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CDK Begins Restoring Systems Amid Ransomware Payment Reports

Data Breach Today

Auto Dealership Software Firm Says Restoring Service Will Take 'Days and Not Weeks' CDK Global, the auto dealership software solutions firm that supplies services to an estimated 15,000 dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, said it has begun the restoration process for its customers after a debilitating cyber incident caused disruptions.

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RSAC 2024: The many flavors of ‘SASE’ now includes Aryaka’s ‘Unified SASE as a Service.”

The Last Watchdog

Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) has come a long way since Gartner christened this cloud-centric cybersecurity framework in 2019. Related: Can SASE stop tech sprawl? SASE blends networking architecture, namely SD-WAN, with cloud-delivered security services such as security web gateways, Zero Trust network access and more. Several distinct variants of SASE have come to be supplied by diverse sources.

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European Union Sanctions Russian State Hackers

Data Breach Today

Hackers Part of Callisto and Armageddon Groups The European Union sanctioned four Russian domestic intelligence agency hackers including two military officers who participated in what researchers have described as "hack and leak" operations. Also coming under sanctions are ransomware hackers who were part of the Wizard Spider criminal group.

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LockBit claims the hack of the US Federal Reserve

Security Affairs

The Lockbit ransomware group announced that it had breached the US Federal Reserve and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data. The Lockbit ransomware group announced that it had breached the systems of Federal Reserve of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.” The Lockbit ransomware group added the Federal Reserve to the list of victims on its Tor data leak site and threatened to leak the stolen data on 25 June, 2024 20:27

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Entity Resolution: Your Guide to Deciding Whether to Build It or Buy It

Adding high-quality entity resolution capabilities to enterprise applications, services, data fabrics or data pipelines can be daunting and expensive. Organizations often invest millions of dollars and years of effort to achieve subpar results. This guide will walk you through the requirements and challenges of implementing entity resolution. By the end, you'll understand what to look for, the most common mistakes and pitfalls to avoid, and your options.

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Fighting Payment Fraud by Integrating Security Into Finance

Data Breach Today

Payment fraud is the top risk to companies across the globe. Business email compromise is continually on the rise. Johnny Deutsch, co-founder and CEO of B2B payments protection company Creednz, discusses the need to integrate security into financial processes.

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CISA Confirms Cyberattack on Critical Chemical Security Tool

Data Breach Today

US Cyber Defense Agency Says Major Cyberattack Result of Vulnerable Ivanti Products The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed Monday that hackers attacked one of its critical tools housing private sector chemical security plans earlier this year after gaining access by exploiting vulnerabilities found in Ivanti products used by the cyber defense agency.

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Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse

WIRED Threat Level

With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives.

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Information Blocking of Patient Records Could Cost Providers

Data Breach Today

Final HHS Rule Cuts Financial Payments to Healthcare Firms That Violate Cures Act Federal regulators have issued a final rule that sets financial disincentives for healthcare providers that commit information blocking - or practices that they know are unreasonable and likely to interfere with patient access to electronic health information.

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Balancing Act: The European Union's AI Act and the Quest for Responsible Innovation

KnowBe4

The current landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) bears a striking resemblance to the early days of the internet. Just as the internet was once a wild, untamed frontier full of promise and potential, AI now stands at a similar crossroads.

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10 Rules for Managing Apache Cassandra

It’s no surprise that Apache Cassandra has emerged as a popular choice for organizations of all sizes seeking a powerful solution to manage their data at a scale—but with great power comes great responsibility. Due to the inherent complexity of distributed databases, this white paper will uncover the 10 rules you’ll want to know when managing Apache Cassandra.

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Chinese Hackers Caught Spying on Taiwanese Firms

Data Breach Today

Espionage Group Used SoftEther VPN Client to Exploit Targeted Networks A Chinese state-sponsored group, tracked as RedJuliett, is using open-source VPN client SoftEther to target the infrastructure of about 75 organizations in government, academic and technology sectors in multiple countries. Most of the attacks appear to target Taiwan.

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CISA confirmed that its CSAT environment was breached in January.

Security Affairs

CISA warned chemical facilities that its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) environment was compromised in January. CISA warns chemical facilities that its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) environment was breached in January. In March, the Recorded Future News first reported that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) agency was hacked in February.

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CHERI Backers Form Alliance to Promote Memory Safety Chip

Data Breach Today

Chipmaker Arm Is Not an Alliance Member Developers of a computer hardware project for stopping memory-based cyberattacks will soon release standards in a bid to overcome commercial hurdles to its adoption. Backers of the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions, or CHERI, architecture hope it becomes more widely adopted.

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BEC Attacks Accounted for More Than One in Ten Social Engineering Attacks in 2023

KnowBe4

A new report from Barracuda has found that email conversation hijacking attacks have risen by 70% since 2022. Additionally, business email compromise (BEC) attacks accounted for 10.6% of social engineering attacks in 2023, compared to 8% in 2022 and 9% in 2021.

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Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production

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, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, will explore a practical framework to transform Generative AI pr

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Ransomware threat landscape Jan-Apr 2024: insights and challenges

Security Affairs

Between Jan and Apr 2024, the global ransomware landscape witnessed significant activity, with 1420 ransomware claims reported worldwide. In the first four months of 2024, the global ransomware landscape witnessed significant activity, with 1420 ransomware claims reported worldwide, including 55 in Italy. These findings, sourced from the Ransomfeed platform , shed light on the geographical distribution of attacks and the most impacted sectors.

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My Hacker Story: A Cautionary Tale of Intern Antics and Cultural Learnings

KnowBe4

My hacker story does not paint me in the best light, and it is not intended to. I am a firm believer in sharing one's mistakes and being open to learning from them.

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ExCobalt Cybercrime group targets Russian organizations in multiple sectors

Security Affairs

The cybercrime group ExCobalt targeted Russian organizations in multiple sectors with a previously unknown backdoor known as GoRed. Positive Technologies researchers reported that a cybercrime gang called ExCobalt targeted Russian organizations in multiple sectors with a previously unknown Golang-based backdoor known as GoRed. Members of the ExCobalt group have been active since at least 2016, the researchers believe that the group is linked to the notorious Cobalt Gang.

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Essex Library bridges the Generation Gap with Memory Café

CILIP

Essex Library bridges the Generation Gap with Memory Café The Memory Café takes place at the same time as a toddler and family event and attendees come together to talk and take part in activities together. Essex Library Service’s Memory Café in Harwich is connecting people across age groups in their local community to support independent living, health and wellbeing for people with dementia.

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10 Rules for Managing Apache Kafka

Without proper guidance, it’s easy to miss out on Kafka’s full capabilities. While not the easiest technology to optimize, Kafka rewards those willing to explore its depths. Under the hood, it is an elegant system for stream processing, event sourcing, and data integration. Download this white paper to learn the 10 critical rules that will help you optimize your Kafka system and unlock its full potential.

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Experts observed approximately 120 malicious campaigns using the Rafel RAT

Security Affairs

Multiple threat actors are using an open-source Android remote administration tool called Rafel RAT to target Android Devices. Check Point Research identified multiple threat actors using Rafel, an open-source remote administration tool (RAT). The researchers spotted an espionage group using Rafel, highlighting the tool’s effectiveness across different threat profiles and goals.

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Securing the Journey to AI with Thales Sovereign Solutions for AWS

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Securing the Journey to AI with Thales Sovereign Solutions for AWS josh.pearson@t… Mon, 06/24/2024 - 22:28 Encryption David Ortega | Principle Solution Architect More About This Author > Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's largest cloud service provider. Unsurprisingly, they are committed to providing tools, solutions, and best practices that allow their customers to leverage Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) workloads on AWS securely.

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Vulnerability Recap 6/24/24 – Patch Highlights Across Platforms

eSecurity Planet

In last week’s vulnerability news, major companies performed recent patches to resolve critical vulnerabilities across various software and hardware platforms. Microsoft addressed a remote code execution issue. ASUS fixed authentication bypass and buffer overflow issues in its routers. VMware patched heap-overflow and privilege escalation problems in vCenter Server, while Trellix tackled an insecure deserialization vulnerability in its IPS Manager.

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4 ways CFOs can navigate the incoming wave of digital finance transformation

CGI

Imagine a world in which digital technologies, like artificial intelligence, run most CFO functions. While this might seem futuristic, it’s here today. IT modernization is rapidly impacting an increasing number of CFO functions, generating a significant return on investment and freeing up the CFO to focus on more strategic and value-added functions.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

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?

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Join us this Libraries Change Lives Week 24-28 June 2024

CILIP

Libraries Change Lives Week - Launching today Libraries Change Lives Week launches today to raise the profile of libraries to prospective political candidates (PPCs) and the press to showcase how libraries across the country impact their users and the communities they serve. CILIP has been working closely with library staff and library services to build a portfolio of the life-changing impact libraries have on their users through the stories that librarians have shared to illustrate the breadth

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Business process automation – The secret weapon of successful businesses

OpenText Information Management

In today’s ever-changing, dynamic business landscape, there is an incessant quest for amplified organizational and cost efficiency, improved customer experience, and increased agility to remain relevant and competitive. Enterprises seeking to achieve these outcomes through technological harmony will find this whitepaper, " A Simple Guide to Successful Business Process Automation " by industry experts Alan Pelz-Sharpe and Matt Mullen, to be their essential roadmap to success.

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Todmorden Library brings outer space down to earth

CILIP

Todmorden Library brings outer space down to earth Visitors to Todmorden Library got up close and personal with alien items including Martian rocks, meteors and pieces of the moon. The outer space items formed part of the ‘Festival of Infinite Possibilities’ with children's activities related to space and space travel, from building cardboard rockets to a story walk and making a terrarium out of recycled materials.

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Announcing the 2024 End of Term Web Archive Initiative

National Archives Records Express

The 2024 End of Term Web Archive initiative has officially begun. The End of Term Web Archive is a collaborative effort which takes place every four years to preserve a record of U.S. government websites for historical and research purposes. The 2024 End of Term Web Archive partners include the Internet Archive, University of North Texas, Stanford University, Library of Congress, U.S.

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Get Better Network Graphs & Save Analysts Time

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.

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Library brings local history to life for London school children

CILIP

Library brings local history to life for London school children Guildhall Library in the City of London created an open and accessible space that got children out of the classroom and gave them hands-on experience of history. The Guildhall Library in the City of London launched a series of school workshops to encourage students to learn more about their local history and the Great Plague of 1066. 90 school children participated in interactive workshops that showcased original historical artefact

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The First 90 Days: A Quick-Start Guide for New Managers

ARMA International

The first 90 days are critical for any new manager. Whether you’ve been promoted internally and are now responsible for overseeing your former peers or have been brought in from outside and need to get up to speed on a new organization, it can be both an exciting and highly stressful time for new managers! You certainly don’t want to come out of the door guns blazing and risk upsetting existing staff, but you likely have countless ideas and projects swirling around your head that you now h

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American Privacy Rights Act Advances with Significant Revisions via The National Law Review

IG Guru

Check out the article here The post American Privacy Rights Act Advances with Significant Revisions via The National Law Review first appeared on IG GURU.

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