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Preservation Planning for the New Remote Reality

Zapproved

Preservation of evidence is a critical element of litigation. The general preservation obligation arises from the common-law duty to avoid spoliation (loss or destruction) of relevant evidence so that it is available for use at trial.

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Why Humans Are Phishing's Weakest Link

Dark Reading

And it's not just because they click when they shouldn't.

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National Cyber Security Centre warns public about coronavirus scams

IT Governance

In a rare public statement , the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) has issued a warning over the threat of coronavirus-related scams. The government agency, which is part of GCHQ, noted that there has been a sharp rise in cyber attacks that take advantage of the panic and uncertainty caused by the pandemic. One of the biggest threats are phishing scams – malicious messages that appear to be from a trusted source.

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Micro Focus: a solution to the skills issue

Micro Focus

IBM Mainframe COBOL, enterprise-class, core application environments are often the lifeblood of an organisation. Whether commercial or government, revenue generating or providing vital services, these trusted systems underpin many of the most critical services that IT provides. These systems are typically so stable, reliable and secure that ignoring them can be easy.

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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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WhatsApp Axes COVID-19 Mass Message Forwarding

Threatpost

Amid rampant misinformation, users of the Facebook-owned messaging platform can no longer send coronavirus messages to more than one user at a time.

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Less than 2% of all daily malspam are Coronavirus-themed attacks, Microsoft reports

Security Affairs

Microsoft shares new threat intelligence, the IT giant pointed out that malspam activities have not increased due to Coronavirus outbreak. In recent weeks, security firms and experts reported numerous Coronavirus-themed attacks , now Microsoft shares new threat intelligence on malicious activities during the pandemic. Despite threat actors are exploiting the current coronavirus pandemic to target users, Microsoft reports it hasn’t observed any spike in malware activity in this period, it o

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Tails OS version 4.5 supports the Secure Boot

Security Affairs

The popular privacy-focused Tails OS has released version 4.5 this, for the first time it supports the security feature named UEFI Secure Boot. Tails, the popular privacy-focused OS, now supports the UEFI Secure Boot, this means that it could boot on systems where the UEFI Secure Boot is enabled. Tails is a live operating system that users can start on almost any computer from a USB stick or a DVD, it aims at preserving privacy and anonymity of the users.

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Announcing OpenText Security Cloud Editions (CE) 20.2

OpenText Information Management

In today’s cloud-focused market, it’s essential that security and forensic solutions facilitate cyber resilience with a focus on total endpoint protection and the collection of potentially relevant evidence in a forensically sound manner. The latest enhancements to the OpenTextâ„¢ Security Suite in OpenText Cloud Editions (CE) 20.2 illustrate this approach by facilitating the acquisition of … The post Announcing OpenText Security Cloud Editions (CE) 20.2 appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Zoom Promises Geo-Fencing, Encryption Overhaul for Meetings

Data Breach Today

Web Conferencing Provider Blames Routing of Keys via China on Scaling-Up Error Zoom, responding to research that identified encryption and infrastructure shortcomings in its audio and video conferencing software, has promised to further revamp its security controls. With COVID-19 driving a surge in working from home, researchers have been closely reviewing the security of such software.

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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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Vote by Mail Isn't Perfect. But It's Essential in a Pandemic

WIRED Threat Level

Despite Donald Trump's invective, the spread of Covid-19 has made the expansion of absentee voting critical.

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COVID-19: CISOs Take on More Security, Privacy Challenges

Data Breach Today

As healthcare organizations across the U.S. respond to the COVID-19 crisis, the list of security and privacy challenges CISOs face continues to grow. Mitch Parker, CISO of Indiana University Health, provides an update on the changing risk management landscape.

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Managing Legal Holds for a Remote Workforce

Zapproved

Legal holds are far more nuanced than their name might suggest. Once litigation is anticipated and you’ve issued a legal hold, there are a number of factors to take into consideration.

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Helping Our Customers Crisis-Proof Their Business During the COVID-19 Crisis (and beyond)

erwin

When it became abundantly clear that our world was changing as a result of COVID-19, we knew we had to be part of the solution. Over the past several weeks, we have taken a hard look at what our customers need during this time to not only survive this crisis … but to thrive. As a result of the need for social distancing, companies around the world have almost overnight transitioned to a remote workforce.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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New IRS Site Could Make it Easy for Thieves to Intercept Some Stimulus Payments

Krebs on Security

The U.S. federal government is now in the process of sending Economic Impact Payments by direct deposit to millions of Americans. Most who are eligible for payments can expect to have funds direct-deposited into the same bank accounts listed on previous years’ tax filings sometime next week. Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stood up a site to collect bank account information from the many Americans who don’t usually file a tax return.

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More Zero-Day Exploits For Sale: Report

Data Breach Today

APT Groups Are Buying Exploits Rather Than Developing Them, FireEye Says Zero-day exploits are increasingly a commodity that advanced persistent threat groups can purchase and use to wage attacks, according to a report from security firm FireEye. The report says the number of attacks leveraging such exploits grew last year.

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SHARED INTEL: How attacks on web, mobile apps are being fueled by rising API vulnerabilities

The Last Watchdog

Application programming interface. API. It’s the glue holding digital transformation together. Related: A primer on ‘credential stuffing’ APIs are the conduits for moving data to-and-fro in our digitally transformed world. APIs are literally everywhere in the digital landscape, and more are being created every minute. APIs connect the coding that enables the creation and implementation of new applications.

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How Do I Tame My Information Chaos? 3 Ways to Address it Head-On

AIIM

Before we get into how to tame your Information Chaos, let’s take a step back and look at WHY so many of us are experiencing it. These days, business information can come from anywhere, anytime, and in any form. Match this up with a growing volume and variety of the information we’re creating, and you can see how it can quickly get out of hand and become unmanageable without some strategies in place.

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The Tumultuous IT Landscape Is Making Hiring More Difficult

After a year of sporadic hiring and uncertain investment areas, tech leaders are scrambling to figure out what’s next. This whitepaper reveals how tech leaders are hiring and investing for the future. Download today to learn more!

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Microsoft Buys Corp.com So Bad Guys Can’t

Krebs on Security

In February, KrebsOnSecurity told the story of a private citizen auctioning off the dangerous domain corp.com for the starting price of $1.7 million. Domain experts called corp.com dangerous because years of testing showed whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows PCs at major companies around the globe.

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Hackers Have Targeted Linux Servers for Years: Report

Data Breach Today

BlackBerry Researchers Say Servers at Data Centers Worldwide Hit For nearly a decade, five hacking groups with apparent links to the Chinese government have targeted vulnerable Linux servers that make up the backend IT infrastructure of thousands of companies and organizations around the world, according to a research report from BlackBerry.

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MY TAKE: ‘Network Detection and Response’ emerges as an Internet of Things security stopgap

The Last Watchdog

There’s no stopping the Internet of Things now. Related: The promise, pitfalls of IoT Companies have commenced the dispersal of IoT systems far and wide. Data collected by IoT devices will increasingly get ingested into cloud-centric networks where it will get crunched by virtual servers. And fantastic new IoT-enabled services will spew out of the other end.

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How Apple and Google Are Enabling Covid-19 Bluetooth Contact-Tracing

WIRED Threat Level

The tech giants have teamed up to use a Bluetooth-based framework to keep track of the spread of infections without compromising location privacy.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

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.

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Sophos Sandboxie is now available as an open-source tool

Security Affairs

Sophos announced the public release of the source code of the sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie. Sophos is going to release the Windows sandbox-based isolation program Sandboxie in open source. “Sandboxie has long been a favorite sandbox-based isolation tool since its original release over fifteen years ago. Now this technology will live on in the hands of its dedicated users.” Sophos Director of Product Marketing Seth Geftic said. “We are thrilled to give the code to

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UK and US Security Agencies Sound COVID-19 Threat Alert

Data Breach Today

Fraudsters and APT Gangs Hit Remote Workers With Phishing, Spyware, Ransomware Cybercrime groups and nation-state hacking gangs are continuing to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic to further their aims, U.K. and U.S. security agencies warn in a joint alert. While overall attack levels haven't increased, they say, "the frequency and severity of COVID-19-related cyberattacks" looks set to surge.

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BEST PRACTICES: Mock attacks help local agencies, schools prepare for targeted cyber scams

The Last Watchdog

Cyber criminals who specialize in plundering local governments and school districts are in their heyday. Related : How ransomware became a scourge Ransomware attacks and email fraud have spiked to record levels across the U.S. in each of the past three years, and a disproportionate number of the hardest hit organizations were local public agencies. Lucy Security, a security training company based in Zug, Switzerland that works with many smaller public entities, has been in the thick of this onsl

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Let's Stop the 5G Hysteria: Understanding Hoaxes and Disinformation Campaigns

Troy Hunt

Hey, did you hear that Facebook are going to start using your personal photos in whatever way they see fit? For real, it's going to start tomorrow unless you act quickly! All you have to do is copy and paste this message onto your own Facebook page and wammo - they're not allowed to touch them! Ready? Here goes: "With this statement, I give notice to Facebook it is strictly forbidden to disclose, copy, distribute, or take any other action against me based on this profile and/or its contents.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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CVE-2020-3952 flaw could allow attackers to hack VMware vCenter Server

Security Affairs

VMware has addressed a critical information disclosure vulnerability related to the Directory Service that can be exploited to compromise vCenter Server. VMware has addressed a critical information disclosure flaw, tracked as CVE-2020-3952, that could be exploited by attackers to compromise vCenter Server or other services that use the Directory Service ( vmdir ) for authentication.

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Travelex Paid $2.3 Million to Ransomware Gang: Report

Data Breach Today

Attack Crippled Currency Exchange's Services for Weeks Travelex, a London-based foreign currency exchange that does business in 26 countries, including the U.S., paid a ransomware gang $2.3 million to regain access to its data following an attack, the Wall Street Journal reports. The incident crippled the company's customer services for weeks.

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Thank You GoDaddy / Sucuri. A New Chapter Begins.

PerezBox

April 5th, 2020 marked the end of my three year journey with GoDaddy, and 9+ years with Sucuri. The time has come to say goodbye and venture off on a. Read More. The post Thank You GoDaddy / Sucuri. A New Chapter Begins. appeared first on PerezBox.

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