Data Breach Today

MAY 23, 2023

With data distributed across multiple clouds serving an increasingly remote workforce, can existing data protection programs truly be successful? Most data protection solutions have been built on a foundation of legacy technologies and operations that only drive up complexity and costs. A best-in-class data protection program should be easy to operate, reduce costs, and ultimately drive down data loss risk.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Social networks are constantly battling inauthentic bot accounts that send direct messages to users promoting scam cryptocurrency investment platforms. What follows is an interview with a Russian hacker responsible for a series of aggressive crypto spam campaigns that recently prompted several large Mastodon communities to temporarily halt new registrations.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 24, 2023

Hackers can hurt your business or organization in many ways. First and foremost, cyberattacks can lead to data breaches in which sensitive information is stolen. If a cyber-criminal uses you as a way to get at your customers, suppliers, or employees, these vital business relationships can turn sour. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Sometimes hackers can encrypt your systems, holding them hostage and asking you to pay money to regain access to them.

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Jamf

MAY 22, 2023

Learn about the discovery of a novel threat vector on iPhone that allows attackers to circumvent security mitigations by exploiting under-protected co-processors, leveraging access to further compromise the iOS kernel.

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Dark Reading

MAY 24, 2023

Any new cybersecurity technology should be not just a neutral addition to a security stack but a benefit to the other technologies or people managing them.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 26, 2023

The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta , which alleged the free domain name provider has a long history of ignoring abuse complaints about phishing websites while monetizing traffic to those abusive domains. The volume of phishing websites registered through Freenom dropped considerably since the registrar was sued by Meta.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 20, 2023

The ransomware plague endures — and has arisen as a potent weapon in geopolitical conflicts. Related: The Golden Age of cyber espionage Cyber extortion remains a material threat to organizations of all sizes across all industries. Ransomware purveyors have demonstrated their capability to endlessly take advantage of a vastly expanded network attack surface – one that will only continue to expand as the shift to massively interconnected digital services accelerates.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 22, 2023

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 22, 2023

Dictionary Attack Plus Neural Network Fools Security Checks, Researchers Find Security researchers have demonstrated a practical attack that can be used to defeat biometric fingerprint checks and log into a target's Android - but not Apple - smartphone. Dubbed "BrutePrint," the brute force attack is inexpensive and practical to deploy at a large scale.

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Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

AIIM

MAY 25, 2023

I was in Brazil recently to keynote the Information Show in Sao Paulo. Traveling to and speaking at Information Management conferences is endlessly fascinating. One might think that, except for language and location, Brazilian information management professional would be similar to their counterparts in North America and Europe, and in some regards, they are, but the differences can be surprising.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 23, 2023

As digital transformation accelerates, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) have become integral to software development – especially when it comes to adding cool new functionalities to our go-to mobile apps. Related: Collateral damage of T-Mobile hack Yet, APIs have also exponentially increased the attack vectors available to malicious hackers – and the software community has not focused on slowing the widening of this security gap.

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WIRED Threat Level

MAY 20, 2023

From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 22, 2023

Tejay Fletcher Made It Easy for Scammers to Impersonate Phone Numbers The mastermind behind a criminal website that sold tools for scammers who defrauded victims globally of more than 115 million euros received a 13-year, four-month prison sentence in the United Kingdom just months after law enforcement seized the site.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 25, 2023

Interesting essay on the poisoning of LLMs—ChatGPT in particular: Given that we’ve known about model poisoning for years, and given the strong incentives the black-hat SEO crowd has to manipulate results, it’s entirely possible that bad actors have been poisoning ChatGPT for months. We don’t know because OpenAI doesn’t talk about their processes, how they validate the prompts they use for training, how they vet their training data set, or how they fine-tune ChatGPT.

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Dark Reading

MAY 26, 2023

Informants have released data that includes thousands of safety complaints the company has received about its self-driving capability, as well as sensitive information regarding current and past employees.

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National Archives Records Express

MAY 23, 2023

Digital Imaging Lab [technologies] at Archives 2–[photographed for] Prologue use. National Archives Identifier: 184340999 We continue our series of posts to support the publication of 36 CFR section 1236 subpart E – Digitizing Permanent Records , which provides the requirements for digitizing permanent records. Records management is a crucial part of any agency operation, and the rise of digital technology has led many agencies to digitize their records for improved efficiency and ac

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Data Breach Today

MAY 24, 2023

Local Authority Finds Sensitive Data Was Exposed Despite Assurances to the Contrary Breach notifications from British outsourcing giant Capita mount amid signs the multibillion-pound company doesn't have a firm grip on how much data it exposed. For a company that trumpets its ability to "achieve better outcomes," Capita's inability to grasp the impact of its breaches is ironic.

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Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 23, 2023

In case you don’t have enough to worry about, someone has built a credible handwriting machine: This is still a work in progress, but the project seeks to solve one of the biggest problems with other homework machines, such as this one that I covered a few months ago after it blew up on social media. The problem with most homework machines is that they’re too perfect.

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Dark Reading

MAY 22, 2023

Techniques used in cyber warfare can be sold to anyone — irrespective of borders, authorities, or affiliations. We need to develop strategies to respond at scale.

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 22, 2023

Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. Yiling He of China’s Zhejiang University and Yu Chen of Tencent Security’s Xuanwu Lab are calling the attack BrutePrint , which they say can be used to hijack fingerprint images. An attack like BrutePrint could present a significant threat to passkeys , an increasingly popular way to replace passwords with authentication methods like fingerprint au

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Data Breach Today

MAY 20, 2023

TurkoRat Capable of Credential Harvesting, Possesses Features Like Wallet Grabber Researchers have identified two legitimate-looking malicious npm packages that concealed an open-source infostealer for two months before being detected and removed. Developers downloaded the TurkoRat malware about 1,200 times from open-source repositories.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 24, 2023

It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the total number of states with a privacy law up to eight. No private right of action in any of those, which means it’s up to the states to enforce the laws.

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Dark Reading

MAY 25, 2023

Ukraine's head of cybersecurity Victor Zhora says the world needs "efficient legal instruments to confront cyber terrorism.

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Information Governance Perspectives

MAY 25, 2023

In T he Bastard of Beverly Hills , I tell a crazy story about the time my mother was married to restaurateur Tony Roma, and though it’s true to the best of my recollection, people shouldn’t get the wrong impression about him. Tony was a fine man. He was driven, charismatic, funny, and, like me, a bit of a romantic. You can read more about exactly what happened between us in the book, but the bottom line is that the chef didn’t deserve the hell I put him through during the short

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Data Breach Today

MAY 24, 2023

Vulnerable Small to Midsized Organizations Are Now Favored Victims of APT Actors State-aligned hackers are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses worldwide, as SMBs are more likely to be under-protected against cybersecurity threats such as phishing campaigns, according to a new report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint.

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Speaker: Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health and Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

Christophe Louvion, Chief Product & Technology Officer of NRC Health, is here to take us through how he guided his company's recent experience of getting from concept to launch and sales of products within 90 days. In this exclusive webinar, Christophe will cover key aspects of his journey, including: LLM Development & Quick Wins 🤖 Understand how LLMs differ from traditional software, identifying opportunities for rapid development and deployment.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 22, 2023

Google has backtracked on its plan to delete inactive YouTube videos—at least for now. Of course, it could change its mind anytime it wants. It would be nice if this would get people to think about the vulnerabilities inherent in letting a for-profit monopoly decide what of human creativity is worth saving.

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Hanzo Learning Center

MAY 24, 2023

In-House Legal Departments, like any other business function, must be efficient and effective to deliver the best possible results. They must balance their workload, comply with regulatory requirements, and provide legal counsel to their organization in a cost-effective and streamlined manner. That’s where a Legal Operations professional can help, particularly by prioritizing strategic planning, technology, and information governance to ensure the department runs efficiently and provides the bes

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eSecurity Planet

MAY 24, 2023

The DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) email authentication standard enables email servers to check incoming emails to verify the sender and detect email message alterations. This standard solves the problem of determining if emails have been intercepted and modified in transit and helps to detect SPAM and spoofed emails. By implementing DKIM, an organization improves the reputation of its own emails and enables receiving email servers to improve their own email security.

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