May 2024

Mastodon delays fix for link previews DDoSing websites 2024-05-06 at 23:01 By Matthew Connatser Decentralization is great, except when many servers grab data from a site Mastodon has pushed back an update that would have addressed the issue of link previews creating accidental distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.… This article is an excerpt from […]

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Warren Buffett voices AI fears, likens tech to atom bomb 2024-05-06 at 21:47 By Tobias Mann ‘Used in a pro-social way, it’s got terrific benefits to society. But, I don’t know how you make sure that happens’ Video  You can add Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett to the list of folks worried about the implications

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Cheyenne supercomputer sells at auction for just $480K 2024-05-06 at 20:46 By Brandon Vigliarolo And you thought consumer electronics suffered from depreciation The Cheyenne Supercomputer, a 5.34 peak PFLOPS behemoth that was once one of the fastest systems in the world, has just been sold at auction for $480,085. … This article is an excerpt from

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Consultant charged over $1.5M extortion scheme against IT giant 2024-05-06 at 20:05 By Connor Jones Accused of stealing data after losing his job A cybersecurity expert could face a 20-year prison sentence after being accused of allegedly trying to extort a multinational IT infrastructure services biz out of $1.5 million.… This article is an excerpt

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Misconfigurations drive 80% of security exposures 2024-05-06 at 19:03 By An analysis of more than 40 million exposures provides a view the current exposure landscape, revealing 80% are driven by misconfigurations. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Three years on from Biden infosec EO, and we’re still trying to check all the boxes 2024-05-06 at 18:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s taking time, but isn’t a dead issue, US Government Accountability Office security director Marisol Cruz Cain says interview  It’s been several years since President Biden signed an executive order to improve America’s

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Critical Tinyproxy Flaw Opens Over 50,000 Hosts to Remote Code Execution 2024-05-06 at 17:46 By More than 50% of the 90,310 hosts have been found exposing a Tinyproxy service on the internet that’s vulnerable to a critical unpatched security flaw in the HTTP/HTTPS proxy tool. The issue, tracked as CVE-2023-49606, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of

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Holistic security design 2024-05-06 at 17:31 By Security leaders can mitigate vulnerability, reduce risk and keep people safe with thoughtful security design. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Trustwave Takes Home Global Infosec Award for 2024 Best Solution Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service Provider 2024-05-06 at 17:16 By For the second consecutive year, Cyber Defense Magazine honored Trustwave with a 2024 Global InfoSec Award for Best Solution Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service Provider. This article is an excerpt from Trustwave Blog View Original

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Is political polarization affecting your security program? 2024-05-06 at 17:16 By Top security leaders discuss management strategies to navigate political polarization in an organization. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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