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Microsoft Patches Six Zero-Day Security Holes

Krebs on Security

“This can be hugely damaging in the event of ransomware attacks, where high privileges can enable the attackers to stop or destroy backups and other security tools,” Breen said. CVE-2021-31959 affects everything from Windows 7 through Windows 10 and Server versions 2008 , 2012 , 2016 and 2019.

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Predictions 2016: How’d I Do?

John Battelle's Searchblog

We did have a major IoT event that proved the power of my predicted merger: Hackers harnessed millions of poorly secured IoT devices to mount massive DDOS attacks across the web. 10 – Medium has a breakout year. Predictions 2012. 2012: How I Did. 2008 Predictions. 2008 How I Did. Predictions 2015.

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Patch Tuesday Lowdown, July 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

” The DHCP weakness ( CVE-2019-0785 ) exists in most supported versions of Windows server, from Windows Server 2012 through Server 2019. One of the zero-day flaws — CVE-2019-1132 — affects Windows 7 and Server 2008 systems. The thing is, newer versions of Windows (e.g.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

So here it is - 10 Personal Financial Lessons for Technology Professionals. I don't just mean at the crazy rich end of the scale (4 of the world's top 10 richest people did it in tech - Bezos, Gates, Zuckerberg and Ellison), but at all levels of our profession. Intro: This Industry Rocks! Money gave us that choice.

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DOS and DON’TS of a 30(b)(6) Witness Deposition, Part Six

eDiscovery Daily

The deponents need not have firsthand knowledge of the events in question, but if they do not the corporation must provide them with the information necessary to provide “complete, knowledgeable, and binding answers on behalf of the corporation.”. 676, 687 (2012). Ecclesiastes 9:10–11–12, Inc. Jordan Enterprises, 277 F.R.D.

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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

10 At that time, it was aimed most squarely at curbing the types of duplicative, excessive, “scorched earth” discovery practices that were prevalent — i.e., at the problem of so-called “overdiscovery.”11 10 Edward D. 13 See Cavanagh, supra note 10, at 786–87 n.93 26(b)(1) (1983). Bar Ass’n Section of Litig., 93 (citing Fed.

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Encouraging students to improve their IL skills

CILIP

The use of models in various capacities has been an integral component within the programme of information literacy (IL) instruction that I have delivered to sixth formers in my own school for nearly 10 years. Is any particular perspective or philosophical orientation brought to bear on the events? Pear Tree Books, 2008.