Sat.Jun 22, 2024 - Fri.Jun 28, 2024

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Assessing Information Management Programs for Mergers & Acquisitions

AIIM

I was curious about how organizations cope with information management during a merger and acquisition process. What I discovered when I asked our members in AIIM’s Online Community, is that it’s common during the aftermath of a merger and acquisition to be presented with a dilemma of what to do with the two different information management programs of the merging organizations.

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LockBit claims the hack of the US Federal Reserve

Security Affairs

The Lockbit ransomware group announced that it had breached the US Federal Reserve and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data. The Lockbit ransomware group announced that it had breached the systems of Federal Reserve of the United States and exfiltrated 33 TB of sensitive data, including “Americans’ banking secrets.” The Lockbit ransomware group added the Federal Reserve to the list of victims on its Tor data leak site and threatened to leak the stolen data on 25 June, 2024 20:27

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Identity Theft Reports Fall, But Attempts at ID Misuse Rise

Data Breach Today

James E. Lee of ITRC Discusses Key Trends Revealed in the 2023 Identity Report Fewer victims reported identity crimes in 2023, but the number of attempts to commit multiple identity crimes grew, according to the trends report released by the Identity Theft Resource Center. That means criminals are diversifying their methods and attempting to perform multiple types of misuse.

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Amazon Is Investigating Perplexity Over Claims of Scraping Abuse

WIRED Threat Level

AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations.

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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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How to leave a group chat on your iPhone or Android device

Collaboration 2.0

Yes, you can always escape a group text chat that no longer appeals to you. Is deleting too final? Here's how to hide notifications.

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Luxury Retailer Neiman Marcus Suffers Snowflake Breach

Data Breach Today

More Victims of Campaign Against Data Warehousing Platform Snowflake Come to Light Add luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus and the Los Angeles Unified School District to the list of known victims of a cybercrime that accessed accounts at cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake. Other victims include Santander Bank and Live Nation Entertainment's Ticketmaster.

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Quora’s Chatbot Platform Poe Allows Users to Download Paywalled Articles on Demand

WIRED Threat Level

WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Atlantic using Poe’s Assistant bot. One expert calls it “prima facie copyright infringement,” which Quora disputes.

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News Alert: FireTail unveils free access to its enterprise-level API security platform — to all

The Last Watchdog

McLean, Va., June 26, 2024, CyberNewsWire — FireTail today announced a free version of its enterprise-level API security tools, making them accessible to developers and organizations of all sizes. •FireTail’s unique combination of open-source code libraries, inline API call evaluation, security posture management, and centralized audit trails helps eliminate vulnerabilities and protect APIs in real-time.

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A cyberattack shut down the University Hospital Centre Zagreb in Croatia

Security Affairs

A cyber attack started targeting the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) on Wednesday night, reported the Croatian Radiotelevision. A cyber attack began targeting the University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb), the largest Croatian hospital, on Wednesday night, according to a report by Croatian Radiotelevision. The hospital has shut down its IT infrastructure in response to the cyber attack.

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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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CDK Begins Restoring Systems Amid Ransomware Payment Reports

Data Breach Today

Auto Dealership Software Firm Says Restoring Service Will Take 'Days and Not Weeks' CDK Global, the auto dealership software solutions firm that supplies services to an estimated 15,000 dealerships in the U.S. and Canada, said it has begun the restoration process for its customers after a debilitating cyber incident caused disruptions.

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Red Tape Is Making Hospital Ransomware Attacks Worse

WIRED Threat Level

With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives.

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RSAC 2024: The many flavors of ‘SASE’ now includes Aryaka’s ‘Unified SASE as a Service.”

The Last Watchdog

Secure Access Service Edge ( SASE ) has come a long way since Gartner christened this cloud-centric cybersecurity framework in 2019. Related: Can SASE stop tech sprawl? SASE blends networking architecture, namely SD-WAN, with cloud-delivered security services such as security web gateways, Zero Trust network access and more. Several distinct variants of SASE have come to be supplied by diverse sources.

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CISA confirmed that its CSAT environment was breached in January.

Security Affairs

CISA warned chemical facilities that its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) environment was compromised in January. CISA warns chemical facilities that its Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT) environment was breached in January. In March, the Recorded Future News first reported that the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) agency was hacked in February.

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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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Cryptohack Roundup: Conviction in Home Invasions Case

Data Breach Today

Also: $5M for Info on the Crypto Queen; Attacks on BtcTurk and CoinStats This week, crypto stealer convicted, reward for info on Crypto Queen increased, BtcTurk and CoinStats suffered cyberattacks, Lazarus blamed for Alex Lab hack, Nigeria refuted allegations of ill treatment, sentencing in Hydrogen Technology case, Binance fined in India, and FBI warned of crypto scams.

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The Mystery of AI Gunshot-Detection Accuracy Is Finally Unraveling

WIRED Threat Level

How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it's been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates.

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FREE Resource Kit for Ransomware Awareness Month in July

KnowBe4

We’re here to help you and your users stay secure from the scourge of ransomware for Ransomware Awareness Month this July with a kit full of free resources!

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New P2Pinfect version delivers miners and ransomware on Redis servers

Security Affairs

Researchers warn that the P2Pinfect worm is targeting Redis servers with ransomware and cryptocurrency mining payloads. Cado Security researchers warned that the P2Pinfect worm is employed in attacks against Redis servers, aimed at deploying both ransomware and cryptocurrency mining payloads. In July 2023, Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers first discovered the P2P worm P2PInfect that targets Redis servers running on both Linux and Windows systems.

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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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US DHS Warns of AI-Fueled Chemical and Biological Threats

Data Breach Today

New Report Urges Public-Private Collaboration to Reduce Chemical, Nuclear AI Risks Artificial intelligence is lowering the barriers of entry for global threat actors to create and deploy new chemical, biological and nuclear risks, warns the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Current regulations and export controls fail to account for risks, the department said.

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A Catastrophic Hospital Hack Ends in a Leak of 300M Patient Records

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: Alleged Apple source code leaks online, cybercrime group Scattered Spider's alleged kingpin gets arrested, and more.

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The State of Data Breaches

Troy Hunt

I've been harbouring some thoughts about the state of data breaches over recent months, and I feel they've finally manifested themselves into a cohesive enough story to write down. Parts of this story relate to very sensitive incidents and parts to criminal activity, not just on behalf of those executing data breaches but also very likely on behalf of some organisations handling them.

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New Caesar Cipher Skimmer targets popular CMS used by e-stores

Security Affairs

A new e-skimmer called Caesar Cipher Skimmer is used to compromise multiple CMS, including WordPress, Magento, and OpenCart. Sucuri researchers discovered a new e-skimmer , called Caesar Cipher Skimmer, that was used in recent weeks to target users of e-stores based on popular CMS, including WordPress, Magento, and OpenCart. Over the past several weeks, the experts noticed a new variation of the “gtag” credit card skimming attack with a high number of detections, they called it ‘Caesar Cip

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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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Startup Odaseva Raises $54M to Bolster Global Expansion, R&D

Data Breach Today

Silver Lake Leads Series C Round for California-Based Data Security Startup Odaseva With 65% of its revenue coming from the United States, data security startup Odaseva will use its $54 million Series C funding round to enhance R&D, expand its product line and strengthen its market presence in compliance, failover management and zero trust protection.

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War Crime Prosecutions Enter a New Digital Age

WIRED Threat Level

A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court’s prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale.

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KnowBe4 Recognized as Cyber Security Educator of the Year at IT Europa Awards 2024

KnowBe4

It's a great honor for KnowBe4 to be named the Cyber Security Educator of the Year at the prestigious IT Europa Channel Awards 2024.

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Mirai-like botnet is exploiting recently disclosed Zyxel NAS flaw

Security Affairs

Researchers warn that a Mirai-based botnet is exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability in EoL Zyxel NAS devices. Researchers at the Shadowserver Foundation warn that a Mirai -based botnet has started exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-29973 (CVSS score 9.8) in end-of-life NAS devices Zyxel NAS products. The flaw is a command injection vulnerability in the “setCookie” parameter in Zyxel NAS326 firmware versions before V5.21(AAZF.17)C0 and NAS542 firmwa

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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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Securing Data With Immutable Backups and Automated Recovery

Data Breach Today

Acronis President Gaidar Magdanurov discusses the need for immutable backups in the current threat landscape and highlights the benefits of integrating security measures with backup systems to facilitate automated recovery from ransomware attacks and minimize downtime.

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The Julian Assange Saga Is Finally Over

WIRED Threat Level

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher.

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Russian Threat Actor Launches Spear Phishing Attacks Against French Diplomats

KnowBe4

France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI has issued an alert outlining a Russian spear phishing campaign targeting French diplomats, the Record reports. The agency attributes the campaign to “Nobelium,” a threat actor tied to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (the SVR).

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