Cybersecurity Talent Shortage Prompts White House Action
The Biden administration launches an initiative to encourage careers in cybersecurity, as businesses try new tactics to get unfilled IT security roles staffed.
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US Gov Removing Four-Year-Degree Requirements for Cyber Jobs
The US government will remove “unnecessary degree requirements” in favor of skills-based hiring to help fill 500,000 open cybersecurity jobs.
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One million US Kaspersky customers to be migrated to this lesser-known alternative
Kaspersky customers in the US can continue their existing subscriptions with a replacement product from the company’s ‘trusted partner’. Here’s what to know.
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GeoServer Vulnerability Targeted by Hackers to Deliver Backdoors and Botnet Malware
A recently disclosed security flaw in OSGeo GeoServer GeoTools has been exploited as part of multiple campaigns to deliver cryptocurrency miners, botnet malware such as Condi and JenX, and a known backdoor called SideWalk.
The security vulnerability is a critical remote code execution bug (CVE-2024-36401, CVSS score: 9.8) that could allow malicious actors to take over susceptible instances.
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GitHub Actions Vulnerable to Typosquatting, Exposing Developers to Hidden Malicious Code
Threat actors have long leveraged typosquatting as a means to trick unsuspecting users into visiting malicious websites or downloading booby-trapped software and packages.
These attacks typically involve registering domains or packages with names slightly altered from their legitimate counterparts (e.g., goog1e.com vs. google.com).
Adversaries targeting open-source repositories across
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New global standard aims to build security around large language models
The WDTA framework spans the lifecycle of large language models, offering guidelines to manage integration with other systems.
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Report: 83% of Organizations Experienced at Least One Ransomware Attack in the Last Year
According to Onapsis, 83% of organizations experienced a ransomware attack in the past year. Of those, 46% experienced four or more attacks, and 14% faced 10 or more. The attacks resulted in at least 24 hours of downtime for 61% of respondents.
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MuddyWater Hijacks RMM Software for Espionage
MuddyWater, an Iranian hacker group since 2017, has been using legitimate RMM software to target organizations globally, focusing on government, military, telecom, and oil sectors.
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Recent SonicWall Firewall Vulnerability Potentially Exploited in the Wild
SonicWall is warning customers that the recently patched critical vulnerability CVE-2024-40766 may be exploited in the wild.
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OpenStack Ironic Users Urged to Patch Critical Vulnerability
The flaw, discovered by security researchers at Red Hat and G-Research, could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data through mishandled images processed by qemu-img.
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