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GUEST ESSAY: Where we stand on mitigating software risks associated with fly-by-wire jetliners

The Last Watchdog

Here’s what you should know about the risks, what aviation is doing to address those risks, and how to overcome them. It is difficult to deny that cyberthreats are a risk to planes. Risks delineated Still, there have been many other incidents since. Fortunately, there are ways to address the risks.

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CVE-2019-19781 Citrix flaw exposes 80,000 companies at risk

Security Affairs

Critical CVE-2019-19781 flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway could be exploited to access company networks, 80,000 companies at risk worldwide. It has been estimated that 80,000 companies in 158 countries are potentially at risk, most of them in the U.S. ( SecurityAffairs – Citrix, CVE-2019-19781).

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National Security Risks of Late-Stage Capitalism

Schneier on Security

The company outsourced much of its software engineering to cheaper programmers overseas, even though that typically increases the risk of security vulnerabilities. For a while, in 2019, the update server’s password for SolarWinds’s network management software was reported to be “solarwinds123.”

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5G and Cybersecurity Risks in 2023

Security Boulevard

As a concept, it was introduced in 2016, but it only became globally available in 2019. The post 5G and Cybersecurity Risks in 2023 appeared first on Security Boulevard. Four years later, the number of people with 5G-enabled devices is still small in most countries.

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Business Email Compromise: 3 Steps to Reduce Risk

Security Boulevard

Email has been a popular delivery of malware and risk for decades.The first phishing schemes took place in the 1990s, and phishing techniques have only become more sophisticated in the decades since. It’s particularly popular among criminals now; since 2019, the use of phishing scams has increased by 300%. The reason for the increase?

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Windows 7 End of Life Presents Hacking Risk, FBI Warns

Adam Levin

The FBI warned in a private industry notification published August 3 that companies and organizations still using Windows 7 are at risk. According to the FBI notification, continued use of the platform “creates the risk of criminal exploitation.”. Windows 7 users represented 98% of infected systems.

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OWASP API1: 2019 – Broken Object Level Authorization

Security Boulevard

OWASP revealed that Broken Object Level Authorization is among the top 10 most critical API security risks list The post OWASP API1: 2019 – Broken Object Level Authorization appeared first on Indusface. The post OWASP API1: 2019 – Broken Object Level Authorization appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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