Sat.Apr 04, 2020 - Fri.Apr 10, 2020

article thumbnail

Preservation Planning for the New Remote Reality

Zapproved

Preservation of evidence is a critical element of litigation. The general preservation obligation arises from the common-law duty to avoid spoliation (loss or destruction) of relevant evidence so that it is available for use at trial.

IT 52
article thumbnail

Why Humans Are Phishing's Weakest Link

Dark Reading

And it's not just because they click when they shouldn't.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

National Cyber Security Centre warns public about coronavirus scams

IT Governance

In a rare public statement , the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has issued a warning over the threat of coronavirus-related scams. The government agency, which is part of GCHQ, noted that there has been a sharp rise in cyber attacks that take advantage of the panic and uncertainty caused by the pandemic. One of the biggest threats are phishing scams – malicious messages that appear to be from a trusted source.

article thumbnail

Micro Focus: a solution to the skills issue

Micro Focus

IBM Mainframe COBOL, enterprise-class, core application environments are often the lifeblood of an organisation. Whether commercial or government, revenue generating or providing vital services, these trusted systems underpin many of the most critical services that IT provides. These systems are typically so stable, reliable and secure that ignoring them can be easy.

article thumbnail

Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

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.

article thumbnail

WhatsApp Axes COVID-19 Mass Message Forwarding

Threatpost

Amid rampant misinformation, users of the Facebook-owned messaging platform can no longer send coronavirus messages to more than one user at a time.

Cloud 95

More Trending

article thumbnail

Less than 2% of all daily malspam are Coronavirus-themed attacks, Microsoft reports

Security Affairs

Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, the IT giant pointed out that malspam activities have not increased due to Coronavirus outbreak. In recent weeks, security firms and experts reported numerous Coronavirus-themed attacks , now Microsoft shares new threat intelligence on malicious activities during the pandemic. Despite threat actors are exploiting the current coronavirus pandemic to target users, Microsoft reports it hasn’t observed any spike in malware activity in this period, it o

article thumbnail

Tails OS version 4.5 supports the Secure Boot

Security Affairs

The popular privacy-focused Tails OS has released version 4.5 this, for the first time it supports the security feature named UEFI Secure Boot. Tails, the popular privacy-focused OS, now supports the UEFI Secure Boot, this means that it could boot on systems where the UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. Tails is a live operating system that users can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD, it aims at preserving privacy and anonymity of the users.

article thumbnail

Announcing OpenText Security Cloud Editions (CE) 20.2

OpenText Information Management

In today’s cloud-focused market, it’s essential that security and forensic solutions facilitate cyber resilience with a focus on total endpoint protection and the collection of potentially relevant evidence in a forensically sound manner. The latest enhancements to the OpenText™ Security Suite in OpenText Cloud Editions (CE) 20.2 illustrate this approach by facilitating the acquisition of … The post Announcing OpenText Security Cloud Editions (CE) 20.2 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

Cloud 64
article thumbnail

Zoom Promises Geo-Fencing, Encryption Overhaul for Meetings

Data Breach Today

Web Conferencing Provider Blames Routing of Keys via China on Scaling-Up Error Zoom, responding to research that identified encryption and infrastructure shortcomings in its audio and video conferencing software, has promised to further revamp its security controls. With COVID-19 driving a surge in working from home, researchers have been closely reviewing the security of such software.

article thumbnail

How and Why Should You Be Tracking Geopolitical Risk?

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.

article thumbnail

Vote by Mail Isn't Perfect. But It's Essential in a Pandemic

WIRED Threat Level

Despite Donald Trump's invective, the spread of Covid-19 has made the expansion of absentee voting critical.

IT 100
article thumbnail

COVID-19: CISOs Take on More Security, Privacy Challenges

Data Breach Today

As healthcare organizations across the U.S. respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the list of security and privacy challenges CISOs face continues to grow. Mitch Parker, CISO of Indiana University Health, provides an update on the changing risk management landscape.

Privacy 214
article thumbnail

Managing Legal Holds for a Remote Workforce

Zapproved

Legal holds are far more nuanced than their name might suggest. Once litigation is anticipated and you’ve issued a legal hold, there are a number of factors to take into consideration.

52
article thumbnail

Helping Our Customers Crisis-Proof Their Business During the COVID-19 Crisis (and beyond)

erwin

When it became abundantly clear that our world was changing as a result of COVID-19, we knew we had to be part of the solution. Over the past several weeks, we have taken a hard look at what our customers need during this time to not only survive this crisis … but to thrive. As a result of the need for social distancing, companies around the world have almost overnight transitioned to a remote workforce.

Sales 91
article thumbnail

7 Pitfalls for Apache Cassandra in Production

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.

article thumbnail

New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

Krebs on Security

The U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years’ tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don’t usually file a tax return.

article thumbnail

More Zero-Day Exploits For Sale: Report

Data Breach Today

APT Groups Are Buying Exploits Rather Than Developing Them, FireEye Says Zero-day exploits are increasingly a commodity that advanced persistent threat groups can purchase and use to wage attacks, according to a report from security firm FireEye. The report says the number of attacks leveraging such exploits grew last year.

Sales 350
article thumbnail

SHARED INTEL: How attacks on web, mobile apps are being fueled by rising API vulnerabilities

The Last Watchdog

Application programming interface. API. It’s the glue holding digital transformation together. Related: A primer on ‘credential stuffing’ APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. APIs are literally everywhere in the digital landscape, and more are being created every minute. APIs connect the coding that enables the creation and implementation of new applications.

article thumbnail

How Do I Tame My Information Chaos? 3 Ways to Address it Head-On

AIIM

Before we get into how to tame your Information Chaos, let’s take a step back and look at WHY so many of us are experiencing it. These days, business information can come from anywhere, anytime, and in any form. Match this up with a growing volume and variety of the information we’re creating, and you can see how it can quickly get out of hand and become unmanageable without some strategies in place.

article thumbnail

Entity Resolution Checklist: What to Consider When Evaluating Options

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.

article thumbnail

Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’t

Krebs on Security

In February, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a private citizen auctioning off the dangerous domain corp.com for the starting price of $1.7 million. Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing showed whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows PCs at major companies around the globe.

Sales 318
article thumbnail

Hackers Have Targeted Linux Servers for Years: Report

Data Breach Today

BlackBerry Researchers Say Servers at Data Centers Worldwide Hit For nearly a decade, five hacking groups with apparent links to the Chinese government have targeted vulnerable Linux servers that make up the backend IT infrastructure of thousands of companies and organizations around the world, according to a research report from BlackBerry.

article thumbnail

BEST PRACTICES: Mock attacks help local agencies, schools prepare for targeted cyber scams

The Last Watchdog

Cyber criminals who specialize in plundering local governments and school districts are in their heyday. Related : How ransomware became a scourge Ransomware attacks and email fraud have spiked to record levels across the U.S. in each of the past three years, and a disproportionate number of the hardest hit organizations were local public agencies. Lucy Security, a security training company based in Zug, Switzerland that works with many smaller public entities, has been in the thick of this onsl

article thumbnail

AIIM vs. ARMA: An Honest Comparison of Membership

AIIM

I regularly get asked questions about AIIM and ARMA – which one’s “better,” which one’s the right one, what’s the difference, etc. As a paid professional member of both since 2001 – August 2001 for AIIM, September 2001 for ARMA, and having served on both organizations’ Board of Directors (2004-2005 for AIIM, 2007-2010 for ARMA), I have thoughts on both and will compare them in several key areas, including: Focus.

article thumbnail

Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI

“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.

article thumbnail

NASA warns of a significant increase in cyber attacks during Coronavirus outbreak

Security Affairs

This week, NASA sent out a memo to its personnel warning of a significant increase in the cyberattacks during the Coronavirus outbreak. NASA sent out a memo to its personnel warning of a significant increase in cyberattacks on the agency while its employees are in smart-working due to the Coronavirus outbreak. According to the Agency, roughly 75 percent of its employees are currently working from home.

article thumbnail

UK and US Security Agencies Sound COVID-19 Threat Alert

Data Breach Today

Fraudsters and APT Gangs Hit Remote Workers With Phishing, Spyware, Ransomware Cybercrime groups and nation-state hacking gangs are continuing to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to further their aims, U.K. and U.S. security agencies warn in a joint alert. While overall attack levels haven't increased, they say, "the frequency and severity of COVID-19-related cyberattacks" looks set to surge.

Security 347
article thumbnail

MY TAKE: ‘Network Detection and Response’ emerges as an Internet of Things security stopgap

The Last Watchdog

There’s no stopping the Internet of Things now. Related: The promise, pitfalls of IoT Companies have commenced the dispersal of IoT systems far and wide. Data collected by IoT devices will increasingly get ingested into cloud-centric networks where it will get crunched by virtual servers. And fantastic new IoT-enabled services will spew out of the other end.

IoT 147
article thumbnail

Thank You GoDaddy / Sucuri. A New Chapter Begins.

PerezBox

April 5th, 2020 marked the end of my three year journey with GoDaddy, and 9+ years with Sucuri. The time has come to say goodbye and venture off on a. Read More. The post Thank You GoDaddy / Sucuri. A New Chapter Begins. appeared first on PerezBox.

142
142
article thumbnail

Strategic CX: A Deep Dive into Voice of the Customer Insights for Clarity

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.

article thumbnail

The cyber security risks of working from home

IT Governance

The days of 9–5 office hours were over long before coronavirus forced the majority of us to work from home. Organisations have increasingly offered employees the opportunity to work from home on an occasional or full-time basis, and many of us feel obliged to check work emails on personal devices outside of business hours. Most companies will therefore already have some experience of the processes involved in home working and the security vulnerabilities that come with it.

Risk 140
article thumbnail

Travelex Paid $2.3 Million to Ransomware Gang: Report

Data Breach Today

Attack Crippled Currency Exchange's Services for Weeks Travelex, a London-based foreign currency exchange that does business in 26 countries, including the U.S., paid a ransomware gang $2.3 million to regain access to its data following an attack, the Wall Street Journal reports. The incident crippled the company's customer services for weeks.

article thumbnail

CVE-2020-3952 flaw could allow attackers to hack VMware vCenter Server

Security Affairs

VMware has addressed a critical information disclosure vulnerability related to the Directory Service that can be exploited to compromise vCenter Server. VMware has addressed a critical information disclosure flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3952, that could be exploited by attackers to compromise vCenter Server or other services that use the Directory Service ( vmdir ) for authentication.