Governance Considerations for Democratizing Your Organization’s Data in 2021

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With the continuing rise of IoT devices, mobile networks, and digital channels, companies face a lot of pressure to generate meaningful and actionable insights from the wealth of data they capture. Gartner Research lists data democratization as one of the top strategic …

Watch Out! Adrozek Malware Hijacking Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Yandex Browsers

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Microsoft on Thursday took the wraps off an ongoing campaign impacting popular web browsers that stealthily injects malware-infested ads into search results to earn money via affiliate advertising. “Adrozek,” as it’s called by the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team, employs …

Valve’s Steam Server Bugs Could’ve Let Hackers Hijack Online Games

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Critical flaws in a core networking library powering Valve’s online gaming functionality could have allowed malicious actors to remotely crash games and even take control over affected third-party game servers. “An attacker could remotely crash an opponent’s game client to …

Cisco Reissues Patches for Critical Bugs in Jabber Video Conferencing Software

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Cisco has once again fixed four previously disclosed critical bugs in its Jabber video conferencing and messaging app that were inadequately addressed, leaving its users susceptible to remote attacks. The vulnerabilities, if successfully exploited, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to execute …

Facebook Tracks APT32 OceanLotus Hackers to IT Company in Vietnam

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Cybersecurity researchers from Facebook today formally linked the activities of a Vietnamese threat actor to an IT company in the country after the group was caught abusing its platform to hack into people’s accounts and distribute malware. Tracked as APT32 (or Bismuth, …

48 U.S. States and FTC are suing Facebook for illegal monopolization

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The US Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of 48 state attorneys general on Wednesday filed a pair of sweeping antitrust suits against Facebook, alleging that the company abused its power in the marketplace to neutralize competitors through its acquisitions …

AWS, Cisco, and CompTIA Exam Prep — Get 22 Courses for $4.50 Each

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You don’t need a college degree to get a well-paid job in IT. But technical recruiters do expect to see key certifications on your résumé.  If you would like to improve your chances of getting hired, “The 2021 All-In-One AWS, …

Amnesia:33 — Critical TCP/IP Flaws Affect Millions of IoT Devices

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Cybersecurity researchers disclosed a dozen new flaws in multiple widely-used embedded TCP/IP stacks impacting millions of devices ranging from networking equipment and medical devices to industrial control systems that could be exploited by an attacker to take control of a …

Russian APT28 Hackers Using COVID-19 as Bait to Deliver Zebrocy Malware

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A Russian threat actor known for its malware campaigns has reappeared in the threat landscape with yet another attack leveraging COVID-19 as phishing lures, once again indicating how adversaries are adept at repurposing the current world events to their advantage. …

Cybersecurity Firm FireEye Got Hacked; Red-Team Pentest Tools Stolen

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FireEye, one of the largest cybersecurity firms in the world, said on Tuesday it became a victim of a state-sponsored attack by a “highly sophisticated threat actor” that stole its arsenal of Red Team penetration testing tools it uses to test the …