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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

Krebs on Security

Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. Media coverage understandably focused on GoDaddy’s admission that it suffered three different cyberattacks over as many years at the hands of the same hacking group.

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GUEST ESSAY: The case for complying with ISO 27001 — the gold standard of security frameworks

The Last Watchdog

Of the numerous security frameworks available to help companies protect against cyber-threats, many consider ISO 27001 to be the gold standard. Related: The demand for ‘digital trust’ Organizations rely on ISO 27001 to guide risk management and customer data protection efforts against growing cyber threats that are inflicting record damage , with the average cyber incident now costing $266,000 and as much as $52 million for the top 5% of incidents.

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CISOs Share Their 3 Top Challenges for Cybersecurity Management

Dark Reading

The biggest dilemmas in running a modern cybersecurity team are not all about software, said CISOs from HSBC, Citi, and Sepio.

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Business Email Compromise Gang Gets Jail Time for Stealing Millions

KnowBe4

An international cybercriminal operation responsible for millions of dollars in business email compromise (BEC) scams has finally been dismantled.

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Solving Open Source Complexity with a Managed Data Infrastructure Platform

With its unparalleled flexibility, rapid development and cost-saving capabilities, open source is proving time and again that it’s the leader in data management. But as the growth in open source adoption increases, so does the complexity of your data infrastructure. In this Analyst Brief developed with IDC, discover how and why the best solution to this complexity is a managed service, including: Streamlined compliance with some of the most complex regulatory guidelines Simplified operations, li

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Closing the Gap in Threat Visibility

Data Breach Today

The Technologies You Need to See Into Those Dark Corners A lack of visibility makes it nearly impossible to protect an organization against attack. If you can't see what's lurking in the dark corners of your environment, all you can do is react instead of actively identifying and mitigating risks. But some technologies can help with threat visibility.

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Attackers Were on Network for 2 Years, News Corp Says

Dark Reading

The publisher of the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, and several other publications had last year disclosed a breach it said was the work of a state-backed actor likely working for China.

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[Eye Opener] Businessweek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About

KnowBe4

This morning, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand new article at BusinessWeek, one of their media properties. This is an excellent article that exposes the vulnerabilities when communications systems are designed without built-in security from the get-go. It is an excellent wake-up call for your C-level execs and powerful budget ammo.

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CISA Warns That Royal Ransomware Is Picking Up Steam

Data Breach Today

US Agency Says Royal Ransomware Group Is Made Up of Experienced Threat Actors The Royal ransomware group targeting critical infrastructure in the United States and other countries is made up of experienced ransomware attackers and has strong similarities to Conti, the infamous Russia-linked hacking group, according to a new alert issued by U.S. authorities.

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Biden Cybersecurity Strategy: Big Ambitions, Big Obstacles

eSecurity Planet

The White House’s National Cybersecurity Strategy unveiled yesterday is an ambitious blueprint for improving U.S. cybersecurity and threat response, but some of the more ambitious items will take time to implement, and could face opposition from Congress. President Biden came into office around the time of the SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline cyber attacks, so cybersecurity has been a major focus of the Administration from the beginning.

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Provide Real Value in Your Applications with Data and Analytics

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Cloud is changing the way supply chains operate

OpenText Information Management

Cloud computing has gone mainstream in today’s organizations, and many are adopting a cloud-first IT strategy. While enterprises still direct significant amounts of money towards on-premises—or off-cloud—software, that spend is decreasing while the pace of cloud adoption remains high. To elaborate on the speed, scale and diversity of the cloud market, according to Gartner, worldwide … The post Cloud is changing the way supply chains operate appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Revised Colorado Privacy Act Rules Adopted for Review by Colorado AG

Hunton Privacy

On February 28, 2023, the Colorado Office of the Attorney General announced that revised draft Colorado Privacy Act (“CPA”) rules were adopted for review by the Colorado Attorney General prior to finalization and publication in the Colorado Register. The revised rules are not final, and, as drafted, will take effect on July 1, 2023. The revised draft rules follow prior drafts dated October 10, 2022 , December 21, 2022 , and January 27, 2023.

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Irish Authorities Levy GDPR Fine in Centric Health Breach

Data Breach Today

2019 Ransomware Breach Affected 70,000 Patients, Destroyed Records of 2,500 of Them Irish authorities have fined a healthcare organization 460,000 euros - about $490,000 - for a 2019 Calum ransomware breach that compromised sensitive information of 70,000 patients, including the permanent deletion of data for about 2,500 of them.

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NameCheap’s SendGrid Email Account Compromised, Used to Send Phishing Emails

KnowBe4

Since phishing attacks need legitimacy to increase their deliverability, this latest twist shows how phishing scammers and hackers are working together to ensure phishing attacks continue.

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Entity Resolution: Your Guide to Deciding Whether to Build It or Buy It

Adding high-quality entity resolution capabilities to enterprise applications, services, data fabrics or data pipelines can be daunting and expensive. Organizations often invest millions of dollars and years of effort to achieve subpar results. This guide will walk you through the requirements and challenges of implementing entity resolution. By the end, you'll understand what to look for, the most common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid, and your options.

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ChatGPT’s evil sibling? Meet DAN.

Jamf

Based on OpenAI’s ChatGPT, DAN is the jailbroken version of the advanced chatbot technology that operates free from policy constraints…but is this a good thing for the advancement of AI technology or does it further complicate matters relating to mainstream adaptability in our everyday world?

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Cyber Essentials is Updating its Technical Requirements

IT Governance

The NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has announced a major update to the technical controls of Cyber Essentials. The changes, which are based on feedback from assessors and applicants, will alter the way organisations are expected to protect and manage various forms of hardware and software. It’s part of a regular review of the scheme, conducted in consultation with technical experts from the NCSC, and follows a major overhaul last year.

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White House Unveils Biden's National Cybersecurity Strategy

Data Breach Today

Focus Includes Critical Infrastructure Security, Secure Software Development The Biden administration has unveiled its new national cybersecurity strategy, detailing top challenges facing the U.S. and plans for addressing them. Goals include minimum security requirements for critical infrastructure sector organizations, and liability for poor software development practices.

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Thousands of NPM Packages Used to Spread Phishing Links

KnowBe4

Researchers at Checkmarx warn that attackers uploaded more than 15,000 packages to NPM, the open-source repository for JavaScript packages, to distribute phishing links. The packages themselves weren’t malicious, but they contained README text files with links to phishing sites.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

Speaker: Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Executive leaders and board members are pushing their teams to adopt Generative AI to gain a competitive edge, save money, and otherwise take advantage of the promise of this new era of artificial intelligence. There's no question that it is challenging to figure out where to focus and how to advance when it’s a new field that is evolving everyday. 💡 This new webinar featuring Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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How the Ukraine War Opened a Fault Line in Cybercrime, Possibly Forever

Dark Reading

Infighting, conscription, emigration. The war in Ukraine has pitted cybercriminals against one another like no other event before it.

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Challenges With Collaboration Data And The Ediscovery Process

Hanzo Learning Center

Tools like Slack and Microsoft Teams were on the rise before the global pandemic; now, they’ve become integral for employee communication at large enterprises, whether they’re in the office, working from home, or a hybrid.

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Attackers Hacked into LastPass Via Employee's Home Computer

Data Breach Today

Attackers Exploited Vulnerability in Third-Party Software for Access The situation at LastPass keeps getting worse: the company says hackers implanted keylogger software on a DevOps employee's home computer to obtain access to the corporate vault. Customer vault data can be decrypted only with the end user master password, which LastPass doesn't store.

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Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 flaws could impact billions of devices

Security Affairs

Two vulnerabilities affecting the Trusted Platform Module ( TPM ) 2.0 library could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation. The Trusted Computing Group (TCG) is warning of two vulnerabilities affecting the implementations of the Trusted Platform Module ( TPM ) 2.0 that could potentially lead to information disclosure or privilege escalation.

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10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra

It’s no surprise that Apache Cassandra has emerged as a popular choice for organizations of all sizes seeking a powerful solution to manage their data at a scale—but with great power comes great responsibility. Due to the inherent complexity of distributed databases, this white paper will uncover the 10 rules you’ll want to know when managing Apache Cassandra.

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LastPass DevOps Engineer Targeted for Cloud Decryption Keys in Latest Breach Revelation

Dark Reading

The adversaries obtained a decryption key to a LastPass database containing multifactor authentication and federation information as well as customer vault data, company says.

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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

Wireless security is the protection of wireless networks, devices and data from unwanted access and breaches. It involves a variety of strategies and practices designed to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of wireless networks and their resources. Wireless security is critical because these networks are subject to eavesdropping, interception, data theft, denial of services ( DoS ) assaults, and malware infestations.

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Ransomware Hits US Marshals Service

Data Breach Today

Agency Confirms Sensitive Law Enforcement Information Compromised Hackers maliciously encrypted a system belonging to the U.S. Marshals Service, compromising and exfiltrating sensitive data law enforcement data. "The system was disconnected shortly and the Department of Justice initiated a forensic investigation," said an agency spokesman.

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Nick Weaver on Regulating Cryptocurrency

Schneier on Security

Nicholas Weaver wrote an excellent paper on the problems of cryptocurrencies and the need to regulate the space—with all existing regulations. His conclusion: Regulators, especially regulators in the United States, often fear accusations of stifling innovation. As such, the cryptocurrency space has grown over the past decade with very little regulatory oversight.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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CISA: ZK Java Framework RCE Flaw Under Active Exploit

Dark Reading

The flaw, which drew attention in October when it was found in ConnectWise products, could pose a significant risk to the supply chain if not patched immediately.

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BlackLotus is the first bootkit bypassing UEFI Secure Boot on Windows 11

Security Affairs

ESET discovered a stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) bootkit dubbed BlackLotus that is able to bypass the Secure Boot on Windows 11. Researchers from ESET discovered a new stealthy Unified Extensible Firmware Interface ( UEFI ) bootkit, named BlackLotus , that is able to bypass Secure Boot on Windows 11. Secure Boot is a security feature of the latest Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) 2.3.1 designed to detect tampering with boot loaders, key operating system files,

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Chinese APT Group Deploying New Malware Backdoor

Data Breach Today

Mustang Panda Using MQsTTang Tool to Target Victims in Asia and Europe, Eset Finds Chinese APT group Mustang Panda is deploying a previously unseen malware backdoor dubbed MQsTTang as part of a spear-phishing campaign targeting governmental organizations, specifically in Ukraine and Taiwan, security firm Eset says. The malware is currently being spread as RAR files, it adds.

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