Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Justice Department Aiming to Emphasize Privacy and Security in AI Deployment The U.S. Department of Justice is drafting new guidelines for law enforcement on the use of artificial intelligence and facial recognition tools to enhance public safety while safeguarding civil rights and ensuring ethical deployment, a senior official said Wednesday.
Krebs on Security
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The parents of a 19-year-old Connecticut honors student accused of taking part in a $243 million cryptocurrency heist in August were carjacked a week later — while out house-hunting in a brand new Lamborghini. Prosecutors say the couple was beaten and briefly kidnapped by six young men who traveled from Florida as part of a botched plan to hold the parents for ransom.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Cyber Bill Says the Government Can't Use Information to Prosecute Victims Ransom payments are typically tightly held secrets between cybercriminals and their victims, but the Australian government has introduced a cybersecurity bill in Parliament that would require require larger businesses to report ransom payments to the government.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The hack exposed the data of 31 million users as the embattled Wayback Machine maker scrambles to stay online and contain the fallout of digital—and legal—attacks.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Hotel Chain Also Settles with Federal Trade Commission The world's largest hotel chain agreed Wednesday to pay $52 million and agree to two decades of third-party monitoring of its cybersecurity program to settle a rash of data breaches affecting millions of guests. The multi-million payout is part of a settlement reached with 50 U.S. attorneys general.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
WestCap-Led Funding to Drive Click-Fraud Protection, Ad Integrity Expansion Human Security's recent $50 million growth funding, led by WestCap, will drive the development of click-fraud defense and enhance advertising integrity solutions. CEO Stu Solomon aims to leverage the funding for scaling the engineering and data science teams, addressing emerging fraud threats.
WIRED Threat Level
OCTOBER 9, 2024
The $4.4 billion in crypto is set to be the largest pile of criminal proceeds ever sold off by the US. The former IRS agent who seized the recording-breaking sum, meanwhile, languishes in a Nigerian jail cell.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Compromised Patient Info Dates Back to 2011 at Muskogee City County 911 Service An Oklahoma county provider of medical, fire, police and other 911 emergency services is notifying 180,000 individuals that their health information may have been compromised in a recent ransomware attack. The incident affects patients receiving emergency medical care as far back as 2011.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Palo Alto fixed critical flaws in PAN-OS firewalls, warning that attackers could chain these vulnerabilities to hijack the devices. Palo Alto Networks addressed multiple vulnerabilities that an attacker can chain to hijack PAN-OS firewalls. The vulnerabilities reside in the Palo Alto Networks’ Expedition solution, which is a migration tool designed to help organizations move configurations from other firewall platforms (like Check Point, Cisco, and others) to Palo Alto’s PAN-OS. R
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Stephen Doughty Says Cybersecurity Vital to National And Economic Security The British government will continue disruptive actions against ransomware and malware operators, a top U.K. government official vowed Wednesday. Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, said the recently elected U.K. government views security as a core pillar of economic and strategic growth.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Secure Your World with Phishing Resistant Passkeys madhav Thu, 10/10/2024 - 05:12 As we celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2024 with the theme "Secure Our World," exploring innovative technologies is crucial to help us achieve this goal. One such advancement that's revolutionizing online security and user authentication is passkeys. Passkeys represent a significant leap forward in creating a safer digital landscape, aligning perfectly with the mission to secure our world.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Critical Infrastructure Firms Are Hiring - and Paying Well As digital transformation continues to reshape industries, the convergence of operational technology and cybersecurity has emerged as a critical area of focus. But there's a noticeable gap in the workforce. Professionals who truly understand both OT and cybersecurity are in short supply.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Resecurity reports a rise in attacks on AI Conversational platforms, targeting chatbots that use NLP and ML to enable automated, human-like interactions with consumers. Resecurity has observed a spike in malicious campaigns targeting AI agents and Conversational AI platforms that leverage chatbots to provide automated, human-like interactions for consumers.
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Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Attackers Use ASCII Characters to Create Tough-to-Spot QR Codes, Barracuda Warns Attackers are moving beyond using QR code images added to phishing emails to trick victims into visiting malicious sites, and using ASCII "full block" characters to build working QR codes designed to evade optical character recognition defenses, warns cybersecurity firm Barracuda Networks.
Security Affairs
OCTOBER 9, 2024
A threat actor tracked as Awaken Likho is targeting Russian government agencies and industrial entities, reported cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. A recent investigation by Kaspersky researchers into the APT group Awaken Likho (aka Core Werewolf and PseudoGamaredon) uncovered a new campaign from June to August 2024, showing a shift from UltraVNC to the MeshCentral platform for remote access.
Data Breach Today
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Attackers Chain Three Security Flaws with Patched Admin Bypass Vulnerability Internet appliance maker Ivanti warned customers Tuesday that attackers are actively exploiting new vulnerabilities in Cloud Services Appliance instances by chaining three security flaws with a zero-day patched in September. The company advised customers to update to version 5.0.
KnowBe4
OCTOBER 9, 2024
As the recent hurricane Helene caused major damage and as hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida soon, deepfakes are spreading misinformation on social media.
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Data Matters
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Digital health AI technologies are transforming the advancement of drug development and healthcare delivery at an unprecedented speed, backed by governments facilitating the momentum to improve healthcare for their growing populations. Sidley’s European life sciences lawyers Josefine Sommer, Eva von Mühlenen, and Francesca Blythe share a timely take on the top 5 life sciences industry trends being shaped by pioneering digital technologies.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Samsung's Neo QLED 4K TV is 44% off during Amazon Prime Day 2. But hurry, because this deal will likely expire tonight.
Schneier on Security
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Two students have created a demo of a smart-glasses app that performs automatic facial recognition and then information lookups. Kind of obvious, but the sort of creepy demo that gets attention. News article.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Following a settlement with the FTC, the hotel chain must implement a host of security changes and provide help to customers affected by the string of data breaches.
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eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Remote access software can help you securely connect to your devices from wherever you may be. This can be helpful for both employees on the go and IT professionals trying to fix a coworker’s computer struggles while several hundred miles apart. This can be great for companies that employ many remote workers and want to secure their IT environment better.
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 9, 2024
It sounded good, but a closer look revealed that SpaceX's Starlink free offer isn't much more than clever marketing.
eSecurity Planet
OCTOBER 9, 2024
According to research house Statista, DevOps and DevSecOps were the most prevalent software development environments used worldwide, combining for 47 percent of implementations in a 2022 survey. Configuration management tools are key to delivering the DevOps promise of shortened development windows and a pipeline of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Satellite messaging and emergency contact details are lifesaving features found in modern smartphones.
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Information Governance Perspectives
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Intimate Views Into The American Family Scotty sensed he wasn’t his parents’ biological son from early on but was discouraged from seeking answers That hideous beast. It murdered my best friend on New Year’s Eve, leaving his bruised, punctured corpse to rot all week on the floor of a Malibu drug den. He died steps from the same sandy beach where, as blood brothers with matching bowl cuts and our third-grade imaginations, we’d once frolicked morning to night, burying treasures at the foot of a ro
Collaboration 2.0
OCTOBER 9, 2024
On the iPhone 14 and up, Apple offers three features that can help you communicate with emergency services - and loved ones - via satellite if you're caught without cell or Wi-Fi coverage.
Information Governance Perspectives
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Intimate Views Into The American Family Scotty sensed he wasn’t his parents’ biological son from early on but was discouraged from seeking answers. That hideous beast. It murdered my best friend on New Year’s Eve, leaving his bruised, punctured corpse to rot all week on the floor of a Malibu drug den. He died steps from the same sandy beach where, as blood brothers with matching bowl cuts and our third-grade imaginations, we’d once frolicked morning to night, burying treasures at the foot of a r
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