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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Why open source software supply chain management is worse than you think

A Sonatype survey also found a 650% year-over-year increase in supply chain attacks aimed at upstream public repositories.

VMware patch bulletin warns: “This needs your immediate attention.”

“It is a matter of time before working exploits are available,” warns VMware.

Ransomware ...

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OCT
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CISSP, cybersecurity, Domain 3, Linux, ransomware, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Bruce Schneier Edition

Excellent Write-up of the SolarWinds Security Breach

[2021.08.30] Robert Chesney wrote up the Solar Winds story as a case study, and it’s a really good summary.

This one is a must read.

Surveillance of the Internet Backbone

[2021.08.25] Vice has an article about how ...

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SEP
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Apple, CISSP, Domain 8, ransomware, Software vulnerability, surveillance, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

New online service will hack printers to spew out spam

This attack is happening to  one of my clients.

After a Twitter user hacked over 50,000 printers last week to promote PewDiePie’s YouTube channel as part of a guerilla marketing campaign, a new service has spawned over the weekend advertising the same type of functionality, but for ...

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SEP
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Apple, email, Linux, malware, Phishing, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

How safe is a quantum-safe virtual private network?

Verizon aims to find out by testing the technology, which is geared at enhancing encryption methods using session key exchange security mechanisms, the carrier said.

What’s going on with the ‘Great Resignation’?

By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Computerworld
You’d better work ...
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SEP
0

authentication, careers, CISSP, Domain 8, passwords, Weekend Update, Windows 11

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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Privacy Law Update: Colorado Privacy Bill Becomes Law: How Does it Stack Up Against California and Virginia?

By Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik, Aaron Burstein & Lauren Myers on July 8, 2021

The Colorado Legislature recently passed the Colorado Privacy Act (“ColoPA”), joining Virginia and California as states with comprehensive privacy legislation. Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the bill (SB ...

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AUG
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CISSP, Domain 2, privacy, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Is Your Company Using a FortiOS SSL VPN? Make Sure It Is Updated

Virtual private networks (VPNs) let remote employees securely connect to their companies’ networks. However, companies using Fortinet’s FortiOS SSL VPNs might be putting their networks at risk. Discover why using FortiOS SSL VPNs can be risky and what all companies need to do to ...

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AUG
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CISSP, cybersecurity, Domain 8, encryption, Weekend Update

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

AA21-200B: Chinese State-Sponsored Cyber Operations: Observed TTPs

Original release date: July 19, 2021

Summary

This advisory uses the MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK®) framework, Version 9, and MITRE D3FEND™ framework, version 0.9.2-BETA-3. See the ATT&CK for Enterprise for all referenced threat actor tactics and techniques and the D3FEND framework for referenced defensive tactics ...

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JUL
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CISSP, cybersecurity, cyberwar, Domain 8, email, encryption, Google, Linux, privacy, ransomware, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

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