Data Breach Today
JULY 31, 2020
Florida Teen, 2 Others Charged in Connection With Compromising 130 Accounts A Florida teenager was arrested and two others were charged in connection with hacking 130 high-profile Twitter accounts to pull off a cryptocurrency scam, prosecutors say.
Data Breach Today
JULY 31, 2020
More Devices Affected by 'Ripple20' Vulnerabilities Federal regulators have issued another round of security alerts about vulnerabilities in medical device products from several manufacturers, including an update on those affected by so-called "Ripple-20" flaws earlier identified in the Treck TCP/IP stack.
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Schneier on Security
JULY 31, 2020
Notice the copy of Data and Goliath just behind the head of Maine Senator Angus King. This demonstrates the importance of a vibrant color and a large font.
Krebs on Security
JULY 27, 2020
Identity thieves who specialize in running up unauthorized lines of credit in the names of small businesses are having a field day with all of the closures and economic uncertainty wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. This story is about the victims of a particularly aggressive business ID theft ring that’s spent years targeting small businesses across the country and is now pivoting toward using that access for pandemic assistance loans and unemployment benefits.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 31, 2020
Social Media Firm Says Fraudsters Executed Their Cryptocurrency Scam Within a Day The hackers who hijacked 130 high-profile Twitter accounts as part of a cryptocurrency scam earlier this month used a telephone-based spear-phishing attack to obtain employee credentials, the social media company says.
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WIRED Threat Level
JULY 31, 2020
Bitcoin payments and IP addresses led investigators to two of the alleged perpetrators in just over two weeks.
Krebs on Security
JULY 30, 2020
Chip-based credit and debit cards are designed to make it infeasible for skimming devices or malware to clone your card when you pay for something by dipping the chip instead of swiping the stripe. But a recent series of malware attacks on U.S.-based merchants suggest thieves are exploiting weaknesses in how certain financial institutions have implemented the technology to sidestep key chip card security features and effectively create usable, counterfeit cards.
Data Breach Today
JULY 28, 2020
Evidence Points to 'ShinyHunters' Hacking Team Phishing Employees of Mobile Bank Mobile banking startup Dave is just the latest victim of criminal data brokers. Extensive evidence now points to Dave having been hit by a ShinyHunters, which has been tied to the sale of millions of stolen records to fraudsters - either via a phishing attack or hack of a third-party service provider.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 27, 2020
It took a global pandemic and the death of George Floyd to put deep-seated social inequities, especially systemic racism, front and center for intense public debate. Related: Will ‘blockchain’ lead to more equitable wealth distribution? We may or may not be on the cusp of a redressing social injustice by reordering our legacy political and economic systems.
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AIIM
JULY 30, 2020
You’ve been told that your information management project needs governance. Maybe you’ve even formed a governance committee. However, what is governance, anyway? If you’ve been in organizations for a while, you’re likely indoctrinated into the theory of control; however, that’s not what governance is about. Still, you must have governance, or you’ll end up with chaos.
Krebs on Security
JULY 29, 2020
Most of the civilized world years ago shifted to requiring computer chips in payment cards that make it far more expensive and difficult for thieves to clone and use them for fraud. One notable exception is the United States, which is still lurching toward this goal. Here’s a look at the havoc that lag has wrought, as seen through the purchasing patterns at one of the underground’s biggest stolen card shops that was hacked last year.
Data Breach Today
JULY 27, 2020
Report Describes Threats From Russia, China and Iran With less than 100 days to go before the U.S. election, intelligence officials are warning of attempted interference by Russia, China and Iran. But Congressional lawmakers are disagreeing about the severity of these threats.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2020
Experts spotted an undetectable Linux malware that exploits undocumented techniques to evade detection and targets publicly accessible Docker servers. Cybersecurity researchers at Intezer spotted a new completely undetectable Linux malware , dubbed Doki , that exploits undocumented evasion techniques while targeting publicly accessible Docker servers.
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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?
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 25, 2020
A combination of technologies helped scientists discover a potentially illegal fishing operation involving more than 900 vessels.
erwin
JULY 30, 2020
ArchiMate is an enterprise architecture (EA) modeling language from The Open Group and used to communicate an organization’s enterprise architecture. Pronounced “ AR-ki-mayt” , the modeling language’s name comes from a compounding of “ archi tecture” and “ani mate.” The name conveys its aim to provide a way to visualize an organization’s EA. Unlike other modeling languages such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), ArchiMate is designed to be narrow in
Data Breach Today
JULY 31, 2020
Operating System Vendors Rushing Out Patches A vulnerability that can impede the boot-loading process of an operating system could potentially affect billions of Linux and Windows machines, according to Eclypsium. The flaw, called "BootHole," could enable an attacker to gain near total control of an infected device.
Security Affairs
JULY 28, 2020
ShinyHunters, a trusted threat actor, is offering on a hacker forum the databases stolen from eighteen companies, over 386 million user records available online. The known threat actor ShinyHunters has begun leaking for free the databases of multiple companies on a hacker forum. A couple of days ago, the popular digital banking app Dave.com disclosed a security breach after ShinyHunters leaked 7,516,625 user records on a crime forum.
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WIRED Threat Level
JULY 27, 2020
A ransomware hit and subsequent outage caused problems in the company's aviation services, including flight planning and mapping.
Threatpost
JULY 29, 2020
The "BootHole" bug could allow cyberattackers to load malware, steal information and move laterally into corporate, OT ,IoT and home networks.
Data Breach Today
JULY 27, 2020
Navigation and Smartwatch Company Stops Short of Using Term 'Ransomware' Garmin acknowledged Monday that a "cyberattack" that encrypted several of its systems led to outages that affected several of the company's fitness and aviation products along with knocking its homepage and customer service centers offline. As of Monday, several affected services were again operating.
Security Affairs
JULY 28, 2020
Yet another Multipurpose Breakout Board to hack hardware in a clean and easy way! How to hack IoT & RF Devices with BürtleinaBoard. Disclaimer : due to a complaint from the citizens of my native city in Italy… I had to rename #PiadinaBoard into #BurtleinaBoard. Few months ago I have presented #FocacciaBoard : a similar multipurpose breakout board that uses the famous FT232H to handle multiple protocols commonly found in (I)IoT devices (i.e.
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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.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 30, 2020
A WIRED investigation found dozens of channels belong to children apparently under 13, and anonymous chat participants sending inappropriate messages their way.
Threatpost
JULY 28, 2020
A path traversal vulnerability in the iDRAC technology can allow remote attackers to take over control of server operations.
Data Breach Today
JULY 30, 2020
Kaspersky Discovers 2 Incidents Involving VHD Ransomware The Lazarus Group, the North Korean hacking group behind the WannaCry worm, the theft of $81 million from a Bangladesh bank and the attacks on Sony Pictures, apparently is expanding into ransomware, according to the security firm Kaspersky.
Security Affairs
JULY 29, 2020
U.S. cybersecurity firm revealed that China-linked hackers have infiltrated Vatican computer networks ahead of talks. China-linked hackers have infiltrated the Vatican computer networks, reads a report published by the U.S. cybersecurity firm Recorded Future that focuses on the analysis of nation-state actors. According to the experts, the cyber espionage campaign began in May ahead the talk between the Vatican and the Chinese government.
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WIRED Threat Level
JULY 26, 2020
Make sure that your Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive data is protected—while still being easy for you to access.
Threatpost
JULY 27, 2020
Attackers are exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Cisco's network security software products, which is used by Fortune 500 companies.
Data Breach Today
JULY 27, 2020
Hack Blamed on Credentials Stolen via Breach of Third-Party Service Provider Waydev Mobile-only banking app Dave has suffered a data breach that exposed personal details for at least 3 million users. But the fintech startup says no account information was exposed, and there are no signs of fraud. Dave says the incident traces to credentials stolen from Waydev, a third-party service provider.
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