Dark Reading

OCTOBER 21, 2020

To keep pace with intelligent, unpredictable threats, cybersecurity will have to adopt an intelligent security of its own.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 20, 2020

CrowdStrike: Botnet's Activity Has Already Picked Up The recent "takedown" of Trickbot by Microsoft and others had only a temporary effect; the botnet's activity levels have already rebounded, according to Crowdstrike and other security firms.

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WIRED Threat Level

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In an interview with WIRED, Facebook's chief privacy officers argue that the company has turned a corner. Again.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Some of the world’s largest Internet firms have taken steps to crack down on disinformation spread by QAnon conspiracy theorists and the hate-filled anonymous message board 8chan. But according to a California-based security researcher, those seeking to de-platform these communities may have overlooked a simple legal solution to that end: Both the Nevada-based web hosting company owned by 8chan’s current figurehead and the California firm that provides its sole connection to the Inte

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

There is no shortage of innovative cybersecurity tools and services that can help companies do a much better job of defending their networks. Related: Welcome to the CyberXchange Marketplace In the U.S. alone, in fact, there are more than 5,000 cybersecurity vendors. For organizations looking to improve their security posture, this is causing confusion and vendor fatigue, especially for companies that don’t have a full time Chief Information Security Officer.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

In this episode of AIIM On Air , I speak with Sue Trombley, Managing Director of Thought Leadership for Iron Mountain. We discuss the biggest impacts on the workplace from Covid-19 and the challenges and opportunities of the new normal of business today. While remote work is a new reality for many organizations and workers, not all people and positions can work from home.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2020

On Thursday, four JavaScript packages have been removed from the npm portal because they have been found containing malicious code. NPM staff removed four JavaScript packages from the npm portal because were containing malicious code. Npm is the largest package repository for any programming language. The four packages, which had a total of one thousand of downloads, are: plutov-slack-client nodetest199 nodetest1010 npmpubman . “Any computer that has this package installed or running sh

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erwin

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Thoughts on erwin Insights Day No. 2 Keynote. If you didn’t watch New York Times Best-Selling Author Keith Ferrazzi’s keynote from erwin Insights 2020 , what are you waiting for? I was blown away by Keith’s perspective on “Leading Without Authority” and it got me thinking about my own career, our employees here at erwin, work as we knew it, and work as we’ll know it in a post-COVID world.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 20, 2020

DOJ: Russian GRU Officers Targeted 2018 Olympics, French Elections and More The U.S. Justice Department unsealed indictments against six Russian military officers on Monday, alleging that they carried out a series of major hacking operations, including deploying destructive NotPetya malware - tied to more than $10 billion in damages - and attacking the 2018 Olympics.

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AIIM

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As you already know, people are more likely to follow your rules after they buy in to the reasons behind them. But you can take it one step further, and provide your “rules” as solutions instead of orders. Amazon’s Kindle publishing team understands this concept well. I was preparing the Kindle edition of my recent book , following the production of the softcover edition.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Nefilim ransomware operators have posted a long list of files that appear to belong to Italian eyewear and eyecare giant Luxottica. Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, Eyemed vision care plan, and Glasses.com.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Fears move may deter people from getting tested for Covid-19 if forces get data Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage People who have been told to self-isolate through NHS test and trace could have their contact details passed to police, a move some fear could deter people from being tested for coronavirus. Police forces will be able to access information about people “on a case-by-case” basis, so they can learn whether an individual has been told to self-isolate, the Dep

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Researchers Find Pfizer Drug Customer Messages Accessible on Internet For the second time within a week, it's been revealed that sensitive voice messages containing patients' information have been exposed on the internet. The latest discovery involves unsecured voice transcripts of patient calls to drug giant Pfizer's automated customer support system.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

Before we start, let’s take a minute to address the big elephant in the room. You’re probably thinking, “ Where are you going with this sales angle, Sean? I work with records and information, and my job is all about managing, protecting, and storing it. I don’t sell a thing! ”. Well, what we’re going to cover today will show you that you ARE, in fact, in the business of selling when it comes to Information Governance – it’s just a slightly different model than we’re all used to.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Microsoft brought down TrickBot infrastructure last week, but a few days later the botmasters set up a new command and control (C&C) servers. Microsoft’s Defender team, FS-ISAC , ESET , Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs , NTT , and Broadcom’s cyber-security division Symantec joined the forces and announced last week a coordinated effort to take down the command and control infrastructure of the infamous TrickBot botnet.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Researchers are tricking autopilots by inserting split-second images into roadside billboards. Researchers at Israel’s Ben Gurion University of the Negev … previously revealed that they could use split-second light projections on roads to successfully trick Tesla’s driver-assistance systems into automatically stopping without warning when its camera sees spoofed images of road signs or pedestrians.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Indictments Are Just a First Step Toward a Crackdown The U.S. indictment charging that six Russian GRU military intelligence officers were responsible for numerous cyberattacks highlights Moscow's seemingly unending appetite for online destruction. Experts say more than indictments will be required to curb such activity.

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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.

National Archives Records Express

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This post is written by Sharmila Bhatia and Markus Most. We are pleased to announce the release of a white paper on the records management implications of: Internet of Things (IoT) Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Machine Learning (ML) Artificial Intelligence (AI). This white paper provides a basic description of each of these technologies, examples of their various applications, and enabling factors supporting the technologies.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 18, 2020

The financially-motivated hacker group FIN11 has started spreading ransomware to monetize its cyber criminal activities. The financially-motivated hacker group FIN11 has switched tactics starting using ransomware as the main monetization method. The group carried out multiple high-volume operations targeting companies across the world, most of them in North America and Europe.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Dr. Reddy's, the contractor for Russia’s “Sputinik V” COVID-19 vaccine and a major generics producer, has had to close plants and isolate its data centers.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 19, 2020

DOJ: Russian GRU Officers Targeted 2018 Olympics, French Elections and More The U.S. Justice Department unsealed indictments against six Russian military officers on Monday, alleging that they carried out a series of major hacking operations, including deploying NotPetya ransomware - causing over $10 billion in damages - and attacking the 2018 Olympics.

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The most widely used content management system on the Web relies heavily on plug-ins and add-on software -- and that requires rigorous security measures at every level.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev demonstrated how to fool self-driving cars by displaying virtual objects. A group of researchers from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev demonstrated that it is possible to fool self-driving cars by displaying virtual objects (phantoms). The experts define as phantom a depthless visual object used to deceive ADASs and cause these systems to perceive it as real.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Hewlett Foundation just announced its top five ideas in its Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge. The problem Hewlett is trying to solve is the dearth of good visuals for cybersecurity. A Google Images Search demonstrates the problem: locks, fingerprints, hands on laptops, scary looking hackers in black hoodies. Hewlett wanted to go beyond those tropes.

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 22, 2020

US Indictment Airs Russian Military's Dirty Laundry Although Russia's elite nation-state hackers are capable of waging destructive attacks, the GRU military intelligence Sandworm operators have not been able to remain in the shadows, a U.S.

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Threatpost

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Up to 50,000 Office 365 users are being targeted by a phishing campaign that purports to notify them of a "missed chat" from Microsoft Teams.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Sweden is banning Chinese tech giant Huawei and ZTE from building new 5G wireless networks due to national security concerns. Another state, Sweden, announced the ban of Chinese tech companies Huawei and ZTE from building its 5G network infrastructure. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority announced this week that four wireless carriers bidding for frequencies in an upcoming spectrum auction for the new 5G networks (Hi3G Access, Net4Mobility, Telia Sverige and Teracom) cannot use network equipm

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Dark Reading

OCTOBER 21, 2020

One cybersecurity failure can result in a successful ransomware attack or data breach that could cause tremendous damage. There's no need to panic, but neither is there time to ignore the issue.

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