Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
George Kurtz Says Clients Spot 'Point Products Masquerading as Platform Stories' CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said point product companies "are quickly going the way of legacy antivirus" as rivals SentinelOne and BlackBerry reportedly hunt for buyers. The endpoint security market is quickly consolidating from being "littered with dozens of companies" to just several vendors.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 31, 2023
Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
Tomer Weingarten Nixes Wiz Reselling Agreement After Not Seeing 'Any Contribution' SentinelOne CEO Tomer Weingarten hit back at endpoint security rivals CrowdStrike and Microsoft as well as rumored M&A suitor Wiz for publicly fanning acquisition flames. The endpoint security firm called Wiz acquisition rumors "a headscratcher," "far from fact" and "pure speculation on their part.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
The National Safety Council leaked thousands of emails and passwords of their members, including companies such as NASA and Tesla. The National Safety Council has leaked nearly 10,000 emails and passwords of their members, exposing 2000 companies, including governmental organizations and big corporations. The National Safety Council (NSC) is a non-profit organization in the United States providing workplace and driving safety training.
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
AUGUST 31, 2023
UK Risks Falling Behind EU and US in AI Governance, Parliamentary Committee Warns British lawmakers are calling on the government to speed up efforts to articulate a comprehensive artificial intelligence policy in the face of challenges ranging from bias to existential risk. Delay could erode the Britain's position "as a center of AI research," the lawmakers said.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
The Panelists Also Discuss Improving the User Experience and Verifying Identities In the latest "Proof of Concept," two CyberEd board members, Connecticut state CISO Jeff Brown and Maricopa County CISO Lester Godsey, join ISMG editors to discuss securing digital government services, improving user experiences and balancing user convenience with robust identity verification.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 31, 2023
San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 30, 2023 — Every year over 340m workers suffer a workplace injury: slips and falls, strains and sprains, vehicle collisions and crashes. Voxel, an AI startup using computer vision to transform safety and operations in the workplace , is today announcing a $12m strategic funding round to improve workplace safety and save lives.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
Proposed Class Action Filed in Breach Affecting Users of Medtronic MiniMed InPen Medical device maker Medtronic MiniMed violated patient privacy by using tracking and authentication technologies such as Google Analytics and Firebase in its InPen diabetes management app and services, according to a proposed federal class action lawsuit filed this week.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Fashion retailer Forever 21 disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 500,000 individuals. On March 20, 2023, the fashion retailer Forever 21 has discovered a cyber incident that impacted a limited number of systems. The company immediately launched an investigation into the incident with the help of leading cybersecurity firms.
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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?
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
Also: Data Scraping Warning Sent to Social Media Platforms This week, Japan's cybersecurity agency reportedly was breached, social media companies were urged to ward off data scraping, the NSA said it respects foreign intelligence targets, Polish authorities arrested two for hacking a rail network, and a ransomware gang used GDPR fines as scare tactics.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 31, 2023
A hacker published a real gem of an infostealer to GitHub that requires zero coding knowledge to use. Then a community sprung up around it, polishing the code to a high shine and creating new, even more robust features.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
539,207 Employees Warned This Week About 8-Week Breach Discovered in March Cybersecurity doublespeak is never a good sign, especially when it comes in a letter this week addressed to half a million current and former employees of fast-fashion retailer Forever 21, warning them that their personal information was stolen in an eight-week breach discovered in March.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Researchers demonstrated how attackers can abuse the Windows Container Isolation Framework to bypass endpoint security solutions. Researcher Daniel Avinoam at the recent DEF CON hacking conference demonstrated how attackers can abuse the Windows Container Isolation Framework to bypass endpoint security solutions. The expert explained that Windows OS separates the file system from each container to the host and avoids duplication of system files.
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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.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
Endpoint Security Firm Lays Off At Least 100 Employees, CIO, CPO, CTO All Departing Malwarebytes laid off at least 100 workers this week and plans to split its consumer and corporate-facing business units into separate companies. The antivirus firm cut between 100 and 110 staff and has recently axed its chief product officer, chief information officer and chief technology officer.
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 31, 2023
A used government surveillance van is for sale in Chicago: So how was this van turned into a mobile spying center? Well, let’s start with how it has more LCD monitors than a Counterstrike LAN party. They can be used to monitor any of six different video inputs including a videoscope camera. A videoscope and a borescope are very similar as they’re both cameras on the ends of optical fibers, so the same tech you’d use to inspect cylinder walls is also useful for surveillance.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
Also: A WinRAR Exploit, Balancer Exploits and the DEA Scammed This week, Cypher rolled out a futuristic compensation plan for victims, hackers exploited crypto users via a WinRAR bug and separately stole $900,000 from Balancer, the DEA lost $500K to a crypto scammer and the EU Data Act's smart contract provision raised questions.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed files from certain of its systems. Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global disclosed a data breach. According to the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals, an unauthorized party accessed files from certain systems of the company between May and June 2023.
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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.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 31, 2023
Trojanized Apps Impersonate Signal and Telegram Hackers aligned with Chinese interests are targeting Android users with fake chat apps Trojanized with espionage capabilities in separate and ongoing campaigns, one active since July 2020 and the other for more than 12 months. Eset attributed the campaigns to a threat group tracked as Gref.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Experts warn of ongoing credential stuffing and brute-force attacks targeting Cisco ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) SSL VPNs. Cisco is aware of attacks conducted by Akira ransomware threat actors targeting Cisco ASA VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication. “Cisco is aware of reports that Akira ransomware threat actors have been targeting Cisco VPNs that are not configured for multi-factor authentication to infiltrate organizations, and we have observed instances wher
OpenText Information Management
AUGUST 31, 2023
Across the market segments we serve at OpenText, it’s always a delight to receive acknowledgement from some of the top firms in the industry analyst community. Recently, Gartner, Forrester, and IDC have placed us in several leadership positions for key enterprise software categories. Industry analyst firm rankings provide independent assessments of the value and business … The post Industry analyst round up – top rankings for OpenText appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 31, 2023
Russia-linked threat actors have been targeting Android devices of the Ukrainian military with a new malware dubbed Infamous Chisel. GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre and international partners reported that Russia-linked threat actors are using a new malware to target the Ukrainian military Government experts attribute the attack to the Russian military intelligence service the GRU.
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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.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 31, 2023
Cybercrime syndicates are forcing people into working for them, and it's a difficult issue to solve, involving digital platforms, political powers, and organized crime on a global scale.
KnowBe4
AUGUST 31, 2023
Customers of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX are already receiving phishing emails following a breach of personal data held by several crypto companies, CoinDesk reports.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 31, 2023
The Kinsing threat group has launched more than 1,000 cyberattacks in less than two months, exploiting a security vulnerability in the internal corporate messaging app in order to upload the malware and a cryptominer.
KnowBe4
AUGUST 31, 2023
A recent survey by Lookout, Inc. warns for a specific attack vector as Labor Day approaches. The study shows that 85% of enterprise employees capable of remote work plan to do so on Friday, September 1, primarily using mobile devices.
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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
AUGUST 31, 2023
Since launching in 2019, the Security Device Research Program has discovered 130 critical vulnerabilities; applications are now open for Apple's 2024 iteration.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 31, 2023
Plus: Mozilla patches more than a dozen vulnerabilities in Firefox, and enterprise companies Ivanti, Cisco, and SAP roll out a slew of updates to get rid of some high-severity bugs.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 31, 2023
The Forever 21 breach alone affects a half-million people, who could be a mix of consumers and employees; Paramount is staying mum on who exactly is impacted.
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