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

Security Affairs

The group targeted organizations in multiple sectors, including defense, government, electronics, telecommunication, technology, media, telecommunication industries. The government experts state that the Chinese APT group continuously updates the tools in its arsenal to evade detection.

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Deployable architecture on IBM Cloud: Simplifying system deployment

IBM Big Data Hub

Resilience : Deployable architecture is designed to be resilient, with built-in redundancy and failover mechanisms that ensure the system remains available even in the event of a failure or outage. This allows for easier management and reduces the risk of dependencies causing deployment issues.

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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. President Biden’s cybersecurity executive order, issued in May, includes a detailed SBOM requirement for all software delivered to the federal government.

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15 Top Cybersecurity Certifications for 2022

eSecurity Planet

“Certifications range from penetration testers , government/industry regulatory compliance , ethical hacking , to industry knowledge,” he said. It’s designed for incident handlers, incident handling team leads, system administrators, security practitioners, and security architects.

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Protecting America’s Critical Infrastructure

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

While the attack didn’t cause customer outages, or affect the reliability of the grid, it did induce a temporary loss of visibility to the utility’s supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. It’s even possible that the attackers didn’t even know they were targeting a power utility. power grid in the case of an attack.

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How to start your career in cyber security

IT Governance

Technically, you don’t need any cyber security experience to get started, though many people entering the field will come from jobs that have similar skillsets, such as systems administration or information analysis. Networking websites such as LinkedIn can be helpful, but we’d suggest face-to-face meetings wherever possible.

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Your CVSS Questions Answered

IT Governance

What the Common Vulnerability Scoring System is, how to use it, limitations and alternatives, and key changes in CVSS v4.0 In addition, he’s won hackathon events in the UK and internationally, and is accredited for multiple bug bounties. The post Your CVSS Questions Answered appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog.

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