Data Breach Today
MAY 9, 2023
Operation Medusa: FBI Tool Instructs Turla Group's Malware to Self-Destruct Federal officials say a global operation has disrupted Snake, the Russian government's "foremost cyberespionage tool," wielded by its Turla nation-state hacking group. The sophisticated malware has been tied to the theft of secret and classified information from numerous governments and businesses.
Krebs on Security
MAY 9, 2023
Microsoft today released software updates to fix at least four dozen security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited in active attacks. First up in May’s zero-day flaws is CVE-2023-29336 , which is an “elevation of privilege” weakness in Windows which has a low attack complexity, requires low privileges, and no user interaction.
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The Last Watchdog
MAY 9, 2023
One meeting I had at RSA Conference 2023 , was a briefing about a new partnership , announced this morning, between a top-rung Silicon Valley tech giant and the leading provider of digital trust. Related: Centralizing control of digital certificates I had the chance to sit down with Deepika Chauhan , DigiCert’s Chief Product Officer, and Mike Cavanagh , Oracle’s Group Vice President, ISV Cloud for North America.
Krebs on Security
MAY 9, 2023
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week seized 13 domain names connected to “ booter ” services that let paying customers launch crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Ten of the domains are reincarnations of DDoS-for-hire services the FBI seized in December 2022, when it charged six U.S. men with computer crimes for allegedly operating booters.
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, CTO of Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI prototypes into
Data Breach Today
MAY 9, 2023
Final Recommendations Drop Call for Moratorium A European Parliament committee investigating commercial spyware tools such as Pegasus recommended new regulatory safeguards but dropped a preliminary call for a moratorium. Members condemned "major violations of EU law in Poland and Hungary" for those governments' use of commercial spyware.
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Data Breach Today
MAY 9, 2023
Appeals Court Says Corellium Can Virtualize iOS; Remands Two Copyright Claims A U.S. federal appeals court sided with a company that simulates iPhones for security researchers after Apple sued, claiming copyright infringement. The court dismissed a claim that the company had infringed its copyright over iOS and remanded two other claims related to icons and wallpapers.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 9, 2023
Customer needs and market dynamics are constantly shifting from one moment to the next. There are thousands of business events flowing through every part of your organization every day. These events can provide a wealth of information about what’s actually happening across your business at any moment in time. Organizations that can capitalize on this continual stream of business intelligence can spot trends, issues and opportunities, address threats, and act quickly.
Hanzo Learning Center
MAY 9, 2023
In recent years, there has been an increasing trend for companies to claim environmental sustainability, making public commitments to lower carbon emissions and other eco-friendly measures. However, this rise in environmental claims has also led to the concern of greenwashing, where companies make false or exaggerated statements about their environmental practices.
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 9, 2023
If you’ve followed IBM over the past few years, you know how critical the IBM Ecosystem is to our growth strategy. It’s why we gave partners access to the same training and enablement as IBMers last year, launched a new partner program in January, and continue investing in and growing the IBM Ecosystem. So, it should come as no surprise that partners are front and center during our annual Think conference this week.
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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
A DDoS botnet dubbed AndoryuBot has been observed exploiting an RCE, tracked as CVE-2023-25717, in Ruckus access points. FortiGuard Labs researchers have recently observed a spike in attacks attempting to exploit the Ruckus Wireless Admin remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-25717. The activity is associated with a known DDoS botnet tracked as AndoryuBot that first appeared in February 2023.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2023
Operation "Medusa" disabled Turla's Snake malware with an FBI-created tool called Perseus.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security updates for May 2023 address a total of 40 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day actively exploited in attacks. Microsoft’s May 2023 security updates address 40 vulnerabilities, including two zero-day flaws actively exploited in attacks. The flaws affect Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based); SharePoint Server; Visual Studio; SysInternals; and Microsoft Teams.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2023
The APT is exploiting a remote template injection flaw to deliver malicious documents that lure in government officials and other targets with topics of potential interest.
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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
A Linux NetFilter kernel flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-32233, can be exploited by unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges to root. Netfilter is a framework provided by the Linux kernel that allows various networking-related operations to be implemented in the form of customized handlers. Netfilter offers various functions and operations for packet filtering, network address translation, and port translation, which provide the functionality required for directing packets through a netw
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 9, 2023
In today’s digital world, business and IT leaders are turning to automation to improve operational efficiency, increase employee productivity and, ultimately, boost business performance. At IBM, we believe that organizations need AI coupled with automation to help developers reduce time to productivity. By empowering employees with automation and AI technologies like machine learning , deep learning , and natural language processing , IT organizations can narrow skills gaps and enable deve
KnowBe4
MAY 9, 2023
Unfortunately ransomware attacks have taken another victim. The City of Dallas recently confirmed that their police department suffered a ransomware attack. This attack shutdown essential services along with some 911 dispatch systems.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
Microsoft warns of Iran-linked APT groups that are targeting vulnerable PaperCut MF/NG print management servers. Microsoft warns that Iran-linked APT groups have been observed exploiting the CVE-2023-27350 flaw in attacks against PaperCut MF/NG print management servers. The CVE-2023-27350 flaw is a PaperCut MF/NG Improper Access Control Vulnerability.
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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2023
The 49 CVE's in Microsoft's May security update is the lowest volume in nearly two years.
Schneier on Security
MAY 9, 2023
Another nation-state malware , Russian in origin: In the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022, PIPEDREAM, a known malware was quietly on the brink of wiping out a handful of critical U.S. electric and liquid natural gas sites. PIPEDREAM is an attack toolkit with unmatched and unprecedented capabilities developed for use against industrial control systems (ICSs).
KnowBe4
MAY 9, 2023
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), a distributed file-sharing system that represents an alternative to the more familiar location-based hypermedia server protocols (like HTTPS), is seeing more use in file-storage, web-hosting, and cloud services. As might be expected, more use is accompanied by more abuse via phishing attacks.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
The U.S. DoJ announced the seizure of 13 new domains associated with DDoS-for-hire platforms as part of Operation PowerOFF. The U.S. Justice Department announced the seizure of 13 domains linked to DDoS-for-hire services as part of a coordinated international law enforcement effort known as Operation PowerOFF. DDoS-for-hire or ‘booter’ services allows registered users to launch order DDoS attacks without specific knowledge.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
MAY 9, 2023
For a decade, a group called Big Pipes has worked behind the scenes with the FBI to target the worst cybercriminal “booter” services plaguing the internet.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
Sysco, the global food distribution giant, disclosed a data breach, the compromised data includes customer and employee data. Sysco Corporation is an American multinational corporation involved in marketing and distributing food products, smallwares, kitchen equipment and tabletop items. BleepingComputer, who has seen an internal memo sent to employees on May 3, first reported that threat actors may have had access to customer and supplier data in the U.S. and Canada, as well as personal inform
IBM Big Data Hub
MAY 9, 2023
It is well known that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has progressed, moving past the era of experimentation to become business critical for many organizations. Today, AI presents an enormous opportunity to turn data into insights and actions, to help amplify human capabilities, decrease risk and increase ROI by achieving break through innovations. While the promise of AI isn’t guaranteed and may not come easy, adoption is no longer a choice.
KnowBe4
MAY 9, 2023
The Five Eyes member nations' cybersecurity and intelligence agencies dismantled the infrastructure of the Snake cyber-espionage malware that was operated by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB).
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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2023
The ransomware gang has also started using the BatLoader dropper and SEO poisoning for initial access.
Security Affairs
MAY 9, 2023
Researchers warn of a new ransomware family called CACTUS that exploits known vulnerabilities in VPN appliances to gain initial access to victims’ networks. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Kroll have analyzed on a new ransomware family called CACTUS that has been spotted exploiting known flaws in VPN appliances to achieve initial access to targeted networks.
Dark Reading
MAY 9, 2023
The vulnerabilities most often exploited by ransomware attackers are already known to us.
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