Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2023
Authorities In Multiple Countries Arrest Operators of 16Shop An international law enforcement operation took down a phishing-as-a-service website that security researchers say was responsible for more than 150,000 phishing domains. The site, 16shop, sold phishing kits that targeted more than 70,000 people in 43 countries.
Jamf
AUGUST 9, 2023
In this webinar series, Aaron Webb explains what security frameworks are, their importance and explains the critical role they play when securing your organization’s environment. This includes the importance of establishing risk management and compliance best practices and how Jamf solutions brings together device management, user identity and endpoint security for a comprehensive security solution based on the security framework that meets your organizational needs.
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Dark Reading
AUGUST 9, 2023
From e-waste to conference swag to addressing data center energy consumption, cybersecurity stakeholders need a whole-industry approach to being part of the solution and reducing the risk of climate change.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 6, 2023
LAS VEGAS — One fundamental reason some 7,000 or so IT pros are making the trek here this week is that no one ever wants to get caught in the crossfire of a devastating data breach. Related: A call to regulate facial recognition That said, a few dozen CISOs attending Black Hat USA 2023 will get to experience, hands-on, what it must have been like to be in the crucible of milestone hacks like Capital One, SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline.
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Data Breach Today
AUGUST 7, 2023
Information From 2004 to 2020 Exposed for High School Students, Teachers and Others Colorado's Department of Higher Education is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack in June, in which attackers stole personal data on current and past students and teachers, dating from 2004 to 2020. While the state has yet to wrap its probe, the victim count could be massive.
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Data Matters
AUGUST 11, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the capacity to disrupt entire industries, with implications for corporate strategy and risk, stakeholder relationships, and compliance that require the attention of the board of directors. The post AI and the Role of the Board of Directors appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2023
LAS VEGAS — Penetration testing, traditionally, gave businesses a nice, pretty picture of their network security posture — at a given point in time. Related: Going on the security offensive Such snapshots proved useful for building audit trails, particularly for companies in heavily regulated industries. However, manual pentests never really were very effective at shining a light on emerging cyber exposures of the moment.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 8, 2023
Cybercrime Group Defrauded Nearly 200,000 Euros Spanish police estimate that a group that mainly targeted ATMs of Spanish national banks using cloned payment cards had fraudulently pocketed nearly 196,000 euros. Authorities arrested three suspected members of the group Sunday in the Spanish coastal city of Valencia.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 11, 2023
Large, sprawling organizations often struggle to apply consistent security policies outside of their network to remote workers accessing cloud-hosted resources, branch offices, and edge computing. Secure access service edge (SASE) provides an integrated service solution to secure large virtual networks that encompasses users and resources no matter where they are or how they access each other.
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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.
Data Matters
AUGUST 10, 2023
On July 26, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) proposed new rules for broker-dealers (Proposed Rule 15(1)-2) and investment advisers (Proposed Rule 211(h)(2)-4) on the use of predictive data analytics (PDA) and PDA-like technologies in any interactions with investors. 1 However, as discussed below, the scope of a “covered technology” subject to the rules is much broader than what most observers would consider to constitute predictive data analytics.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2023
We all get spam emails, and while it’s annoying, it’s not usually anything to worry about. However, getting a huge influx of spam at once is a warning sign. People suddenly getting a lot of spam emails may be the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack. Related: How AI can relieve security pros What causes spam emails? Someone leaking, stealing or selling account information can cause a sudden influx of spam emails.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 8, 2023
Rubrik Spent More Than $100M to Acquire the Data Security Posture Management Vendor Rubrik purchased a data security posture management startup backed by Salesforce and SentinelOne to provide visibility into where a company's data lives and who has access. The Laminar buy will help organizations expand beyond network and endpoint security and into cloud and data security.
Dark Reading
AUGUST 9, 2023
A newly patched flaw in Windows Defender allows attackers to hijack the signature-update process to sneak in malware, delete benign files, and inflict mayhem on target systems.
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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?
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2023
Threat actors employed a new variant of the SystemBC malware, named DroxiDat, in attacks aimed at African critical infrastructure. Researchers from Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) reported that an unknown threat actor used a new variant of the SystemBC proxy malware, named DroxiDat, in an attack against a power generation company in southern Africa.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 8, 2023
Palo Alto, Calif., Aug. 8, 2023 – SandboxAQ today announced Sandwich, an open source framework and meta-library of cryptographic algorithms that simplifies modern cryptography management. With an intuitive, unified API, Sandwich empowers developers to embed the cryptographic algorithms of their choice directly into their applications and to change them as technologies and threats evolve – without rewriting code.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2023
So Far, 3 Proposed Class Actions Allege Negligence in Case Affecting 1.3M People Tampa General Hospital is facing at least three proposed federal class action lawsuits filed in recent days following the nonprofit Florida healthcare provider's disclosure late last month of a data theft incident that affected 1.3 million patients and employees.
DLA Piper Privacy Matters
AUGUST 8, 2023
Authors: Carolyn Bigg, Amanda Ge and Venus Cheung On July 24, 2023, the People’s Bank of China (“ PBOC ”) released the Measures for the Management of Data Security in the Business Areas Falling into PBOC’s Jurisdiction (Draft for Comment) (“ Draft Measures” ) for public consultation, which closes on August 24, 2023. The Draft Measures regulate the processing of electronic data collected and generated during the course of business activities that are under the supervision and management of
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Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2023
API (or Application Programming Interface) is a ubiquitous term in the tech community today, and it’s one with a long history. As a concept, APIs (or Application Programming Interfaces) have been around since the 1950s. What started out as a potential method to facilitate communication between two computers then evolved to describe the interaction between a singular application and the rest of the computer system in the 60s and 70s.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 8, 2023
LAS VEGAS — Shadow IT and BYOD security exposures have long bedeviled businesses – ever since the iPhone and Dropbox first came on the scene. Covid 19 only intensified the problem of how to securely manage the personally owned devices and unvetted apps employees gravitate to. At Black Hat USA 2023 , taking place here this week, suppliers of unified endpoint management ( UEM ) solutions collectively will lay out a roadmap for resolving Shadow IT and BYOD once and for all.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 7, 2023
Scammers Used Malware and Spoofed Domain Name to Trick UK Financial Services Firm A Nigerian national has pleaded guilty to participating in a business email compromise scheme that stole $1.25 million from a Boston investment firm. Perpetrators used malware to intercept an employee's emails as well as spoofed email accounts to trick the employee's London financial services firm.
Collibra
AUGUST 8, 2023
Is your organization excited by the potential of generative AI? As a data practitioner, are you wondering how you’ll navigate your company’s journey to LLM-inspired success? You’re in luck. Recently, Collibra’s Co-founder & Chief Data Citizen, Stijn “Stan” Christiaens, and Accenture’s Cloud First Chief Technologist, Teresa Tung, sat down to chat about the current craze around generative AI and the renewed importance of data.
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.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 11, 2023
Researchers warn that the Gafgyt botnet is actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. A variant of the Gafgyt botnet is actively attempting to exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-18368 (CVSS v3: 9.8), impacting the end-of-life Zyxel P660HN-T1A router. The flaw is a command injection vulnerability that resides in the Remote System Log forwarding function, which is accessible by an unauthenticated user.
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 9, 2023
New York, N.Y., Aug.9, 2023 – Today, the Fireblocks Cryptography Research Team announced the findings of multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in some of the most used cryptographic multi-party computation (MPC) protocols, including GG-18, GG-20, and implementations of Lindell 17. If left unremediated, the exposures would allow attackers and malicious insiders to drain funds from the wallets of millions of retail and institutional customers in seconds, with no knowledge to the user or vendor.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 9, 2023
Loss of 470 Workers Is Cybersecurity Industry's Second-Largest Workforce Reduction Rapid7 will lay off close to 1 in 5 of its employees in cuts that amount to the second-largest round of layoffs of any pure-play cybersecurity company since worries about an economic downturn began percolating in spring 2022. The vendor will reduce its 2,623-person staff by 18%.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 10, 2023
Cloud security posture management (CSPM) discovers and manages infrastructure and configuration risks across cloud environments. As most cloud security failures are due to customer error, CSPM’s ability to find and fix those errors has made it a critical cloud security tool. CSPM ensures cloud computing security and compliance by incorporating risk management capabilities to discover, analyze, and manage infrastructure and configuration risks across cloud environments and infrastructure.
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Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 10, 2023
US CISA added zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38180 affecting.NET and Visual Studio to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability CVE-2023-38180 (CVSS score 7.5) affecting.NET and Visual Studio to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog.
National Archives Records Express
AUGUST 8, 2023
We would like to call your attention to three recent releases from our office. First, the GRS team has recently produced an updated version of the machine-implementable GRS file. This update adds a new field containing the full disposition instruction in text form. We produce this version of the GRS as a resource for agencies. Agencies can upload the CSV file into their records management systems as an aid to applying the GRS to their records.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 8, 2023
Threat Actor Coaxes Users Into Downloading MerlinAgent Hackers attempting to spy on the Ukrainian government are using an open-source remote access Trojan, said Kyiv cyber defenders. The RAT, MerlinAgent, is available on GitHub. The threat actor spoofed the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine in phishing emails.
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