Data Breach Today
MARCH 23, 2022
Bulletin Reportedly Issued Just Days Before Biden Warned of Cyber Activity Just days before U.S. President Joe Biden warned that intelligence is pointing toward potential Russian cyberattacks against the U.S., the FBI reportedly issued an urgent bulletin contending that Russian IP addresses have conducted network scanning activity on at least five U.S. energy firms.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 17, 2022
Researchers are tracking a number of open-source “ protestware ” projects on GitHub that have recently altered their code to display “Stand with Ukraine” messages for users, or basic facts about the carnage in Ukraine. The group also is tracking several code packages that were recently modified to erase files on computers that appear to be coming from Russian or Belarusian Internet addresses.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 14, 2022
When was the last time you read an online privacy policy in its entirety? Perhaps, never? Yet our world has moved online. We have on average 67 applications on our mobile phones, seven social media accounts and more than 120 online accounts. But these accounts are not all about networking and games. Related: What happened to privacy in 2021. COVID crisis has forced us to work remotely.
Security Affairs
MARCH 17, 2022
The collective Anonymous and its affiliated groups continue to target the Russian government and private organizations. The collective Anonymous, and other groups in its ecosystem, continue to target the Russian government and private organizations. Let’s summarize the most interesting attacks observed in the last few days. Yesterday Anonymous announced the hack of the website of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia, the hackers defaced them and published the message: “Don’t t
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
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.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 18, 2022
Members of the Conti ransomware group may act in Russia’s interest, but their links to the FSB and Cozy Bear hackers appear ad hoc.
Information Management Today brings together the best content for information management professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 15, 2022
Researcher in Belarus Says Bug Bounty Through HackerOne Is Sole Income Sanctions levied against Russia and Belarus for the invasion of Ukraine are affecting security researchers signed up with bug bounty platforms, which can no longer legally make payments. A researcher in Belarus says he's locked out from accessing $25,179 in his HackerOne account.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 23, 2022
Microsoft and identity management platform Okta both this week disclosed breaches involving LAPSUS$ , a relatively new cybercrime group that specializes in stealing data from big companies and threatening to publish it unless a ransom demand is paid. Here’s a closer look at LAPSUS$, and some of the low-tech but high-impact methods the group uses to gain access to targeted organizations.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 31, 2022
Cybersecurity has never felt more porous. You are no doubt aware of the grim statistics: •The average cost of a data breach rose year-over-year from $3.86 million to $4.24 million in 2021, according to IBM. •The majority of cyberattacks result in damages of $500,000 or more, Cisco says. •A sobering analysis by Cybersecurity Ventures forecasts that the global cost of ransomware attacks will reach $265 billion in 2031. • The FBI reports that 3,000-4,000 cyberattacks are counted each day.
Security Affairs
MARCH 10, 2022
The U.S. CISA has updated the alert on Conti ransomware and added 98 domain names used by the criminal gang. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has updated the alert on Conti ransomware operations, the agency added 100 domain names used by the group. The joint report published by CISA, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Security Agency (NSA) in September warned of an increased number of Conti ransomware attacks against US organizations.
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
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 19, 2022
The author of a popular application pushed out an update containing malicious code in an effort to sabotage computers in the country.
AIIM
MARCH 14, 2022
There are some chores I love, many I don’t mind, and a few that sap my will to live. Folding laundry falls into the soul-crushing category. I’ve tried doing it while I watch the Price is Right or rock out to Taylor Swift (yes, she’s my guilty pleasure!), but nothing distracts me from the monotony of that task. And my least favorite part about it has always been trying to match the socks.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 15, 2022
Despite Russian Aggression, Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks Remain Illegal With Ukraine having called on the world to join its "IT Army" and help it hack Russia and ally Belarus, what could possibly go wrong? For starters, launching distributed denial-of-service attacks - at least from outside Ukraine - remains illegal and risks triggering an escalation by Moscow.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 11, 2022
As their cities suffered more intense bombardment by Russian military forces this week, Ukrainian Internet users came under renewed cyberattacks, with one Internet company providing service there saying they blocked ten times the normal number of phishing and malware attacks targeting Ukrainians. John Todd is general manager of Quad9 , a free “anycast” DNS platform.
Advertisement
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.
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 7, 2022
As companies accelerate their reliance on agile software development, cloud-hosted IT infrastructure and mobile applications, vulnerability management (VM) has an increasingly vital security role to play. Related: Log4j vulnerability translates into vast exposures. Not only does VM contribute to the safety and security of an organization’s network and infrastructure, it also helps ensure infrastructure performance is optimized.
Security Affairs
MARCH 5, 2022
Anonymous and its affiliates continue to target Russia and Belarus, it is also targeting the Russian disinformation machine. Anonymous announced to have hacked more than 2,500 websites linked to the Russian and Belarusian governments, state-owned media outlets spreading disinformation, Russian private organizations, banks, hospitals, airports. The attacks were conducted as part of the #OpRussia launched by the collective after the violent and illegitimate invasion of Ukraine.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 2, 2022
Cybercriminals are exploiting a fleet of more than 100,000 misconfigured servers to knock websites offline.
Data Matters
MARCH 9, 2022
Yesterday DOJ announced its first settlement under the Department’s new “Cyber-Fraud Initiative.” This initiative, announced in October 2021 , aims to “utilize the False Claims Act to pursue cybersecurity related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients.” However, as discussed further here , in addition to targeting traditional government contractors, the initiative presents broader opportunities for DOJ to use the FCA to address data protection practices by healthcare providers.
Advertisement
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.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 15, 2022
Critical Infrastructure Defense Project From Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, Ping Identity As Western cybersecurity officials warn that Russia's Ukraine invasion poses an elevated cybersecurity risk to all, kudos to Cloudflare, CrowdStrike and Ping Identity for offering free endpoint security and other defenses to the healthcare sector and power sectors, for at least four months.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 8, 2022
Lumen Technologies , an American company that operates one of the largest Internet backbones and carries a significant percentage of the world’s Internet traffic, said today it will stop routing traffic for organizations based in Russia. Lumen’s decision comes just days after a similar exit by backbone provider Cogent , and amid a news media crackdown in Russia that has already left millions of Russians in the dark about what is really going on with their president’s war in Ukr
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 29, 2022
Log4j is the latest, greatest vulnerability to demonstrate just how tenuous the security of modern networks has become. Related: The exposures created by API profileration. Log4j, aka Log4Shell, blasted a surgical light on the multiplying tiers of attack vectors arising from enterprises’ deepening reliance on open-source software. This is all part of corporations plunging into the near future: migration to cloud-based IT infrastructure is in high gear, complexity is mushrooming and fear of falli
Security Affairs
MARCH 15, 2022
OpenSSL addressed a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0778, related to certificate parsing. OpenSSL released updates to address a high-severity denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-0778 , that affects the BN_mod_sqrt() function used when certificate parsing. The flaw was discovered by the popular Google Project Zero researchers Tavis Ormandy.
Advertisement
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.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 12, 2022
We bust the biggest misconceptions about what "minting" actually means.
Data Matters
MARCH 4, 2022
On February 9, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed comprehensive rules for registered advisers and funds. Among other things, these rules will require advisers and funds to implement written policies and procedures designed to address cybersecurity risks, report significant cybersecurity incidents to the SEC within 48 hours using a proposed form, and keep enumerated cybersecurity-related books and records.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 25, 2022
FBI Puts Russian Carder on the Most Wanted List of Cybercriminals The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted a 23-year-old Russian national for operating a cybercriminal marketplace that sold thousands of stolen login credentials, PII and authentication tools, according to U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston of the Eastern District of Texas.
Krebs on Security
MARCH 31, 2022
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today, one of the U.S. Senate’s most tech-savvy lawmakers said he was troubled by the report and is now asking technology companies and federal agencies for information about the frequency of such schemes.
Advertisement
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?
The Last Watchdog
MARCH 28, 2022
Some 96 percent of organizations — according to the recently released 2021 Cloud Native Survey — are either using or evaluating Kubernetes in their production environment, demonstrating that enthusiasm for cloud native technologies has, in the words of the report’s authors, “crossed the adoption chasm.”. Related: The targeting of supply-chain security holes.
Security Affairs
MARCH 17, 2022
Researchers uncovered a new Linux botnet, tracked as B1txor20, that exploits the Log4J vulnerability and DNS tunnel. Researchers from Qihoo 360’s Netlab have discovered a new backdoor used to infect Linux systems and include them in a botnet tracked as B1txor20. The malware was first spotted on February 9, 2022, when 360Netlab’s honeypot system captured an unknown ELF file that was spreading by exploiting the Log4J vulnerability.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 28, 2022
If you want the privacy of paper money, you need something that leaves no paper trail.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
362 
Let's personalize your content