Sat.Aug 01, 2020 - Fri.Aug 07, 2020

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Hacked Data Broker Accounts Fueled Phony COVID Loans, Unemployment Claims

Krebs on Security

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S. consumer data broker, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

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Twitter Rushes to Fix Flaw in Android Version

Data Breach Today

Vulnerability Could Enable Hackers to Access User Data, Including Direct Messages Twitter rushed out a fix for a flaw in the Android version of its social media platform that could have allowed hackers to access user data, including within the direct message feature. The news comes as more details have emerged about a recent Twitter hacking incident.

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How to Talk Technology When You’re Not Technical

AIIM

Some people are hyper-technical, and they can be intimidating if you don’t feel technically minded. It can feel like you’re not even speaking the same language as they seem to bury you in TLAs and FLAs (Three-Letter Acronyms and Four-Letter Acronyms). Information professionals can communicate with their technical colleagues – even when they’re not that technical.

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I'm Open Sourcing the Have I Been Pwned Code Base

Troy Hunt

Let me just cut straight to it: I'm going to open source the Have I Been Pwned code base. The decision has been a while coming and it took a failed M&A process to get here, but the code will be turned over to the public for the betterment of the project and frankly, for the betterment of everyone who uses it. Let me explain why and how. HIBP is a Community Project I've been giving a great deal of thought to how I want this project to evolve lately, especially in the wake of the M&A proce

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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have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth.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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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

A California company that helps telemarketing firms avoid getting sued for violating a federal law that seeks to curb robocalls has leaked the phone numbers, email addresses and passwords of all its customers, as well as the mobile phone numbers and other data on people who have hired lawyers to go after telemarketers. The Blacklist Alliance provides technologies and services to marketing firms concerned about lawsuits under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), a 1991 law that restricts

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Change in the Middle of a COVID-19 Crisis

AIIM

You still must get things done. The organization needs to make changes to adapt to a more turbulent world. However, how do you accomplish change when the organization’s change capacity is used coping with COVID-19 ? Learn why change management skills are more critical now than ever. Capacity for Change. Every person and every organization has a capacity for change.

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UberEats data leaked on the dark web

Security Affairs

Security researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble have discovered user records of American online food ordering and delivery platform UberEats on DarkWeb. Another day, another data breach made the headlines, this time the alleged victim is UberEATS. UberEats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014. During the process of darkweb and deep web monitoring, the Cyble Research Team came across a threat actor who leaked user records of UberEATS.

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What Is Data Literacy?

erwin

How Data Literacy Turns Data from a Burden to a Benefit. Today, data literacy is more important than ever. Data is now being used to support business decisions few executives thought they’d be making even six months ago. With your employees connected and armed with data that paints a clear picture of the business, your organization is better prepared to turn its attention to whatever your strategic priority may be – i.e. digital transformation, customer experience, or withstanding this cur

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North Korean Hackers Targeted US Aerospace, Defense Firms

Data Breach Today

McAfee: Operation North Star Used Fake Job Offers to Plant Malware Hackers with suspected ties to North Korea targeted U.S. aerospace and defense firms with fake job offer emails sent to employees, according to security firm McAfee. The messages contained malware designed to gain a foothold in networks and gather data.

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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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Have I Been Pwned Set to Go Open-Source

Threatpost

Fully opening the door to allow people to contribute to – and notably, tinker with – the code for the data-breach information service will be an entirely next-level effort, according to founder Troy Hunt.

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Garmin allegedly paid for a decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware

Security Affairs

BleepingComputer researchers confirmed that Garmin has received the decryption key to recover their files encrypted with the WastedLocker Ransomware. BleepingComputer first revealed that Garmin has received the decryption key to recover the files encrypted with the WastedLocker Ransomware in the recent attack. On July 23, smartwatch and wearables maker Garmin has shut down several of its services due to a ransomware attack that targeted its internal network and some production systems.

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Why Data Ethics Is a Growing CISO Priority

Dark Reading

With data collection growing, and increased concern about how it is handled, a synergy between security and data teams will be essential.

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Researchers: IoT Botnets Could Influence Energy Prices

Data Breach Today

Paper Describes How Connected Devices Could Be Used to Manipulate Markets High-wattage IoT devices and appliances, such as connected refrigerators, air conditioners and heaters, could be turned into massive botnets by malicious actors and used to influence energy prices, according to an academic study released at Black Hat 2020.

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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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Does remote working affect the cost of a data breach?

IT Governance

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have warned that the switch to remote working would negatively affect organisations’ ability to detect and contain security incidents. Of course, many employers didn’t have a choice. Government guidelines in the UK and many other parts of the world urged people to work from home wherever possible. So what affect has this had on organisations’ cyber security?

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Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers

Security Affairs

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has obtained a copy of the list with the help of threat intelligence firm KELA and verified confirmed the authenticity of the data.

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A Hacker’s guide to reducing side-channel attack surfaces using deep-learning

Elie

This talk showcases SCALD, our tool that leverages deep-learning explainability and dynamic execution to automatically find which parts of a crypto-hardware implementation is responsible for leaking the information exploited by side-channel attacks.

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Behavioral Biometrics: Avoiding Mistakes

Data Breach Today

Too many companies that are implementing behavioral biometrics to combat fraud lack a complete understanding of how to make the most of the technology, says David Lacey, managing director at IDCARE, Australia and New Zealand's not-for-profit national identity and cyber support service.

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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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Japan: Protection of Personal Information (APPI) Act to be Amended: Is your Business Ready?

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Japanese Diet has recently approved a bill to amend the APPI. This is expected to result in a strengthening of rights for data subjects while making data breach notifications mandatory and increasing penalties for noncompliance. Is your business ready for these upcoming changes? Overview of the Amendment. On 5 June 2020, the Japanese Diet approved a bill to partially amend the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (the “ APPI” ).

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A critical flaw in wpDiscuz WordPress plugin lets hackers take over hosting account

Security Affairs

A critical flaw in the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and take over the hosting account. Security experts from Wordfence discovered a critical vulnerability impacting the wpDiscuz WordPress plugin that is installed on over 80,000 sites. The vulnerability could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely after uploading arbitrary files on servers hosting the vulnerable WordPress sites. wpDiscuz provides an Ajax real-time

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A Hacker’s guide to reducing side-channel attack surfaces using deep-learning

Elie

In recent years, Side-Channel Attacks Assisted with Machine Learning aka SCAAML have been proven a very effective approach to carry-out side-channel attacks even against the toughest hardware cryptographic implementations in a semi-automatic manner. Building on this line of work, this talk showcases how to take it a step further and demonstrates how to combine the recent advances in deep-learning explainability with dynamic execution to quickly assess which parts of a hardware cryptographic impl

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FastPOS Malware Creator Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

Data Breach Today

DOJ: Valerian Chiochiu Provided Cybercriminals Help Through Infraud Site A member of the infamous Infraud Organization and the creator of a malware strain called FastPOS has pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy charges, according to the Justice Department. Valerian Chiochiu assisted other cybercriminals through the Infraud site before authorities shuttered it in 2018.

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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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Dutch Hackers Found a Simple Way to Mess With Traffic Lights

WIRED Threat Level

By reverse-engineering apps intended for cyclists, security researchers found they could cause delays in at least 10 cities from anywhere in the world.

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FBI issued a flash alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks

Security Affairs

The FBI has issued a security alert about Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. and foreign government organizations. The FBI has issued a new security flash alert to warn of Netwalker ransomware attacks targeting U.S. and foreign government organizations. The feds are recommending victims, not to pay the ransom and reporting incidents to their local FBI field offices.

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I'm Partnering with NordVPN as a Strategic Advisor

Troy Hunt

I love security. I love privacy. Consequently, it will come as no surprise that I love tools that help people achieve those objectives. Equally, I have no patience for false promises, and I've been very vocal about my feelings there: But one of them is literally called “Secure VPN”, how is this possible?! “Are You Using These VPN Apps? Personal Info Of 20 Million Users Leaked: That’s 1.2TB Data” [link] — Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) July 20, 2020 VPNs are a great example of where a tool can be us

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Global Cybercrime Surging During Pandemic

Data Breach Today

Interpol: Fraudsters Shifting Focus to Governments, Health Infrastructure, Corporations Cybercriminals have shifted their focus from individuals and smaller businesses to target governments, critical health infrastructure and major corporations to maximize their profits and disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Interpol report warns.

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.

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A Cyber ‘Vigilante’ is Sabotaging Emotet’s Return

Threatpost

During Black Hat USA 2020, Threatpost talks to Sherrod DeGrippo, with Proofpoint, about Emotet's recent return -and how a cyber vigilante is attempting to thwart the malware's comeback.

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Exclusive: TIM’s Red Team Research finds 4 zero-days in WOWZA Streaming Engine product

Security Affairs

Researchers from TIM’s Red Team Research (RTR) have discovered another 4 new zero-day vulnerabilities in the WOWZA Streaming Engine product. Last month, the TIM’s Red Team Research (RTR) disclosed 2 new vulnerabilities affecting the Oracle Business Intelligence product with High severity. Today, the TIM’s Red Team Research led by Massimiliano Brolli, discovered 4 new vulnerabilities that have been addressed by the manufacturer WOWZA Streaming Engine, between the end of 2019 and

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Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry

WIRED Threat Level

A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more.

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