IT Security News
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Zero Trust for Data Helps Enterprises Detect, Respond and Recover from Breaches
Mohit Tiwari, CEO of Symmetry Systems, explores Zero Trust, data objects and the NIST framework for cloud and on-prem environments.
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Snake Keylogger Spreads Through Malicious PDFs
Microsoft Word also leveraged in the email campaign, which uses a 22-year-old Office RCE bug.
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Closing the Gap Between Application Security and Observability
Daniel Kaar, global director application security engineering at Dynatrace, highlights the newfound respect for AppSec-enabled observability in the wake of Log4Shell.
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380K Kubernetes API Servers Exposed to Public Internet
More than 380,000 of the 450,000-plus servers hosting the open-source container-orchestration engine for managing cloud deployments allow some form of access.
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Critical Vulnerability in Premium WordPress Themes Allows for Site Takeover
Privilege escalation flaw discovered in the Jupiter and JupiterX Core Plugin affects more than 90,000 sites.
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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data
Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for "deceptive statements" the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.
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DOJ Says Doctor is Malware Mastermind
The U.S. Department of Justice indicts middle-aged doctor, accusing him of being a malware mastermind.
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When Your Smart ID Card Reader Comes With Malware
Millions of U.S. government employees and contractors have been issued a secure smart ID card that enables physical access to buildings and controlled spaces, and provides access to government computer networks and systems at the cardholder's appropriate security level. But many government employees aren't issued an approved card reader device that lets them use these cards at home or remotely, and so turn to low-cost readers they find online. What could go wrong? Here's one example.
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DEA Investigating Breach of Law Enforcement Data Portal
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says it is investigating reports that hackers gained unauthorized access to an agency portal that taps into 16 different federal law enforcement databases. KrebsOnSecurity has learned the alleged compromise is tied to a cybercrime and online harassment community that routinely impersonates police and government officials to harvest personal information on their targets.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, May 2022 Edition
Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 74 separate security problems in its Windows operating systems and related software. This month's patch batch includes fixes for seven "critical" flaws, as well as a zero-day vulnerability that affects all supported versions of Windows.
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