Krebs on Security
JANUARY 10, 2024
A California man who lost $100,000 in a 2021 SIM-swapping attack is suing the unknown holder of a cryptocurrency wallet that harbors his stolen funds. The case is thought to be first in which a federal court has recognized the use of information included in a bitcoin transaction — such as a link to a civil claim filed in federal court — as reasonably likely to provide notice of the lawsuit to the defendant.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JANUARY 21, 2024
Data Privacy: Why It Matters To The Rest Of Us madhav Mon, 01/22/2024 - 04:47 It seems that there are no limits to the number of data breaches. Company size is not a determinant of victimization, nor is industry or sector. All are equally viable targets. Some of the events are newsworthy, while others stay below the public’s awareness or attention. Most companies must grapple with difficult questions of how to recover from a breach; however, when the typical person hears about a data breach, the
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 26, 2024
Postmortem: Multiple Customers Also Targeted by Russian Nation-State Attackers A nation-state hacking group run by Russian intelligence gained access to a Microsoft "legacy, non-production test tenant account" and used it to authorize malicious Office 365 OAuth applications, access Outlook, and steal Microsoft and customers' emails and attachments, Microsoft said.
The Last Watchdog
JANUARY 28, 2024
To sell us more goods and services, the algorithms of Google, Facebook and Amazon exhaustively parse our digital footprints. Related: The role of ‘attribute based encryption’ There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with companies seeking to better understand their customers. However, over the past 20 years the practice of analyzing user data hasn’t advanced much beyond serving the business models of these tech giants.
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AIIM
JANUARY 30, 2024
I am so honored that nine of my colleagues at Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have successfully been Certified as “Certified Information Professional” (CIPs) by AIIM.
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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 30, 2024
On Jan. 9, 2024, U.S. authorities arrested a 19-year-old Florida man charged with wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiring with others to use SIM-swapping to steal cryptocurrency. Sources close to the investigation tell KrebsOnSecurity the accused was a key member of a criminal hacking group blamed for a string of cyber intrusions at major U.S. technology companies during the summer of 2022.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 26, 2024
A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 5, 2024
A Settlement Has Been Reached. So, How Might This Affect Similar Cases? A proposed settlement has been reached between Merck & Co. and several insurers that were appealing a 2023 court decision saying the insurance companies could not invoke "hostile warlike action" exclusions in refusing to pay drugmakers' claims filed after the 2017 NotPetya cyberattack.
The Last Watchdog
JANUARY 9, 2024
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide intriguing opportunities for immersive and interactive experiences in cybersecurity training. Related: GenAI’ impact on DevSecOps Here’s how these technologies can bridge learning gaps in cybersecurity awareness and enhance the overall training experience. AR and VR technologies can create distinct immersive experiences by merging digital reality with the physical world.
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AIIM
JANUARY 9, 2024
2024 is going to be a special year. As we celebrate our 80th anniversary, we are also launching a brand new strategy. This new strategy reimagines AIIM for the age of artificial intelligence where trusted data and information are essential. In the coming months, we will be sharing much more about our new strategy, but I am very excited to give you a preview of what's to come.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 27, 2024
The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense states that pro-Ukraine hackers wiped 2 petabytes of data from a Russian research center. The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine revealed that pro-Ukraine hackers group “BO Team” wiped the database of the Far Eastern Scientific Research Center of Space Hydrometeorology “Planet.” The Russian center processes data received from satellites and also provides relevant p
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 17, 2024
The rapper and social media personality Punchmade Dev is perhaps best known for his flashy videos singing the praises of a cybercrime lifestyle. With memorable hits such as “Internet Swiping” and “Million Dollar Criminal” earning millions of views, Punchmade has leveraged his considerable following to peddle tutorials on how to commit financial crimes online.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 22, 2024
Leaked records reveal what appears to be the first known instance of a police department attempting to use facial recognition on a face generated from crime-scene DNA. It likely won’t be the last.
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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?
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 20, 2024
Computing Giant Says Hackers Did Not Access Customer Data or Production Systems Russian state hackers obtained access to the inboxes of senior Microsoft executives for at least six weeks, the computing giant disclosed late Friday afternoon. "There is no evidence that the threat actor had any access to customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems.
The Last Watchdog
JANUARY 2, 2024
In today’s digital landscape, organizations face numerous challenges when it comes to mitigating cyber risks. Related: How AI is transforming DevOps The constant evolution of technology, increased connectivity, and sophisticated cyber threats pose significant challenges to organizations of all sizes and industries. Here are some of the key challenges that organizations encounter in their efforts to mitigate cyber risks in the current environment.
AIIM
JANUARY 2, 2024
The value of information governance is obvious to many business and IT leaders. But like confronting an attic that is full of junk, the task of organizing and governing disorganized data can seem overwhelming. Maybe that’s why too many technology and business decision-makers put information governance on the back burner, there to be ignored until a crisis arises and there is a frantic push to find critical information quickly.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 21, 2024
The LockBit ransomware gang claimed to have hacked Subway, the American multinational fast food restaurant franchise. Subway IP LLC is an American multinational fast-food restaurant franchise that specializes in submarine sandwiches (subs), wraps, salads, and drinks. The Lockbit ransomware group added Subway to the list of victims on its Tor data leak site and threatened to leak the stolen data on February 02, 2024 at 21:44:16 UTC.
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Krebs on Security
JANUARY 25, 2024
Google continues to struggle with cybercriminals running malicious ads on its search platform to trick people into downloading booby-trapped copies of popular free software applications. The malicious ads, which appear above organic search results and often precede links to legitimate sources of the same software, can make searching for software on Google a dicey affair.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 17, 2024
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Then a grad student named Sarah Meiklejohn proved them all wrong—and set the stage for a decade-long crackdown.
Data Breach Today
JANUARY 15, 2024
Alliance Had Sued LockBit Gang to Force Cloud Firm to Release Affected Patient Data A cloud services firm has turned over to a New York hospital alliance the patient data stolen in a ransomware attack by LockBit. The hospital group had filed a lawsuit against LockBit as a legal maneuver to force the storage firm to return data the cybercriminals had stashed on the vendor's servers.
Jamf
JANUARY 18, 2024
In this blog, Jamf Threat Labs researchers analyze malware they discovered in pirated macOS applications. These apps, appearing similar to ZuRu malware, download and execute multiple payloads to compromise machines in the background.
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.
AIIM
JANUARY 23, 2024
I love information management! I love the information governance, records management, and data governance fields. Most of my family and friends think I’m crazy and I would agree with them. This work doesn’t excite everyone. I didn’t always use to be in this field though. Before entering the information management field, I spent 25 years in higher education.
Security Affairs
JANUARY 24, 2024
Thousands of GitLab servers are vulnerable to zero-click account takeover attacks exploiting the flaw CVE-2023-7028. GitLab has recently released security updates to address two critical vulnerabilities impacting both the Community and Enterprise Edition. The most critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS score 10), is an account takeover via Password Reset.
Krebs on Security
JANUARY 19, 2024
A Canadian man who says he's been falsely charged with orchestrating a complex e-commerce scam is seeking to clear his name.
WIRED Threat Level
JANUARY 16, 2024
Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL
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Data Breach Today
JANUARY 18, 2024
LeftoverLocals Affects Apple, AMD and Qualcomm Devices Researchers uncovered a critical vulnerability in graphic processing units of popular devices that could allow attackers to access data from large language models. They dubbed the vulnerability LeftoverLocals and said it affects the GPU frameworks of Apple, AMD and Qualcomm devices.
Schneier on Security
JANUARY 4, 2024
Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.” It’s a zero-click exploit that makes use of four iPhone zero-days. The most intriguing new detail is the targeting of the heretofore-unknown hardware feature, which proved to be pivotal to the Operation Triangulation campaign.
Troy Hunt
JANUARY 17, 2024
It feels like not a week goes by without someone sending me yet another credential stuffing list. It's usually something to the effect of "hey, have you seen the Spotify breach", to which I politely reply with a link to my old No, Spotify Wasn't Hacked blog post (it's just the output of a small set of credentials successfully tested against their service), and we all move on.
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