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ProxyNotShell Finally Gets Patched by Microsoft

eSecurity Planet

. “An attacker can craft a malicious file that would evade Mark of the Web (MOTW) defenses, resulting in a limited loss of integrity and availability of security features such as Protected View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW tagging,” Leonard said. Vulnerable Time of Year. Log4j , SolarWinds etc.),” Jogi said.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

Precedents like Stuxnet , created by the US and Israeli governments to damage the Iranian nuclear program by targeting air-gapped centrifuges via 4 previously unknown "zero-day" flaws. One of the first things I noticed was a total lack of content security policy (CSP).

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The History of Computer Viruses & Malware

eSecurity Planet

Stuxnet , discovered in 2010, was the first documented attempt by sovereign nations to use malware to attack other sovereign nations. Stuxnet was designed to disrupt Iran’s nuclear facilities, in an apparent attempt to slow the country’s progress on developing an atomic bomb.