Sat.Sep 14, 2019 - Fri.Sep 20, 2019

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Protecting Your Company Against Spear Phishing Attacks

Adapture

When it comes to protecting your company’s data and infrastructure, security products are not enough to prevent breaches. No matter how much you spend on these products or layer and configure them, at the end of the day, a product does not equal protection—especially when you enter the human variable into the equation. So, how [ ] The post Protecting Your Company Against Spear Phishing Attacks appeared first on ADAPTURE.

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MY TAKE: What everyone should know about the promise and pitfalls of the Internet of Things

The Last Watchdog

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The Top 'Human Hacks' to Watch For Now

Dark Reading

Social engineering is as old as mankind. But its techniques have evolved with time. Here are the latest tricks criminals are using to dupe end users.

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In an Eagerly Anticipated Decision, the Ninth Circuit Sides With Web Scrapers

Data Matters

For years, companies seeking to block web scrapers from collecting the information on their website would invoke the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a U.S. law that criminalizes accessing a computer “without authorization.” But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now ruled that merely instructing scrapers that they are not welcome on a public website, either through a restrictive terms of use or a cease-and-desist letter, is probably not enough to render their access “unauth

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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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Achieving Trust: Bake Security into Your Brand

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data is the most valuable online currency a consumer possesses. Yet most people don’t trust the companies they’re sharing data with, according to a new market trends study published by Gartner. In fact, 75% of consumers worry their online accounts may be hacked and the vast majority also believe companies are using or sharing their data without even telling them, according to the study.

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The Air Force Will Let Hackers Try to Hijack an Orbiting Satellite

WIRED Threat Level

At the Defcon hacking conference next year, the Air Force will bring a satellite for fun and glory.

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Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums

Security Affairs

Tens of millions of records belonging to passengers of two airline companies owned by Lion Air have been exposed and exchanged on forums. Data belonging to passengers of two airline companies owned by Lion Air have been exposed and exchanged on forums. The information was left exposed online on an unsecured Amazon bucket, the records were stored in two databases in a directory containing backup files mostly for Malindo Air and Thai Lion Air.

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Supply Chain Attacks: Hackers Hit IT Providers

Data Breach Today

Symantec Sees New Tortoiseshell Gang Hitting Targets in Middle East A hacker group called Tortoiseshell has been hitting targets in the Middle East since at least July 2018, apparently targeting IT service providers to gain access to many potential targets at once. The campaign is fresh proof that criminals and nation-state attackers alike continue to favor supply chain attacks.

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Before He Spammed You, this Sly Prince Stalked Your Mailbox

Krebs on Security

A reader forwarded what he briefly imagined might be a bold, if potentially costly, innovation on the old Nigerian prince scam that asks for help squirreling away millions in unclaimed fortune: It was sent via the U.S. Postal Service, with a postmarked stamp and everything. In truth these old fashioned “advance fee” or “419” scams predate email and have circulated via postal mail in various forms and countries over the years.

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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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After Six Years in Exile, Edward Snowden Explains Himself

WIRED Threat Level

In a new memoir and interview, the world’s most famous whistle-blower elucidates as never before why he stood up to mass surveillance—and his love for an internet that no longer exists.

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A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site

Security Affairs

A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site. An expert discovered a flaw in the LastPass password manager that exposes login credentials entered on a site previously visited by a user. Tavis Ormandy, the popular white-hat hacker at Google Project Zero, has discovered a vulnerability in the LastPass password manager that exposes login credentials entered on a site previously visited by a user.

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Life After Snowden: US Still Lacks Whistleblowing Rules

Data Breach Today

Intelligence Community May Be Incubating Snowden 2.0, Former NSA Employee Warns Ahead of the release of Edward Snowden's memoirs chronicling his decision to bring illegal "big data" domestic U.S. surveillance programs to light, a former NSA intelligence specialist points out that the U.S. still lacks a whistleblowing law to protect intelligence workers who spot illegal activity.

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Four Skills Every Modern Records Manager Must Have Right Now

AIIM

It's become trite to note the speed at which technology changes, and that the speed of those changes continues to increase. But just because it's trite doesn't mean it's not true. This means that, for records managers to continue to remain relevant, we need to ensure that we are on top of new developments in records and information management that will significantly impact our organizations.

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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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On Roku and Amazon Fire TV, Channels Are Watching You

WIRED Threat Level

New research shows that over 2,000 streaming apps track information about your devices—even when you tell them not to.

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More than 737 million medical radiological images found on open PACS servers

Security Affairs

Researchers at Greenbone Networks vulnerability analysis and management company discovered 400 Million medical radiological images exposed online via unsecured PACS servers. The experts at Greenbone Networks vulnerability analysis and management company discovered 600 unprotected servers exposed online that contained medical radiological images. The research was conducted between mid-July 2019 and early September 2019.

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Researchers: Emotet Botnet Is Active Again

Data Breach Today

New Surge in Activity Spotted After Four-Month Absence Emotet, one of the most powerful malware-spreading botnets, is active again after a four-month absence, according to several security researchers who noticed a surge in activity primarily against U.S., U.K. and German targets starting on Monday.

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MY TAKE: SMBs can do much more to repel ransomware, dilute disinformation campaigns

The Last Watchdog

Local government agencies remain acutely exposed to being hacked. That’s long been true. However, at this moment in history, two particularly worrisome types of cyber attacks are cycling up and hitting local government entities hard: ransomware sieges and election tampering. Related: Free tools that can help protect elections I had a deep discussion about this with Todd Weller, chief strategy officer at Bandura Cyber.

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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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A Brutal Murder, a Wearable Witness, and an Unlikely Suspect

WIRED Threat Level

Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did.

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A bug in Instagram exposed user accounts and phone numbers

Security Affairs

Facebook addressed a vulnerability in Instagram that could have allowed attackers to access private user information. The security researcher @ZHacker13 discovered a flaw in Instagram that allowed an attacker to access account information, including user phone number and real name. ZHacker13 discovered the vulnerability in August and reported the issue to Facebook that asked for additional time to address the issue.

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Eight US Cities See Payment Data Card Stolen

Data Breach Today

Vulnerability in Click2Gov Software Has Been Patched, Vendor Says Click2Gov municipal payment portals for eight U.S. cities were compromised after an apparent vulnerability in the software. More than 20,000 payment card records have turned up in underground markets, says Gemini Advisory.

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MY TAKE: Poll shows senior execs, board members grasp strategic importance of cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

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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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A Password-Exposing Bug Was Purged From LastPass

WIRED Threat Level

Google Project Zero found and reported a flaw in the widely used password manager.

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Drone attacks hit two Saudi Arabia Aramco oil plants

Security Affairs

Drone attacks have hit two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, one of them is the Abqaiq site. Drone attacks have hit Saudi Arabia’s oil production suffered severe damage following a swarm of explosive drones that hit two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia. Online are circulating the images of a huge blaze at Abqaiq, site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant, the Abqaiq site.

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Brokerage Firm Hit With $500,000 Data Breach Penalty

Data Breach Today

Commission Finds That Phillip Capital Made Series of Missteps The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has hit Philips Capital Inc., a Chicago-based brokerage firm, with a $500,000 penalty for security missteps before and after a 2018 data breach, which resulted in the theft of $1 million from client accounts.

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Apple’s new Endpoint Security Framework

Jamf

macOS Catalina introduces a new user-mode framework called Endpoint Security. See what it is and how it impacts you.

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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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What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?

WIRED Threat Level

How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs.

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InnfiRAT Trojan steals funds from Bitcoin and Litecoin wallets

Security Affairs

Researchers at Z s caler have spotted a new malware dubbed InnfiRAT that infects victims’ systems to steal cryptocurrency wallet data. . Researchers at Z s caler have discovered a new Trojan dubbed InnfiRAT that implements many standard Trojan capabilities along with the ability to steal cryptocurrency wallet data. . “As with just about every piece of malware, InnfiRAT is designed to access and steal personal information on a user’s computer.” states a blog post published

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Investigation Launched After Ecuadorian Records Exposed

Data Breach Today

Researchers: Unsecured Elasticsearch Database Included Bank Details, Personal Information An unsecured database owned by an Ecuadorian consulting company left over 20 million records on the South American country's citizens exposed to the internet, according to a report from two independent security researchers. An official investigation is underway.

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