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Worried About the Exchange Zero-Day? Here’s What to Do

While organizations wait for an official patch for the two zero-day flaws in Microsoft Exchange, they should scan their networks for signs of exploitation and apply these mitigations.

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Friday Squid Blogging: Breeding the Oval Squid

Japanese scientists are trying to breed the oval squid in captivity. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.

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LA School District Ransomware Attackers Now Threaten to Leak Stolen Data

Weeks after it breached the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Vice Society ransomware group is threatening to leak the stolen data, unless they get paid.

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Cyberespionage group developed backdoors tailored for VMware ESXi hypervisors

Researchers have identified a new malware family that was designed to backdoor and create persistence on VMware ESXi servers by leveraging legitimate functionality the hypervisor software supports. According to researchers from Mandiant who found and analyzed the backdoors, they were packaged and deployed on infected servers as vSphere Installation Bundles (VIBs). VIBs are software packages […]

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This cloud storage with NAS support costs less than you think

The ElephantDrive cloud solution offers two years of 1TB storage for just $38.99. The post This cloud storage with NAS support costs less than you think appeared first on TechRepublic.

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15 highest-paying certifications for 2022

Number one on Skillsoft’s 2022 list of top-paying IT certs is AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, with an annual salary of $168,080. The post 15 highest-paying certifications for 2022 appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Reshaping the Threat Landscape: Deepfake Cyberattacks Are Here

It’s time to dispel notions of deepfakes as an emergent threat. All the pieces for widespread attacks are in place and readily available to cybercriminals, even unsophisticated ones.

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Cybercriminals See Allure in BEC Attacks Over Ransomware

While ransomware seems stalled, business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue to make profits from the ProxyShell and Log4j vulnerabilities, nearly doubling in the latest quarter.

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Trojanized, Signed Comm100 Chat Installer Anchors Supply Chain Attack

Malicious Comm100 files have been found scattered throughout North America, and across sectors including tech, healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, insurance, and others.

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