. An attacker can trigger the flaw by sending a malicious SQL command to the vulnerable installs. “An exploitable use after free vulnerability exists in the window function

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Libraries Security IT 93

Data Breach Today

MAY 16, 2019

Forbes Subscription Site, Picreel and CloudCMS All Hit This Week The magazine subscription page for Forbes magazine and two web service platforms were hit with separate skimming attacks this week, security researchers say. Attackers are increasingly using JavaScript sniffing to steal credit card and other personal data.

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Personal data Security 219

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.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 14, 2019

One of the fastest growing technology areas in the automotive industry relates to autonomous and connected vehicle technologies. The word autonomous has been associated with the automotive industry for a few years however it is now starting to find its way into the supply chain as well. The supply chain has been impacted by numerous … The post How IoT, AI and blockchain will enable tomorrow’s autonomous supply chain appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Dark Reading

MAY 14, 2019

Millions of websites have been compromised, but the most likely malware isn't cyptomining: it's quietly stealing files and redirecting traffic, a new Sitelock report shows.

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IT 96

Jamf

MAY 14, 2019

Sewanhaka Central High School District is doing incredible things with their iPad program. In part one of our three-part blog series, we examine why the district chose iPad over other education technologies.

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