The Last Watchdog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

AI chatbots are computer programs that talk like humans, gaining popularity for quick responses. They boost customer service, efficiency and user experience by offering constant help, handling routine tasks, and providing prompt and personalized interactions. Related: The security case for AR, VR AI chatbots use natural language processing, which enables them to understand and respond to human language and machine learning algorithms.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Company Mainly Hacked for the Ministry of Public Security An apparent leak of internal documents from a Chinese hacking contractor paints a picture of a disaffected, poorly paid workforce that nonetheless penetrated multiple regional governments and possibly NATO. Multiple experts told Information Security Media Group the documents appear to be legitimate.

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AIIM

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Recently, the Association for Intelligent Information Management and Business Forms Management Association announced that they have joined forces. BFMA is now a part of AIIM! Read the full press release here. As a longtime board member of BFMA and a new member of AIIM, I wanted to share why forms management matters to information management.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Aleksanteri Kivimaki Vanished After the Court Ordered His Reconfinement A Finnish hacker on trial for his alleged role in the hack and leak of mental patient notes taken during psychotherapy sessions has vanished. A Finnish court on Friday ordered Aleksanteri Tomminpoika Kivimäki back into jail. He was under home detention at the time of his disappearance.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Microsoft announced that it caught Chinese, Russian, and Iranian hackers using its AI tools—presumably coding tools—to improve their hacking abilities. From their report : In collaboration with OpenAI, we are sharing threat intelligence showing detected state affiliated adversaries—tracked as Forest Blizzard, Emerald Sleet, Crimson Sandstorm, Charcoal Typhoon, and Salmon Typhoon—using LLMs to augment cyberoperations.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

ConnectWise addressed two critical vulnerabilities in its ScreenConnect remote desktop access product and urges customers to install the patches asap. ConnectWise warns of the following two critical vulnerabilities in its ScreenConnect remote desktop access product: CWE-288 Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel (CVSS score 10) CWE-22 Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory (“path traversal”) (CVSS score 8.4) Both vulnerabilities were reported on February 1

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

1Password CEO Says Acquisition Will Help Customers Achieve Zero Trust Objectives Jeff Shiner, CEO of the popular password management company 1Password, said Monday that the company is acquiring leading device security platform Kolide in response to the "historic transformation of the workplace that demands transformative and intuitive new security solutions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Law enforcement provided additional details about the international Operation Cronos that led to the disruption of the Lockbit ransomware operation. Yesterday, a joint law enforcement action, code-named Operation Cronos , conducted by law enforcement agencies from 11 countries disrupted the LockBit ransomware operation. Below is the image of the Tor leak site of the Lockbit ransomware gang that was seized by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA).

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Aim Is to Reduce Medical Mistakes and Breaches That Result From Mismatched Records A bipartisan pair of congressmen is again attempting to address long-standing issues of patient safety and privacy - as well as medical errors, inadvertent information disclosures and denied medical claims - which all occur when patients and the health records used to treat them do not match.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In an era of accelerating climate change , predicting the near-future can yield major benefits. For instance, when utility officials are aware that a heat wave is on its way, they can plan energy procurement to prevent power outages. When farmers in drought-prone regions are able to predict which crops are susceptible to failure , they can deploy additional irrigation.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

US, UK and European Authorities Seize Decryption Keys and Will Contact Victims An international law enforcement operation that infiltrated ransomware-as-a-service operation LockBit has resulted in arrests, indictments and the seizure of encryption keys that can be used to help victims recover their data. LockBit emerged in 2019 and was one of the largest ransomware operations.

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

LockBit’s website, infrastructure, and data have been seized by law enforcement—striking a huge blow against one of the world's most prolific ransomware groups.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Millions of Websites Potentially at Risk Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Joomla, a widely used free-source content management system, were fixed in a patch published Tuesday by the open-source project that maintains the software. The flaws potentially expose millions of websites to attacks that can end with remote code execution.

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WIRED Threat Level

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We tested the end-to-end encrypted messenger’s new feature aimed at addressing critics’ most persistent complaint. Here’s how it works.

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Data Breach Today

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Fraud Expert Ian Mitchell on Creating a Holistic Program to Tackle Authorized Fraud Unlike identity theft, first-party fraud is harder to spot when a consumer opens an account. To guard against this growing blind spot, banks need to invest in transaction-monitoring tools and take a more holistic approach to fraud, said Ian Mitchell, co-founder of Mission Omega.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

With the idea in mind to “audio-jack” a live call-based banking transaction, security researchers were successful in inserting cybercriminal-controlled account details.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Protect funding for public libraries at risk In this election year it is more important than ever to bring libraries into the public and political spotlight as central government cuts council budgets across the country. CILIP will write to every local authority where budget-reductions threaten their public libraries with closure or a reduction in service provision, to ensure that due process is followed with every decision, and councillors understand the vital importance of libraries in their co

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the launch of Sora by OpenAI marks an unnerving milestone in video synthesis.

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OpenText Information Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Large-scale, generative AI models are opening up the possibility to do anything—from building applications to designing game-changing UI experiences. And as generative AI continues to make waves, its promise to revolutionize development and testing will usher in a new era of DevOps. But with generative AI comes uncertainty and doubt, which casts a shadow on … The post 4 hidden benefits of generative AI in DevOps appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A widespread malvertising campaign is attempting to trick users into paying phony utility bills, according to researchers at Malwarebytes.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

How to protect your machinelearning Models richard-r.stew… Tue, 02/20/2024 - 21:50 Dr. Werner Dondl and Michael Zunke In computer technology, few fields have garnered as much attention as artificial intelligence ( [KD1] [RJ2] AI) and machine learning (ML). This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical d

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Join us for this webinar where Joanna Huisman, SVP of Strategic Insights and Research at KnowBe4, helps you understand the value and articulate.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

How to protect your machinelearning Models richard-r.stew… Tue, 02/20/2024 - 21:50 Dr. Werner Dondl and Michael Zunke In computer technology, few fields have garnered as much attention as artificial intelligence ( [KD1] [RJ2] AI) and machine learning (ML). This discipline – sitting at the intersection of computer science and data analysis – has become integral to mobile applications, voice assistants, fraudulent transaction detection, image recognition, autonomous driving, and even medical

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Urgent appeal: protect funding for public libraries at risk CILIP is the leading industry voice championing and representing library and information professionals across the United Kingdom, guided by our Royal Charter to develop and improve library and information services, and as a Charity to act in the public good. We are concerned at increasing reports of a significant number of proposed changes to public library services which appear to be motivated primarily financially rather than by the n

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KnowBe4

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Browser-Based Phishing Attacks Increase 198%, With Evasive Attacks Increasing 206%

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Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

Reltio

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Welcome to the future of data unification and management with Reltio! We're thrilled to unveil our latest innovations in the Reltio Connected Data Platform , marking significant leaps in the realm of data stewardship and entity resolution. Our pioneering new capabilities powered by generative AI (gen AI) and large language models (LLMs) set a new industry standard, offering you unparalleled ability to unify, manage, and mobilize trusted data in real time.

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CILIP

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Library buyers’ role in tech start-ups Frode Opdahl, CEO of Keenious explains the origins of an AI-driven start-up and how its success depends on library buyers keeping the sector attractive to start-ups that wish to innovate the research experience. KEENIOUS is a new type of search engine that helps students and researchers discover relevant material.

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Info Source

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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