Data Breach Today
MARCH 6, 2018
Groundbreaking Prosecution Targeted Attackers Who Demanded Bitcoin Payoffs In a groundbreaking prosecution, two individuals in Ukraine have been sentenced for running extortion campaigns that disrupted international victims' websites with massive DDoS attacks unless they paid bitcoin ransoms of up to $10,000.
Imperial Violet
MARCH 9, 2018
I'll generally ignore the internet froth in a given week as much as possible, but when Her Majesty's Government starts repeating misunderstandings about TLS 1.3 it is necessary to write something, if only to have a pointer ready for when people start citing it as evidence. The first misunderstanding in the piece is the claim that it's possible for man-in-the-middle proxies to selectively proxy TLS 1.2 connections, but not TLS 1.3 connections because the latter encrypts certificates.
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Weissman's World
MARCH 5, 2018
There is very little doubt that infogov technology can do all sorts of amazing things: it can help us find information that otherwise would be lost to us, it can alert us to process inefficiencies that we otherwise would be unaware of, and it can speed communication between us as never before. The problem, though, […]. The post InfoGov Expectations Can Be Problematic appeared first on Holly Group.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 8, 2018
Dutch police detail for the first time how they secretly hijacked Hansa, Europe's most popular dark web market.
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Data Breach Today
MARCH 7, 2018
Payment Card Data Stolen by Malware-Wielding Attackers, Franchisee Warns Anyone who dined out at one of 166 Applebee's restaurants in 15 states may have had their payment card details compromised by point-of-sale malware infections that began in November 2017, RMH Franchise Holdings warns.
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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC
MARCH 5, 2018
It’s simple. The conversation is simple because the objective is simple: How do I become more effective at leveraging (big) data and analytics (artificial intelligence) to power my business? Success with artificial intelligence doesn’t begin with technology, but rather the business, and more specifically the people and processes running the business.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 7, 2018
EternalBlue leaked to the public nearly a year ago. It's wreaked havoc ever since.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 6, 2018
Payment Card Data Stolen by Malware-Wielding Attackers, Franchisee Warns Anyone who dined out at one of 167 Applebee's restaurants located across 15 different states may have had their payment card details compromised by point-of-sale malware infections that began in November 2017, RMH Franchise Holdings warns.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 4, 2018
Digital rights campaigners write to Amber Rudd threatening legal action on data protection bill Plans to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office are illegal and will be challenged in court, the government has been told. Organisations representing up to 3 million EU citizens living in the UK and digital rights activists have written to the home secretary, Amber Rudd, giving notice that they will take legal action if a clause in the data protect
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AIIM
MARCH 5, 2018
“Digital Transformation is a game changer,” and “leaders embrace digital transformation”—but is it really a game changer and have we actually embraced it? We’ve all heard plenty of talk about digital transformation. And there is no shortage of articles and research that attempt to define it: From a CIO Magazine : "Digital Transformation is the application of digital capabilities to processes, products, and assets to improve efficiency, enhance customer value, manage risk and uncover new monetiza
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 7, 2018
A leaked NSA tool offers a glimpse into what the NSA knows about the hacking operations of adversaries—some of which may still be secretly ongoing.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 7, 2018
State Could Seek As Much as $13.5 Million in Civil Penalties The attorney general of Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Uber for allegedly violating the state's mandatory breach notification law. It's the latest in a long string of legal and regulatory repercussions Uber is facing after waiting more than a year to disclose a serious breach.
IT Governance
MARCH 9, 2018
With the risk of a cyber attack now being classed as the top threat to organisations , it’s vital to have the right cyber security measures in place to protect your organisation from an attack. It’s not just an organisation’s reputation that can be damaged by a data breach – the financial costs can often have a more severe effect. Lloyd’s of London has estimated the global cost of a serious cyber attack to be more than $120 billion (£92 billion).
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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?
AIIM
MARCH 6, 2018
A new eBook that might be of interest. A winning recipe: SaaS + Cloud Content Management + IaaS. Processes, Content Management and Infrastructure. Every cloud application rests upon a platform, whether it be a “public” one like Azure or IBM’s platform or Google’s or Amazon Web Services or a private one specific to the application vendor. And that means that customers focused on application choices must also make sure that their underlying IaaS platform meets world-class standards of privacy, com
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 8, 2018
Ghostery, Edward Snowden’s preferred ad-blocker, details how a privacy tool can actually make money without being gross.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 8, 2018
Massive 1.7 Tbps Reflection/Amplification Attack Exploits Open Memcached Servers More than 95,000 servers that run the open source Memcached utiltity appear to remain vulnerable to being abused to launch massive DDoS attacks, with one such attack reaching a record 1.7 terabits per second. Here's how organizations and IT administrators must respond.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 6, 2018
Every year, new regulations and compliance orders come into play that impact businesses across the world. This year, the major regulation that will be implemented, is the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , which takes effect on May 25, 2018. GDPR enables consumers to view, limit and control how companies collect and process their personal data.
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AIIM
MARCH 5, 2018
A new eBook that might be of interest. Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions. A new generation of problems requires new approaches. There is a quote usually attributed to Albert Einstein that states, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”. In the content management business, I might rephrase that to be, “The content management tools we embraced in an earlier era to deal with a specific set of problems are not equipped to deal
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 9, 2018
Reddit has deleted hundreds of Russian troll accounts, but the links they shared remain, forming a digital trail of the Internet Research Agency's actions on the platform.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 7, 2018
Russian Information Warfare Operations Continue Unabated; What Can Be Done? Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued an unequivocal promise about the extradition potential for 13 Russian nationals accused of working for a Kremlin-backed troll factory: "Never." It's unclear how the U.S. might best battle Russia's influence operations.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
MARCH 5, 2018
Healthcare’s IT evolution has brought numerous security challenges including regulations, the use of digitally transformative technologies that have created huge amounts of data to store and protect, and the extraordinary value of electronic personal health information (ePHI) to cybercriminals. In this blog post, I’ll discuss how healthcare enterprises can not only meet these challenges, but go beyond compliance to best practice to secure their data and their reputations.
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.
The Guardian Data Protection
MARCH 6, 2018
Information commissioner calls for more transparency over how individuals’ data is used for political ends Facebook and Twitter may be forced to reveal detailed information about how and why users were targeted for political advertising, the information commissioner Elizabeth Denham has suggested. Speaking to the digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) select committee, which is holding an inquiry into fake news, Denham said that transparency in political campaigning was crucial.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 9, 2018
A sophisticated hacking campaign used routers as a stepping stone to plant spyware deep in target machines across the Middle East and Africa.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 6, 2018
OCR Director Roger Severino Offers Update at HIMSS18 Conference HHS Office for Civil Rights Director Roger Severino told an audience at the HIMSS18 conference Tuesday that there will be "no slowdown" in the agency's HIPAA enforcement efforts. But he told ISMG following the presentation that there will be no phase 3 for HIPAA compliance audits.
OpenText Information Management
MARCH 7, 2018
Today, as the world celebrates and reflects on the achievements of women, OpenText continues the important conversation to promote and support women in technology with our participation in International Women’s Day 2018. We maintain the unequivocal belief that gender equality is critical to the success of OpenText, the technology industry, and that it contributes to … The post Press for Progress appeared first on OpenText Blogs.
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Hanzo Learning Center
MARCH 8, 2018
You have probably heard about Bitcoin thousands of times by now. You have seen it on the news, discussed it with your friends, and even seen your grandmother posting about it on Facebook. Cryptocurrency is the world’s fastest growing asset and the global cryptocurrency market now stands at roughly $450 billion. The amount of money raised by startups via ICO’s has now surpassed early stage VC Funding for internet companies, but they are still not the “gold standard.
WIRED Threat Level
MARCH 5, 2018
Pennsylvania’s attorney general filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing giant Monday for failing to disclose a massive hack for over a year—and may not be the last.
Data Breach Today
MARCH 9, 2018
Measure Comes After Pressure On Lawmakers Following Equifax's Breach A banking reform bill before the U.S. Senate would ban credit agencies' practice of charging for a credit freeze, one of the crucial steps experts say can help preempt identity theft. Lawmakers have been under intense pressure to create laws that better protect consumers following Equifax's data breach.
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