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Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129)

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Google “confirms” that exploited Chrome zero-day is actually in libwebp (CVE-2023-5129) 27/09/2023 at 14:46 By Zeljka Zorz The Chrome zero-day exploited in the wild and patched by Google a few weeks ago has a new ID (CVE-2023-5129) and a description that tells the whole story: the vulnerability is not in Chrome, but the libwebp library, […]

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Balancing budget and system security: Approaches to risk tolerance

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Balancing budget and system security: Approaches to risk tolerance 19/09/2023 at 08:16 By Help Net Security Data breaches are a dime a dozen. Although it’s easy to look at that statement negatively, the positive viewpoint is that, as a result, cybersecurity professionals have plenty of learning moments. Learning what went wrong and why can be […]

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LibreOffice: Stability, security, and continued development

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LibreOffice: Stability, security, and continued development 07/09/2023 at 08:31 By Zeljka Zorz LibreOffice, the most widely used open-source office productivity suite, has plenty to recommend it: it’s feature-rich, user-friendly, well-documented, reliable, has an active community of developers working on improving it, and it’s free. The suite includes Writer (word processor), Calc (a spreadsheet app), Impress […]

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Relying on CVSS alone is risky for vulnerability management

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Relying on CVSS alone is risky for vulnerability management 31/07/2023 at 07:05 By Help Net Security A vulnerability management strategy that relies solely on CVSS for vulnerability prioritization is proving to be insufficient at best, according to Rezilion. In fact, relying solely on a CVSS severity score to assess the risk of individual vulnerabilities was […]

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A step-by-step guide for patching software vulnerabilities

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A step-by-step guide for patching software vulnerabilities 27/07/2023 at 07:34 By Help Net Security Coalition’s recent Cyber Threat Index 2023 predicts the average Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) rate will rise by 13% over 2022 to more than 1,900 per month in 2023. As thousands of patches and updates are released each month, organizations struggle […]

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Generative AI outperforms hackers but not their creativity

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Generative AI outperforms hackers but not their creativity 14/07/2023 at 08:02 By Help Net Security 72% of hackers are confident that AI cannot replace human creativity in security research and vulnerability management, according to Bugcrowd. Generative AI hacking Generative AI was a major theme in the 2023 report, with 55% of respondents saying that it […]

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Inadequate tools leave AppSec fighting an uphill battle for cloud security

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Inadequate tools leave AppSec fighting an uphill battle for cloud security 19/05/2023 at 06:32 By Help Net Security AppSec teams are stuck in a catch-up cycle, unable to keep up with the increasingly rapid, agile dev pace, and playing security defense via an endless and unproductive vulnerability chase, according to Backslash Security. Costly ‘defensive tax’ […]

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