The Last Watchdog
JANUARY 8, 2023
In golf there’s a popular saying: play the course, not your opponent. Related: How ‘CAASM’ closes gaps. In an enterprise, it’s the same rule. All areas of an organization need to be free to “play their own game.”. And when malware, ransomware, or other cyber threats get in the way, the focus shifts from forward progress to focused co-operation.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 12, 2023
Organizations must be vigilant about balancing performance gains with security, governance, and compliance as they expand their use of Kubernetes.
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 12, 2023
Organizations Need to Know How Privacy Laws Affect Compliance Demands
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 9, 2023
Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian , one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice questions about their financial history. But until the end of 2022, Experian’s website allowed anyone to bypass these questions and go straight to the consumer’s report.
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
JANUARY 12, 2023
Attack Is Disrupting International Mail Export Services The cyber incident at the Royal Mail that is impeding exports from the United Kingdom is reportedly a ransomware attack by the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service group. Britain's national postal service told customers Thursday not to post export items.
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IT Governance
JANUARY 9, 2023
Welcome to our review of security incidents for 2022, in which we take a closer look at the information gathered in our monthly lists of data breaches and cyber attacks. Here, you’ll find an overview of the cyber security landscape in 2022, including the total number of publicly disclosed security incidents, the number of compromised records and the sectors most susceptible to data breaches.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 10, 2023
Microsoft today released updates to fix nearly 100 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software. Highlights from the first Patch Tuesday of 2023 include a zero-day vulnerability in Windows, printer software flaws reported by the U.S. National Security Agency , and a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server bug that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to make an anonymous connection.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 13, 2023
Bug Exploited Symbolic Links to Find a File Path to Sensitive Data A high-severity vulnerability patched by Google Chrome a few months ago allowed hackers to steal sensitive files such as crypto wallets. Hackers increasingly are targeting individuals and organizations that hold cryptocurrencies, writes Imperva security researcher Ron Masas, who discovered the flaw.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 13, 2023
Rhadamanthys spreads through Google Ads that redirect to bogus download sites for popular workforce software — as well as through more typical malicious emails.
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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.
OpenText Information Management
JANUARY 10, 2023
Network security is constantly evolving. To stay ahead of bad actors, follow these 10 best practices to reduce the risk of data compromise. 1. Review the basics As obvious as it sounds, it’s always good to start by auditing the basic security elements of your network: Are your facilities, servers and systems physically secure? Are … The post Top 10 network security best practices appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 10, 2023
In a paper published late last month, 24 Chinese researchers suggested that RSA-2048 encryption could be broken using a quantum computer with 372 physical quantum bits. Cryptographer Bruce Schneier drew attention to the paper [PDF] last week in a blog post , noting that IBM recently announced a 433-qubit quantum computer, far exceeding the researchers’ stated requirements. “This is something to take seriously,” Schneier wrote. “It might not be correct, but it’s not
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 9, 2023
Check Point Spotted Hacking Forum Posters Probing AI Tool's Malware Capabilities Low-level hackers are probing the capacity of ChatGPT to generate scripts that could be used toward criminal ends, such as for stealing files or malicious encryption. One poster on a hacking forum described the process as writing pseudo-code. More sophisticated cases are likely a matter of time.
Data Protection Report
JANUARY 9, 2023
With the year 2022 firmly in the rear view, and as we look to start the new year in 2023, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Regulatory Compliance and Investigations team looks back and rounds up the five key cyber and data protection developments that took place in Southeast Asia in 2022. . Privacy developments in Singapore – enhanced financial penalties under Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (Singapore PDPA), Singapore Court of Appeal clarifies right to private action under PDPA and Singapore High Cou
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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
JANUARY 13, 2023
Recently I wrote a blog outlining why intelligent capture is the secret weapon Life Sciences companies need. I talked about how Life Sciences companies need to implement intelligent capture technology to transform documents into actionable business insights and achieve their digital transformation goals. Whether you’re in clinical trials, R&D labs, or invoicing, having the ability … The post <a><strong>How to prepare for intelligent capture in Life Sciences</strong&
Dark Reading
JANUARY 12, 2023
A security vendor's investigation of infrastructure associated with a new, crypto-focused Magecart skimmer leads to discovery of cryptoscam sites, malware distribution marketplace, Bitcoin mixers, and more.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 12, 2023
Reports 'No Evidence' Twitter Flaw Exploited to Amass Latest Leaked Data on Users Twitter says a massive collection of purported user data being sold and then leaked via cybercrime markets was not amassed by exploiting a vulnerability in its systems but is instead "likely a collection of data already publicly available online through different sources.
eSecurity Planet
JANUARY 11, 2023
Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2023 addresses 98 vulnerabilities, more than twice as many as last month – including one zero-day flaw that’s being actively exploited, as well as 11 critical flaws. The zero-day, CVE-2023-21674 , is a Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) elevation of privilege vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8.
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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.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 9, 2023
The two people who shut down four Washington power stations in December were arrested. This is the interesting part: Investigators identified Greenwood and Crahan almost immediately after the attacks took place by using cell phone data that allegedly showed both men in the vicinity of all four substations, according to court documents. Nowadays, it seems like an obvious thing to do—although the search is probably unconstitutional.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 13, 2023
The bargain T95 Android TV device was delivered with preinstalled malware, adding to a trend of Droid devices coming out-of-the-box tainted.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 13, 2023
Massachusetts Citizens Excluded From Feds' Case Against Shields Health Care Group Shields Health Care Group, a Massachusetts-based medical imaging services provider, is facing two class action lawsuits filed this week - a consolidated federal case and a similar, separate case filed in state court - both in the wake of the same 2022 data breach affecting 2 million individuals.
IT Governance
JANUARY 11, 2023
Welcome to our January 2023 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over personal data. This month, we delve into a scam that attempts to trick cyber security professionals and look at a new banking trojan that has experts worried. Criminal hackers target infosec professionals in Flipper Zero scam.
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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.
Hunton Privacy
JANUARY 11, 2023
On January 10, 2023, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Cisco’s Privacy Center of Excellence published a joint report on “ Business Benefits of Investing in Data Privacy Management Programs ” (the “Report”). The Report provides insights into how several leading global companies realize value from privacy management programs and demonstrates that organizations are experiencing a wide range of risk and compliance benefits as well as other tangible
Dark Reading
JANUARY 9, 2023
Business users receive a message from Facebook warning their accounts will be permanently suspended for using photos illegally if they don't appeal within 24 hours, leading victims to a credential-harvesting page instead.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 11, 2023
Subcontractor Server Hacked in Both Incidents Compromising Data of Millions Personal information for nearly 3.2 million Aflac cancer insurance and almost 760,000 Zurich Insurance auto insurance policy holders in Japan has been leaked on the dark web following hacks on a third-party contractor.
IT Governance
JANUARY 13, 2023
This week, we discuss a series of ransomware attacks on 30 schools and colleges in the UK, legal action against both Meta and the Irish Data Protection Commission following last year’s massive Facebook GDPR fine, and the third stage of a cyber-defence-in-depth strategy: management. Now available on Spotify , Amazon Music , Apple Podcasts and SoundCloud.
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.
Data Protection Report
JANUARY 10, 2023
Introduction. On 5 December 2022, the Information Commissioner’s office ( ICO ) published its new guidance on direct marketing (the Direct Marketing Guidance ). The Direct Marketing Guidance is accompanied by various resources, including checklists, FAQs, an online training module, specific guidance relating to SMEs, B2B marketing, data brokers, political campaigning and direct marketing in the public sector.
Dark Reading
JANUARY 9, 2023
The AI-based chatbot is allowing bad actors with absolutely no coding experience to develop malware.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 13, 2023
Agency Says the Company's Policies Violated National Data Protection Law TikTok must pay a fine of 5 million euros to the French government after the country's data protection agency said the short-form video app violated national privacy law restricting the monitoring of web browser activity. TikTok is at the center of a number of privacy controversies worldwide.
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