Popular message boards have long been a haven for scammers — you know, the ones who typically offer too-good-to-be-true deals on popular items? A brand new TV at half price? A near-mint-condition scooter with a 70% discount? A smartphone, still in the box and with receipt but 40% cheaper than retail? Scams, every last one. There’s nothing complicated here: the scammer-seller … [Read more...] about How to sell your TV without losing your shirt (and banking data)
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Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers’ Models and Data
May 25, 2024NewsroomMachine Learning / Data Breach Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security flaw in an artificial intelligence (AI)-as-a-service provider Replicate that could have allowed threat actors to gain access to proprietary AI models and sensitive information. "Exploitation of this vulnerability would have allowed unauthorized access to the AI … [Read more...] about Experts Find Flaw in Replicate AI Service Exposing Customers’ Models and Data
Falcon Fusion SOAR and Machine Learning-based Detections Automate Data Protection Workflows
Time is of the essence when it comes to protecting your data, and often, teams are sifting through hundreds or thousands of alerts to try to pinpoint truly malicious user behavior. Manual triage and response takes up valuable resources, so machine learning can help busy teams prioritize what to tackle first and determine what warrants further investigation. The new Detections … [Read more...] about Falcon Fusion SOAR and Machine Learning-based Detections Automate Data Protection Workflows
How carmakers sell driver data to insurers
Early in the movie “The Fifth Element”, there is a sequence that shows the dystopian nature of the future world: Korben Dallas’s smart taxi fines him for a traffic violation and revokes his license. Back in 1997, this seemed like science fiction – and it was. Today it’s turning into reality. But first things first. Not so long ago, we looked at the potential dangers associated … [Read more...] about How carmakers sell driver data to insurers
Protecting Employees’ Sensitive Data on the Web
Organizations are increasingly concerned about high-profile employees’ information being exposed on the deep and dark web. The CrowdStrike Counter Adversary Operations team is often asked to find fake social media accounts and personally identifiable information (PII) that might be exposed. Impersonations and leaked PII can unravel lives and ruin the reputations of individuals … [Read more...] about Protecting Employees’ Sensitive Data on the Web
Russian Hacker Group ToddyCat Uses Advanced Tools for Industrial-Scale Data Theft
Apr 22, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Endpoint Security The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been observed using a wide range of tools to retain access to compromised environments and steal valuable data. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky characterized the adversary as relying on various programs to harvest data on an "industrial scale" from primarily governmental … [Read more...] about Russian Hacker Group ToddyCat Uses Advanced Tools for Industrial-Scale Data Theft
Hackers Exploit Magento Bug to Steal Payment Data from E-commerce Websites
Apr 06, 2024NewsroomSkimmer / Threat Intelligence Threat actors have been found exploiting a critical flaw in Magento to inject a persistent backdoor into e-commerce websites. The attack leverages CVE-2024-20720 (CVSS score: 9.1), which has been described by Adobe as a case of "improper neutralization of special elements" that could pave the way for arbitrary code … [Read more...] about Hackers Exploit Magento Bug to Steal Payment Data from E-commerce Websites
Vietnam-Based Hackers Steal Financial Data Across Asia with Malware
A suspected Vietnamese-origin threat actor has been observed targeting victims in several Asian and Southeast Asian countries with malware designed to harvest valuable data since at least May 2023. Cisco Talos is tracking the cluster under the name CoralRaider, describing it as financially motivated. Targets of the campaign include India, China, South Korea, Bangladesh, … [Read more...] about Vietnam-Based Hackers Steal Financial Data Across Asia with Malware
Using Elastic as a global data mesh: Unify data access with security, governance, and policy
Data mesh vs. data fabricWe should probably start with what it’s not. A “data mesh” is not the same as a “data fabric.” A data fabric allows data flowing in from across the enterprise (from the edge, the network, the applications, the appliances . . . literally everywhere) to be confidently received and persisted, making it available for delivery to any consumers who might want … [Read more...] about Using Elastic as a global data mesh: Unify data access with security, governance, and policy
Elevate Your Data Insights with Observability IQ
The more data you have, the harder it becomes to read through it, let alone identify trends or crucial patterns. Couple that with a shortage of time, and the ability not only to visualize but also to communicate with your data becomes paramount.To help empower your data analysis like never before, we’re introducing a chat-based interface to our Logz.io Observability IQ AI-based … [Read more...] about Elevate Your Data Insights with Observability IQ