Data Breach Today
AUGUST 20, 2020
Bug Bounty Pioneer Katie Moussouris on Challenges, Sustainability, Election Security To build a successful vulnerability disclosure program, avoid thinking of it as quick-fix "bug bounty Botox," and instead focus on building positive relationships with the security community, hiring top-notch talent and "building a sustainable ecosystem," says Luta Security's Katie Moussouris.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 21, 2020
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or “ vishing ” attacks targeting companies. The advisory came less than 24 hours after KrebsOnSecurity published an in-depth look at a crime group offering a service that people can hire to steal VPN credentials and other sensitive data from employees working remotely during the Coronavirus pand
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The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 17, 2020
The amazing array of digital services we so blithely access on our smartphones wouldn’t exist without agile software development. Related: ‘Business logic’ hacks on the rise Consider that we began this century relying on the legacy “waterfall” software development process. This method required a linear plan, moving in one direction, that culminated in a beta deliverable by a hard and fast deadline.
Data Protector
AUGUST 17, 2020
Many privacy professionals will be shocked to learn that, in terms of safeguarding personal data flows from an EU to a non-EU country, in the absence of an adequacy decision, more is required than simply slipping the right set of SCCs into a vendor contract. The CEJU has clarified that one of the key tasks facing data exporters, when considering whether SCCs are appropriate, is to consider whether there is a conflict between the protections afforded by the SCCs and other local laws, particularly
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.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 20, 2020
Report: 9 Leaks Account for Exposure of PHI for at Least 150,000 Patients Never store hardcoded credentials in code uploaded to public-facing GitHub repositories, and make sure none of your business associates are doing that. Those are just two takeaways from a new report that describes how nine organizations were inadvertently exposing health records for at least 150,000 patients.
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IT Governance
AUGUST 20, 2020
Carnival has suffered a ransomware attack, putting the personal data of both customers and staff at risk. The Florida-based cruise operator says that the incident, which was discovered on 15 August, affected the IT systems of one of its brands – which include Cunard, P&O, AIDA and Princess – although it hasn’t specified which one. In a statement , the organisation says that it “does not believe the incident will have a material impact on its business, operations or financial results”.
Data Protector
AUGUST 17, 2020
One of the Government's core objectives throughout the Brexit negotiations has been to respect data protection rights, slash Brussels' red tape and allow the United Kingdom to be a competitive safe haven for businesses all over the world. With that in mind, how could the Government reduce its ties to the EU's 'data protection level playing field' while continuing to maintain a robust and effective data protection regime?
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 18, 2020
SEC Filing Warns That Guest and Employee Data Likely Compromised Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise ship company, is investigating a ransomware attack that likely compromised guest and employee data, according its filing with the SEC. It's the company's second security incident this year.
Krebs on Security
AUGUST 16, 2020
A security flaw in the way Microsoft Windows guards users against malicious files was actively exploited in malware attacks for two years before last week, when Microsoft finally issued a software update to correct the problem. One of the 120 security holes Microsoft fixed on Aug. 11’s Patch Tuesday was CVE-2020-1464 , a problem with the way every supported version of Windows validates digital signatures for computer programs.
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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
AUGUST 21, 2020
The University of Utah admitted to have paid a $457,059 ransom in order to avoid having ransomware operators leak student information online. The University of Utah admitted having paid a $457,059 ransom after the ransomware attack that took place on July 19, 2020, that infected systems on the network of the university’s College of Social and Behavioral Science [CSBS]).
Data Protector
AUGUST 17, 2020
Here we go again. The compulsory Sunday morning church services for all Anglicans at my boarding school served as an opportunity for The Reverend James Culross, (or Druid, as we boys affectionately called him), to churn out stuff from the Book of Common Prayer. It was stuff designed to cleanse our souls and provide us with helpful words of comfort, to prepare us for the horrors that would be inflicted upon each and every one of us during the school week ahead.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 19, 2020
UK Claim Seeks Damages Under GDPR Over Long-Running Starwood Reservation System Hack Marriott faces a new class-action lawsuit, filed in Britain, over the breach of its Starwood guest reservation system. The breach ran from 2014 to 2018 - Marriott acquired Starwood in 2016 - and exposed personal information for an estimated 7 million customers in the U.K.
erwin
AUGUST 19, 2020
I’m thrilled to officially announce that registration is open for our first global conference as erwin, Inc. erwin Insights 2020 is a free, virtual, two-day event being held October 13-14. Social distancing doesn’t mean we should stop connecting. In fact, opportunities for personal and professional growth are more important than ever. That’s why we look forward to bringing together erwin’s global community of users, partners, prospects and friends to engage and explore ideas, experiences, trends
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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.
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 20, 2020
In just a few months, COVID-19 changed the world. Millions have been infected and hundreds of thousands have died at the time of writing. This health emergency has strained healthcare systems around the world. Amidst this disruption, COVID-19 has put innumerable other lives at risk. Other diseases and conditions haven’t gone away during the pandemic. … The post Keeping up the fight on cancer during pandemic appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Protector
AUGUST 17, 2020
It is possible that the European Commission will fail to provide the UK with a data protection adequacy assessment by the end of the year. It is also possible that, in the near future, the EU will publish revised sets of Standard Contractual Clauses to replace the existing SCCs in a bold effort to ensure that flows of personal data outside the European Union remain suitably protected.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 18, 2020
Coveware: Average Ransom Paid Jumps 60%; Sodinokibi, Maze, Phobos Dominate Ransomware gangs continue to see bigger payoffs from their ransom-paying victims, driven by "big-game hunting," data exfiltration and smaller players seeking larger returns, according to ransomware incident response firm Coveware.
erwin
AUGUST 20, 2020
Enterprise architecture (EA) is a strategic planning initiative that helps align business and IT. It provides a visual blueprint, demonstrating the connection between applications, technologies and data to the business functions they support. In this post: What Is Enterprise Architecture? Think City Planning. Why Is Enterprise Architecture Important?
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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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 17, 2020
IT giant Konica Minolta was hit with a ransomware attack at the end of July, its services have been impacted for almost a week. A ransomware attack has impacted the services at the business technology giant Konica Minolta for almost a week, the attack took place at the end of July. Konica Minolta is a Japanese multinational technology company headquartered in Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo, with offices in 49 countries worldwide.
IT Governance
AUGUST 17, 2020
In the second quarter of 2020, data protection bodies across Europe issued at least 46 administrative fines under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , with the penalties totalling nearly €2.9 million (£2.6 million). This is a sharp decrease on Q1, which saw more than £45 million in fines – something that is to be expected given the disruption caused by COVID-19.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 17, 2020
Luxury London Hotel Investigates 'Food and Beverage Reservation System' Data Breach Scammers have reportedly been putting one over on customers of the famous Ritz London, which says it is "aware of a potential data breach within our food and beverage reservation system, which may have compromised some of our clients' personal data." No payment card data was exposed, it says.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 18, 2020
Security vendor Prevailion says it observed signs of malicious activity on the cruise operator's network between at least February and June.
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WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 15, 2020
Over the last few years, so-called jackpotting attacks have gotten increasingly sophisticated—while cash machines remain largely the same.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 17, 2020
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat confirmed that thousands of user accounts for online Canadian government services were recently hacked. According to a press release issued by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, thousands of user accounts for online government services were recently hacked. The hackers targeted the GCKey service with credential stuffing attacks, the service is used by some 30 federal departments and Canada Revenue Agency accounts.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 20, 2020
Suspected Fraudsters Targeted Santander Bank Branches in 3 States Dozens of suspects have reportedly been arrested in connection with an ATM cash-out scheme that targeted Santander Bank branches in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 20, 2020
Two recent reports on smart-locks vulnerabilities show that IoT vendors have a bigger job to do in ensuring their products are safely deployed and configured.
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.
Troy Hunt
AUGUST 21, 2020
Between still feeling a little groggy after hitting the water hard on an early wake boarding session then my camera overheating and shutting down towards the end of the live stream, this wasn't the smoothest of weekly updates, I still got across everything I needed to. I'm especially excited about those Shelly 1 units for cheaply IoT'ing existing lights and I'm hoping to have some of that up and running next week.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 21, 2020
Experts at threat intelligence firm Cyble came across a post published by Maze ransomware operators claiming to have breached the steel sheet giant Hoa Sen Group. During the ordinary monitoring of Deepweb and Darkweb , researchers at Cyble came across the leak disclosure post published by the Maze ransomware operators that claim the hack of the Hoa Sen Group.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 21, 2020
Joe Sullivan Accused of Making 'Hush Money' Bitcoin Payoff to Hackers The U.S. Department of Justice has charged former Uber CSO Joseph Sullivan with obstruction of justice for allegedly covering up the 2016 hack of the ride-sharing service, which compromised sensitive data for 57 million Uber passengers and drivers.
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