Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 4, 2019

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 2, 2019

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Trends in fashion and entertainment come and go. The same holds true for the cyber underground. Related: Leveraging botnets to scale attacks For a long while now, criminal hackers have relied on leveraging low-cost botnet services to blast out cyber attacks as far and wide as they could, indiscriminately. Over the past 18 months or so, a fresh trend has come into vogue.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In August, CyberITL completed a large-scale survey of software security practices in the IoT environment, by looking at the compiled software. Data Collected: 22 Vendors 1,294 Products 4,956 Firmware versions 3,333,411 Binaries analyzed Date range of data: 2003-03-24 to 2019-01-24 (varies by vendor, most up to 2018 releases). [.]. This dataset contains products such as home routers, enterprise equipment, smart cameras, security devices, and more.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I love the Go programming language. It’s easy to use, concise and powerful. These characteristics appeal to the typical programmer’s mindset. Yet, the brevity of the language can be a source of frustration. For example, the core “json” package converts JSON to Go structures yet does nothing to automate this process. If you have a large JSON document to consume, you’ll be writing the corresponding Go structures by hand.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Nearly two decades ago, a company called Interpeak created a network protocol that became an industry standard. It also had severe bugs that are only now coming to light.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 4, 2019

It’s clear that managed security services providers (MSSPs) have a ripe opportunity to step into the gap and help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) meet the daunting challenge of preserving the privacy and security of sensitive data. Related: The case for automated threat feeds analysis Dallas-based Critical Start is making some hay in this space — by striving to extend the roles traditionally played by MSSPs.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

'Checkm8' Exploit Poses Risk to Hundreds of Millions of Devices A security researcher has uncovered what may rank as one of the most significant iOS weaknesses ever discovered: a flaw that enables bypassing the security protections present in most Apple mobile devices. While the vulnerability can't be patched, an attacker would need physical access to exploit it.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Google Project Zero researcher Maddie Stone discovered a critical unpatched zero-day vulnerability affecting the Android mobile operating system. Maddie Stone, a member of the Google elite team Project Zero, discovered a critical unpatched zero-day vulnerability affecting the Android mobile operating system. According to the expert, the bug, tracked as CVE-2019-2215, was allegedly being used or sold by the controversial surveillance firm NSO Group.

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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

OCTOBER 1, 2019

A Slovenian man convicted of authoring the destructive and once-prolific Mariposa botnet and running the infamous Darkode cybercrime forum has been arrested in Germany on request from prosecutors in the United States, who’ve recently re-indicted him on related charges. NiceHash CTO Matjaž “Iserdo” Škorjanc, as pictured on the front page of a recent edition of the Slovenian daily Delo.si, is being held by German authorities on a US arrest warrant for operating the destructive

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Sharing intelligence for the greater good is an essential component of making Internet-centric commerce as safe and as private as it needs to be. Related: Automating threat feed analysis Peerlyst is another step in that direction. Started by infosec professionals, Peerlyst takes the characteristics of B2B communications we’ve become accustomed to on Twitter and LinkedIn and directs it toward cybersecurity.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Researchers: Targeted Crime Attacks Surge, Continue to Blend With Nation-State Campaigns Banking Trojans and cryptocurrency mining malware continue to be among the most-seen types of malicious code used for nontargeted attacks. But cybercrime attackers are increasingly running targeted campaigns, security researchers warn.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Iran ’s Passive Defense Organization chief Gholamreza Jalali declared that the US government has started its cyber war against the country. Gholamreza Jalali , Iran’s Passive Defense Organization chief, announced that that “America has started its cyber war against Iran, without providing more details. The news was reported by the ISNA news website on October 1, Jalali also added that Iran “ decisively will resort to cyber defense.”.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 4, 2019

A revelation from Microsoft offers a chilling reminder that Russia is not the only country interested in swaying the 2020 election.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Homomorphic encryption has long been something of a Holy Grail in cryptography. Related: Post-quantum cryptography on the horizon For decades, some of our smartest mathematicians and computer scientists have struggled to derive a third way to keep data encrypted — not just the two classical ways, at rest and in transit. The truly astounding feat, aka homomorphic encryption, would be to keep data encrypted while it is being actively used by an application to run computations.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 4, 2019

'Phosphorous' Hacking Group Attempted Attacks on 240 Email Accounts Over Two Months Microsoft says that over the past two months, a hacking group apparently linked to Iran targeted email accounts associated with the campaign of one 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, current and former U.S. government officials, journalists covering global politics and prominent Iranians living outside Iran.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The Ukrainian police dismantled a bot farm involved in spam campaigns carried out through various services, including email and social networks. Cybercrime is a prolific business, criminal organizations continues to make profits with illegal activities in the cyberspace, but police are ready to contrast them. Cyber experts at the Ukrainian police dismantled a bot farm involved in spam campaigns carried out through various services, including email and social networks. “Cyber ??

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WIRED Threat Level

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

A NotPetya lawsuit, bricked Mac Pros, and more of the week's top security news.

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AIIM

OCTOBER 2, 2019

On this episode of the AIIM on Air Podcast , you host Kevin Craine continues the “I Am AIIM” interview series with a look at Intelligent Information Management (IIM) in the Transportation industry. What are the challenges and opportunities with IIM in this industry? To find out, Kevin met up with two AIIM Members coming from completely different perspectives of the industry – public sector and private sector.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

German Defense Contractor Says Incident Costing $4 Million a Week An unspecified malware attack against the IT systems of Rheinmetall's automotive division in Brazil, Mexico and the U.S. is costing the company an estimated $4 million a week, the company says. It's one of several attacks over the last two weeks affecting defense contractors.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Researchers are warning of a new variant of recently disclosed SimJacker attack, dubbed WIBattack , that could expose millions of mobile phones to remote hacking. WIBattack is a new variant of the recently discovered Simjacker attack method that could expose millions of mobile phones to remote hacking. A couple of weeks ago, cybersecurity researchers at AdaptiveMobile Security disclosed a critical vulnerability in SIM cards dubbed SimJacker that could be exploited by remote attackers to compromi

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Turning on the new Incognito Mode in Google Maps won't make you as invisible as it might sound.

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erwin

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Enterprise architecture (EA) benefits modern organizations in many ways. It provides a holistic, top down view of structure and systems, making it invaluable in managing the complexities of data-driven business. Once considered solely a function of IT, enterprise architecture has historically operated from an ivory tower. It was often siloed from the business at large, stifling the potential benefits of the holistic view it could have provided.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 2, 2019

In Worst-Case Scenarios, Patient Care Directly Affected A recent rash of ransomware attacks in the U.S. healthcare sector shows the serious disruptions these assaults can pose - including temporarily, or even permanently, stopping patient care.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Hackers have stolen more than 218 million records from the popular ‘ Words With Friends’ developed by the mobile social game company Zynga Inc. Do you remember Gnosticplayers ? The popular hacker Gnosticplayers that between February and April disclosed the existence of some massive unreported data breaches in five rounds. He offered for sale almost a billion user records stolen from nearly 45 popular online services.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Just make a Chinese website your device's remote administrator. It'll be fine!

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 3, 2019

You might be surprised to learn that CCTV footage is subject to the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The Regulation isn’t just about written details, like names and addresses; it applies to any information that can identify someone. That includes pictures and videos, which is why you should be careful about the way you use CCTV. Let’s take a look at the steps you should follow to ensure your video surveillance methods are GDPR-compliant. 1.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Treasury Department Again Clamps Down on Putin Ally and Internet Research Agency The U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and six employees of a notorious propaganda agency, who have all been accused of using social media to try and influence the 2018 midterm elections. The U.S. government hopes the sanctions will deter further attempts.

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