Supply chain security has emerged as a critical concern for businesses in every sector. The importance of standardized, trustworthy, and interoperable information models cannot be overstated. Addressing this need, the OASIS Open Supply Chain Information Modeling (OSIM) Technical Committee (TC) is being formed to enhance supply chain management worldwide. The initial TC members … [Read more...] about Introducing the Open Supply-Chain Information Modeling (OSIM) Technical Committee
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Swiss Army Knife of Information Stealers Emerges
The developers of the information stealer malware known as Rhadamanthys are actively iterating on its features, broadening its information-gathering capabilities and also incorporating a plugin system to make it more customizable. This approach not only transforms it into a threat capable of delivering "specific distributor needs," but also makes it more potent, Check Point … [Read more...] about Swiss Army Knife of Information Stealers Emerges
Spies on wheels: how carmakers collect and then resell information
Guess which of your possessions is the most active at collecting your personal information for analysis and resale? Your car. According to experts at the Mozilla Foundation, neither smart watches, smart speakers, surveillance cameras, nor any other gadgets analyzed by the Privacy Not Included project come close to the data collection volumes of modern automobiles. This project … [Read more...] about Spies on wheels: how carmakers collect and then resell information
How to restore information in an edited screenshot
You might think that hiding sensitive information in a picture is a cakewalk. Just blot out your secrets with a big black marker in any image editor. Or even better: just crop the bit of the photo or screenshot that contains your personal data. What could possibly go wrong? Quite a lot, in fact. We’ve already posted about how not to hide information in images and how not to … [Read more...] about How to restore information in an edited screenshot
Improving information retrieval in the Elastic Stack: Steps to improve search relevance
Since 8.0 and the release of third-party natural language processing (NLP) models for text embeddings, users of the Elastic Stack have access to a wide variety of models to embed their text documents and perform query-based information retrieval using vector search.Given all these components and their parameters, and depending on the text corpus you want to search in, it can be … [Read more...] about Improving information retrieval in the Elastic Stack: Steps to improve search relevance
Mailchimp Suffers Another Security Breach Compromising Some Customers’ Information
Jan 19, 2023Ravie LakshmananEmail Security / Security Breach Popular email marketing and newsletter service Mailchimp has disclosed yet another security breach that enabled threat actors to access an internal support and account admin tool to obtain information about 133 customers. "The unauthorized actor conducted a social engineering attack on Mailchimp employees and … [Read more...] about Mailchimp Suffers Another Security Breach Compromising Some Customers’ Information
3 information and operational technology trends making waves in manufacturing
The convergence of information technologies (IT) and operational technologies (OT) sits at the core of the Industry 4.0 vision (industrial Internet of Things). This gradual convergence began more than a decade ago, and according to a recent McKinsey study, investments in industrialization paid rich dividends to the early adopters of Industry 4.0.*But this process changed … [Read more...] about 3 information and operational technology trends making waves in manufacturing
Cisco Duo Security Completes Australia’s Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) Assessment
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) leads its government’s efforts to monitor threats and improve cyber security for individuals and families, small and medium businesses, major organizations and vital infrastructure, and government entities. Keeping watch 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the ACSC is dedicated to helping Australia be the most secure place to thrive … [Read more...] about Cisco Duo Security Completes Australia’s Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) Assessment
How to Extract Memory Information to Spot Linux Malware
Threat actors go to great lengths to hide the intentions of the malware they produce This blog demonstrates reliable methods for extracting information from popular Linux shells Extracted memory information can help categorize unknown software as malicious or benign and could reveal information to help incident responders Some malware is only ever resident in memory, so memory … [Read more...] about How to Extract Memory Information to Spot Linux Malware
U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on DarkSide Ransomware Group
The U.S. government on Thursday announced a $10 million reward for information that may lead to the identification or location of key individuals who hold leadership positions in the DarkSide ransomware group or any of its rebrands. On top of that, the State Department is offering bounties of up to $5 million for intel and tip-offs that could result in the arrest and/or … [Read more...] about U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward for Information on DarkSide Ransomware Group