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EMA said that hackers manipulated stolen documents before leaking them

Security Affairs

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed Friday that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers have been manipulated before the leak. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) declared that COVID-19 vaccine documents stolen from its servers in a recent cyber attack have been manipulated. In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

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Former DOD Head: The US Needs a New Plan to Beat China on AI

WIRED Threat Level

In an interview with WIRED, former secretary of defense Ash Carter discussed how to build morality into AI—and make sure other countries do too.

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Critical flaws in Orbit Fox WordPress plugin allows site takeover

Security Affairs

Two vulnerabilities in the Orbit Fox WordPress plugin, a privilege-escalation issue and a stored XSS bug, can allow site takeover. Security experts from Wordfence have discovered two security vulnerabilities in the Orbit Fox WordPress plugin. The flaws are a privilege-escalation vulnerability and a stored XSS bug that impacts over 40,000 installs. The Orbit Fox plugin allows site administrators to add features such as registration forms and widgets, it has been installed by 400,000+ sites.

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Ep. 138 – Security With Marcus Sailler of Capital Group

Security Through Education

In our first Security Awareness episode, Chris Hadnagy and Ryan MacDougall are joined by industry professional , Marcus Sailler to discuss his experience as the red team i nformation s ecurity m anager at Capital Group. Marcus shares some great tips on creat ing a successful security team and how you can prevent it from becoming the “No Police”.

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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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Security Affairs newsletter Round 297

Security Affairs

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. It is time to re-evaluate Cyber-defence solutions New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack TeamTNT botnet now steals Docker API and AWS credentials Connecting the dots between SolarWinds and Russia-linked Turla APT Experts found gained access to the Git Repositories of the United Nations Russian hacker Andrei Tyurin sentenced to 12 years

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President Biden’s Peloton exercise equipment under scrutiny

Security Affairs

President Joe Biden can’t bring his Peloton exercise equipment to the White House due to security reasons. According to a Popular Mechanics report , President Joe Biden is going to move to the White House and likely he will have to give up his Peloton exercise equipment for security reasons. Peloton exercise equipment’s popularity surged during the pandemic, it allows users to do gymnastic exercise from home, interacting with each other within an online community.

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