Sat.Mar 26, 2022

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Google Issues Urgent Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability

The Hacker News

Google on Friday shipped an out-of-band security update to address a high severity vulnerability in its Chrome browser that it said is being actively exploited in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-1096, the zero-day flaw relates to a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine. An anonymous researcher has been credited with reporting the bug on March 23, 2022.

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CISA adds 66 vulnerabilities to list of bugs exploited in attacks

Bleeping Computer

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a massive set of 66 actively exploited vulnerabilities to its catalog of 'Known Exploited Vulnerabilities.' [.].

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FCC Adds Kaspersky and Chinese Telecom Firms to National Security Threat List

The Hacker News

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday moved to add Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab to the "Covered List" of companies that pose an "unacceptable risk to the national security" of the country. The development marks the first time a Russian entity has been added to the list that's been otherwise dominated by Chinese telecommunications firms.

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FCC adds Kaspersky to Covered List due to unacceptable risks to national security

Security Affairs

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added Kaspersky to its Covered List because it poses unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added multiple Kaspersky products and services to its Covered List saying that they pose unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. “The Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau today added equipment and services from three entities – AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom

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The Importance of User Roles and Permissions in Cybersecurity Software

How many people would you trust with your house keys? Chances are, you have a handful of trusted friends and family members who have an emergency copy, but you definitely wouldn’t hand those out too freely. You have stuff that’s worth protecting—and the more people that have access to your belongings, the higher the odds that something will go missing.

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Another Chinese Hacking Group Spotted Targeting Ukraine Amid Russia Invasion

The Hacker News

A Chinese-speaking threat actor called Scarab has been linked to a custom backdoor dubbed HeaderTip as part of a campaign targeting Ukraine since Russia embarked on an invasion last month, making it the second China-based hacking group after Mustang Panda to capitalize on the conflict.

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Western Digital fixes critical bug giving root on My Cloud NAS devices

Bleeping Computer

Western Digital has fixed a critical severity vulnerability in the Samba vfs_fruit VFS module that enabled attackers to gain remote code execution with root privileges on unpatched My Cloud OS 5 devices. [.].

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Hunt for Lapsus$ Hackers Leads to a British Teen

WIRED Threat Level

Plus: New details emerge about Russian hacks and hackers as the US warns of potential new attacks.

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Open Source Sabotage and Encryption Efficacy Emerge as Tactics in Ukraine Resistance

Security Boulevard

Open Source Sabotage and Encryption Efficacy Emerge as Tactics in Ukraine Resistance. brooke.crothers. Fri, 03/25/2022 - 17:03. 18 views. Open source as a weapon and weak link. As part of the protest against the ongoing war, a developer added malicious code to a popular open-source package wiping files on computers located in Russia and Belarus. The protest began as a benign “peace” message when installing the popular npm package node-ipc but then quickly morphed into malware in later versions,

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SAML: Still Going Strong After Two Decades

eSecurity Planet

SAML is an open standard facilitating the communication and verification of credentials between identity providers and service providers for users everywhere. In 2005, the open standard consortium OASIS released SAML 2.0 to broad appeal. As smart mobile devices boomed, so did the number of web applications and the need to address never-ending logins.

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Threat Detection and Response

Security Boulevard

Seceon use the most advanced artificial intelligence for the technology required for threat detection. They provide remedial platforms for organizations beyond traditional defense tools that are often silos in nature. The post Threat Detection and Response appeared first on Seceon. The post Threat Detection and Response appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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IDC Analyst Report: The Open Source Blind Spot Putting Businesses at Risk

In a recent study, IDC found that 64% of organizations said they were already using open source in software development with a further 25% planning to in the next year. Most organizations are unaware of just how much open-source code is used and underestimate their dependency on it. As enterprises grow the use of open-source software, they face a new challenge: understanding the scope of open-source software that's being used throughout the organization and the corresponding exposure.

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Purdue University’s CERIAS 2021 Security Symposium – David Dill’s ‘A Formal Verifier For The Diem Blockchain Move Language’

Security Boulevard

Our thanks to Purdue University’s The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) for publishing their illuminating security symposiums, seminars, talks, and presentations on the Schools’ YouTube channel. Permalink. The post Purdue University’s CERIAS 2021 Security Symposium – David Dill’s ‘A Formal Verifier For The Diem Blockchain Move Language’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Purdue University’s CERIAS 2021 Security Symposium – Dave Henthorn’s ‘Educating The Next Generation On The Challenges Of Securing Critical Infrastructure’

Security Boulevard

Our thanks to Purdue University’s The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) for publishing their illuminating security symposiums, seminars, talks, and presentations on the Schools’ YouTube channel. Permalink. The post Purdue University’s CERIAS 2021 Security Symposium – Dave Henthorn’s ‘Educating The Next Generation On The Challenges Of Securing Critical Infrastructure’ appeared first on Security Boulevard.