Collibra
JUNE 13, 2019
Growing up in a multilingual country, I know firsthand how learning a second, third, or fourth language can help connect you to more people and experiences. For knowledge workers today, the ability to “speak” data, just as one might speak a new language, is an invaluable skill. In the past, only a small group of data scientists and technologists worked closely with data, but now every team from sales to marketing to product design is data-driven.
Information Management Resources
JUNE 14, 2019
Getting an architectural artifact translated into a practical system implementation has always been problematic, but it doesn’t have to be.
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Schneier on Security
JUNE 14, 2019
It used to be that surveillance cameras were passive. Maybe they just recorded, and no one looked at the video unless they needed to. Maybe a bored guard watched a dozen different screens, scanning for something interesting. In either case, the video was only stored for a few days because storage was expensive. Increasingly, none of that is true. Recent developments in video analytics -- fueled by artificial intelligence techniques like machine learning -- enable computers to watch and understan
Security Affairs
JUNE 13, 2019
Encrypted messaging service Telegram was hit by a major DDoS attack apparently originated from China, likely linked to the ongoing political unrest in Hong Kong. Telegram was used by protesters in Hong Kong to evade surveillance and coordinate their demonstrations against China that would allow extraditions from the country to the mainland. The country is facing the worst political crisis ùsince its 1997 handover from Britain to China.
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WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 11, 2019
You can listen to the _OK Computer_–era tracks right here.
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The Last Watchdog
JUNE 10, 2019
Locking down firmware. This is fast becoming a profound new security challenge for all companies – one that can’t be pushed to a side burner. Related: The rise of ‘memory attacks’ I’m making this assertion as federal authorities have just commenced steps to remove and replace switching gear supplied, on the cheap, to smaller U.S. telecoms by Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Security Affairs
JUNE 8, 2019
A security researcher found new evidence of activities conducted by the ICEFOG APT group, also tracked by the experts as Fucobha. Chi-en (Ashley) Shen, a senior security researcher at FireEye, collected evidence that demonstrates that China-linked APT group ICEFOG (aka Fucobha ) is still active. Slides from my talk presented today at @CONFidenceConf – Into the Fog – The Return of ICEFOG APT.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 14, 2019
In a strangely public product announcement, the phone-cracking firm revealed a powerful new device.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 14, 2019
Sharing Email Address, Phone Numbers May Be Risky, Experts Say Tens of thousands of minors on Instagram expose their email addresses and phone numbers, which child-safety and privacy experts say is worrisome. The kids have turned their profiles from personal ones to business ones, which Instagram mandates must have contact details. But is that appropriate for a child?
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
Krebs on Security
JUNE 12, 2019
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to fix 88 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and related software. The most dangerous of these include four flaws for which there is already exploit code available. There’s also a scary bug affecting all versions of Microsoft Office that can be triggered by a malicious link or attachment.
Security Affairs
JUNE 9, 2019
Automated teller machine vendor Diebold Nixdorf has released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability in older ATMs. Diebold Nixdorf discovered a remote code execution vulnerability in older ATMs and is urging its customers in installing security updates it has released to address the flaw. The vulnerability affects older Opteva model ATMs , Diebold Nixdorf will start notifying the customers next week.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 14, 2019
The same hackers behind a potentially lethal 2017 oil refinery cyberattack are now sniffing at US electrical utility targets.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 11, 2019
Shanghai Jiao Tong University Has Since Locked-Down Elasticsearch Server A security researcher found an unsecured database belonging to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China that contained 8.4 TB of email metadata. While it's not clear if anyone accessed the data, an attacker could have seen all email being sent or received by a specific person.
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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.
AIIM
JUNE 10, 2019
Recently, you may have heard the phrase, “I am working remotely.” But, what exactly is remote work? Let’s start by explaining the term first. A remote worker is someone who works outside the office space. As technology has evolved, it has changed the way people work and created new opportunities to work outside the office walls. Remote working is also referred to as teleworking or telecommuting.
Security Affairs
JUNE 9, 2019
Millions of Exim mail servers are exposed to attacks due to a critical vulnerability that makes it possible for unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. A critical vulnerability affects versions 4.87 to 4.91 of the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software. The flaw could be exploited by unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on mail servers for some non-default server configurations.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 11, 2019
Hack Attack Victim May Be Contractor Perceptics; Stolen Data Spotted on Dark Web License plate and traveler photos collected at the U.S. border have been compromised after a federal government subcontractor was hacked. While Customs and Border Protection officials claim the image data hasn't been seen online, security experts say it's already available for download via a darknet site.
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AIIM
JUNE 13, 2019
Welcome back to this continuing series on the updated Certified Information Professional (CIP) exam. In this post, I'll be focusing on Domain 3, Digitalizing Core Business Processes. You can see the posts for Domain 1, Creating and Capturing Information and Domain 2, Extracting Intelligence from Information. Digitalizing core business processes is much more than scanning paper documents or workflows.
Security Affairs
JUNE 14, 2019
Experts at Dragos firm reported that Xenotime threat actor behind the 2017 Trisis/Triton malware attack is targeting electric utilities in the US and APAC. Xenotime threat actor is considered responsible for the 2017 Trisis/ Triton malware attack that hit oil and gas organizations. In December 2017, the Triton malware (aka Trisis) was discovered by researchers at FireEye, it was specifically designed to target industrial control systems (ICS) system.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 9, 2019
Let's be honest, you can't kill robocalls completely. But you can block more of them than you might think.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 10, 2019
More Than a Dozen Lawsuits in Several States re: Breach Impacting 20 Million Patients A flurry of class action lawsuits have already been filed by individuals alleging they have been injured by a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency, which impacted more than 20 million patients of at least three medical laboratory testing firms.
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Troy Hunt
JUNE 10, 2019
Back in 2013, I was beginning to get the sense that data breaches were becoming a big thing. The prevalence of them seemed to be really ramping up as was the impact they were having on those of us that found ourselves in them, myself included. Increasingly, I was writing about what I thought was a pretty fascinating segment of the infosec industry; password reuse across Gawker and Twitter resulting in a breach of the former sending Acai berry spam via the latter.
Security Affairs
JUNE 13, 2019
Hackers are targeting millions of mail servers running vulnerable Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) versions, threat actors leverage the CVE-2019-10149 flaw. Millions of mail servers running vulnerable Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) versions are under attack, threat actors are exploiting the CVE-2019-10149 flaw to take over them. A critical vulnerability affects versions 4.87 to 4.91 of the Exim mail transfer agent (MTA) software.
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 12, 2019
In a controversial move, the Alphabet-owned tech firm played both sides of an online argument in Russia with the aim of testing disinformation-for-hire services.
Data Breach Today
JUNE 12, 2019
Cymulate's Tim Ager Discusses Data Breach Prevention in the Age of Advanced Attacks With the volume of data breaches and cyberattacks continuing to rise, organizations are increasingly relying on breach and attack simulation tools to provide more consistent and automated defenses, says Cymulate's Tim Ager.
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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.
erwin
JUNE 14, 2019
Digital transformation examples can be found almost anywhere, in almost any industry. Its past successes – and future potential – are well documented, chronicled in the billion-dollar valuations of the frontrunners in the practice. Amazon began as a disruptor to brick-and-mortar bookstores, eventually becoming one of the most obvious digital transformation examples as it went on to revolutionize online shopping.
Security Affairs
JUNE 12, 2019
Security researchers disclosed the details of RAMBleed, a new type of side-channel attack on DRAM that can allow stealing sensitive data from a memory. A team of academics from several universities has disclosed the details a new type of side-channel attack on dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), dubbed RAMBleed. The RAMBleed issue, tracked as CVE-2019-0174, could be used by attackers to potentially obtain from the system’s memory sensitive data. “ RAMBleed is based on a previous sid
WIRED Threat Level
JUNE 10, 2019
In compromising a Customs and Border Protection subcontractor, hackers make off with photos of travelers and license plates.
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