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Australia Optus 2022 Data Breach 'Not Highly Sophisticated'

Data Breach Today

Hackers Exploited Coding Error, Says Australian Communications and Media Authority Hackers behind the leak of 10 million records from Australia's second-largest telecommunications carrier Optus exploited a vulnerability the company unwittingly inserted four years earlier into a web portal access control, said the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

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News Alert: 1inch partners with Blockaid to enhance Web3 security through the 1inch Shield

The Last Watchdog

Dubai, UAE, June 20, 2024, CyberNewsWire — 1inch , a leading DeFi aggregator that provides advanced security solutions to users across the entire space, has announced today the launch of the 1inch Shield. This solution, that is offering enhanced protection against a wide range of potential threats, was completed in partnership with Blockaid , a major provider of Web3 security tools.

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Change Healthcare Begins to Notify Clients Affected by Hack

Data Breach Today

The Company Will Start Notifying Individuals Affected by the Breach in Late July Change Healthcare says it has begun to notify customers whose data was compromised in the February ransomware attack that affected scores of healthcare providers, health insurance plans and other organizations. The company will begin to notify affected individuals in late July.

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Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a B t Machine

WIRED Threat Level

Experts aren't unanimous about whether the AI-powered search startup's practices could expose it to legal claims ranging from infringement to defamation—but some say plaintiffs would have strong cases.

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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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Court: HHS Overstepped HIPAA Authority in Web Tracking Guide

Data Breach Today

Agency Must Drop Updated Guidance Provisions Regarding Certain PHI 'Combinations' A Texas federal court ruled the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services overstepped its authority in guidance warning HIPAA-regulated entities that it's unlawful to use online tracking tools to capture IP addresses in visits to websites containing information about maladies.

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Corpay, UHN Secure Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure With Gigamon

Data Breach Today

How Gigamon's Technical Capabilities Boost Organizations' Cybersecurity Network security threats are ever-evolving, and all types of organizations work hard to face down emerging threats while maintaining robust performance across their hybrid cloud infrastructure. In this quest, Gigamon stands out as a critical ally.

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Russia-linked APT Nobelium targets French diplomatic entities

Security Affairs

French information security agency ANSSI reported that Russia-linked threat actor Nobelium is behind a series of cyber attacks that targeted French diplomatic entities. The French information security agency ANSSI reported that Russia-linked APT Nobelium targeted French diplomatic entities. Despite the French agency linked the attacks to the cyberespionage group Nobelium (aka APT29 , SVR group , Cozy Bear , Midnight Blizzard , BlueBravo , and The Dukes ), ANSSI differentiates these groups i

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Auto Dealerships Using CDK Global Hit With Cyber Disruptions

Data Breach Today

Auto Dealership Tech Firm Confirms System Shutdowns After Multiple Cyber Incidents CDK Global, a leading software and solutions providers for thousands of car dealerships across the United States and Canada, has launched investigations into consecutive cyber incidents that caused disruptions and shutdowns for several days at companies across the North Americas.

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UEFICANHAZBUFFEROVERFLOW flaw in Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware potentially impacts hundreds of PC and server models

Security Affairs

A serious vulnerability (CVE-2024-0762) in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware potentially impacts hundreds of PC and server models. Firmware security firm Eclypsium discovered a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-0762 (CVSS of 7.5), in the Phoenix SecureCore UEFI firmware. The issue, called UEFIcanhazbufferoverflow , potentially impacts hundreds of PC and server models that use Intel Core desktop and mobile processors.

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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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Apple to Delay AI Rollout in Europe

Data Breach Today

Smartphone Giant Fingers Regulation Meant to Restrain Big Tech Apple said it will delay the rollout of artificial intelligence-powered features on smartphones in Europe in a Friday statement citing European law meant to rein in the power of large tech companies. The smartphone giant said continental customers won't have access this year to Apple Intelligence.

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Hacked London NHS hospitals data allegedly published online

The Guardian Data Protection

Cyber-attack earlier this month led to cancellation of almost 1,600 operations and outpatient appointments Data from a ransomware attack has allegedly been published online weeks after the attack halted operations and tests in major London hospitals, NHS England has said. A Russian group carried out the cyber-attack on Synnovis, a private pathology firm that analyses blood tests for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation trust (GSTT) and King’s College trust, on 3 June, forcing hospitals in the cap

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As Britain's NHS Faces Data Leak, Never Normalize Ransomware

Data Breach Today

Battle the Business Model With Business Resilience Planning, Failover Capabilities Never let ransomware become normalized. Businesses today are more likely that not to be hit by ransomware, but this doesn't mean we should ever let ransomware seem like a new normal, akin to death or taxes. We need expert business resilience and failover capabilities.

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Crowd of 1000 packs Cambridge Theatre for Yoto Carnegie Awards Ceremony 2024

CILIP

Crowd of 1000 packs Cambridge Theatre for Yoto Carnegie Awards Ceremony 2024 Group Photo of the winners, from left Joseph Coelho, Tia Fisher, Aaron Becker Verse novels win Medal for Writing and Shadowers’ Award for Writing at the Yoto Carnegies, one of the last remaining, and longest-running, national awards for books for children and young people. Over 1000 attendees including librarians, publishers, sector leaders, and 600 school children attended the awards ceremony at the Cambridge Theatre i

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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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ISMG Editors: How Did Medibank's Lack of MFA Cause a Breach?

Data Breach Today

Also: Critical Infrastructure Security and Fortinet's Latest Acquisition In the latest weekly update, ISMG editors discussed critical infrastructure security challenges, a report on the 2022 Medibank breach compromising personal data for 10 million people, and Fortinet's acquisition to integrate Lacework's cloud-native security into its Security Fabric and SASE platform.

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Ross Anderson’s Memorial Service

Schneier on Security

The memorial service for Ross Anderson will be held on Saturday, at 2:00 PM BST. People can attend remotely on Zoom.

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Qilin Ransomware Group Leaks NHS Data

Data Breach Today

The Group Published 104 Files It Says Come From NHS Hospitals in London A ransomware group late Thursday published information stolen during an attack that's led to postponed cancer treatment and organ transplant surgeries at two London National Health Service hospitals. The Qilin ransomware group hit Synnovis, a U.K. provider of medical lab services.

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Are CISOs of Security Vendors in Your Community?

Lenny Zeltser

Organizing events that gather cybersecurity leaders requires significant effort and sponsorships. Unfortunately, some events and communities exclude CISOs who work for security vendors. This stance, though well-meaning, harms the industry and allows hidden conflicts of interest to go unchecked. Here's why and how we can address this issue to improve such events and the community at large.

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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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Google's Zero-Day Hunters Test AI for Security Research

Data Breach Today

Project Zero Framework Aims to Boost AI Bug Detection Skills Google's team of zero-day hunters say artificial intelligence can lead to improved automated threat identification and analysis. Researchers say that a framework allows LLMs to mimic the iterative, hypothesis-driven approach of human security experts.

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Changes coming to IG GURU

IG Guru

Good day! Changes are coming to IG GURU! We appreciate your patience. Have a great day! Team IG GURU The post Changes coming to IG GURU first appeared on IG GURU.

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US Treasury Moves to Limit Investments in Chinese Tech Firms

Data Breach Today

New Rule Would Restrict Americans From Investing in Chinese AI, Semiconductors The U.S. Treasury Department is proposing a new rule that would restrict Americans from investing in technology companies developing quantum information technology, semiconductors and certain AI systems in countries the White House previously identified as posing potential national security risks.

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CILIP members awarded OBEs in the King’s birthday honours List

CILIP

CILIP members awarded OBEs in the King’s birthday honours List Image of Buckingham Palace by Jimmy Harris, via Flickr Former CILIP CEO Nick Poole, and Honorary Fellow, Joseph Coelho also received OBEs in the 2024 honours list. The tireless efforts and achievements of librarians and information managers have received royal recognition in the 2024 King’s birthday honours List.

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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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Just the Facts: Why Over 2 Million People Prefer Mobile for Door Access Today

HID Global

Mobile credentials are more secure than their plastic counterparts & provide a variety of benefits. Get all the details in this blog post.

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Technology in education: put learning before tech

Jamf

Discover how to choose and integrate technology in schools to enhance learning outcomes. Learn about the key considerations for technology deployment.

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Keeper vs Dashlane: Which Should You Use in 2024?

eSecurity Planet

Keeper and Dashlane are top password managers prioritizing multi-layered encryption systems for secure password sharing. Keeper emphasizes extensive security measures and is a more affordable option, while Dashlane promotes a user-friendly interface and robust administrative tools perfect for streamlining logins. To assist you in making your decision, I’ve compared the two solutions, focusing on their distinctive features, use cases, benefits, pros, and cons.

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Health resource in the digital age

CILIP

Cilip Conference: Health information from YouTube Dr Vishaal Virani, Head of Health at YouTube, UK & Ireland talks to Rob Mackinlay about health content on YouTube, and the role that librarians can play in navigating individuals towards it, ahead of the CILIP Conference on 10 and 11 July. Book your place now. WITH more than three billion views of YouTube health videos in the UK in 2022, the platform has carved itself a role in the nation’s health information landscape and is increasingly foc

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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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US Pledges ‘Most Powerful’ Security Deal: Can It Fortify Ukraine’s Cyber Defenses?

eSecurity Planet

The war in Ukraine has transcended the physical battlefield, spilling into the digital realm. Since the conflict began, Ukraine has faced a relentless barrage of cyberattacks targeting its critical infrastructure. From power grids to financial institutions, these attacks have aimed to disrupt essential services and sow chaos within the country. In a significant move to bolster Ukraine’s defenses, the United States recently signed a 10-year security agreement hailed as the “most power

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US Sanctions 12 Kaspersky Executives

Data Breach Today

Sanctions Comes After Biden Administration Banned the Russian Cybersecurity Firm Senior executives of Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky face new restrictions against doing business in Western countries following an announcement Friday morning by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that it sanctioned 12 of them. Those sanctioned do not include company CEO Eugene Kaspersky.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula

Schneier on Security

Beautiful astronomical photo.

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