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AWS Plugs Holes in ECR APIs

AWS has patched a vulnerability in its Elastic Container Registry (ECR) that was uncovered by Lightspin researcher Gafnit Amiga during an examination of AWS's …

AWS Docker

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Apache SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Released with Improved Classification & Performance

The Apache SpamAssassin project has released version 4.0.0 of its renowned open-source anti-spam platform with numerous tweaks and bug fixes and improved class…

Apache

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Google Takes Gmail Security to the Next Level with Client-Side Encryption

Google on Friday announced that its client-side encryption for Gmail is in beta for Workspace and education customers as part of its efforts to secure emails s…

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Samba Issues Security Updates to Patch Multiple High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Samba has released software updates to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that, if successfully exploited, could allow an attacker to take control of affected …

Windows

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Trojanized Windows 10 Installer Used in Cyberattacks Against Ukrainian Government Entities

Government entities in Ukraine have been breached as part of a new campaign that leveraged trojanized versions of Windows 10 installer files to conduct post-ex…

Windows

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Cyber Security Is Not a Losing Game – If You Start Right Now

Reality has a way of asserting itself, irrespective of any personal or commercial choices we make, good or bad. For example, just recently, the city services o…

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Vanilla OS Is a Brilliant Take on the Linux Desktop

Jack Wallen takes a look at a new Linux distribution with a very unique and impressive way of employing security.

Linux

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Minecraft Servers Under Attack: Microsoft Warns About Cross-Platform DDoS Botnet

Microsoft on Thursday flagged a cross-platform botnet that's primarily designed to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against private Minecraf…

Linux Windows

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CISA Alert: Veeam Backup and Replication Vulnerabilities Being Exploited in Attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) hasaddedtwo vulnerabilities impacting Veeam Backup & Replication software to its Known Exploit…

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Large-Scale Phishing Campaign Floods Open-Source Repositories with 144,000 Packages

Researchers have identified that a massive 144,294 phishing-related packages have been uploaded by unknown threat actors on widely used open-source package rep…

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The Hacker News

Researchers Uncover MirrorFace Cyber Attacks Targeting Japanese Political Entities

A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamedMirrorFacehas been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political esta…

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Microsoft Reclassifies SPNEGO Extended Negotiation Security Vulnerability as 'Critical'

Microsoft has revised the severity of a security vulnerability it originallypatched in September 2022, upgrading it to "Critical" after it emerged that it coul…

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Android Malware Campaign Leverages Money-Lending Apps to Blackmail Victims

A previously undocumented Android malware campaign has been observed leveraging money-lending apps to blackmail victims into paying up with personal informatio…

Android

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Top 5 Web App Vulnerabilities and How to Find Them

Web applications, often in the form of Software as a Service (SaaS), are now the cornerstone for businesses all over the world. SaaS solutions have revolutioni…

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The Hacker News

Hackers Bombard Open Source Repositories with Over 144,000 Malicious Packages

NuGet, PyPi, and npm ecosystems are the target of a new campaign that has resulted in over 144,000 packages being published by unknown threat actors."The packa…

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Hacking Using SVG Files to Smuggle QBot Malware onto Windows Systems

Phishing campaigns involving theQakbot malwareare using Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) images embedded in HTML email attachments.The new distribution method wa…

Windows Cisco

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Ransomware Attackers Use Microsoft-Signed Drivers to Gain Access to Systems

Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed it took steps to implement blocking protections and suspend accounts that were used to publish malicious drivers that were certi…

Windows

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Microsoft Defender for Business Adds Server Protections for SMBs

Microsoft launched a preview of new server protection capabilities in its Defender for Business solution back in July. The company announced this week that thi…

Linux Windows

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New Kubernetes 1.26 Release Boosts Security, Storage, Teases Dynamic Resource Allocation

In the cloud-native space, where applications are purpose built and delivered to run in the cloud, one technology in particular rises above all others '' Kuber…

Kubernetes

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The Best Open Source Tools to Secure Your Linux Server

While Linux does have a variety of security features to help make it safer, it's not impenetrable, which is why you need open-source tools to secure your Linux…

Linux

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December 2022 Patch Tuesday: Get Latest Security Updates from Microsoft and More

Tech giant Microsoft released its last set of monthly security updates for 2022 withfixes for 49 vulnerabilitiesacross its software products.Of the 49 bugs, si…

Chrome

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Hackers Actively Exploiting Citrix ADC and Gateway Zero-Day Vulnerability

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Tuesdaysaida threat actor tracked as APT5 has been actively exploiting a zero-day flaw in Citrix Application Deliver…

Citrix

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New Actively Exploited Zero-Day Vulnerability Discovered in Apple Products

Apple on Tuesday rolled out security updates to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and Safari web browser to address a new zero-day vulnerability that could result in t…

Apple

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Google Launches Largest Distributed Database of Open Source Vulnerabilities

Google on Tuesday announced the open source availability ofOSV-Scanner, a scanner that aims to offer easy access to vulnerability information about various pro…