Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 17, 2024
CISA and FBI Warn Software Providers to Avoid Risky Development Practices The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI released a joint advisory urging software providers to avoid risky practices like using memory-unsafe languages and other techniques that could jeopardize critical infrastructure and national security.
AIIM
OCTOBER 17, 2024
The Importance of Information in Business In today's fast-paced business world, information is key. From making crucial decisions to tracking progress and evaluating strategies, having access to high-quality information is essential for success. That is where Information Management Governance comes into play.
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KnowBe4
OCTOBER 17, 2024
AI is quickly becoming the basis for more cyber attacks, leading organizations to realize the risk it presents. A new report now shows that AI-enhanced cyber attacks are now the top concern of security leaders.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Dutch police dismantled Bohemia/Cannabia, two major dark web markets for illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services. The Dutch police have announced the success of a new joint law enforcement operation that led to the shutdown of the dual dark web marketplace Bohemia/Cannabia. These are two of the largest and longest-running dark web platforms for the trade of illegal goods, drugs, and cybercrime services.
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Bots that “remove clothes” from images have run rampant on the messaging app, allowing people to create nonconsensual deepfake images even as lawmakers and tech companies try to crack down.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Report Reveals North Korean Workers Expanding into Intellectual Property Theft North Korean threat actors posing as remote information technology workers are increasingly extorting ransom from Western companies after securing jobs under false pretenses, according to a new report from Secureworks' counter threat unit.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 12, 2024
U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warn that Russia-linked group APT29 is targeting vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers on a large scale. Russia-linked cyber espionage group APT29 (aka SVR group , BlueBravo , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , Midnight Blizzard , and The Dukes ) target vulnerable Zimbra and JetBrains TeamCity servers as part of a mass scale campaign, U.S. and U.K. cyber agencies warned.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The US has accused two brothers of being part of the hacker group Anonymous Sudan, which allegedly went on a wild cyberattack spree that hit hundreds of targets—and, for one of the two men, even put lives at risk.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 15, 2024
American Water, one of the largest water utility providers in the United States, fell victim to a cyberattack that disrupted its billing systems, throwing light on the increasing vulnerability of critical infrastructure to such threats. While water services were not interrupted, the breach temporarily paused the company’s billing operations, causing customer concern.
Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage
There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Phishing Emails Impersonating Eset Target Cybersecurity Professionals With Malware Cybercriminals posing as a top security firm in Israel have launched wiper attacks on local cybersecurity professionals after bypassing significant security measures, according to recent reports. Cybersecurity firm Eset said threat actors did not compromise its systems.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 17, 2024
A critical flaw in Kubernetes Image Builder could allow attackers to gain root access if exploited under specific conditions. A critical, Kubernetes Image Builder vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9486 (CVSS score: 9.8), could allow attackers to gain root access if exploited under specific conditions. Only Kubernetes clusters with nodes using VM images from the Image Builder project and its Proxmox provider are impacted by this issue. “A security issue was discovered in the Kubernetes I
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Moldova is facing a tide of disinformation unprecedented in complexity and aggression, the head of a new center meant to combat it tells WIRED. And platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Telegram and YouTube could do more.
The Guardian Data Protection
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Guardian and Hope Not Hate investigation has ‘raised the stakes’ over threat posed by rightwing ideology Health institutions and policymakers need to “wake up” to the danger posed by scientific racism and attempts to normalise an ideology that poses a significant threat to minority communities, thinktanks have warned. The Institute of Race Relations, the Race Equality Foundation and Race on the Agenda say they have been raising their voices about the return of “race science” beliefs as a subject
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Nordic Authorities Takedown Sipulitie, Dutch Police Arrest Alleged Bohemia Admins October has been a good month for European police agencies shutting down dark web marketplaces, with Dutch, Finnish and Swedish police announcing server seizures and suspect arrests. It's been more than a decade since Ross "Dread Pirate Roberts" Ulbricht initiated an era of online criminal bazaars.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Brazil’s Polícia Federal has arrested hacker USDoD, the hacker behind the National Public Data and InfraGard breaches. Brazil’s Polícia Federal (PF) announced the arrest in Belo Horizonte/MG of the notorious hacker USDoD. In August, a CrowdStrike investigation revealed that the hacker USDoD (aka EquationCorp), who is known for high-profile data leaks, is a man from Brazil.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 14, 2024
“Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations to implement thanks to new initiatives the FIDO Alliance announced on Monday.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Amazon just released a new Fire TV Stick HD, retiring the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite. Here's what that means.
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Company Shifts Cyber Focus to QNX and Secure Communications as Key Growth Drivers As Cylance continues to incur significant losses, BlackBerry is reallocating resources toward its more promising QNX and secure communications teams. The company expects its cybersecurity unit to stabilize and become profitable by the end of the fiscal year thanks to strategic bets and cost cuts.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 14, 2024
US-based financial services company Fidelity Investments warns 77,000 individuals of a data breach that exposed their personal information. U.S.-based financial services company Fidelity Investments is notifying 77,099 individuals that their personal information was compromised in an August cyberattack. The data breach occurred on August 17, 2024 and was discovered two days later, on August 19, 2024. “Between August 17 and August 19, a third party accessed and obtained certain information
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Security researchers created an algorithm that turns a malicious prompt into a set of hidden instructions that could send a user's personal information to an attacker.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Rolling Square's InCharge XS charges via USB-C, USB-A, and iPhone Lightning in one versatile cable that's small enough to fit on your keychain.
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The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Cyber Security and Resilience Bill Includes 72-Hour Reporting Deadline, Hefty Fines The U.K. government's proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is a "good step forward" to encourage ransomware incident reporting, said Ciaran Martin, the former NCSC chief. But he said the success of the new regulations also hinges on the support mechanism for cyber victims.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 15, 2024
GitHub addressed a critical vulnerability in Enterprise Server that could allow unauthorized access to affected instances. Code hosting platform GitHub addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-9487 (CVSS score of 9.5), in GitHub Enterprise Server that could lead to unauthorized access to affected instances. An attacker could exploit a cryptographic signature verification flaw in GitHub Enterprise Server to bypass SAML SSOand unauthorized user access.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 12, 2024
Scammers in Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to AI, deepfakes, and dangerous malware in a way that makes their pig butchering operations even more convincing.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 18, 2024
If you're an iPhone user, you could probably use these trackers to monitor your keys, wallet, luggage, and even your young kids, especially with this $20 discount.
Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage
When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Chinese Cybercrime Groups Ran Operations in Rented Hotels and Guest Houses Sri Lankan authorities have arrested more than 200 Chinese nationals who they say overstayed their visitor visas and engaged in large-scale financial scam operations targeting victims across Asia. The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says it supports the law enforcement crackdown.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 18, 2024
U.S. and allies warn of attacks from Iran-linked actors targeting critical infrastructure through brute-force attacks in a year-long campaign. Intelligence and cybersecurity agencies from the U.S., Australia, and Canada, warn about a year-long campaign carried out by Iran-linked threat actors to break into critical infrastructure organizations via brute force and password spraying attacks.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Global Intelligence claims its Cybercheck technology can help cops find key evidence to nail a case. But a WIRED investigation reveals the smoking gun often appears far less solid.
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