January, 2019

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Cybercrime Gangs Advertise Fresh Jobs, Hacking Services

Data Breach Today

Offerings Abound on Darknet Forums; The Dark Overlord Seeks Multilingual Hackers Numerous cybercrime gangs continue to use darknet forums to seek fresh recruits, sell stolen data or advertise hacking services. One recent job listing from the data-leaking blackmail gang called The Dark Overlord sought technically proficient individuals who were fluent in Arabic, Chinese or German.

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The 4 stages of cyber resilience

IT Governance

Until recently, organisations often spent almost all of their information security budget on prevention, effectively taking an all-or-nothing approach to the threat of data breaches. They either repelled the attack or faced the consequences head-on. However, with data breaches becoming more common and varied, organisations have realised that it’s impossible to eradicate every risk.

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Dirt-Cheap, Legit, Windows Software: Pick Two

Krebs on Security

Buying heavily discounted, popular software from second-hand sources online has always been something of an iffy security proposition. But purchasing steeply discounted licenses for cloud-based subscription products like recent versions of Microsoft Office can be an extremely risky transaction, mainly because you may not have full control over who has access to your data.

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MY TAKE: 3 privacy and security habits each individual has a responsibility to embrace

The Last Watchdog

Would you back out of a driveway without first buckling up, checking the rear view mirror and glancing behind to double check that the way is clear? Consider that most of us spend more time navigating the Internet on our laptops and smartphones than we do behind the wheel of a car. Yet it’s my experience that most people don’t fully appreciate the profound risks they face online and all too many still do not practice simple behaviors that can dramatically reduce their chances of being victimized

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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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Perspective Check – Anticipation 2019

Weissman's World

It’s 2019, and Steve Weissman anticipates and addresses a number of key themes for the new year: 0:44 – Metadata and database fields: ‘labels’ as the keys to … everything! 1:38 – AI and machine learning: not the same things, no matter what the marketing says 3:24 – RPA: simply workflow by another name? 4:08 […]. The post Perspective Check – Anticipation 2019 appeared first on Holly Group.

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Is GDPR Compliance Tougher Than HIPAA Compliance?

Data Breach Today

Analysts: GDPR Case in Portugal Offers Lessons for U.S. Healthcare Entities An EU General Data Protection Regulation enforcement action against a hospital in Portugal demonstrates complying with GDPR may be even tougher than complying with HIPAA. Regulatory experts analyze the implications of the case.

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Do you have a data breach response plan?

IT Governance

This blog has been updated to reflect industry updates. Originally published 6 August 2018. The EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requires organisations to respond to serious data breaches within 72 hours of detection. This places a significant burden on organisations: taking the appropriate measures to comply with the law while simultaneously dealing with the collateral impact of a breach is not a picnic!

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Apple Phone Phishing Scams Getting Better

Krebs on Security

A new phone-based phishing scam that spoofs Apple Inc. is likely to fool quite a few people. It starts with an automated call that display’s Apple’s logo, address and real phone number, warning about a data breach at the company. The scary part is that if the recipient is an iPhone user who then requests a call back from Apple’s legitimate customer support Web page, the fake call gets indexed in the iPhone’s “recent calls” list as a previous call from the legi

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Port Covington, MD re-emerges as ‘CyberTown, USA’ — ground zero for cybersecurity research

The Last Watchdog

When CyberTown, USA is fully built out, it’s backers envision it emerging as the world’s premier technology hub for cybersecurity and data science. DataTribe , a Fulton, MD-based cybersecurity startup incubator, has been a key backer of this ambitious urban redevelopment project , which broke ground last October in Port Covington, MD, once a bustling train stop on the south side of Baltimore.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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Start Your Information Journey With A Step Backwards

Weissman's World

You say you’re tired of not being able to find the information you’re looking for. You say you’re concerned the information you do find is reliable. You say you’re worried about security breaches. And you say you’re ready to do something about it. So I say it’s time you go ahead and take your first […]. The post Start Your Information Journey With A Step Backwards appeared first on Holly Group.

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New AIIM Research: Leveraging Machine Learning Capabilities

AIIM

There‘s a lot of excitement about Artificial Intelligence and business automation these days, and for good reason. Developments in AI — and its sidekicks “Deep Learning” and “Machine Learning” — bring the promise of transforming work as we know it. Those transformed work processes will operate in a completely different way: fully automated and autonomous, with smart machines doing the work.

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Cisco Studies Global Impact of GDPR

Data Breach Today

Cisco is out with findings from its 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, which shows the impact of GDPR compliance as well as how customers are asking more questions about how their data is secured. Cisco Chief Privacy Officer Michelle Dennedy analyzes the survey.

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Researchers published the PoC exploit code for Linux SystemD bugs

Security Affairs

Security researchers at the security firm Capsule8 have published exploit code for the vulnerabilities in Linux systemD disclosed in January. Security researchers at the security firm Capsule8 have published exploit code for the vulnerabilities in Linux systemD disclosed in January. Early this month, security firm Qualys disclosed three flaws (CVE-2018-16864, CVE-2018-16865, and CVE-2018-16866 ) in a component of systemd , a software suite that provides fundamental building blocks for a Linux op

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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773M Password ‘Megabreach’ is Years Old

Krebs on Security

My inbox and Twitter messages positively lit up today with people forwarding stories from Wired and other publications about a supposedly new trove of nearly 773 million unique email addresses and 21 million unique passwords that were posted to a hacking forum. A story in The Guardian breathlessly dubbed it “the largest collection ever of breached data found.” But in an interview with the apparent seller, KrebsOnSecurity learned that it is not even close to the largest gathering of s

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Q&A: Why emerging IoT platforms require the same leading-edge security as industrial controls

The Last Watchdog

The heyday of traditional corporate IT networks has come and gone. In 2019, and moving ahead, look for legacy IT business networks to increasingly intersect with a new class of networks dedicated to controlling the operations of a IoT-enabled services of all types, including smart buildings, IoT-enabled healthcare services and driverless cars. Related: Why the golden age of cyber espionage is upon us.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in January 2019 – 1,769,185,063 records leaked

IT Governance

The first of this year’s monthly lists amounts to an impressive 1,769,185,063 leaked records, which – let’s be honest – isn’t the greatest start to the year. Although there will be some debate about the usefulness of including the 772,904,991 records from the Collection #1 breach – which comprises data stolen from a number of historic data breaches – even without them, the number of breached records still stands at just under 1 billion records for January 2019.

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Fact or Fiction: The 3 Biggest Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence

AIIM

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to be a very powerful tool in information management, the topic is so wrapped up in hyperbole and confusion that it can be challenging to cut through all the noise, causing many to fear the complexity of AI. As you may know, AIIM recently launched a new training course titled Practical AI for the Information Professional.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Apple Rushes to Fix Serious FaceTime Eavesdropping Flaw

Data Breach Today

Callers Can Hear and See Recipients Before They Pick Up Apple is preparing a fix for a serious flaw in its FaceTime software for making audio and video calls. The software can be abused to remotely eavesdrop on and view a recipient, without their knowledge, even if they don't answer the call.

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Exclusive: spreading CSV Malware via Google Sheets

Security Affairs

Cyber security expert Marco Ramilli, founder of Yoroi ,discovered a way to spread CSV malware via Google Sheets … but Big G says it is an Intended behavior. A. CSV file could be a malware carrier and if interpreted by Microsoft Excel it could become a malware executor ! When I personally saw this technique back in 2017 (please take a look to here , here and here ) I was fascinated.

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How the U.S. Govt. Shutdown Harms Security

Krebs on Security

The ongoing partial U.S. federal government shutdown is having a tangible, negative impact on cybercrime investigations, according to interviews with federal law enforcement investigators and a report issued this week by a group representing the interests of FBI agents. Even if lawmakers move forward on new proposals to reopen the government, sources say the standoff is likely to have serious repercussions for federal law enforcement agencies for years to come.

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GUEST ESSAY: Why the hack of South Korea’s weapons, munitions systems was so predictable

The Last Watchdog

The disclosure that malicious intruders hacked the computer systems of the South Korean government agency that oversees weapons and munitions acquisitions for the country’s military forces is not much of a surprise. The breach of some 30 computers of South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), which is part of the Ministry of National Defense, reportedly occurred last October.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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One Man’s Obsessive Fight to Reclaim His Cambridge Analytica Data

WIRED Threat Level

David Carroll has been locked in a legal war to force the infamous company to turn over its files on him. He’s won a battle, but the struggle continues.

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Connecting the dots between security intentions and actions -- Infographic

AIIM

On average, organizations believe the volume of information will grow from X to 4.2X. This explosive growth translates into a rising ride of chaos. 75% of organizations see information chaos as a major problem for their organization. As a result, there is a core instability in information management practices in most organizations. 92% of organizations believe that something needs to change and that they must modernize their information management strategy.

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Government Shutdown: Experts Fear Deep Cybersecurity Impact

Data Breach Today

Readiness, Morale, Investigations and Recruitment at Risk as Standoff Persists The U.S. government shutdown is impacting agencies integral to the nation's cybersecurity readiness, and experts fear its long-term impact on the country's cyberattack response capabilities, as well as the risk that it will drive away desperately needed new cybersecurity talent from entering public service.

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Using steganography to obfuscate PDF exploits

Security Affairs

Experts discovered PDF exploit that was using steganography to hide malicious JavaScript code in images embedded in PDF files. The exploit analysis firm EdgeSpot recently discovered PDF exploit that was using steganography to hide malicious JavaScript code in images embedded in PDF files. “Shortly after last week’s discovery of a PDF exploit which used the method of this.getPageNumWords() & this.getPageNthWord() for obfuscation, we found another, but much more powerful exploit ob

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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Cloud Hosting Provider DataResolution.net Battling Christmas Eve Ransomware Attack

Krebs on Security

Cloud hosting provider Dataresolution.net is struggling to bring its systems back online after suffering a ransomware infestation on Christmas Eve, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The company says its systems were hit by the Ryuk ransomware, the same malware strain that crippled printing and delivery operations for multiple major U.S. newspapers over the weekend.

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Q&A: Here’s why robust ‘privileged access management’ has never been more vital

The Last Watchdog

Malicious intruders have long recognized that getting their hands on privileged credentials equates to possessing the keys to the kingdom. This is because privileged accounts are widely deployed all across modern business networks — on-premises, in the cloud, across DevOps environments and on endpoints. Related: California enacts pioneering privacy law.

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Eliminate the challenges of binding: Jamf Connect now integrates with Azure Active Directory

Jamf

Now with one username and password, organizations have the ability to provide users with a simple, unified authentication and account synchronization process — while still offering the best possible Apple experience. Read the full details.

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