Data Breach Today
JULY 7, 2020
Data-Leaking Extortionists' Revised Playbook Goes Way Beyond Ransomware Ransomware-wielding attackers continue to pummel organizations. But labeling these as being just ransomware attacks often misses how much these incidents involve serious network intrusions, exfiltration of extensive amounts of data, data leaks and, as a result, reportable data breaches.
Schneier on Security
JULY 8, 2020
It is amazing that this sort of thing can still happen: the list was compiled by scanning the entire internet for devices that were exposing their Telnet port. The hacker then tried using (1) factory-set default usernames and passwords, or (2) custom, but easy-to-guess password combinations. Telnet? Default passwords? In 2020? We have a long way to go to secure the IoT.
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Schneier on Security
JULY 9, 2020
Interesting research on home security cameras with cloud storage. Basically, attackers can learn very basic information about what's going on in front of the camera, and infer when there is someone home. News article. Slashdot thread.
Krebs on Security
JULY 4, 2020
One of the most-read advice columns on this site is a 2018 piece called “ Plant Your Flag, Mark Your Territory ,” which tried to impress upon readers the importance of creating accounts at websites like those at the Social Security Administration , the IRS and others before crooks do it for you. A key concept here is that these services only allow one account per Social Security number — which for better or worse is the de facto national identifier in the United States.
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.
Security Affairs
JULY 5, 2020
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned enterprises about cyberattacks from the Tor network. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning enterprises of cyberattacks launched from the Tor network. Threat actors leverage the Tor network to hide the real source of their attacks and avoid that their C2 infrastructure could be identified and shut down by.
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Security Affairs
JULY 8, 2020
Good news for the victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware, they can recover their encrypted files for free. The victims of the ThiefQuest (EvilQuest) ransomware victims can recover their encrypted files without needing to pay the ransom due to the availability of a free decryptor. Early July, security expert K7 Lab malware researcher Dinesh Devadoss uncovered a new piece of ransomware dubbed EvilQuest designed to encrypt macOS systems, it is also able to install additional payloads and
Data Breach Today
JULY 8, 2020
Pandemic Drives Increased Adoption of Workplace Monitoring Tools With so many employees working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, vendors of time-tracking and productivity-monitoring software report surging interest in their wares. Regardless of whether organizations deploy light-touch or more Big Brother types of approaches, beware potential privacy repercussions.
Data Breach Today
JULY 4, 2020
IG Report Finds Agency's Infrastructure Remains Tempting Target for Hackers A recent Inspector General's report finds that NASA still struggles with implementing an agency-wide cybersecurity policy despite spending approximately $2.3 billion on IT, networking and security technology in 2019. The oversite report offers a series of improvements that NASA should make.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 6, 2020
For companies that haven't patched their BIG-IP products, it may already be too late.
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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.
AIIM
JULY 9, 2020
We’ve all been there. We know that our information management technology is getting old, and it needs to be replaced. We can’t integrate to the newest artificial intelligence tools that could help improve the completeness and accuracy of the metadata, nor can we feel confident that we are managing records appropriately, and don’t even get me started on search.
erwin
JULY 9, 2020
Enterprise architecture plays a key role in the modern enterprise, so the average enterprise architect salary reflects the demand. In this post: Average Salary for an Enterprise Architect. What Does an Enterprise Architect Do? Enterprise Architect Salary Expectations. What’s Influencing Enterprise Architecture Salaries? The Tools Enterprise Architects Need to Thrive.
Data Breach Today
JULY 6, 2020
In Latest Case, Florida Practice Sued for Damages, and Security Mandates Sought A lawsuit seeking damages as well as security mandates has been filed against a Florida-based orthopedic group in the wake of a ransomware incident. It's the latest in a series of such legal actions in healthcare, including one in which a preliminary settlement has been reached.
IT Governance
JULY 6, 2020
The number of UK businesses that have suffered cyber attacks has doubled in the past five years, according to a new report. Beaming’s Five Years in Cyber Security found that 1.5 million organisations fell victim to cyber crime in 2019. This equates to 25% of all UK businesses, compared to 13% in 2015. Phishing and malware were the most common tools for cyber crime – and the larger the organisation, the more likely they were to fall victim.
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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.
AIIM
JULY 7, 2020
When I think back to this time last year, I’m shocked by just how different things are since the start of COVID-19. Businesses have gone through major shifts in record time - projects like moving to a remote office environment that often takes months to complete were carried out in just a few days or weeks. Now, as our time with COVID goes on, some of the focus has shifted from short-term business concerns like how to set up a remote working strategy , how to ensure security while working from h
Hunton Privacy
JULY 7, 2020
When compared to the EU or the U.S., China has lacked a comprehensive data protection and data security law that regulates in detail requirements and procedures relating to the collection, processing, control and storage of personal data. In recent years, China has seen developments on data protection both in legislation and in practice. Recently, another significant draft law on data security was issued by the Chinese legislative authority.
Data Breach Today
JULY 10, 2020
Phones Sold Through US Government-Subsidized Program For the second time this year, security researchers have found malware embedded in low-cost Android smartphones distributed through a U.S. government program, security firm Malwarebytes reports.
Security Affairs
JULY 9, 2020
Google announced that its Tsunami vulnerability scanner for large-scale enterprise networks is going to be open-sourced. Google has decided to release as open-source a vulnerability scanner for large-scale enterprise networks named Tsunami. “We have released the Tsunami security scanning engine to the open source communities. We hope that the engine can help other organizations protect their users’ data.
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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.
IBM Big Data Hub
JULY 6, 2020
Follow @IBMAnalytics. It could be said there’s really no wealth but health itself, but in rural India, some 840 million people are challenged by obtaining the healthcare they need. For the average citizen, just getting to a medical appointment might require a day-long journey. Inadequate infrastructure and a lack of specialists and oversight challenge community resilience outside India’s urban areas.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 9, 2020
On July 1, 2020, the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 came into effect (“New DP Law”). Due to the current pandemic, a three-month grace period, running until October 1, 2020, has been provided for companies to comply. The New DP Law replaces DIFC Law No. 1 of 2007. The release of the New DP Law is, in part, an effort to ensure that the DIFC, a financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, meets the standard of data protection required to
Data Breach Today
JULY 10, 2020
Malwarebytes: New Research Discloses Data Exfiltration Capability The Mac malware originally labeled as "EvilQuest," which researchers initially identified as a poorly designed ransomware variant, apparently is primarily an information stealer with ransomware-like elements designed to confuse security tools, according to the security firm Malwarebytes.
Security Affairs
JULY 9, 2020
Researchers from Malwarebytes have found yet another phone with pre-installed malware via the Lifeline Assistance program sold in the United States. Researchers at Malwarebytes have found malware pre-installed on smartphones sold in the United States, this is the second time as documented in a report published in January. In January, Malwarebytes researchers discovered that the UMX U686CL phone was sold with pre-installed malware as part of the government-funded Lifeline Assistance program by Vi
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IT Governance
JULY 8, 2020
Digital technologies are evolving so rapidly that vulnerabilities emerge faster than they can be secured. As such, it’s getting harder to prevent data breaches and criminals have their choice of weaknesses to exploit. This is the opinion of the WEC (World Economic Forum) in its Incentivizing Secure and Responsible Innovation report, which was published earlier this month.
The Guardian Data Protection
JULY 4, 2020
Public health officials ‘can’t contain virus’ unless they get faster access to crucial ‘pillar two’ data from test centres Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Local health officials are being “kept in the dark” about Covid-19 infections in their area by Whitehall’s refusal to share all of its data, Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, has warned.
Data Breach Today
JULY 10, 2020
Bank Account Credentials Sell for an Average of $71, Report Finds Five billion unique user credentials are circulating on darknet forums, with cybercriminals offering to sell access to bank accounts as well as domain administrator access to corporate networks, according to the security firm Digital Shadows.
Security Affairs
JULY 9, 2020
More than 15 billion username and passwords are available on cybercrime marketplaces, including over 5 billion unique credentials, states the experts. A report published by security firm Digital Shadows r evealed the availability of more than 15 billion credentials shared on cybercrime marketplaces, paste sites, file sharing services, and code sharing websites.
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.
Threatpost
JULY 9, 2020
Researchers have found trojans and adware in preinstalled apps on a low-cost device distributed by the government-funded Lifeline Assistance Program.
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
JULY 7, 2020
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of charging fees and discouraging individuals who wanted to access their personal data. BKR is responsible for maintaining the Dutch central credit information system, which holds information about all Dutch credit registrations and repayment behaviour by individuals, including info
Data Breach Today
JULY 9, 2020
Biggest Incidents Have a Wide Variety of Causes What major health data breach trends emerged in the first half of 2020? Here's a rundown of the latest statistics - plus an analysis by experts.
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