Tag: data
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The CFO may be the CISO’s most important business ally
CISOs frequently encounter inherent conflicts with business colleagues in their day-to-day responsibilities. In many ways, this is the nature of setting security policies for an organization. But the goal for CISOs should be to reset this dynamic and forge a strong, collaborative alliance with their critical leadership counterparts.Take the CFO, for example. For many CISOs,…
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Stop wasting money on ineffective threat intelligence: 5 mistakes to avoid
Tags: business, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, edr, finance, group, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, malware, monitoring, risk, risk-management, siem, soc, strategy, tactics, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementStrong capabilities in cyber threat intelligence (CTI) can help take a cybersecurity program to the next level on many different fronts. When organizations choose quality sources of threat intelligence that are relevant to their technology environments and their business context, these external sources can not only power swifter threat detection but also help leaders better…
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Biden Opens US Federal Sites for AI Data Center Growth
Executive Order Paves Way for Data Centers on Federal Land, Clean Energy Progress. The U.S. federal government will open up sites to developers of AI frontier models to build gigawatt-scale data centers with clean energy under an executive order signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden. AI applications are expected to drive soaring energy demands well…
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Ransomware Campaign Targets Amazon S3 Buckets
Threat Actor ‘Codefinger’ Targets Cloud Environments. A ransomware group is targeting Amazon S3 buckets, exploiting the data stored there using AWS’s server-side encryption with customer keys and demanding a ransom in exchange for the encryption key needed to unlock the data. The group uses compromised or publicly exposed AWS account credentials. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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AI-Driven Ransomware Group Strikes 85 Victims
Amateurish Ransomware Group Doubles as Hackstivists. Cybersecurity researchers discovered an artificial intelligence-driven ransomware group that emerged at the end of last year and compromised more than 85 victims worldwide. The group uses double extortion, combining data theft with encryption. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/ai-driven-ransomware-group-strikes-85-victims-a-27291
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Allstate car insurer sued for tracking drivers without permission
Tags: dataTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Allstate and its data subsidiary Arity for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling driving data from over 45 million Americans. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/allstate-car-insurer-sued-for-tracking-drivers-without-permission/
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OneBlood Notifying Donors Affected by 2024 Ransomware Hack
Attack on Blood Center Spotlights Ongoing Supply Chain Risk in Healthcare Sector. Six months after a ransomware attack temporarily crippled its blood donation and distribution activities, Florida-based nonprofit OneBlood is reporting a data breach to regulators that affected donors’ personal information. Why is the incident reawakening healthcare supply chain concerns? First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Allstate faces data privacy lawsuit from Texas
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/allstate-faces-data-privacy-lawsuit-from-texas
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Ransomware attack compromises OneBlood data
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/ransomware-attack-compromises-oneblood-data
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Barings Law enleagues 15,000 claimants against Google and Microsoft
Barings Law has signed up 15,000 claimants in a data breach suit against Microsoft and Google. The firm says the tech giants use personal data without proper consent to train AI models First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366618055/Barings-Law-enleagues-15000-claimants-against-Google-and-Microsoft
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Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Trimix’
Tags: datavia the comic humor & dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: https://securityboulevard.com/2025/01/randall-munroes-xkcd-trimix/
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New Startups Focus on Deepfakes, DataMotion & Model Security
In times of unprecedented change, innovative mindsets and attentiveness of startup culture make for a community everyone can leverage to understand the world and guard against its dangers. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/startups-focus-deepfakes-data-motion-model-security
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Beware cybersecurity tech that’s past its prime, 5 areas to check or retire
Tags: access, advisory, ai, antivirus, attack, authentication, breach, bug-bounty, ciso, cloud, control, credentials, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, firewall, Hardware, network, password, penetration-testing, risk, router, siem, software, strategy, switch, threat, tool, vpn, vulnerability, waf, zero-trustCybersecurity leaders can choose from an ever-expanding list of digital tools to help them ward off attacks and, based on market projections, they’re implementing plenty of those options.Gartner predicts a 15% increase in cybersecurity spending for 2025, with global expenditures expected to reach $212 billion in the upcoming year. The research and consulting firm says…
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Google OAuth flaw lets attackers gain access to abandoned accounts
A weakness in Google’s OAuth “Sign in with Google” feature could enable attackers that register domains of defunct startups to access sensitive data of former employee accounts linked to various software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-oauth-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-access-to-abandoned-accounts/
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Google’s >>Sign in with Google<< Flaw Exposes Millions of Users' Details
A critical flaw in Google’s >>Sign in with Google>Sign in with Google
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What is Payment Parameter Tampering And How to Prevent It?
Web-based attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, and payment parameter tampering stands out as a silent yet potent threat. This attack involves manipulating parameters exchanged between the client and server to alter sensitive application data, such as user credentials, permissions, product prices, or quantities. The data targeted in parameter tampering is typically stored in cookies, hidden……
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Neue US-Restriktionen Update 2 AI-Diffusion-Regeln verärgern Industrie und Nationen
Letzte Woche noch ein Gerücht sind sie nun offiziell: Neue AI-Diffusion-Regeln verärgern nicht nur die Industrie sondern ganze Nationen. First seen on computerbase.de Jump to article: www.computerbase.de/news/wirtschaft/neue-us-restriktionen-ai-diffusion-regeln-veraergern-industrie-und-nationen.91002
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Attackers are encrypting AWS S3 data without using ransomware
A ransomware gang dubbed Codefinger is encrypting data stored in target organizations’ AWS S3 buckets with AWS’s server-side encryption option with customer-provided … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/13/codefinger-encrypting-aws-s3-data-without-ransomware-sse-c/
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EU law enforcement training agency data breach: Data of 97,000 individuals compromised
Personal data of nearly 100,000 individuals that have participated in trainings organized by CEPOL, the European Union (EU) Agency for Law Enforcement Training, has … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/13/eu-law-enforcement-training-agency-data-breach-cepol/
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How to create de-identified embeddings with Tonic Textual Pinecone
To protect private information stored in text embeddings, it’s essential to de-identify the text before embedding and storing it in a vector database. In this article, we’ll demonstrate how to de-identify and chunk text using Tonic Textual, and then easily embed these chunks and store the data in a Pinecone vector database to use for…
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How Ephemeral on-demand data can improve DORA DevOps scores
Understand the performance metrics used to produce the DORA scores and how on-demand data from Tonic Ephemeral, as well as the integration between Ephemeral and Tonic Structural, can improve the DORA score for your development teams First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/how-ephemeral-on-demand-data-can-improve-dora-devops-scores/
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Ephemeral data environments in Azure, leveraging the cloud
Our test data infrastructure solution, Tonic Ephemeral, streamlines data provisioning to eliminate lags in your testing workflows. Today, we’re going to look at the expanded benefits you can reap when deploying Ephemeral self-hosted in Azure. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/ephemeral-data-environments-in-azure-leveraging-the-cloud/
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De-identifying Salesforce data for testing and development. Tonic Structural now connects to Salesforce
All the functionality that you know and love in Tonic Structural (generators, subsetting, consistency, and more) is now available to use with your Salesforce data directly. This integration enables users to effortlessly test their Salesforce workflows, bringing a new level of efficiency, flexibility, and data privacy to their daily operations. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump…
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Open Bullet 2: The Preferred Credential Stuffing Tool for Bots
Open Bullet 2 is an open-source software, specialized in credential stuffing attacks, i.e. attacks that use bots to automatically steal user accounts at scale by automatically testing stolen credentials found in data breaches. It can target both websites and mobile applications. When it comes to credential-stuffing attacks, Open Bullet First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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OneBlood confirms personal data stolen in July ransomware attack
Blood-donation not-for-profit OneBlood confirms that donors’ personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack last summer. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/oneblood-confirms-personal-data-stolen-in-july-ransomware-attack/