Dark Reading

APRIL 4, 2023

In the height of tax-return season, a popular tax prep software service leaves a malicious JavaScript file online for weeks.

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WIRED Threat Level

APRIL 3, 2023

An agency database WIRED obtained reveals widespread use of so-called 1509 summonses that experts say raises the specter of potential abuse.

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IT Governance

APRIL 5, 2023

Malware is one of the most common cyber security threats that organisations and individuals face. Whenever someone talks about their computer being infected, encountering bots or even falling victim to a scam email, malware is normally involved. It’s why anti-malware software is usually considered a top priority for staying safe online. However, those tools are not flawless.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Tranche of Stolen Data Is Disguised Royal Ransomware Installer, Researchers Warn The Royal ransomware group has been running a social engineering campaign designed to trick targets into thinking they've fallen victim to a crypto-locking and data exfiltration attack by giving them a purported list of what was stolen that, if opened, installs Royal ransomware, researchers warn.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 4, 2023

Several domain names tied to Genesis Market , a bustling cybercrime store that sold access to passwords and other data stolen from millions of computers infected with malicious software, were seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today. Sources tell KrebsOnsecurity the domain seizures coincided with “dozens” of arrests in the United States and abroad targeting those who allegedly operated the service, as well as suppliers who continuously fed Genesis Market with freshly

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

Kali Linux turns 10 this year, and to celebrate, the Linux penetration testing distribution has added defensive security tools to its arsenal of open-source security tools. It remains to be seen if Kali Purple will do for defensive open source security tools what Kali Linux has done for open source pentesting, but the addition of more than 100 open source tools for SIEM , incident response , intrusion detection and more should raise the profile of those defensive tools.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Tallahassee Memorial Says Patient Data 'Obtained' in February Security Incident A Florida-based community healthcare system has begun notifying about 20,000 individuals whose information was compromised in a data security incident that prompted the organization to operate under its IT downtime procedures, including diverting some emergency patients, for two weeks in February.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 3, 2023

John Clifton Davies , a 60-year-old con man from the United Kingdom who fled the country in 2015 before being sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud, has enjoyed a successful life abroad swindling technology startups by pretending to be a billionaire investor. Davies’ newest invention appears to be “ CodesToYou ,” which purports to be a “full cycle software development company” based in the U.K.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 5, 2023

Using only ChatGPT prompts, a Forcepoint researcher convinced the AI to create malware for finding and exfiltrating specific documents, despite its directive to refuse malicious requests.

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 5, 2023

A quick summary first before the details: This week, the FBI in cooperation with international law enforcement partners took down a notorious marketplace trading in stolen identity data in an effort they've named "Operation Cookie Monster" They've provided millions of impacted email addresses and passwords to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) so that victims of the incident can discover if they have been exposed.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 3, 2023

Online Services Are Offline Hard disk drive maker Western Digital disclosed a hacking incident the company says likely resulted in data theft. Online services offered by the California company - including personal and enterprise cloud storage and email and push notifications - are down as of publication.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 5, 2023

Effective vulnerability management is about knowing what you own and prioritizing what you need to fix. A new research report shows that millions of organizations are failing at those critical cybersecurity practices. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Rezilion found more than 15 million instances in which systems are vulnerable to the 896 flaws listed in the U.S.

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IT Governance

APRIL 3, 2023

Welcome to our March 2023 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Our research identified exactly 100 publicly disclosed incidents during the month, accounting for 41,970,182 breached records. You can find the full list of data breaches and cyber attacks below, including our new feature in which we delve into the month’s biggest incidents in a little more detail.

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Data Protection Report

APRIL 5, 2023

Introduction By way of an interim measure adopted on 30 March 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority ( Garante per la protezione dei dati personali ) (the Garante ) ordered the US company Open AI LLC to temporarily stop ChatGPT’s processing of personal data relating to individuals located in Italy, pending the outcome of the Garante’s investigation into the privacy practices of ChatGPT.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 4, 2023

Chinese-Owned App Will Pay 12.7 Million Pounds A British government agency added to TikTok's reputational woes by finding it failed to protect children's privacy. TikTok is playing defense in multiple Western countries against concerns it collects massive amounts of data it could use for surveillance or information operations.

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 6, 2023

Every day at OpenText we elevate people to achieve superhuman impact by working smarter and making information their superpower. Our customers face a relentless digital landscape with overwhelming depths of data – we provide the information advantage that enables better results faster and gives them a competitive advantage. We help our customers do this by … The post Smarter with OpenText: The information advantage at work appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 4, 2023

The malware is one of the most sophisticated ransomwares ever seen in the wild, and marks a leap ahead for cybercrime.

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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.

Data Matters

APRIL 5, 2023

The updated 2023 Chambers Global Practice Guides for Data Protection & Privacy and Cybersecurity, edited by Alan Charles Raul , are available now, covering important developments across the globe and offering insightful legal commentary for businesses. The post Chambers 2023 Global Practice Guides for Data Protection & Privacy and Cybersecurity Available appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 5, 2023

19-Year-Old José Huerta Allegedly Hacked A Government File Transfer System Spanish National Police arrested Friday a teenager hacker who allegedly stole the sensitive data of more than half a million taxpayers from the national revenue service and boasted in an online podcast about having access to personal data of 90 percent of the population.

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Information Governance Perspectives

APRIL 6, 2023

I am Ashkenazi and German by birth, but as a baby, I was adopted by a hot-blooded Sephardic family that migrated to the United States from the Isle of Rhodes. They were eccentric and whimsical, and growing up with them was mostly wonderful. Culturally, the Sephardim are a distinct ethnic group that many around the world are unfamiliar with. Their native language, a blend of Hebrew, Turkish, and Spanish called Ladino , is beautiful and romantic.

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OpenText Information Management

APRIL 4, 2023

Legal teams are looking for ways to improve their prospects and transform their litigation support practices. To understand how pre-existing trends and the pandemic have affected how in-house legal professionals approach eDiscovery, OpenText engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to anonymously survey corporate legal leaders online and through interviews about their immediate challenges, long-term opportunities and impressions … The post <strong>The Great eDiscovery Reset</strong> ap

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Hunton Privacy

APRIL 4, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the data protection regulator of the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), issued a fine of a £12.7 million to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (together, “TikTok”) for a number of breaches of UK data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully. In summary, the ICO found that TikTok breached the UK GDPR between May 2018 and July 2020 by: providing its services (i.e., an information society service) to UK childr

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 6, 2023

Russian Group Targets Patient Care and Evolves Its Tactics, HHS HC3 Report Warns Most of the healthcare organizations hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks by pro-Russia hacktivists in January have one or more level 1 trauma centers, indicating that the attackers aimed to disrupt care for the most critically ill and injured patients, according to a new government report.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 6, 2023

A flaw in Twitter code allows bot abuse to trick the algorithm into suppressing certain accounts.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 7, 2023

A DMZ network, or a demilitarized zone, is a subnetwork in an enterprise networking environment that contains public-facing resources — such as web servers for company websites — in order to isolate them from an enterprise’s private local area network (LAN). Also referred to as a perimeter network or screened subnet, a DMZ network acts as an additional layer of network security, isolating itself and its contents from the parts of the enterprise network where more sensitive and private resources

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Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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KnowBe4

APRIL 3, 2023

The Cyber Police of Ukraine have arrested twelve alleged members of an organized cybercrime group that’s stolen approximately $4.3 million from users across Europe, the Hacker News reports.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 5, 2023

International Operation Led by FBI Results in Hundreds of Arrests The FBI and other national police are touting an operation that dismantled Genesis Market, a marketplace used by ransomware hackers and bank thieves to gain ongoing access to victims' computers. Genesis Market since 2018 offered access to more than 1.5 million compromised computers around the world.

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Dark Reading

APRIL 5, 2023

CISA is advising Nexx customers to unplug impacted devices until the security issues are addressed — but so far, it's crickets as to patch timeline.

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