Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Count of Victims - Listed on Leak Sites or Not - Appears To Be Holding Steady One measure of the damage being done by ransomware groups continues to be how many victims get listed on ransomware operators' dedicated data-leak sites, as part of their so-called double extortion tactics. Unfortunately, the number of victims doesn't appear to be declining.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Microsoft today issued updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited. This month’s Patch Tuesday also includes security fixes for the newly released Windows 11 operating system. Separately, Apple has released updates for iOS and iPadOS to address a flaw that is being actively attacked.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Software today is built on a combination of open source and proprietary software packages. Developers can reuse and build on the packages created by others, which results in the rapid creation of new capabilities and technologies. Related: How SBOM factors into DevSecOps. This reuse creates dependencies, all of which don’t necessarily stay updated at the same pace.
Data Matters
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Division of Enforcement is stepping up investigative efforts looking at registered firms’ use of personal devices for business communications, which can implicate their recordkeeping obligations and result in failure to retain and produce responsive business-related communications in SEC investigations.
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
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Mandiant Report Says Threat Actors Deploy Ryuk, Leverage Initial Access Brokers A Russian-speaking threat actor group that deploys the Ryuk variant ransomware, leverages initial access brokers, and generally skips double-extortion attempts in favor of fast and higher payout ransoms has been predominately targeting the healthcare sector, warns security firm Mandiant.
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The Last Watchdog
OCTOBER 13, 2021
In recent years, brands have started butting up against the line between convenience and privacy. Shoppers love the convenience of personalized experiences that their data powers, but then horror stories such as the Cambridge Analytica scandal make people skeptical about how much information companies should be collecting and sharing. Related: Apple battles Facebook over consumer privacy.
Threatpost
OCTOBER 12, 2021
The bug is under attack. Within hours of the patch release, a researcher published POC code, calling it a "great" flaw that can be used for jailbreaks and local privilege escalation.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Attackers Can Push Code To A Protected Branch Researchers at Cider Security have uncovered a security loophole in GitHub Actions that allows adversaries to bypass the required reviews mechanism and push unreviewed code to a protected branch, allowing it into the pipeline to production.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 14, 2021
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a story about how its staff discovered and reported a security vulnerability in a Missouri state education website that exposed the Social Security numbers of 100,000 elementary and secondary teachers. In a press conference this morning, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) said fixing the flaw could cost the state $50 million, and vowed his administration would seek to prosecute and investigate the “hackers” and anyone who aided the publication
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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?
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 12, 2021
I feel sorry for the accused : The “security incident” that forced a New-York bound flight to make an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport on Saturday turned out to be a misunderstanding — after an airline passenger mistook another traveler’s camera for a bomb, sources said Sunday. American Airlines Flight 4817 from Indianapolis — operated by Republic Airways — made an emergency landing at LaGuardia just after 3 p.m., and authorities took a suspicious passen
Threatpost
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Cybercriminals exploited bugs in the world's largest digital-goods marketplace to create malicious artwork offered as a perk to unsuspecting users.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 14, 2021
Gov. Michael L. Parson Alleges Newspaper Employee Improperly Accessed Data A newspaper employee in Missouri who responsibly reported the exposure of Social Security numbers on a state government website has been accused of malicious hacking by the state's governor. The governor alleged the publication of the vulnerability after it was fixed was part of a "political vendetta.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2021
Google has addressed a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Google released security updates to address a total of four high-severity vulnerabilities in the Chrome version for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The most severe vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-37977, is an after-free issue in Garbage Collection that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
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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.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 11, 2021
It’s not actually banned in the EU yet — the legislative process is much more complicated than that — but it’s a step: a total ban on biometric mass surveillance. To respect “privacy and human dignity,” MEPs said that EU lawmakers should pass a permanent ban on the automated recognition of individuals in public spaces, saying citizens should only be monitored when suspected of a crime.
Jamf
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Jamf’s product team discusses the Universal Endpoint Management Connector (UEMC) that closely integrates the new security software acquisitions with Jamf Pro for improved communications for Apple devices in a way that didn’t exist before.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Also, NJ AG Smacks Fertility Clinic With Big Fine in Hacking Incident A flurry of hacking incidents and other recent breach developments highlight the cyberthreats and risks facing fertility healthcare and other related specialty providers that handle sensitive patient information.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Microsoft Azure cloud service mitigated a massive DDoS attack of 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) at the end of August, it is the largest DDoS attack to date. Microsoft announced that its Azure cloud service mitigated a 2.4 terabytes per second (Tbps) DDoS attack at the end of August, it represents the largest DDoS attack recorded to date. The attack was aimed at an Azure customer in Europe, but Microsoft did not disclose the name of the victim.
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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.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Even before Apple made its announcement , law enforcement shifted their battle for backdoors to client-side scanning. The idea is that they wouldn’t touch the cryptography, but instead eavesdrop on communications and systems before encryption or after decryption. It’s not a cryptographic backdoor, but it’s still a backdoor — and brings with it all the insecurities of a backdoor.
OpenText Information Management
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Today’s networked world makes every system an easy target for cyberattacks. Automated tools make it easier for attackers to execute successful attacks and a new threat emerges almost every second. In this environment, it’s hard for cybersecurity to keep up. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is expected to cause $6 trillion (US) worth of damages globally in … The post Machine learning in cybersecurity appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 12, 2021
OnDemand Webinar | Fraud ROI for Ecommerce: Drive More Revenue with Fewer False Positives Watch this onDemand webinar which includes an e-commerce case study on fighting fraud & user friction.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Apple released emergency updates for both iOS and iPadOS to address a zero-day flaw that is actively exploited in the wild. Apple has released iOS 15.0.2 and iPadOS 15.0.2 to address a zero-day flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-30883, that is actively exploited in the wild. The flaw is a critical memory corruption issue that resides in the IOMobileFrameBuffer, an application can trigger the vulnerability to execute commands on vulnerable devices with kernel privileges.
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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.
Troy Hunt
OCTOBER 9, 2021
A lot of cyber things this week: loads of data breach (or "scrape", In LinkedIn's case) incidents, Windows 11 upgrade experiences and then bricking my house courtesy of a Home Assistant update that fundamentally changed the Tuya integration. So pretty much "same, same but different" to every other week 🙂 References I've done another podcast with 1Password ("Crocodile Shower Privacy Settings with Troy Hunt" - yep!
Data Matters
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Death, taxes and data breaches. Cybersecurity incidents have grown in frequency, scale and seriousness. As articulated in President Biden’s May 2021 Executive Order , Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity , “[t]he United States faces persistent and increasingly sophisticated malicious cyber campaigns that threaten the public sector, the private sector, and ultimately the American people’s security and privacy.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2021
Gov. Michael L. Parson Alleges Newspaper Reporter Improperly Accessed Data A newspaper reporter in Missouri who responsibly reported the exposure of Social Security numbers on a state government website has been accused of malicious hacking by the state's governor. The governor alleged the publication of the vulnerability after it was fixed was part of a "political vendetta.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2021
CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain containing production data. Original post @ [link]. CyberNews researchers found an exposed configuration file hosted on a Sky.com subdomain, containing what appear to be production-level database access credentials, as well as addresses to development endpoints. Sky, a subsidiary of Comcast, is Europe’s largest media company, boasting a 12% market share and a revenue of approximately £13.4 billion in 20
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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.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 13, 2021
It’s a matter of going after those with deep pockets. From Wired : Cloudflare was sued in November 2018 by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, two wedding dress manufacturers and sellers that alleged Cloudflare was guilty of contributory copyright infringement because it didn’t terminate services for websites that infringed on the dressmakers’ copyrighted designs… [Judge] Chhabria noted that the dressmakers have been harmed “by the proliferation of counter
Threatpost
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Sounil Yu, CISO at JupiterOne, discusses software bills of materials (SBOMs) and the need for a shift in thinking about securing software supply chains.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 15, 2021
FBI, CISA, EPA & NSA Advisory Says Threats to Critical Infrastructure Rising U.S. federal agencies issued a joint advisory around potential cyber threats to the nation's water facilities. They cite "ongoing malicious cyber activity - by both known and unknown actors - targeting the IT and OT technology networks, systems and devices" of U.S. water and wastewater systems.
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