The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 21, 2018
DevOps has been around for a while now, accelerating the creation of leading edge business applications by blending the development side with the operations side. It should come as no surprise that security is being formally added to DevOps, resulting in an emphasis on a process being referred to as SecOps or DevSecOps. Related: How DevOps played into the Uber hack.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 21, 2018
Tech Giant Clarifies: Pausing 'Location History' Alone Won't Stop All Tracking A lawsuit accuses Google of "the surreptitious location tracking of millions of mobile phone users." The legal action was sparked by a report demonstrating that some Google apps tracked and time-stamped users' locations even if a user deactivated the "location history" setting.
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Krebs on Security
AUGUST 23, 2018
In September 2017, Equifax disclosed that a failure to patch one of its Internet servers against a pervasive software flaw — in a Web component known as Apache Struts — led to a breach that exposed personal data on 147 million Americans. Now security experts are warning that blueprints showing malicious hackers how to exploit a newly-discovered Apache Struts bug are available online, leaving countless organizations in a rush to apply new updates and plug the security hole before att
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
AUGUST 21, 2018
The enactment of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a significant milestone for virtually every international business. Under the standard, organizations need to comply withan extensive set of requirements—or potentially face significant fines for failing to do so. Thales eSecurity and DataStax have come together to draft “Aligning GDPR Requirements with Today’s Hybrid-Cloud Realities,” which outlines a number of the issues organizations need to address to be GDPR
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The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 23, 2018
Remember the old adage, you can never be too thin or too rich? The software development world has its own take on that dictum—you can never be too fast. Related: Gamification training targets iGens. Business demand dictates a frenetic pace for delivering new and better technology. To perfect the process, more organizations are taking a DevOps approach—melding software development and software operations simultaneously.
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Krebs on Security
AUGUST 22, 2018
Authorities in Santa Clara, Calif. have arrested and charged a 19-year-old area man on suspicion hijacking mobile phone numbers as part of a scheme to steal large sums of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The arrest is the third known law enforcement action this month targeting “SIM swappers,” individuals who specialize in stealing wireless phone numbers and hijacking online financial and social media accounts tied to those numbers.
eSecurity Planet
AUGUST 22, 2018
These IT security vendors lead the market through their innovative offerings, range of products and services, customer satisfaction and annual revenue
The Last Watchdog
AUGUST 20, 2018
More businesses than ever before are choosing to move their IT infrastructure and systems to cloud solutions such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure. There are many reasons to choose a cloud solution including increased flexibility and scalability, as well as reduced cost. In fact, a recent study of nearly 200 businesses and entrepreneurs found that 76% are looking to cloud solutions in order to increase the efficiency of their business.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 23, 2018
Some Security Experts Recommend Replacing Struts Altogether Due to Breach Risk Apache has released an emergency fix for its Struts web application framework to patch a flaw that attackers can exploit to take full control of the application. Some incident response experts, based on the severity of breaches they've investigated, recommend dropping Struts altogether.
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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.
TAB OnRecord
AUGUST 22, 2018
When it comes to effectively managing files, a functional classification system is the most efficient way to go. Whether you need to build a functional classification system from scratch or overhaul an existing system, this resource shows you how. It presents some basic principles of file classification along with practical strategies in developing and implementing the right system.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 22, 2018
Maintainers of the Apache Struts 2 open source development framework has released security updates to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability. Security updates released this week for the Apache Struts 2 open source development framework addressed a critical RCE tracked as CVE-2018-11776. The vulnerability affects Struts versions from 2.3 through 2.3.34, Struts 2.5 through 2.5.16, and possibly unsupported versions of the framework.
WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 22, 2018
Crippled ports. Paralyzed corporations. Frozen government agencies. How a single piece of code crashed the world.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 23, 2018
Facebook's Ex-CSO Says That Ship Has Sailed; Look to 2020 With less than three months to go until the U.S. midterm elections, Alex Stamos, until recently Facebooks's CSO, says there isn't time to properly safeguard this year's elections. But here's how the company can get its act together in time for 2020.
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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?
Dark Reading
AUGUST 21, 2018
A growing number of employees have various IoT devices in their homes - where they're also connecting to an enterprise network to do their work. And that means significant threats loom.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 24, 2018
T-Mobile today announced It has suffered a security breach that May have exposed personal information of up to 2 million T-mobile customers. According to the telco giant, the incident affected its US servers on August 20, leaked information includes customers’ name, billing zip code, phone number, email address, account number, and account type (prepaid or postpaid).
Architect Security
AUGUST 24, 2018
Introduction I travel a lot, sometimes alone. I have left hotels almost immediately after checking in because I felt unsafe with the accommodations. Sometimes a hotel will assign a room to two people by mistake, and one person walks in on the other using a valid key (I’ve seen this happen). RFID “hotel master keys” exist. […].
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 20, 2018
But Most Victims of the Health Insurer's Data Breach Will See No Cash A federal judge in California has given final approval to a $115 million settlement involving health insurer Anthem over its 2015 data breach. The settlement is the largest ever reached in a data-breach related class action suit, but most victims will see no money.
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WIRED Threat Level
AUGUST 19, 2018
Your phone number is increasingly tied to your online identity. You need to do everything possible to protect it.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 18, 2018
Security experts have observed increasing cyber espionage activity related to China’s Belt and Road Initiative ( BRI ). The alarm was launched by the experts from cybersecurity firms FireEye and Recorded Future. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a development project for the building of an infrastructure connecting countries in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.
Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing
AUGUST 23, 2018
While it’s no surprise to anybody reading this that data breaches are on the rise, the attacks facing healthcare organizations, most recently in Asia, are particularly worrisome. One need not look very far to find examples of the threats facing these entities: In Singapore, 1.5 million SingHealth patient records – including those of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, were compromised in what is being called the Republic’s worst cyber attack.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 21, 2018
Analyzing the Latest 'Wall of Shame' Trends About 30 new health data breaches - including a phishing attack impacting 1.4 million individuals - have been added in recent weeks to the official federal tally, pushing the total victim count for 2018 so far to 4.3 million.
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Dark Reading
AUGUST 22, 2018
Analysis of 316 million-plus security incidents uncovers most common types of real-world attacks taking place within in-production Web apps in the AWS and Azure cloud ecosystems.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 19, 2018
Researchers from Trustwave have uncovered a malspam campaign targeting banks with the FlawedAmmyy RAT. The peculiarity of this malspam campaign i s the unusual use of a Microsoft Office Publisher file to infect victims’ systems. Experts noticed an anomalous spike in the number of emails with a Microsoft Office Publisher file (a.pub attachment) and the subject line, “Payment Advice,” that was sent to domains belonging to banks.
IBM Big Data Hub
AUGUST 21, 2018
On September 13, Rob Thomas together with ESPN anchor Hannah Storm, will lead a discussion around the transformative potential of AI, the importance of a multi-cloud architecture — and how companies representing a range of industries – from manufacturing to health care — are winning with AI. Attend in person in NYC and enjoy intimate networking and learning sessions – or alternatively catch the Livestream from your home or office.
Data Breach Today
AUGUST 22, 2018
Some terms of the recent $115 million settlement in the class action lawsuit against health insurer Anthem tied to a 2015 cyberattack appear underwhelming for the victims, says attorney James DeGraw, who explains why.
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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.
IT Governance
AUGUST 22, 2018
If you’re considering implementing an ISMS (information security management system) that conforms to ISO 27001 – the international standard for information security management – you may be daunted by the scale of the task. Don’t give up, though. Complying with ISO 27001 needn’t be a burden. Most organisations already have some information security measures – albeit ones developed ad hoc – so you could well find that you have many of ISO 27001’s controls in place.
Security Affairs
AUGUST 20, 2018
The popular malware researchers Marco Ramilli has analyzed a malware that remained under the radar for more than two years. Today I’d like to share the following reverse engineering path since it ended up to be more complex respect what I thought. The full path took me about hours work and the sample covers many obfuscation steps and implementation languages.
Data Matters
AUGUST 24, 2018
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2018 National Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, from August 4 to 7, 2018. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting. 1. NAIC Continues its Evaluation of Insurers’ Use of Big Data . The NAIC is continuing its review of property and casualty insurers’ use of predictive modeling in rate filings and is developing related guidance materials for states to use in reviewing predictive models.
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