AIIM
JULY 9, 2024
As a former Jeopardy Champion, I've experienced firsthand the importance of memorizing and recalling vast amounts of information. This skill set has not only served me well on the game show but has also informed my perspective on the relationship between human input and artificial intelligence (AI) in the realm of information management.
Schneier on Security
JULY 9, 2024
Interesting : By reverse-engineering how Ticketmaster and AXS actually make their electronic tickets, scalpers have essentially figured out how to regenerate specific, genuine tickets that they have legally purchased from scratch onto infrastructure that they control. In doing so, they are removing the anti-scalping restrictions put on the tickets by Ticketmaster and AXS.
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KnowBe4
JULY 10, 2024
Recently I had to prepare for a governance, risk and compliance conference. I promptly realized that although I used to be quite immersed in this field as an ISO 27k implementation consultant and even a short stint as a Payment Card Industry (PCI QSA) auditor years ago, it has been a while since I looked into this.
Krebs on Security
JULY 12, 2024
AT&T Corp. disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. AT&T said it delayed disclosing the incident in response to “national security and public safety concerns,” noting that some of the records included data that could be used to determine where a call was made or text message sent.
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Data Breach Today
JULY 8, 2024
Agency Is in 2nd Phase of Its Open-Source Software Security Road Map The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency provided details on Monday about a framework it's currently developing to measure and evaluate the trustworthiness of open-source software security, including funding a new open-source tool to make the framework scalable and implementable.
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Security Affairs
JULY 7, 2024
The Apache Foundation addressed a critical source code disclosure vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-39884, in the HTTP Server. The Apache Software Foundation has addressed multiple vulnerabilities in its popular Apache HTTP Server. The vulnerabilities include denial-of-service (DoS), remote code execution, and unauthorized access issues. One of these vulnerabilities is a critical source code disclosure vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-39884. “A regression in the core of Apache HTTP Serve
Krebs on Security
JULY 10, 2024
The Russia-based cybercrime group dubbed “ Fin7 ,” known for phishing and malware attacks that have cost victim organizations an estimated $3 billion in losses since 2013, was declared dead last year by U.S. authorities. But experts say Fin7 has roared back to life in 2024 — setting up thousands of websites mimicking a range of media and technology companies — with the help of Stark Industries Solutions , a sprawling hosting provider that is a persistent source of cyberat
Data Breach Today
JULY 10, 2024
Nation-State Group APT40 Routinely Exploits Publicly Known Software Flaws The Australian cybersecurity agency is blaming a Chinese state-backed cyberespionage group, tracked as APT40, for persistent cyberattacks on Australian organizations to steal sensitive information. The group exploits known software vulnerabilities to compromise networks.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 10, 2024
Deepfake scam services. Victim data. Electrified shackles for human trafficking. Crypto tracing firm Elliptic found all were available for sale on an online marketplace linked to Cambodia’s ruling family.
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Security Affairs
JULY 11, 2024
Multiple threat actors exploit a recently disclosed security PHP flaw CVE-2024-4577 to deliver multiple malware families. The Akamai Security Intelligence Response Team (SIRT) warns that multiple threat actors are exploiting the PHP vulnerability C VE-2024-4577 to deliver multiple malware families, including Gh0st RAT , RedTail cryptominers, and XMRig. “Threat actors continued the speedy-time-from-disclosure-to-exploitation trend and were quick to leverage this new vulnerability — we obser
Krebs on Security
JULY 9, 2024
Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug at least 139 security holes in various flavors of Windows and other Microsoft products. Redmond says attackers are already exploiting at least two of the vulnerabilities in active attacks against Windows users. The first Microsoft zero-day this month is CVE-2024-38080 , a bug in the Windows Hyper-V component that affects Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 systems.
Data Breach Today
JULY 9, 2024
Meliorator Software Generates Social Media Bots U.S. federal authorities seized two web domains they said supported an artificial intelligence-driven disinformation network run by the Russian domestic intelligence agency and affiliates of a state-run propaganda broadcaster. Authorities searched nearly 1,000 accounts on social media platform X.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 12, 2024
Telecom giant AT&T says a major data breach has exposed the call and text records of “nearly all” of its customers, epitomizing the dire state of data security.
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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?
Security Affairs
JULY 11, 2024
The US and its allies disrupted an AI-powered Russia-linked bot farm on the social media platform X relying on the Meliorator AI software. The U.S. FBI and Cyber National Mission Force, along with Dutch and Canadian intelligence and security agencies, warned social media companies about Russian state-sponsored actors using covert AI software, Meliorator, in disinformation campaigns.
KnowBe4
JULY 11, 2024
Ransomware is more prolific and expensive than ever. Depending on the source you read, the average or median ransomware payment was at least several hundred thousand dollars to well over several million in 2023. Marsh, a leader in cybersecurity insurance, wrote that its customers paid an average of $6.5 million in ransom in 2023 (after just paying an average of $1.4 million in 2023).
Data Breach Today
JULY 11, 2024
New Bill Would Create Data Minimization Measures, Express Permission Requirements Experts warned in congressional testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday that the absence of a comprehensive privacy bill in the United States is hindering economic competition for technology companies and jeopardizing the privacy of the American public.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
JULY 8, 2024
Passwordless 360°: Unblocking the Challenges of FIDO Key Management josh.pearson@t… Mon, 07/08/2024 - 23:25 Identity & Access Management Access Control Gregory Vigroux | Senior Product Manager More About This Author > With sensitive data and apps dispersed across fragmented computing environments, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has emerged as the best way to authenticate and protect our digital identities in the zero-trust security framework.
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Security Affairs
JULY 7, 2024
Alabama’s education superintendent disclosed a data breach following a hacking attempt on the Alabama State Department of Education. The Alabama State Department of Education announced it had thwarted a ransomware attack on June 17, however, threat actors accessed some data and disrupted services before the attack was stopped. Superintendent Eric Mackey, who disclosed the attack, said they are working to determine the exact scope of the data breach.
The Last Watchdog
JULY 11, 2024
Passwords have been the cornerstone of basic cybersecurity hygiene for decades. Related: Passwordless workpace long way off However, as users engage with more applications across multiple devices, the digital security landscape is shifting from passwords and password managers towards including passwordless authentication, such as multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometrics, and, as of late, passkeys.
Data Breach Today
JULY 10, 2024
Mandatory Multifactor Authentication Among New Features Given to Administrators In the wake of multiple customers of Snowflake collectively losing terabytes of data to attackers, the cloud-based data warehousing platform has rolled out a swath of cybersecurity improvements, including allowing administrators to make multifactor authentication mandatory for all users.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 11, 2024
The cybercrime boss, who helped lead the prolific Zeus malware gang and was on the FBI’s “most wanted” list for years, has been sentenced to 18 years and ordered to pay more than $73 million.
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.
Security Affairs
JULY 10, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows and Rejetto HTTP File Server bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the following vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog : CVE-2024-23692 Rejetto HTTP File Server Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine Vulnerability CVE-2024-38080 Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Privilege Esc
KnowBe4
JULY 10, 2024
Researchers at Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) warn that Russian government threat actors continue to target NATO member countries with spear phishing attacks. APT29 in particular has been targeting the technology sector in order to launch supply chain attacks.
Data Breach Today
JULY 8, 2024
Securing an organization often requires making fast decisions, said Tom Corn of Ontinue, and AI can gather information that you can use to answer the questions you have about how to handle a security problem. Corn discusses operationalizing an AI-first approach to security.
WIRED Threat Level
JULY 11, 2024
A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.
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Security Affairs
JULY 8, 2024
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco NX-OS Command Injection bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco NX-OS Command Injection Vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 , to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Cisco addressed an NX-OS zero-day, tracked as CVE-2024-20399 (CVSS score of 6.0), that the China-linked group Velvet Ant exploited to depl
KnowBe4
JULY 9, 2024
Researchers at Check Point observed more than a thousand newly registered malicious or suspicious web domains related to Amazon last month. The criminals are likely gearing up to target users during Amazon Prime Day next week.
Data Breach Today
JULY 8, 2024
RansomHub Group Claims It Began Leaking 100 Gigabytes of Stolen Information The Florida Department of Health is dealing with an attack involving the theft of sensitive information. RansomHub claims that it began to publish 100 gigabytes of data stolen in the hack after the state refused to pay extortionists. The incident is the latest involving a public health department.
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