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🦿 IT leaders see outsourcing cybersecurity as one solution to increased attacks 🦿

A new survey from Syntax found that many decision-makers are not happy with their existing security tools.

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via "Tech Republic".
πŸ•΄ Startup Offers Free Version of its 'Passwordless' Technology πŸ•΄

Beyond Identity co-founders hope to move the needle in eliminating the need for passwords, but experts say killing passwords altogether won't be easy.

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via "Dark Reading".
❌ North Korea Targets Security Researchers in Elaborate 0-Day Campaign ❌

Hackers masquerade as security researchers to befriend analysts and eventually infect fully patched systems at multiple firms with a malicious backdoor.

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via "Threat Post".
πŸ•΄ Mainframe Security Automation Is Not a Luxury πŸ•΄

As cyber threats grow, even the most securable platform is vulnerable and requires adaptive autonomous protection.

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via "Dark Reading".
🦿 Veritas Technologies adds Flex Scale to NetBackup9 for scale-out functionality 🦿

The data protection company's latest delivers new features on a simplified platform to provide customers with additional choice for deployment across edge, core, and cloud.

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via "Tech Republic".
🦿 Governors hear about the dangers of a lackluster cybersecurity response, need for FBI coordination 🦿

At a national summit, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said before his state could test a cyberattack plan, five schools were hit with ransomware.

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via "Tech Republic".
🦿 Bad actors launched an unprecedented wave of DDoS attacks in 2020 🦿

Cybersecurity firm Akamai said in a report that COVID-19 and a newfound reliance on digital tools prompted a spike.

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via "Tech Republic".
🦿 Privacy budgets soared in 2020, doubling to an average of $2.4 million 🦿

93% of organizations turned to privacy teams to help navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, a new Cisco report finds.

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via "Tech Republic".
β€Ό CVE-2020-4889 β€Ό

IBM Spectrum Scale 5.0.0 through 5.0.5.4 and 5.1.0 could allow a local user to poison log files which could impact support and development efforts. IBM X-Force ID: 190971.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2020-4949 β€Ό

IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0, 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity Injection (XXE) attack when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM X-Force ID: 192025.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
❌ Criminal, Domestic Violence Case Info Exposed in Cook County Leak ❌

Cook County, Ill., home to Chicago, has left a database exposed since at least September that contained sensitive criminal and family-court records.

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via "Threat Post".
❌ Nefilim Ransomware Gang Hits Jackpot with Ghost Account ❌

An unmonitored account belonging to a deceased employee allowed Nefilim to exfiltrate data and infiltrate systems for a month, without being noticed.

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via "Threat Post".
⚠ Ghost hack – criminals use deceased employee’s account to wreak havoc ⚠

Most companies are quick to remove ex-staff from the payroll, but often not so quick to shut down their network access.

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via "Naked Security".
πŸ•΄ Fighting the Rapid Rise of Cyber Warfare in a Changing World πŸ•΄

Global cyber warfare is a grim reality, but strong public-private relationships and security frameworks can safeguard people, institutions, and businesses.

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via "Dark Reading".
🦿 How to quickly block spam SMS in Android 🦿

Jack Wallen shows you how easy it is to block and report spam SMS messages on the Android platform.

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via "Tech Republic".
🦿 Google's new zero trust product is completely cloud native 🦿

BeyondCorp Enterprise is a scalable, agentless, end-to-end zero trust platform that lives entirely within Chrome Enterprise.

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via "Tech Republic".
πŸ•΄ Cartoon Caption Winner: Before I Go ... πŸ•΄

And the winner of The Edge's January cartoon caption contest is ...

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via "Dark Reading".
β€Ό CVE-2018-10348 β€Ό

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: The CNA or individual who requested this candidate did not associate it with any vulnerability during 2018. Notes: none.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2018-10341 β€Ό

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: The CNA or individual who requested this candidate did not associate it with any vulnerability during 2018. Notes: none.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".
β€Ό CVE-2019-11297 β€Ό

** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: The CNA or individual who requested this candidate did not associate it with any vulnerability during 2019. Notes: none.

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via "National Vulnerability Database".