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IBM Mainframe Skills Council brings the global community together to grow mainframe talent

IBM Big Data Hub

They also found a healthy pipeline of demand for talent, with 91% of the organizations surveyed indicating they anticipate hiring mainframe system administrators or mainframe application developers over the next 1 to 2 years. IBM Z Career Connection Events: These events bring employers and students together.

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Russia-linked hackers actively exploit CVE-2020-4006 VMware flaw, NSA warns

Security Affairs

Last week, the company finally released security updates to fix the CVE-2020-4006 zero-day flaw in Workspace One Access, Access Connector, Identity Manager, and Identity Manager Connector. Affected versions are: VMware Workspace One Access 20.10 (Linux) VMware Workspace One Access 20.01 (Linux) VMware Identity Manager 3.3.1

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China-linked APT BlackTech was spotted hiding in Cisco router firmware

Security Affairs

US and Japanese intelligence, law enforcement and cybersecurity agencies warn of a China-linked APT, tracked as BlackTech (aka Palmerworm, Temp.Overboard, Circuit Panda, and Radio Panda), that planted backdoor in Cisco router firmware to access multinational companies’ networks. ” reads the joint advisory.

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MY TAKE: Log4j’s big lesson – legacy tools, new tech are both needed to secure modern networks

The Last Watchdog

These were all obscure open-source components that, over time, became deeply embedded in enterprise systems across the breadth of the Internet, only to have a gaping vulnerability discovered in them late in the game. Its rather mundane function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon, later.

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RSAC insights: Software tampering escalates as bad actors take advantage of ‘dependency confusion’

The Last Watchdog

Its function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon. Modern software is built on pillars of open-source components, and package repositories offer an easy access to the wealth of pre-built code that makes development faster. However, not all of that code is safe to use.

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Defending Against Misconfigured MFA & PrintNightmare Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

By using a misconfigured Cisco Duo MFA implementation to force enrollment of a new device, the hackers were then able to use the “PrintNightmare” Windows Print Spooler vulnerability ( CVE-2021-34527 and CVE-2021-36958 ) to obtain administrator privileges. Monitor remote access/ RDP logs and disable unused remote access/RDP ports.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

SSCP from (ISC)2 is a mid-level certification designed for IT administrators, managers, directors, and network security professionals responsible for the hands-on operational security of their organization’s critical assets. After a seven-day free trial, access costs $39 per month. IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate.