Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Lawsuit Claims Insurer Owes Retailer for Coverage of Card Replacement Costs Target has filed a lawsuit against its long-time insurer, ACE American Insurance Co., in an attempt to recoup money it spent to replace payment cards as part of settlements over the retailer's massive 2013 data breach. Find out how much money the company is seeking.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
A ransomware outbreak has besieged a Wisconsin based IT company that provides cloud data hosting, security and access management to more than 100 nursing homes across the United States. The ongoing attack is preventing these care centers from accessing crucial patient medical records, and the IT company’s owner says she fears this incident could soon lead not only to the closure of her business, but also to the untimely demise of some patients.
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erwin
NOVEMBER 28, 2019
Enterprise architecture tools are becoming more important than ever. The International Enterprise Architecture Institute (IEAI) defines enterprise architecture (EA) as “the analysis and documentation of an enterprise in its current and future states from an integrated strategy, business and technology perspective.”. In the era of data-driven business, such perspective is critical.
Data Protection Report
DECEMBER 23, 2019
This blogpost summarises our recent webinar: “ An urgent message from Berlin: The importance of record retention in privacy and cybersecurity ”. Why should this be a high priority project? Increased regulation and enforcement action. In 2019, we saw regulators put a renewed focus on how long businesses retain personal information. The most significant action came in October, when the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued a €14.5million fine against German real
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Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Until this month, I'd never heard of People Data Labs (PDL). I'd certainly heard of the sector they operate in - "Data Enrichment" - but I'd never heard of the company itself. I've become more familiar with this sector over recent years due to the frequency with which it's been suffering data breaches that have ultimately landed in my inbox. For example, there's Dun & Bradstreet's NetProspex which leaked 33M records in 2017 , Exactis who had 132M records breached last year and the Apollo dat
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Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. Facebook and Twitter revealed that some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts without their consent. According to the company, the cause of behavior that violates their policies is a couple of “malicious” software development kits (SDKs) used by the third-party iOS and Android apps.
The Guardian Data Protection
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
AggregateIQ, hired by Vote Leave in 2016, failed to ensure authorisation to disclose UK voter information The Canadian data firm AggregateIQ (AIQ) broke privacy laws with some of the work it did for a leading pro-Brexit group in Britain and a number of US political campaigns, according to a watchdog’s official report. Canada’s federal privacy commissioner, Daniel Therrien, along with his counterpart in the province of British Columbia, said on Tuesday that AIQ had not taken measures to ensure it
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
How can you protect your precious corporate endpoints from the mysterious dangers that might await when you're not by their side? Empower home office users with these tips.
Adam Levin
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
One terabyte of data belonging to a major hotel booking platform was found leaked online. A huge trove of customer data belonging to Gekko Group was found online in an unsecured format. The data contained a wide array of records, including full names, credit card details, client login information, email addresses, home addresses and hotel reservations.
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OpenText Information Management
DECEMBER 10, 2019
The industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is having a profound effect on how manufacturing organizations share information. The explosion in connected industrial equipment means that companies have to think about how they archive sensor-based information coming from these devices, how they securely move this sensor data from one location to another, and how they derive … The post Welcome to the era of the industrial cloud appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Breach Today
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Hashed Passwords Were Leaked; No Financial Data Exposed Digital streaming platform Mixcloud says it is the victim of a data breach after an attacker shared personal data for registered users with several media outlets, including Vice and ZDNet. The data, which concerns 21 million users, is for sale in an underground market.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Many readers probably believe they can trust links and emails coming from U.S. federal government domain names, or else assume there are at least more stringent verification requirements involved in obtaining a.gov domain versus a commercial one ending in.com or.org. But a recent experience suggests this trust may be severely misplaced, and that it is relatively straightforward for anyone to obtain their very own.gov domain.
erwin
DECEMBER 6, 2019
In the data-driven era, CIO’s need a solid understanding of data governance 2.0 … Data governance (DG) is no longer about just compliance or relegated to the confines of IT. Today, data governance needs to be a ubiquitous part of your organization’s culture. As the CIO, your stakeholders include both IT and business users in collaborative relationships, which means data governance is not only your business, it’s everyone’s business.
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Getting off of Hadoop is a critical objective for organizations, with data executives well aware of the significant benefits of doing so. The problem is, there are few options available that minimize the risk to the business during the migration process and that’s one of the reasons why many organizations are still using Hadoop today. By migrating to the data lakehouse, you can get immediate benefits from day one using Dremio’s phased migration approach.
Threatpost
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Cybercriminals are tapping in on Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers with an array of scams and malware - including domain impersonation, social media giveaway scams, and a malicious Chrome extension.
Troy Hunt
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
When I first started writing code a few decades ago, it was a rather bland affair involving a basic text editor and physical books for reference. I didn't have an opportunity to create anything usable by others until years later and perhaps most importantly in the context of this blog post, I didn't have anyone in my family able to teach me about coding.
IT Governance
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
T-Mobile has confirmed that its systems have been hacked, with cyber criminals stealing the personal data of more than one million US customers. According to the organisation, customer names, addresses, phone numbers, rate plans and plan features were all exposed. Other sensitive information such as passwords and financial information weren’t affected.
Security Affairs
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Security duo discovered personal and social information 1.2 billion people exposed online on an unsecured Elasticsearch server. Researchers Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered an unsecured Eslasticsearch server containing an unprecedented 4 billion user accounts. The database, discovered on October 16, 2019, contained more than 4 terabytes of data is the largest data leaks from a single source organization in history.
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The Guardian Data Protection
DECEMBER 1, 2019
Party had sought retraction of journalist’s story about alleged sale of voter data Latest election news – live updates The Liberal Democrats have suspended a senior member of their campaign team just days before polling day, after an official apparently forged emails to support a legal threat against a journalist over an embarrassing story. Jo Swinson’s party has been fighting the website openDemocracy for weeks over a little-noticed article published last month about the party allegedly selling
Dark Reading
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
The wide availability of tools leaked by the Shadow Brokers and WikiLeaks in 2016 and 2017 have given emerging cyber powers a way to catch up, DarkOwl says.
WIRED Threat Level
DECEMBER 5, 2019
This animal liberation group actually wants to be put on trial. Their goal: force jurors to wear VR headsets and immerse them in the suffering of animals bound for slaughter.
Lenny Zeltser
MARCH 2, 2019
If you’d like to start experimenting with malware analysis in your own lab, here’s how to download and set up a free Windows virtual machine: Step 1: Install Virtualization Software Step 2: Get a Windows Virtual Machine Step 3: Update the VM and Install Malware Analysis Tools Step 4: Isolate the Analysis VM and Disable Windows Defender AV Step 5: Analyze Some Malware.
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Data Breach Today
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Maze Crew Reportedly Threatens to Release More of Allied Universal's Data Unless Ransom Paid Ransomware attacks have taken an unwelcome turn: The Maze gang reportedly has begun leaking a victim's files to create pressure to pay a ransom. Security experts say they're not surprised by this development, but note that given the different skills required, such tactics may not become widespread.
Krebs on Security
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
On Nov. 23, one of the cybercrime underground’s largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and credit cards. KrebsOnSecurity has learned this latest batch of cards was siphoned from four different compromised restaurant chains that are most prevalent across the midwest and eastern United States.
erwin
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019
Why planning your 5G roadmap requires significant input from enterprise architects. 5G is coming and bringing with it the promise to transform any industry. And while the focus has been on the benefits to consumers, the effects on the enterprise are far- reaching. Few examples of emerging technology have the potential to disrupt and downright revolutionize certain markets and processes than 5G.
Threatpost
DECEMBER 31, 2019
Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise.
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Dashboard design can mean the difference between users excitedly embracing your product or ignoring it altogether. Great dashboards lead to richer user experiences and significant return on investment (ROI), while poorly designed dashboards distract users, suppress adoption, and can even tarnish your project or brand. That’s one of the many reasons we wrote The Definitive Guide to Dashboard Design—to help you avoid common pitfalls, including… Cramming too much onto one screen and expecting the u
Jamf
JANUARY 24, 2019
Now with one username and password, organizations have the ability to provide users with a simple, unified authentication and account synchronization process — while still offering the best possible Apple experience. Read the full details.
IT Governance
JANUARY 7, 2019
This blog has been updated to reflect industry updates. Originally published 6 August 2018. The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to respond to serious data breaches within 72 hours of detection. This places a significant burden on organisations: taking the appropriate measures to comply with the law while simultaneously dealing with the collateral impact of a breach is not a picnic!
Security Affairs
DECEMBER 1, 2019
Google revealed that over 12,000 of its users were targeted by state-sponsored hackers in the third quarter of this year. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) revealed that it has detected and blocked attacks carried out by nation-state actors on 12,000 of its users in the third quarter of this year. Over 90 percent of the users identified by Google were targeted via “credential phishing emails” that attempt to trick victims into providing their password or other account credentials to hij
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