CrowdStrike Tries to Patch Things Up With Cybersecurity Industry
Both CrowdStrike president and CTO were at Black Hat and DEF CON to face direct questions from customers and cybersecurity professionals.
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UN Approves Cybercrime Treaty Despite Major Tech, Privacy Concerns
The treaty would allow any country to request technology firms to aid in cybercrime investigations and preserve data about their users — potentially imperiling penetration testers and security researchers, among others.
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AMD Issues Updates for Silicon-Level ‘SinkClose’ Processor Flaw
The vulnerability has been around for nearly 20 years and gives sophisticated attackers a way to bury virtually undetectable bootkits on devices with EPYC and Ryzen microprocessors.
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Disposing of an old Windows laptop? Here’s the safest way to erase your personal data (for free!)
Before you sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of an old laptop, make sure your personal files are thoroughly deleted and unrecoverable. Everything you need is available as part of Windows.
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Ukraine CERT: Mass Phishing Campaign Poses as Nation’s Security Service
More than 100 Ukrainian government devices have been affected by the threat that is being tracked as UAC-0198.
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CLFS Bug Crashes Even Updated Windows 10, 11 Systems
A quick and easy exploit for crashing Windows computers has no fix yet nor really any way to mitigate its effects.
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Justice Department Disrupts North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’ Operation
Law enforcement authorities in the U.S. have arrested a Tennessee man accused of running a “laptop farm” that helped North Korean IT workers secure remote jobs at American companies.
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Secureworks Fills Australian Mid-Market Demand for Simplified Cyber Security Solutions
The CEO of a burgeoning cybersecurity firm spoke to TechRepublic about XDR, ransomware, the Crowdstrike outage and what organisations can do to prepare for cyberattacks.
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Microsoft Warns of OpenVPN Vulnerabilities, Potential for Exploit Chains
The vulnerabilities, patched in OpenVPN 2.6.10, expose users on the Windows platform to remote code execution attacks.
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