Tue.Jun 04, 2024

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This Hacker Tool Extracts All the Data Collected by Windows’ New Recall AI

WIRED Threat Level

Windows Recall takes a screenshot every five seconds. Cybersecurity researchers say the system is simple to abuse—and one ethical hacker has already built a tool to show how easy it really is.

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RansomHub gang claims the hack of the telecommunications giant Frontier Communications

Security Affairs

The RansomHub ransomware group added the American telecommunications company Frontier Comunications to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The RansomHub ransomware group claimed to have stolen the information of over 2 million customers from the American telecommunications company Frontier Communications. The RansomHub group claims to have stolen 5GB of data from the telecommunications giant.

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Inside the Biggest FBI Sting Operation in History

WIRED Threat Level

When a drug kingpin named Microsoft tried to seize control of an encrypted phone company for criminals, he was playing right into its real owners’ hands.

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Cybercriminals attack banking customers in EU with V3B phishing kit – PhotoTAN and SmartID supported.

Security Affairs

Resecurity uncovered a cybercriminal group that is providing a sophisticated phishing kit, named V3B, to target banking customers in the EU. Resecurity has uncovered a new cybercriminal group providing Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform that is equipping fraudsters with sophisticated kit (known as “V3B”) to target banking customers in the EU. “Currently, it is estimated that hundreds of cybercriminals are using this kit to commit fraud, leaving victims with empty bank accou

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Why Tenable Is Eyeing Israeli Data Security Startup Eureka

Data Breach Today

IBM, Rubrik, Palo Alto & CrowdStrike All Bought into DSPM. Will Tenable Join Them? IBM, Rubrik, Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike entered the red-hot data security posture management market with nine-figure deals announced between May 2023 and March 2024. Now, Tenable reportedly wants a piece of the action as it eyes the purchase of Eureka.

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UK Vendor's Attack Disrupts Care at London NHS Hospitals

Data Breach Today

London Incident Is Latest Major Ongoing Outage From Recent Ransomware Attacks A cyberattack on a U.K. laboratory services provider is disrupting patient care and testing services at several London-based NHS hospitals and other care facilities. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Ascension is providing a restoration timeline for its hospital EHRs in the wake of its attack.

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AI Is Your Coworker Now. Can You Trust It?

WIRED Threat Level

Generative AI tools such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot are becoming part of everyday business life. But they come with privacy and security considerations you should know about.

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The best secure browsers for privacy in 2024: Expert tested

Collaboration 2.0

The best browsers for privacy help protect your online identity with third-party ad blockers, VPNs, and a pledge never to sell your data.

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Hackers Claim They Breached Australian Logistics Company

Data Breach Today

Threat Actor GhostR Says They Stole 846 GB of Data Financially motivated hackers with a track record of data breaches claimed on a criminal forum that they stole data from Australian logistics company Victorian Freight Specialists. GhostR said in a Tuesday post on BreachForums that the group possesses 846 gigabytes of company data taken on May 26.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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TikTok Hack Targets ‘High-Profile’ Users via DMs

WIRED Threat Level

TikTok has confirmed a “potential exploit” that is being used to go after accounts belonging to media organizations and celebrities, including CNN and Paris Hilton, through direct messages.

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Cox Communications Patches Newly Discovered Critical API Bug

Data Breach Today

Security Researcher Says Flaw Came From 700 Exposed APIs Belonging to Cox An independent security researcher discovered a critical flaw in the backend infrastructure of the largest broadband provider in the United States that, if exploited, could have left millions of business customer devices vulnerable to major cyberattacks.

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RSAC Fireside Chat: Bedrock Security introduces advanced approach to “commoditize” data discovery

The Last Watchdog

Business data today gets scattered far and wide across distributed infrastructure. Just knowing where to look – or even how to look – much less enforcing security policies, has become next to impossible for many organizations. At RSAC 2024 , I visited with Pranava Adduri , co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Security which has just rolled out its AI Reasoning (AIR) Engine to help solve this problem in a bold new way.

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Russian Cyberthreat Looms Over Paris Olympics

Data Breach Today

Cyberespionage, Hack-and-Leak and Disinformation Are All Possibilities Russia-aligned actors, including intelligence agency threat actors and hacktivists, are at high risk for carrying out cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against organizations linked to the Paris Olympics, warn leading security firms.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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Breaking a Password Manager

Schneier on Security

Interesting story of breaking the security of the RoboForm password manager in order to recover a cryptocurrency wallet password. Grand and Bruno spent months reverse engineering the version of the RoboForm program that they thought Michael had used in 2013 and found that the pseudo-random number generator used to generate passwords in that version­and subsequent versions until 2015­did indeed have a significant flaw that made the random number generator not so random.

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Email Compromise Continues to Dominate as Top Threat Incident Type as Tactics Evolve

KnowBe4

As email compromise attacks increase, analysis of tactics used provide context on how organizations need to evolve their preventative strategy to align.

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Are you ready for a cyberattack?

OpenText Information Management

In today's digital age, cybersecurity threats are an ever-present danger for organizations of all sizes. While sophisticated technology solutions are critical in defending against cyber threats, they are only part of the equation. Cybersecurity is not just about having the right tools; it's also about having the right people and processes in place. This is where Tabletop Exercises (or incident response simulations), come into play.

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Best Buy/Geek Squad Impersonation Scams Surged in 2023

KnowBe4

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that Best Buy, and its tech support subsidiary Geek Squad, were the most commonly impersonated brands by scammers in 2023.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

The DHS compliance audit clock is ticking on Zero Trust. Government agencies can no longer ignore or delay their Zero Trust initiatives. During this virtual panel discussion—featuring Kelly Fuller Gordon, Founder and CEO of RisX, Chris Wild, Zero Trust subject matter expert at Zermount, Inc., and Principal of Cybersecurity Practice at Eliassen Group, Trey Gannon—you’ll gain a detailed understanding of the Federal Zero Trust mandate, its requirements, milestones, and deadlines.

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Collbra wins Snowflake Data Cloud Product Data Governance Partner of the Year

Collibra

We are thrilled to announce that Collibra has been named Snowflake’s Data Cloud Product Partner of the Year for data governance. This award recognizes Collibra’s commitment to helping our joint customers create a shared understanding of their data across the organization, how it can be used and shared, support legal compliance and accelerate their data-driven initiatives that drive their business performance.

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[NEW RESEARCH]: KnowBe4’s 2024 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report Reveals that 34.3% of Untrained End Users Will Fail a Phishing Test

KnowBe4

The prevalence of cyber crime continues to soar, victimizing individuals in both their work and private lives. Cybercriminals are indiscriminate, targeting around the clock and across the globe.

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Agility, flexibility and security: The value of cloud in HPC

IBM Big Data Hub

In today’s competitive business environment, firms are confronted with complex, computational issues that demand swift resolution. Such problems might be too intricate for a single system to handle or might require an extended time to resolve. For companies that need quick answers, every minute counts. Allowing problems to linger for weeks or months is not feasible for businesses determined to stay ahead of the competition.

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Enhance NIS2 Compliance: Elevate Your Cybersecurity with Awareness & Culture Before The Deadline

KnowBe4

The NIS2 Directive, also known as the Network and Information Security Directive, is a crucial piece of legislation designed to enhance cybersecurity and protect critical infrastructure across the European Union (EU). Building on the previous NIS Directive, it addresses its shortcomings and expands its scope to improve security requirements, reporting obligations, and crisis management capabilities.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

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.

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Libraries Change Lives: Prison library tackles low literacy with Poet Laureate workshop

CILIP

Libraries Change Lives: Prison library tackles low literacy with Poet Laureate workshop Poet Laureate Simon Armitage visited HMP East Sutton Park and brought a new joy in reading and writing poetry for the prisoners. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage attended HMP East Sutton Park’s reading group, which is run by Kent Libraries, where he read some of his poetry and talked about how he finds his inspiration.

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CyberheistNews Vol 14 #23 [SPECIAL] The Hard Evidence That Phishing Training and Testing Really Works Great

KnowBe4

[SPECIAL] The Hard Evidence That Phishing Training and Testing Really Works Great

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How To Locate D-Day Footage in NARA’s Moving Image Holdings

Unwritten Record

D-Day and the Combat Cameraman This week marks the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Operation. Starting on June 6, 1944, about 175,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, supported by 5,000 naval craft and more than 11,500 aircraft. By June 30, over 850,000 men, 148,000 vehicles, and 570,000 tons of supplies had landed on the Normandy shores.

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What Is PIAM? Part 4 : How PIAM Simplifies the Auditing Process

HID Global

Learn the benefits of HID SAFE’s Attestation Audit feature and how it helps to simplify the audit process for physical identity access management (PIAM) systems.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

Keeper Security is transforming cybersecurity for people and organizations around the world. Keeper’s affordable and easy-to-use solutions are built on a foundation of zero-trust and zero-knowledge security to protect every user on every device. Our next-generation privileged access management solution deploys in minutes and seamlessly integrates with any tech stack to prevent breaches, reduce help desk costs and ensure compliance.

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Collibra wins Snowflake Data Cloud Product Data Governance Partner of the Year

Collibra

We are thrilled to announce that Collibra has been named Snowflake’s Data Cloud Product Partner of the Year for data governance. This award recognizes Collibra’s commitment to helping our joint customers create a shared understanding of their data across the organization, how it can be used and shared, support legal compliance and accelerate their data-driven initiatives that drive their business performance.

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Infosource Capture & IDP Conference Goes Virtual in 2024

Info Source

Infosource will be replacing its annual in-person event with a series of Webinars After 18 years, Infosource’s annual Capture & IDP Conference is going virtual. It was a tough decision, but one we made with long-term sustainability goals in mind. With meetings increasingly moving online, it has become more difficult to support an in-person event.

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The PEN is mightier than the sword in the battle for intellectual freedom

CILIP

The PEN is mightier than the sword in the battle for intellectual freedom CILIP Conference 2024 has a particular focus on “intellectual freedom and its associated themes of freedom of expression, censorship and information rights” and Daniel Gorman, Director of English PEN - an organisation that is focused on protecting human rights and freedom of expression - will be helping to explore some of those themes.