Sat.Dec 15, 2018 - Fri.Dec 21, 2018

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GUEST ESSAY: The true cost of complacency, when it comes to protecting data, content

The Last Watchdog

Facebook was lucky when the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)—the UK’s independent authority set up to uphold information rights in the public interest—hit the U.S. social media company with a £500,000 fine. Related: Zuckerberg’s mea culpa rings hollow. This penalty was in connection with Facebook harvesting user data, over the course of seven years — between 2007 and 2014.

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A Chief Security Concern for Executive Teams

Krebs on Security

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers’ privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you’d be forgiven if you couldn’t tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company’s Web site. That’s because very few of the world’s biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks.

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GDPR: EU Sees More Data Breach Reports, Privacy Complaints

Data Breach Today

Ireland, France, Germany and UK Report Increases Since Privacy Law Took Effect The number of data breach reports filed since the EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect has hit nearly 3,500 in Ireland, over 4,600 in Germany, 6,000 in France and 8,000 in the U.K. Regulators say more Europeans are also filing more complaints about organizations' data protection and privacy practices.

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Countering Attacks That Leverage IoT

Data Breach Today

Eddie Doyle of Checkpoint Software on Mitigation Strategies How are cybercrime syndicates launching attacks that leverage IoT devices? Eddie Doyle of Check Point Software Technologies offers insights on the latest attack strategies and how to counter them.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

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.

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NASA data breach – The agency notifies employees of a security intrusion

Security Affairs

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) notifies employees of a data breach that exposed social security numbers and other personal information. According to the data breach notification, hackers have breached at least one of the agency’s servers, the security breach impacted both past and present employees. . Website SpaceRef published a data breach notification note sent by the NASA to its employees, the Agency informed them of an ongoing investigation due to an intrusion int

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Microsoft Issues Emergency Fix for IE Zero Day

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released an emergency software patch to plug a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser that attackers are already using to break into Windows computers. The software giant said it learned about the weakness ( CVE-2018-8653 ) after receiving a report from Google about a new vulnerability being used in targeted attacks.

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Hackers Intercepted EU Diplomatic Cables for 3 Years

Data Breach Today

Phishing Attack Against Cyprus Stole Access Passwords, New York Times Reports For the past three years, hackers have been intercepting sensitive diplomatic cables sent between EU member states after stealing passwords for accessing the EU network via a phishing attack against diplomats in Cyprus, The New York Times reports.

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US ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) open to cyber attacks

Security Affairs

U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Fail Cybersecurity Audit. US DoD Inspector General’s report revealed United States’ ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS) fail to implements cyber security requirements. The U.S. Department of Defense Inspector General published a report this week that revealed that lack of adequate cybersecurity for the protection of the United States’ ballistic missile defense systems (BMDS).

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How Russian Trolls Used Meme Warfare to Divide America

WIRED Threat Level

A new report for the Senate exposes how the IRA used every major social media platform to target Americans before and after the 2016 election.

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

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

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Feds Charge Three in Mass Seizure of Attack-for-hire Services

Krebs on Security

Authorities in the United States this week brought criminal hacking charges against three men as part of an unprecedented, international takedown targeting 15 different “booter” or “stresser” sites — attack-for-hire services that helped paying customers launch tens of thousands of digital sieges capable of knocking Web sites and entire network providers offline.

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Ireland's Privacy Watchdog Probes Facebook Data Breaches

Data Breach Today

6.8 Million Users' Private Photos Exposed, Triggering GDPR Investigation Ireland's privacy watchdog is probing data breaches at Facebook that exposed users' private data. In the latest breach to be disclosed, Facebook has warned that for a 12-day period in September, up to 6.8 million users' private photos may have been revealed to 1,500 apps built by 876 developers.

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Russia-linked Sofacy APT developed a new ‘Go’ variant of Zebrocy tool

Security Affairs

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks discovered that the Russian-linked Sofacy APT has written a new version of their Zebrocy backdoor using the Go programming language. The Sofacy APT group has been active since at least 2007 and it has targeted governments, militaries, and security organizations worldwide. The group was involved also in the string of attacks that targeted 2016 Presidential election.

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How China’s Elite Spies Stole the World’s Secrets

WIRED Threat Level

A new DOJ indictment outlines how Chinese hackers allegedly compromised data from companies in a dozen countries in a single intrusion.

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Zero Trust Mandate: The Realities, Requirements and Roadmap

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.

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Role of Big Data in Human Resource Management

AIIM

Those who have been practicing Human resource management for years knows the importance of relying on data analytics for creating an enhanced work culture or else they might lag behind that of other departments. Many of you tend to hold the purse strings that HR deals with people, they do not require dealing with large-scale data efforts and have gone to the back of the queue as a result.

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2 Chinese Nationals Indicted for Cyber Espionage

Data Breach Today

Prosecutors Say They Were Part of APT10 Group and Had Government Ties The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging two Chinese nationals in connection with a cyber espionage campaign, alleging they acted in association with a government agency.

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Microsoft issues emergency patch for IE Zero Day exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

Microsoft has issued an out-of-band security update to fix a critical zero-day flaw in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. Microsoft has rolled out an out-of-band security update to address a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting the Internet Explorer (IE) browser. According to the tech giant, attackers already exploited in the wild the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-8653.

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Russia's IRA Targeted Black Americans, Exploiting Racial Tensions

WIRED Threat Level

A new report documents how the Internet Research Agency had a much more sustained, deliberate focus on black Americans.

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Prevent Data Breaches With Zero-Trust Enterprise Password Management

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.

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The Business Value of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Solutions

AIIM

Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is a systematic approach to capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver information related to business processes. So if it is related to business processes, especially to core business processes, it must be considered key for any organization. Many companies have the willingness to bring into their network of systems an Enterprise Content Management Solution, but then they fail to maintain the system properly once implemented.

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Facebook Sued in U.S. Over Cambridge Analytica

Data Breach Today

DC Attorney General Alleges Violation of Consumer Protection Law Facebook violated consumer protection law by failing to protect personal data that consumers thought they'd locked down, the District of Columbia alleges in a new lawsuit. Plus, Facebook is disputing a New York Times report that it ignored privacy settings and shared data with large companies without consent.

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5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019

Security Affairs

2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT), massive attacks and various botnets hit smart devices, These are 5 IoT Security Predictions for 2019. Insights from VDOO’s leadership. 2018 was the year of the Internet of Things (IoT) – massive attacks and various botnets, a leap in regulation and standards, and increased adoption of IoT devices by consumers and enterprises, despite the existence of security and privacy concerns. 2019 will continue these trends but at a faster pace.

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How Instagram Became the Russian IRA's Go-To Social Network

WIRED Threat Level

A Senate report finds that Russia's Internet Research Agency was far more active, and more successful, on Instagram in 2017 than on Facebook or Twitter.

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The GTM Intelligence Era: ZoomInfo 2025 Customer Impact Report

ZoomInfo customers aren’t just selling — they’re winning. Revenue teams using our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform grew pipeline by 32%, increased deal sizes by 40%, and booked 55% more meetings. Download this report to see what 11,000+ customers say about our Go-To-Market Intelligence platform and how it impacts their bottom line. The data speaks for itself!

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GUEST ESSAY: Top cybersecurity developments that can be expected to fully play out in 2019

The Last Watchdog

From a certain perspective, 2018 hasn’t been as dramatic a cybersecurity year as 2017, in that we haven’t seen as many global pandemics like WannaCry. Related: WannaCry signals worse things to come. Still, Ransomware, zero-day exploits, and phishing attacks, were among the biggest threats facing IT security teams this year. 2018 has not been a d ull y ear as far as breaches.

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Twitter Sees Signs of State-Sponsored Attack

Data Breach Today

Separately, Steganographic Cybercrime Scheme Employs Malicious Twitter Memes Twitter says that an unspecified number of its users may have been targeted by state-sponsored hackers seeking to unmask their identity. Separately, Trend Micro says Twitter has blocked an account that was posting image memes designed to remotely control malware-infected PCs.

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Researcher disclosed a Windows zero-day for the third time in a few months

Security Affairs

Security researcher SandboxEscaper released a working proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a new Windows zero-day vulnerability. Hacker Discloses New Unpatched Windows Zero-Day Exploit On Twitter. The security researcher SandboxEscaper is back and for the third time in a few months, released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a new zero-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft’s Windows OS.

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A Devious Phishing Scam Targets Apple App Store Customers

WIRED Threat Level

Be on the lookout for emails that claim to be from the App Store.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

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.

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2019 tech predictions from Jamf CEO

Jamf

How will Windows 7 end-of-life (EOL) impact organizations? What does the future of device and user security look like? Jamf CEO, Dean Hager, weighs in on these and other 2019 technology predictions.

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Russian Social Media Interference Continues, Reports Warn

Data Breach Today

Facebook, Google and Twitter's Defenses Don't Appear to be Blocking Campaigns The battle against Russian disinformation is far from over. Two in-depth Senate reports have revealed that such campaigns continue despite efforts by social media companies to cleanse their platforms. Researchers say Facebook's Instagram may be the next battleground.

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Czech cyber-security agency warns over Huawei, ZTE security threat

Security Affairs

A Czech cyber-security agency is warning against using Huawei and ZTE technologies because they pose a threat to state security. The Chinese nightmare is rapidly spreading among European countries, now a Czech cyber-security agency is warning against using the equipment manufactured by Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE because they pose a threat to state security. “The main issue is a legal and political environment of the People’s Republic of China, where (the) aforementioned companies p

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