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Cybersecurity

SonicWall Urges Immediate Patch for Critical CVE-2025-23006 Flaw Amid Likely Exploitation

January 23, 2025

SonicWall is alerting customers of a critical security flaw impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances that it said has been likely exploited in the wild as a…

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How to Eliminate Identity-Based Threats

January 23, 2025

Despite significant investments in advanced technologies and employee training programs, credential and user-based attacks remain alarmingly prevalent, accounting for 50-80% of enterprise breaches,. While identity-based attacks continue to dominate as…

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QakBot-Linked BC Malware Adds Enhanced DNS Tunneling and Remote Access Features

January 23, 2025

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new BackConnect (BC) malware that has been developed by threat actors linked to the infamous QakBot loader. “BackConnect is a common feature or…

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Cisco Fixes Critical Privilege Escalation Flaw in Meeting Management (CVSS 9.9)

January 23, 2025

Cisco has released software updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Meeting Management that could permit a remote, authenticated attacker to gain administrator privileges on susceptible instances. The vulnerability,…

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TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomware

January 23, 2025

Google on Wednesday shed light on a financially motivated threat actor named TRIPLESTRENGTH for its opportunistic targeting of cloud environments for cryptojacking and on-premise ransomware attacks. “This actor engaged in…

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The NHL Is Having Trademark Trouble With Its Newest Team In Utah

January 22, 2025

Like the other major sports leagues in America, the NHL has not been immune from engaging in IP protectionism in the past. The league has been relatively touchy when it…

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NASA moves swiftly to end DEI programs, ask employees to “report” violations

January 22, 2025

NASA’s acting administrator is moving swiftly to remove diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility—or DEIA—programs from the space agency. In an email sent to agency employees on Wednesday afternoon, acting administrator…

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European Commission Fined For Violating Its Own Data Protection Rules; Also Found To Have Used Privacy-Violating Ads

January 22, 2025

Love it or loathe it, there’s no denying that the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important piece of data protection law around. GDPR stories are often…

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Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body

January 22, 2025

What could go wrong with eating an extremely high-fat diet of beef, cheese, and sticks of butter? Well, for one thing, your cholesterol levels could reach such stratospheric levels that…

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Anthropic chief says AI could surpass “almost all humans at almost everything” shortly after 2027

January 22, 2025

On Tuesday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicted that AI models may surpass human capabilities “in almost everything” within two to three years, according to a Wall Street Journal interview at…

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