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  • November 2, 2022

Employee Volunteers Enrich Communities From the Farm to the Theatre and Beyond

Cisconians delight in contributing to their communities in a variety of ways including at the local theatre, farm and library. Cisco’s paid Time2Give benefit encourages team members to volunteer at the places where their passions thrive. How should you decide where to get involved? Customer Success Program Manager Kate Pydyn advises: “Find something that speaks […]

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Open-source repository SourceHut to remove all cryptocurrency-related projects

Also including blockchain-related projects in the ban, SourceHut’s creator said the technology is associated with fraudulent activities and high-risk investments. The post Open-source repository SourceHut to remove all cryptocurrency-related projects appeared first on TechRepublic.

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US Hacker Group Indicted For Million-Dollar RICO Conspiracy

The group banded together to engage in a sophisticated cybercrime and tax fraud scheme

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Cryptographic Keys and Hardware Security Modules 

One of the fundamental components of cybersecurity is cryptographic keys. They help to establish secure networks for client-server communication… The post Cryptographic Keys and Hardware Security Modules  appeared first on JISA Softech Pvt Ltd.

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Android Apps With a Million Downloads Led Users to Phishing Sites

Chrome tabs remained open in the background, even while the smartphone was locked

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Dropbox Suffers Breach, 130 GitHub Repositories Compromised

Dropbox believes the actors behind the attack are the same that targeted GitHub users in September

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  • November 2, 2022

WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!

ACM.99 Verifying that you are making an SSH connection to the host you think you are This is a continuation of my series of posts on Automating Cybersecurity Metrics. Have you ever been logging into an host and seen this error message and wondered what it meant? Or maybe this one? There are many good posts o this […]

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Multiple Vulnerabilities Reported in Checkmk IT Infrastructure Monitoring Software

Multiple vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Checkmk IT Infrastructure monitoring software that could be chained together by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to fully take over affected servers.  “These vulnerabilities can be chained together by an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain code execution on the server running Checkmk version 2.1.0p10 and lower,” SonarSource researcher

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Inside Raccoon Stealer V2

Raccoon Stealer is back on the news again. US officials arrested Mark Sokolovsky, one of the malware actors behind this program. In July 2022, after several months of the shutdown, a Raccoon Stealer V2 went viral. Last week, the Department of Justice’s press release stated that the malware collected 50 million credentials. This article will […]

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