Sat.Feb 04, 2023 - Fri.Feb 10, 2023

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3 security gadgets I never leave home without via ZDNet

IG Guru

These gadgets give you a huge advantage over the hackers. Cyber Security IG News information privacy information security Privacy Security gadgets ZDNET

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Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That

WIRED Threat Level

People in Europe are making GDPR requests to have their private messages erased, but Elon’s team is ignoring them. Security Security / Privacy

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Reddit discloses security breach that exposed source code and internal docs

Security Affairs

Social news aggregation platform Reddit suffered a security breach, attackers gained unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some business systems. Reddit announced it was hit by a sophisticated and highly-targeted attack that took place on February 5, 2023.

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How Artificial Intelligence Can Make or Break Cybersecurity

KnowBe4

With the introduction of OpenAI's Chat GPT, artificial intelligence is no longer considered part of science fiction. It has presented a new problem for cybersecurity professionals, as AI-generated malware and hacks can be challenging to detect.

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Everything You Need to Know About Crypto

Speaker: Ryan McInerny, CAMS, FRM, MSBA - Principal, Product Strategy

This exclusive webinar with Ryan McInerny will teach you all about cryptocurrency and NFTs! Register to learn more about identifying crypto transactions, crypto asset market trends, managing risk and compliance, and supporting customers and partners using crypto-based payments.

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'Money Lover' Finance App Exposes User Data

Dark Reading

A broken access control vulnerability could have led to dangerous follow-on attacks for users of the money-management app

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Finland’s Most-Wanted Hacker Nabbed in France

Krebs on Security

Julius “Zeekill” Kivimäki, a 25-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a local online psychotherapy practice and leaking therapy notes for more than 22,000 patients online, was arrested this week in France.

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GUEST ESSAY: Advanced tools are ready to help SMBs defend Microsoft 365, Google Workspace

The Last Watchdog

Throughout 2022, we saw hackers become far more sophisticated with their email-based cyber attacks. Using legitimate services and compromised corporate email addresses became a norm and is likely to continue in 2023 and beyond. Related: Deploying human sensors Additionally, with tools like ChatGPT, almost anyone can create new malware and become a threat actor.

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DPRK Using Unpatched Zimbra Devices to Spy on Researchers

Dark Reading

Lazarus Group used a known Zimbra bug to steal data from medical and energy researchers

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UScellular Customer Data On Hacker Forum

Data Breach Today

Data Leaked from a Thrid-Party Vendor U.S. wireless telecom USCellular says a data breach at a third party vendor resulted in a leak of 52,000 named and email addresses. The company confirmed that data from the leak is available for download on a criminal data breach forum

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Contact vs. Company Intent Signal Data

Intent signal data comes in two types: either companies or individuals signaling interest in products like yours. Which kind of data delivers more advantages to B2B marketers? It depends. Get this infographic to learn about the advantages of intent-based leads and how you can most effectively use both types of data.

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KrebsOnSecurity in Upcoming Hulu Series on Ashley Madison Breach

Krebs on Security

KrebsOnSecurity will likely have a decent amount of screen time in an upcoming Hulu documentary series about the 2015 megabreach at marital infidelity site Ashley Madison.

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GUEST ESSAY: The common thread between China’s spy balloons and Congress banning Tik Tok

The Last Watchdog

The decision by the House of Representatives to ban TikTok from federal devices is noteworthy, especially as the Chinese spy balloon crisis unfolds. Related: The Golden Age of cyber espionage On December 23, 2022, Congress, in a bipartisan spending bill, banned TikTok from all government devices. The White House, the Pentagon, the Department of Homeland Security, and the State Department have already banned the social media app, as have more than a dozen other states.

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Ongoing VMware ESXi Ransomware Attack Highlights Inherent Virtualization Risks

Dark Reading

The global assault on vulnerable VMware hypervisors may have been mitigated by updating to the latest version of the product, but patch management is only part of the story

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Notorious Finnish Hacker 'Zeekill' Busted by French Police

Data Breach Today

Aleksanteri Kivimaki Charged With Mental Health Patient Data Breach and Extortion French police arrested hacker Aleksanteri Kivimäki, 25, who's suspected of hacking and extorting a Finnish mental health service provider, leaking patient data and extorting 25,000 patients.

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Exploring the Overlap: Cost Optimization and Digital Transformation

Speaker: Alex Jiménez, Managing Principal, Financial Service Consulting for EPAM

The largest banks have increased reserves for protection against deteriorating economic conditions. Should banks delay their digital transformation investments and focus on cost reductions? In this webinar, Alex Jiménez will walk us through that question and examine the prudent course of action.

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U.S., U.K. Sanction 7 Men Tied to Trickbot Hacking Group

Krebs on Security

Authorities in the United States and United Kingdom today levied financial sanctions against seven men accused of operating “ Trickbot ,” a cybercrime-as-a-service platform based in Russia that has enabled countless ransomware attacks and bank account takeovers since its debut in 2016.

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Biden’s SOTU: Data Privacy Is Now a Must-Hit US State of the Union Topic

WIRED Threat Level

Biden’s speech proves that protecting personal info is no longer a fringe issue. Now, Congress just needs to do something about it. Security Security / Privacy

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Cloud Apps Still Demand Way More Privileges Than They Use

Dark Reading

Hackers can't steal a credential that doesn't exist

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E-Commerce Shops: 12% Are Publicly Exposing Private Backups

Data Breach Today

Hackers Actively Scanning for Backups to Steal Access Credentials, Researchers Warn Researchers at Sansec warn that 12% of e-commerce sites they studied publicly expose private backups and that hackers are actively scanning for them.

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Intent Signal Data 101

Intent signal data helps B2B marketers engage with buyers sooner in the sales cycle. But there are many confusing terms used to describe intent data. Read this infographic to better understand three common areas of confusion.

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Cybersecurity Analysts Using ChatGPT for Malicious Code Analysis, Predicting Threats

eSecurity Planet

ChatGPT has raised alarm among cybersecurity researchers for its unnerving ability in composing everything from sophisticated malware to phishing lures – but it’s important to keep in mind that the tool can help support cybersecurity defenses as well.

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Sometimes in eDiscovery more is better

OpenText Information Management

With the proliferation of electronic data, the vast majority of business communication is now in electronic format. It is not surprising that the use cases for eDiscovery technology have expanded beyond the typical litigation review for production use cases.

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7 Critical Cloud Threats Facing the Enterprise in 2023

Dark Reading

From shadow data to misconfigurations, and overpermissioning to multicloud sprawl, Dark Reading's cloud security slideshow helps security pros understand the threat horizon

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Modified ESXiArgs Ransomware Blocks VMware Host Recovery

Data Breach Today

Updates by Attacker Block Decryption Workaround and Tracking, Researchers Warn Attackers targeting unpatched VMware ESXi hypervisors to hit virtual machines have reportedly modified their ESXiArgs ransomware to prevent victims from using decryption workarounds identified by researchers.

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The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020: Initial Catalysts, Current Implications, and Future Impacts

Speaker: Elizabeth "Paige" Baumann, Founder and CEO of Paige Baumann Advisory, LLC

In this session, Elizabeth “Paige” Baumann will cover the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, which also includes the Corporate Transparency Act. She'll take a deep dive into the catalysts that brought on the act, the current implications of the act, and what impacts the act has on the future of banking and finance.

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[Scam Of The Week] The Turkey-Syria Earthquake

KnowBe4

Just when you think they cannot sink any lower, criminal internet scum is now exploiting the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Phishing Cybercrime Scam Of The Week

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OpenText comments on IBM’s meritless claim against Micro Focus

OpenText Information Management

Last week I was delighted for OpenText to complete the acquisition of Micro Focus and welcome its customers, partners and employees to OpenText. We have significantly expanded our mission in Information Management.

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Global Ransomware Attack on VMware EXSi Hypervisors Continues to Spread

Dark Reading

The fresh "ESXiArgs" malware is exploiting a 2-year-old RCE security vulnerability (tracked as CVE-2021-21974), resulting in thousands of unpatched servers falling prey to the campaign

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Twitter, YouTube, Instagram Crippled By Massive Outages

Data Breach Today

Twitter Falters After Post Length for Twitter Blue Users Rises to 4,000 Characters Three of the planet's largest social media platforms suffered outages Wednesday, blocking some users at Twitter, Instagram and YouTube from accessing their accounts.

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Aggregage Intent Signal Service

Aggregage Intent Signal Service helps your sales team reach more active buyers sooner. You’ll get names and contact information of specific in-market buyers plus all companies and job titles signaling intent for your product or service. Get the overview to learn more!

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A step-by-step guide to setting up a data governance program

IBM Big Data Hub

In our last blog , we delved into the seven most prevalent data challenges that can be addressed with effective data governance. Today we will share our approach to developing a data governance program to drive data transformation and fuel a data-driven culture.

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Forget the IoT. Meet the IoZ: our Internet of Zombie things

The Security Ledger

A school that never sleeps? Cameras that go dark? A dead company hacked back to life? Welcome to the growing Internet of Zombie devices that threatens the security of the Internet. The post Forget the IoT. Meet the IoZ: our Internet of Zombie things appeared first on The Security Ledger with Paul F.

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A Fool With a Tool Is Still a Fool: A Cyber Take

Dark Reading

New tech often requires new thinking — but that's harder to install

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