Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
Insurance Giant Says Hackers Stole Data of 2.5 Million Individuals A February ransomware attack against Prudential Financial affected 2.5 million customers, the financial giant disclosed after initially calculating the totally as 36,000. In an emailed statement, Prudential said the tally shouldn't increase a second time.
AIIM
JULY 2, 2024
The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced rapidly with the release of tools like ChatGPT becoming available to the end user. These tools can compile information from various sources to answer questions on a wide range of topics. But how accurately can they comprehend truly complex disciplines that require years of specialized expertise?
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Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
Startups and Evolve Client Are Monitoring the Situation for Potential Fallout A ransomware attack against Evolve Bank & Trust triggered a small cascade of secondary breach notifications by current and past clients of the banking-as-a-service company. Russian-speaking ransomware-as-a-service operation LockBit attacked the Tennessee company in May.
Security Affairs
JULY 2, 2024
Prudential Financial confirmed that more than 2.5 million individuals were affected by the data breach it suffered in February 2024. The insurance company Prudential Financial confirmed that the data breach it suffered in February 2024 affected over 2.5 million individuals. The incident occurred on February 4, 2024, and was discovered on February 5, 2024.
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Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.
Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
Meta Changes AI Content Labelling, YouTube Updates Privacy Guidelines Meta and YouTube updated their artificial intelligence policies to address the altered content appearing on their platform. The changes come as part of industry effort to distinguish real content from fake, especially in the middle of a global election year.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
Meta Changes AI Content Labeling; YouTube Updates Privacy Guidelines Meta and YouTube updated their artificial intelligence policies to address the altered content appearing on their platforms. The changes come as part of industry efforts to distinguish real content from fake content, especially in the middle of a global election year.
Security Affairs
JULY 2, 2024
Fintech firms Wise and Affirm confirmed they were both impacted by the recent data breach suffered by Evolve Bank. Fintech companies Wise and Affirm have confirmed that they were both affected by the recent data breach at Evolve Bank. At the end of June, the LockBit gang announced that it had breached the systems of the Federal Reserve of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.
Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
Deal Aims to Enhance Internal and External Attack Visibility, Security Efficiency Rapid7's acquisition of Noetic Cyber aims to deliver improved attack surface management by offering comprehensive visibility into internal and external assets. The deal will aid security outcomes and operational efficiency for clients while helping them anticipate risks and manage them efficiently.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 2, 2024
Security teams rely on an ever-growing stack of cybersecurity tools to keep their organization safe. Related: The worst year ever for breaches Yet there remains a glaring disconnect between security systems and employees. Now comes a start-up, Amplifier Security , with a bold new approach to orchestrate security actions. Just after RSAC 2024 , I spoke with Thomas Donnelly , Amplifier’s co-founder and CTO, about how that they’re utilizing large language models (LLMs) and to emphasize continual em
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Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
Settlement Is Another Signal of HHS OCR's Latest Enforcement Priority The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has hit a Pennsylvania-based healthcare system with a $950,000 settlement for potential HIPAA violations found during an investigation into a 2017 ransomware attack. It's HHS' third HIPAA enforcement action in a ransomware case so far.
Security Affairs
JULY 2, 2024
An Australian man has been charged with carrying out ‘Evil Twin’ Wi-Fi attack during a domestic flight to steal user credentials and data. An Evil Twin Wi-Fi attack is a type of cyberattack where a threat actor sets up a rogue wireless access point that mimics a legitimate one. The goal is to trick users into connecting to the fake access point, thereby allowing the attacker to intercept, capture, and manipulate data transmitted by the victim.
Data Breach Today
JULY 2, 2024
China-Nexus Hackers Velvet Ant Exploited the Bug in April, Cisco and Sygnia Say Cisco on Monday patched a zero-day vulnerability discovered months ago that allowed a China-nexus hacker to execute arbitrary commands as root on the compromised devices. The threat group, dubbed Velvet Ant, remotely connected to Cisco's NX-OS software used in switches and executed malicious code.
KnowBe4
JULY 2, 2024
A few weeks ago I was privileged to visit the 8th grade of a high-school here in Cape Town and talk to the students about cybersecurity, social media, and emerging technology. It was a very rewarding experience but also an eye-opener with regards to the level of cyber awareness amongst adolescents.
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WIRED Threat Level
JULY 2, 2024
The US State Department is training diplomats in cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and other technology issues, allowing them to advance US policy abroad.
KnowBe4
JULY 2, 2024
What likely started as a quick ransomware “smash and grab” has turned into a headline case resulting in responses from both U.K. and U.S. law enforcement.
Collibra
JULY 2, 2024
It seems like a day doesn’t pass without some AI-powered innovation making headlines, rousing markets and occasionally causing public worry. Make no mistake: Whether hype-driven or otherwise, this is the age of AI, and everyone wants a piece of the action. But as most businesses recognize, innovation is nothing without the right governance to ensure that risks don’t get out of hand.
KnowBe4
JULY 2, 2024
A hacked customer support portal belonging to router manufacturer Mercku is being used to respond to customer queries with phishing emails, BleepingComputer reports.
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Schneier on Security
JULY 2, 2024
This article about an app that lets people remotely view bars to see if they’re crowded or not is filled with commentary—on both sides—about privacy and openness.
IG Guru
JULY 2, 2024
Check out the article here The post Enhancing Security in Law Firms: The Imperative of Multi-Factor Authentication via JDSUPRA first appeared on IG GURU.
Jamf
JULY 2, 2024
Learn about the U.S. Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) three-year pilot program intended to enhance cybersecurity in K-12 schools and how Jamf can help your school's security.
OpenText Information Management
JULY 2, 2024
Customer success and customer service are increasingly intertwined, playing critical roles in enhancing customer experience, reducing churn, and driving loyalty. While I covered this in my previous blog , let me reiterate that customer service traditionally focuses on resolving immediate issues and ensuring customer satisfaction while customer success takes a more proactive approach, aiming to help customers achieve their long-term goals with the product or service.
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As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.
The Guardian Data Protection
JULY 2, 2024
If Keir Starmer wins on Thursday, he will have the power to free our data, jump-start the NHS and strip friction from our daily lives. Here’s how • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Barring an asteroid strike, Keir Starmer is going to be the UK prime minister in three days. Given the lead in polling , I’d probably bet on him over an asteroid, too.
OpenText Information Management
JULY 2, 2024
When employees are in a groove, whether connecting with customers, closing the new big sales deal, onboarding a new employee or working to resolve a customer issues, asking them to stop mid-task or conversation would be counterproductive. Yet this happens day in and day out, throughout departments and across teams—the flow of work interrupted, hurting business operations.
KnowBe4
JULY 2, 2024
[Important Alert] TeamViewer Network Breached as Russian APT29 Hackers Strike Again
CGI
JULY 2, 2024
Learn how synthetic data addresses key challenges in using artificial intelligence responsibly and successfully.
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eDiscovery Daily
JULY 2, 2024
When it comes to ensuring that data is preserved and available for litigation, investigations, or government inquiries, it all starts with establishing and codifying clear data governance policies and procedures. When updating policies for corporate data governance, consider the following focus areas: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or Company Issued Device (CID) policies Corporate communication applications – Slack, MS Teams, Bloomberg, Confluence, Jira, etc.
Unwritten Record
JULY 2, 2024
This week, sixty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This act, signed into law on July 2, is the nation’s benchmark civil rights legislation and remains one of America’s most significant legislative achievements. It prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The act also prohibits employment discrimination, unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, public acco
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