[eBook] The Guide for Reducing SaaS Applications Risk for Lean IT Security Teams

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The Software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry has gone from novelty to an integral part of today’s business world in just a few years. While the benefits to most organizations are clear – …

Update Your Windows PCs Immediately to Patch 4 New 0-Days Under Active Attack

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Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out security patches to contain a total of 71 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and other software, including a fix for an actively exploited privilege escalation vulnerability that could …

GitHub Revoked Insecure SSH Keys Generated by a Popular git Client

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Code hosting platform GitHub has revoked weak SSH authentication keys that were generated via the GitKraken git GUI client due to a vulnerability in a third-party library that increased the likelihood of …

Digital Signature Spoofing Flaws Uncovered in OpenOffice and LibreOffice

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The maintainers of LibreOffice and OpenOffice have shipped security updates to their productivity software to remediate multiple vulnerabilities that could be weaponized by malicious actors to alter documents to make …

Microsoft Fended Off a Record 2.4 Tbps DDoS Attack Targeting Azure Customers

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Microsoft on Monday revealed that its Azure cloud platform mitigated a 2.4 Tbps distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in the last week of August targeting an unnamed customer in Europe, surpassing …

Microsoft Warns of Iran-Linked Hackers Targeting US and Israeli Defense Firms

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An emerging threat actor likely supporting Iranian national interests has been behind a password spraying campaign targeting U.S., E.U., and Israeli defense technology companies, with additional activity observed against regional …

Ukraine Arrests Operator of DDoS Botnet with 100,000 Compromised Devices

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Ukrainian law enforcement authorities on Monday disclosed the arrest of a hacker responsible for the creation and management of a “powerful botnet” consisting of over 100,000 enslaved devices that was …

Verify End-Users at the Helpdesk to Prevent Social Engineering Cyber Attack

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Although organizations commonly go to great lengths to address security vulnerabilities that may exist within their IT infrastructure, an organization’s helpdesk might pose a bigger threat due to social engineering …