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British Library suffers major outage due to cyberattack

Security Affairs

Last weekend, the British Library suffered a cyberattack that caused a major IT outage, impacting many of its services. The British Library is facing a major outage that impacts the website and many of its services following a cyber attack that took place on October 28. ” reads a tweet published by the library. .”

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Lessons from a Ransomware Attack against the British Library

Schneier on Security

You might think that libraries are kind of boring, but this self-analysis of a 2023 ransomware and extortion attack against the British Library is anything but.

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cURL Maintainers Fixing 'Worst Curl Security Flaw'

Data Breach Today

Updates Expected Wednesday for Open-Source Command-Line Tool, Library Maintainers of the widely used open-source command-line tool cURL and libcurl library that supports key network protocols said two upcoming vulnerabilities are set to be disclosed this week.

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Why Zero-Day Attacks on Open-Source Libraries Are Surging

Data Breach Today

Contrast Security CPO Steve Wilson on Why Log4j Hack Is a Sign of Things to Come The discovery and subsequent exploitation of a critical zero-day vulnerability in Apache's Log4j open-source library has highlighted the importance of code security in today's threat landscape, according to Contrast Security Chief Product Officer Steve Wilson.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Critical Vulnerability in libwebp Library

Schneier on Security

Rather than Apple, Google, and Citizen Lab coordinating and accurately reporting the common origin of the vulnerability, they chose to use a separate CVE designation, the researchers said.

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Root access vulnerability in GNU Library C (glibc) impacts many Linux distros

Security Affairs

Qualys researchers discovered a root access flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-6246, in GNU Library C (glibc) affecting multiple Linux distributions. The Qualys Threat Research Unit discovered four security vulnerabilities in the GNU Library C (glibc) , including a heap-based buffer overflow tracked as CVE-2023-6246. in August 2022.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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5 Early Indicators Your Embedded Analytics Will Fail

Many application teams leave embedded analytics to languish until something—an unhappy customer, plummeting revenue, a spike in customer churn—demands change. But by then, it may be too late. In this White Paper, Logi Analytics has identified 5 tell-tale signs your project is moving from “nice to have” to “needed yesterday.".