Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Global Outage Triggers Calls for 'Less-Invasive Access' to Essential Functions The global disruption caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software triggering a kernel panic and computer meltdowns has led government agencies, experts and vendors to call for rethinking Windows operating system resiliency, including the deep-level OS access security tools now require.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Video and audio of therapy sessions, transcripts, and other patient records were accidentally exposed in a publicly accessible database operated by the virtual medical company Confidant Health.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Credit Rating Business Says Cyber Insurance Market 'Poised for Significant Growth' Competition has been increasing in the cyber insurance market, leading to a "moderate" decrease in insurance premiums after several years of rate increases. So reports Moody's Ratings, which said that the changes were driven by an influx of new players that is likely to continue.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The United States and its allies state that Russia-linked threat actors operating under the GRU are behind global critical infrastructure attacks. The FBI, CISA, and NSA linked threat actors from Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 to global cyber operations since at least 2020. These operations include espionage, sabotage, and reputational damage. The United States and its allies state that GRU is behind global critical infrastructure attacks.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Also: AI's Role in Cybersecurity; New Fraud Prevention Rules In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed the implications of the recent arrest of Telegram's CEO in Paris for encrypted messaging services, the transformative impact of artificial intelligence in cybersecurity, and the latest regulations designed to curb fraud in electronic payments.
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Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Acquisition Brings Vulnerability Management to Absolute's Cyber Resilience Platform Absolute Security has strengthened its platform with the acquisition of Syxsense, adding powerful automated vulnerability management tools to its existing endpoint security capabilities. The move aims to improve security compliance and simplify complex remediation tasks for organizations.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. Threat actors breached one of its business applications and gained access to some of the customers’ personal information. “We discovered on August 5, 2024, that an unauthorized third party gained access to one of our business applications.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Targets Includes Technology, Government and Telecommunications Sectors Cybercriminals are using a critical remote code execution vulnerability in an open-source geospatial data platform to spread malware globally across several industries. GeoServer Project maintainers released a patch on July 1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.
Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
There is a side-channel attack against YubiKey access tokens that allows someone to clone a device. It’s a complicated attack , requiring the victim’s username and password, and physical access to their YubiKey—as well as some technical expertise and equipment. Still, nice piece of security analysis.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Healthcare Sector Heavily Relies on Open-Source Web Server; Older Flaws Pose Risk Federal authorities are alerting healthcare entities of vulnerabilities - including older flaws - that put Apache Tomcat at risk for attacks if left unmitigated. The open-source web server is heavily used in healthcare for hosting electronic health record and other systems and applications.
Security Affairs
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Apache addressed a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Apache fixed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-45195 (CVSS score: 7.5) affecting the Apache OFBiz open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Apache OFBiz® is an open source product for the automation of enterprise processes that includes framework components and business applications.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
'Service for America' Will Aim to Attract Diverse Candidates to the Cyber Workforce The White House announced a hiring sprint to fill cyber, technology and artificial intelligence jobs across federal agencies, dubbed Service for America, which aims to attract diverse candidates for critical open positions in the public sector - along with new incentives.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
I've spent the summer testing solar-powered power banks. It turns out the devices are universally rubbish and potentially unsafe. Here's what I suggest using instead.
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Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.
KnowBe4
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Analysis of a new phishing attack demonstrates how attackers may take a longer path to reach their malicious goals while staying “under the radar” of security products.
Troy Hunt
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
It's been a while since I've just gone all "AMA" on a weekly update, but this was just one of those weeks that flew by with my head mostly in the code and not doing much else. There's a bit of discussion about that this week, but it's mostly around the ongoing pain of resellers and all the various issues supporting them then creates as a result.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The WDTA framework spans the lifecycle of large language models, offering guidelines to manage integration with other systems.
WIRED Threat Level
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The spy agency that dared not speak its name is now the Joe Rogan of the SIGINT set. And the pod's actually worth a listen.
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Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Narwal has just released a new flagship robot vacuum and mop with do-it-all functions that will remind you of The Jetsons.
Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
The first live video of the Promachoteuthis squid, filmed at a newly discovered seamount off the coast of Chile. Blog moderation policy.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Sonos' recent upheaval highlights the risks of closed systems in home audio. Here's how an open-source platform and universal speaker connectivity standard could benefit everyone.
eSecurity Planet
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
We need secure and unique passwords to use business applications , access e-mail, and social media securely, and even watch movies on a streaming service. Password managers take some strain from generating, associating, and remembering those passwords. In this article, we’ll explain how password managers work, how to use a password manager, and how to choose the right one for your purposes.
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Explore how enterprises can enhance developer productivity and onboarding by adopting self-hosted Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). This whitepaper highlights the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-based development over traditional setups, demonstrating how large teams can leverage economies of scale to boost efficiency and developer satisfaction.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Midjourney is an AI image generator that can conjure impressive logos, artwork, and other graphics based on your imaginative descriptions. Thanks to its new all-access website, it's now much easier to use.
Collibra
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
No business connects 16 million customers to the world and brings in $15.5 billion in annual revenue without continuously pioneering the latest technology. For Canadian telecom giant TELUS, that means continual, incremental progress across its entire network — implementing solutions like metadata-driven automation to deliver better services to customers and empower the business.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Apple's highly anticipated hardware event is this Monday, and two new AirPods will debut. Although they look very similar, here are the main differences you should know.
Data Breach Today
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
State Says HHS Erred by Shielding Reproductive Health Info From Law Enforcement Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the Biden administration alleging that "unlawful" HIPAA privacy rule regulations are hindering the state's law enforcement investigations into abortion and other reproductive health care cases.
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.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
With this 42% off deal, you can Access Office apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, along with 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage, for the lowest price we've seen.
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Is the new M4 Mac Mini powerful enough to replace your Mac Studio? Maybe, but one missing feature is making me hold off. Could this small detail change your decision?
Collaboration 2.0
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Amazfit continues to improve its smartwatch lineup and the T-Rex 3 provides personalized coaching plans, an AI assistant, and advanced health and wellness capabilities.
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