Dark Reading
JANUARY 2, 2020
Dollars lost and data records exposed are valuable measurements, but the true pain of a cybersecurity incident goes far beyond that. We asked infosec pros how they put words to the pain they feel when their defenses fall apart.
Threatpost
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Given that the average time to weaponizing a new bug is seven days, you effectively have 72 hours to harden your systems before you will see new exploits.
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Troy Hunt
JANUARY 3, 2020
Cookies like to get around. They have no scruples about where they go save for some basic constraints relating to the origin from which they were set. I mean have a think about it: If a website sets a cookie then you click a link to another page on that same site, will the cookie be automatically sent with the request? Yes. What if an attacker sends you a link to that same website in a malicious email and you click that link, will the cookie be sent?
The Last Watchdog
DECEMBER 31, 2019
Physical security is the protection of personnel and IT infrastructure (such as hardware, software, and data) from physical actions and events that could cause severe damage to an organization. This includes protection from natural disasters, theft, vandalism, and terrorism. Related: Good to know about IoT Physical security is often a second thought when it comes to information security.
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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.
Information Management Resources
DECEMBER 30, 2019
The growing dependence on information, plus the sheer amount of it, has led to something called the data downtime gap. Here's a look at what that is and how companies can address it.
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Threatpost
DECEMBER 31, 2019
Use the seven points listed above to create an effective and efficient operational workflow and, importantly, happier analysts who aren't buried at the bottom of a pile of mostly irrelevant data.
Krebs on Security
DECEMBER 29, 2019
Today marks the 10th anniversary of KrebsOnSecurity.com! Over the past decade, the site has featured more than 1,800 stories focusing mainly on cybercrime, computer security and user privacy concerns. And what a decade it has been. Stories here have exposed countless scams, data breaches, cybercrooks and corporate stumbles. In the ten years since its inception, the site has attracted more than 37,000 newsletter subscribers, and nearly 100 million pageviews generated by roughly 40 million unique
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 3, 2020
After starting the year strongly, manufacturing left 2019 faced with shrinking production and global uncertainty. Deloitte suggests manufacturers should increase the resilience in their operations while building and improving their ‘digital muscle’. So how will this translate into the major technology trends in manufacturing for 2020? Manufacturers will have to navigate the data tsunami From … The post Predicting the top 7 trends in manufacturing for 2020 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 2, 2020
Houston-Based Firm Describes How Card Data May Have Been Breached Landry's Inc., a Houston-based company that owns and operates over 600 restaurants, hotels, casinos and other entertainment establishments in the U.S. and around the world, is investigating an apparent data breach after its security team found malware within a system.
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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.
Threatpost
DECEMBER 31, 2019
Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise.
AIIM
JANUARY 2, 2020
2019 was a great year. We said goodbye to some of our favorite tv shows like Game of Thrones and The Big Bang Theory, cheered as the US Women’s Soccer team won the world cup, and who could forget (insert YOUR favorite 2019 memory here). But, here at AIIM, 2019 was more than just great memories, it’s been especially crucial for the practice of Intelligent Information Management.
The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 28, 2019
Cabinet Office apologises after details of more than 1,000 people posted online in error Elton John wins highest accolade in new year honours list More than 1,000 celebrities, government employees and politicians who received honours in the new year list have had their home and work addresses posted on a government website, the Guardian can reveal. The accidental disclosure of a tranche of personal details of those being celebrated for their service to British society is likely to be considered
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Technical Data Plus Emails Made It Possible to Link Cameras to People Seattle-based smart home device maker Wyze says an error by a developer exposed a database to the internet over a three-week period earlier this month. The data included customer emails, nicknames of online cameras, WiFi SSIDs, device information and Alexa tokens.
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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
DECEMBER 29, 2019
New trojan called ‘Lampion’ has spread using template emails from the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax during the last days of 2019. Last days of 2019 were the perfect time to spread phishing campaigns using email templates based on the Portuguese Government Finance & Tax. SI-LAB noted that Portuguese users were targeted with malscam messages that reported issues related to a debt of the year 2018.
AIIM
DECEMBER 31, 2019
In a couple of recent blog posts, we’ve talked about important skills every modern records manager must have right now and the best certifications for records managers. This leads to a logical question – how does a records manager get there? Where do you start? In my role as Director of Professional Development for AIIM, I connect with countless professionals at this same point along their career path where they are asking these same questions.
Adam Levin
DECEMBER 30, 2019
2020 seems to be getting off to an inauspicious start with the compromise of the home addresses of prominent UK citizens–many of them in lines of work that could make them targets for crime. The UK Cabinet Office issued an apology after a data leak that involved the exact addresses (including house and apartment numbers) of more than 1,000 New Year Honours recipients.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 31, 2019
Company Says Malicious Sites Used For Spear-Phishing and Malware Attacks Microsoft has taken control of 50 domains that the company says were used by a hacking group with ties to North Korea. The attackers used these sites to launch spear-phishing attacks against specific victims and spread malware.
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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.
Threatpost
JANUARY 2, 2020
The U.S. Army this week has banned TikTok from government-owned devices as scrutiny over the platform's relationship with China grows.
TAB OnRecord
JANUARY 1, 2020
Today’s post is the last installment in our three-part series on centralizing physical records and creating a “paperlite” environment. In the last two posts we covered off file consolidation, conversion and space planning. This week we focus on filing controls, which are critical to the success of a centralized records storage system. Read More. The post Efficient Paper Filing – Centralization Part 3: Filing Controls appeared first on TAB Records Management Blog | TAB OnRecord.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 2, 2020
Crooks are exploiting the popularity of the Star Wars saga to monetize their efforts, experts warn of online streaming sites delivering malware. Cybercriminals leverage popular movies like Star Wars to lure users into downloading malware to watch exclusive scenes or the full movie. Experts at Kaspersky have analyzed some threats that exploit the new Star Wars movie The Rise of Skywalker as bait for unaware users. .
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 2, 2020
Regulator Says Case Involved 'Longstanding Compliance Issues' Federal regulators have smacked a Georgia-based ambulance company with a financial settlement and corrective action plan in a case involving "longstanding" HIPAA compliance issues. How big was the fine, and what factors precipitated it?
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 3, 2020
In addition to securing physical structures, the Diplomatic Security Service runs simulations of protests in a model city in Virginia.
The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 29, 2019
Publication of recipients’ details described as ‘most serious’ data laws breach Politicians have called for an inquiry into how more than 1,000 prominent figures who are to receive honours had their home and work addresses posted on a government website. Personal details of those on the new year honours list – including more than a dozen MoD employees and senior counter-terrorism officers – were published in a downloadable list at 10.30pm on Friday.
IT Governance
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Welcome to the second part of our round-up of 2019’s information security stories. You can read the first part here >> July. The second half of the year began with major data privacy news: the UK’s data protection authority, the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office), announced its intention to fine British Airways and Marriott International a combined £282.6 million for breaching the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 30, 2019
Incident That Targeted Maritime Facility Traced to Phishing Email The U.S. Coast Guard issued a security alert this month after a ransomware attack took down the IT network of an unnamed maritime facility. Investigators believe that the incident involved the Ryuk ransomware strain and started with a phishing email.
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Security Affairs
JANUARY 1, 2020
The Irish government has published its National Cyber Security Strategy ?, it is an update of the country’s first Strategy which was published in 2015. The 2019 National Cyber Security Strategy aims to allow Ireland to continue to safely enjoy the benefits of the digital revolution and play a full part in shaping the future of the Internet. The report warns the national economy and the confidence in the State would be undermined by a major cyber attack on one of the numerous data centers t
Threatpost
JANUARY 3, 2020
Days before Christmas, employees found out that The Heritage Company had been hit by a ransomware attack and was "temporarily suspending operations.".
Data Matters
JANUARY 2, 2020
While much of the New Year attention has been focused on California due to the effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act , a new Oregon law also went into effect on January 1, 2020 complicating compliance with data breach obligations. The law is unique among state data breach notification laws in that it imposes a direct obligation on vendors to provide regulatory notice to the state.
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