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CVE and NVD – A Weak and Fractured Source of Vulnerability Truth

MITRE is unable to compile a list of all new vulnerabilities, and NIST is unable to subsequently, and consequently, provide an enriched database of al...

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Know Your Audience When Speaking to Security Practitioners

How can security practitioners make sense of the vendor landscape and separate those who talk a good game from those who can execute, perform, and sol...

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Number of Chinese Devices in US Networks Growing Despite Bans

An analysis by Forescout shows 300,000 Chinese devices in the US, up 40% compared to the previous year, despite bans. The post Number of Chinese Devic...

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Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities

Google patches 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 bugs in Pixel devices, including two flaws exploited in the wild. The post Google Patches Exploite...

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XZ Utils Backdoor Attack Brings Another Similar Incident to Light

The discovery of the XZ Utils backdoor reminds an F-Droid developer of a similar incident that occurred a few years ago. The post XZ Utils Backdoor At...

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Google Patches Chrome Flaw That Earned Hackers $42,500 at Pwn2Own

Google pushes a new Chrome update to patch another zero-day vulnerability demonstrated at a hacking contest. The post Google Patches Chrome Flaw That ...

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Chrome to Fight Cookie Theft With Device Bound Session Credentials 

Google is bringing to Chrome new features to bind browser sessions to the device and protect users against cookie theft. The post Chrome to Fight Cook...

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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 27 Deals Announced in March 2024

Twenty-seven cybersecurity-related merger and acquisition (M&A) deals were announced in March 2024. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 27 Deals Annou...

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Hotel Self Check-In Kiosks Exposed Room Access Codes

Self check-in kiosks at Ibis Budget hotels were affected by a vulnerability that exposed keypad codes that could be used to enter rooms.  The post Hot...

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Security Flaw in WP-Members Plugin Leads to Script Injection

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in the WP-Members Membership plugin could allow attackers to inject scripts into user profile pages. The post Sec...

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Boat Dealer MarineMax Confirms Data Breach 

MarineMax confirms suffering a data breach as a result of a recent ransomware attack, with the attackers claiming to have obtained 180,000 files.  The...

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OWASP Data Breach Caused by Server Misconfiguration

The OWASP Foundation says a wiki misconfiguration exposed resumes filed over a decade ago by aspiring members. The post OWASP Data Breach Caused by Se...

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Prudential Financial Data Breach Impacts 36,000

Prudential Financial says the names, addresses, and ID numbers of over 36,000 were stolen in a February data breach. The post Prudential Financial Dat...

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Heartbleed is 10 Years Old – Farewell Heartbleed, Hello QuantumBleed!

Heartbleed made most certificates vulnerable. The future problem is that quantum decryption will make all certificates and everything else using RSA e...

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Google to Purge Billions of Files Containing Personal Data in Settlement of Chrome Privacy Case

Google agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people using its Chrome web browser as...

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Veracode Buys Longbow Security for Automated Root Cause Analysis Tech

Veracode announces a deal to acquire Longbow Security, a Texas seed-stage startup working on automated root cause analysis technology. The post Veraco...

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‘Vultur’ Android Malware Gets Extensive Device Interaction Capabilities

NCC Group researchers warn that the Android banking malware ‘Vultur’ has been updated with device interaction and file tampering capabilities. The pos...

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‘WallEscape’ Linux Vulnerability Leaks User Passwords

A vulnerability in util-linux, a core utilities package in Linux systems, allows attackers to leak user passwords and modify the clipboard. The post ‘...

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Supply Chain Attack: Major Linux Distributions Impacted by XZ Utils Backdoor

Urgent security alerts issued as malicious code was found embedded in the XZ Utils data compression library used in many Linux distributions. The post...

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AI Hallucinated Packages Fool Unsuspecting Developers

Software developers relying on AI chatbots for building applications may end up using hallucinated software packages. The post AI Hallucinated Package...

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