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Glut of Fake LinkedIn Profiles Pits HR Against the Bots

Krebs on Security

A recent proliferation of phony executive profiles on LinkedIn is creating something of an identity crisis for the business networking site, and for companies that rely on it to hire and screen prospective employees. The fabricated LinkedIn identities — which pair AI-generated profile photos with text lifted from legitimate accounts — are creating major headaches for corporate HR departments and for those managing invite-only LinkedIn groups.

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First 72 Hours of Incident Response Critical to Taming Cyberattack Chaos

Dark Reading

Responding to cyberattacks is extraordinarily stressful, but better planning, frequent practice, and the availability of mental health services can help IR professionals, a survey finds.

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An agile approach to Data Science

OpenText Information Management

Most Professional Services engagements with OpenText™ follow a traditional design, built, test and deploy project methodology. OpenText software is well suited for the waterfall project model. A notable exception is OpenText™ Magellan™ and our Data Science projects. In these cases, customers can expect an approach which simply adds refinement iterations to the build phase or … The post An agile approach to Data Science appeared first on OpenText Blogs.

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Pentagon Bug Bounty Program Uncovers 350 Vulnerabilities

Data Breach Today

Department Paid $110,000 in Rewards for Submitted Vulnerability Reports The U.S. Department of Defense uncovered almost 350 vulnerabilities in the department's networks as part of its experimental bug bounty program launched on American Independence Day. The week-long bug bounty challenge called "Hack U.S." ran from July 4 to July 11.

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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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AI Governance: Break open the black box

IBM Big Data Hub

It is well known that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has progressed, moving past the era of experimentation. Today, AI presents an enormous opportunity to turn data into insights and actions, to amplify human capabilities, decrease risk and increase ROI by achieving break through innovations. While the promise of AI isn’t guaranteed and doesn’t always come easy, adoption is no longer a choice.

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The Fight to Cut Off the Crypto Fueling Russia's Ukraine Invasion

WIRED Threat Level

Blockchain investigators have uncovered at least $4 million—and counting—in cryptocurrency fundraising has reached Russia's violent militia groups.

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Cancer Testing Lab Reports 2nd Major Breach Within 6 Months

Data Breach Today

CSI Laboratories Says Recent Phishing Incident Affected 245,000 Patients A Georgia-based cancer testing laboratory has reported to federal regulators a phishing breach affecting the sensitive information of nearly 245,000 individuals. It is the lab's second hacking breach affecting hundreds of thousands of individuals reported over the last six months.

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Report: Big U.S. Banks Are Stiffing Account Takeover Victims

Krebs on Security

When U.S. consumers have their online bank accounts hijacked and plundered by hackers, U.S. financial institutions are legally obligated to reverse any unauthorized transactions as long as the victim reports the fraud in a timely manner. But new data released this week suggests that for some of the nation’s largest banks, reimbursing account takeover victims has become more the exception than the rule.

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Microsoft confirms Exchange zero-day flaws actively exploited in the wild

Security Affairs

Microsoft confirmed that two recently disclosed zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange are being actively exploited in the wild. Microsoft confirmed that two zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange recently disclosed by researchers at cybersecurity firm GTSC are being actively exploited in the wild. The IT giant has promptly started the investigation into the two zero-day vulnerabilities that impacts Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019.

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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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The High Cost of Living Your Life Online

WIRED Threat Level

Constantly posting content on social media can erode your privacy—and sense of self.

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Health Entity Agrees to Pay $7.9 Million to Improve Security

Data Breach Today

But Payments to 540,000 Class Members in Breach Settlement Capped at $800,000 A Baltimore, Maryland-based healthcare organization has agreed to spend nearly $8 million improving and maintaining its data security as "injunctive relief" to settle a class action lawsuit involving two data breaches that affected a total of about 540,000 individuals.

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Microsoft: Two New 0-Day Flaws in Exchange Server

Krebs on Security

Microsoft Corp. is investigating reports that attackers are exploiting two previously unknown vulnerabilities in Exchange Server , a technology many organizations rely on to send and receive email. Microsoft says it is expediting work on software patches to plug the security holes. In the meantime, it is urging a subset of Exchange customers to enable a setting that could help mitigate ongoing attacks.

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Witchetty APT used steganography in attacks against Middle East entities

Security Affairs

A cyberespionage group, tracked as Witchetty, used steganography to hide a previously undocumented backdoor in a Windows logo. Broadcom’s Symantec Threat Hunter Team observed a threat actor, tracked as Witchetty, using steganography to hide a previously undocumented backdoor in a Windows logo. The group used the backdoor in attacks against Middle Eastern governments.

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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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A Coordinated Swatting Spree Is Targeting US Schools

WIRED Threat Level

Sixteen states collectively suffered more than 90 false reports of school shooters during three weeks in September—and many appear to be connected.

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Lloyd's of London Detects Suspicious Network Activity

Data Breach Today

UK Insurance Marketplace Gauging Best Options for Reconnecting Systems Put Offline Lloyd's of London is probing a possible cybersecurity incident that led it to yank some systems offline. Details are scarce at the moment, including whether the incident is malicious or involves ransomware and who may have instigated the incident.

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GUEST ESSAY: Restore Us Institute (RUI) aims to protect Americans from online harms and crimes

The Last Watchdog

How did America and Americans regress to being much less secure than before the Internet? Everyone knows the many amazing conveniences, benefits, and advances the Internet has enabled. What everyone doesn’t know is how irrational the Internet’s utopian founding premises have proven to be concerning America’s and Americans’ security over the last quarter century.

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Trojanized Comm100 Live Chat app installer distributed a JavaScript backdoor

Security Affairs

A threat actor used a trojanized installer for the Comm100 Live Chat application to distribute a JavaScript backdoor. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike disclosed details of a supply chain attack that involved the use of a trojanized installer for the Comm100 Live Chat application to distribute a JavaScript backdoor. Comm100 is a provider of customer service and communication products that serves over 200,000 businesses.

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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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Meta Says It Has Busted More Than 400 Login-Stealing Apps This Year

WIRED Threat Level

The company plans to alert 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised by malicious software.

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Log4Shell Among Chinese Hackers' Fave Vulns, Say Feds

Data Breach Today

CISA, FBI and NSA List 20 Common Vulnerabilities Used by Beijing Count Log4Shell among Chinese hackers' favorite vulnerabilities, federal agencies say in a compilation of top exploits used by Beijing for state-sponsored cyber theft and espionage. Chinese state-sponsored hacking remains "one of the largest and most dynamic threats," warn the FBI, NSA and CISA.

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U.S. FERC Proposes Revisions to Cybersecurity Incentives for Utilities

Data Matters

On September 22, 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) regarding Incentives for Advanced Cybersecurity Investment, requesting comment on proposed revisions to regulations implementing the Federal Power Act (FPA). The revisions would provide incentive-based rate treatments for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce and the sale of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce by utilities for certain voluntary

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RansomEXX gang claims to have hacked Ferrari and leaked online internal documents

Security Affairs

The Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari confirmed the availability of internal documents online, but said it has no evidence of cyber attack. Documents belonging to the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari are circulating online, the company confirmed their authenticity stating it is not aware of cyber attacks. Ferrari is investigating the leak of the internal documents and announced it will implement all the necessary actions.

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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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The Uber Data Breach Conviction Shows Security Execs What Not to Do

WIRED Threat Level

Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan’s conviction is a rare criminal consequence for an executive’s handling of a hack.

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Shangri-La Hotels Hit by Data Breach Incident

Data Breach Today

Hong Kong Privacy Office Says It Is 'Disappointed' With Breach Notification Upscale Asian hotelier Shangri-La Group has copped to a data breach incident that may affect hundreds of thousands of guests. The hotel detected unauthorized access to its guest database in July but didn't notify guests or regulators until September.

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Detecting Deepfake Audio by Modeling the Human Acoustic Tract

Schneier on Security

This is interesting research : In this paper, we develop a new mechanism for detecting audio deepfakes using techniques from the field of articulatory phonetics. Specifically, we apply fluid dynamics to estimate the arrangement of the human vocal tract during speech generation and show that deepfakes often model impossible or highly-unlikely anatomical arrangements.

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US DoD announced the results of the Hack US bug bounty challenge

Security Affairs

The US Department of Defense (DoD) shared the results of the Hack US bug bounty program that took place in July. On July 4, 2022, the US Department of Defense (DoD) and HackerOne started the Hack US, a one-week bug bounty challenge, which is considered part of DoD’s vulnerability disclosure program (VDP). The challenge was launched Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), Directorate for Digital Services (DDS), DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and HackerOne.

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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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The Challenge of Cracking Iran’s Internet Blockade

WIRED Threat Level

People around the world are rallying to subvert Iran's internet shutdown, but actually pulling it off is proving difficult and risky.

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Australia Police Charge Teen With Extorting Optus Victims

Data Breach Today

19-Year-Old From Sydney Suburbs Allegedly Sent Extortion SMS to Data Breach Victims Police arrested a teenager in his suburban Sydney home for allegedly attempting to extort AU$2,000 from victims of the Optus data breach. The unnamed 19-year-old allegedly threatened to conduct financial crimes using the information of 93 individuals unless he received a payout.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in September 2022 – 35.6 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Welcome to our September 2022 list of data breaches and cyber attacks. Compared to August, it was a comparatively quiet month, as we identified 88 publicly disclosed security incidents and 35,566,046 compromised records. As always, you can find the full list below – although, perhaps for the last time, they are broken down into their respective categories.