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Meet the Administrators of the RSOCKS Proxy Botnet

Krebs on Security

Kloster says he’s worked in many large companies in Omsk as a system administrator, web developer and photographer. The “about me” section of DenisKloster.com says the 35-year-old was born in Omsk, that he got his first computer at age 12, and graduated from high school at 16.

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Experts discovered a severe command injection flaw in Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop

Security Affairs

Researchers discovered a “high” severity command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-15442, in Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop. Researchers Ron Bowes and Jeff McJunkin of Counter Hack discovered a “high” severity command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-15442 , in Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop.

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Initial patch for Webex Meetings flaw WebExec was incomplete. Cisco fixed it again

Security Affairs

The flaw affects Cisco Webex Meetings Desktop and has been rated as a “high” severity command injection vulnerability. Cisco advisory reveals that the vulnerability could be also exploited remotely by leveraging the operating system remote management tools. when running on a Microsoft Windows end-user system. .

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Deployable architecture on IBM Cloud: Simplifying system deployment

IBM Big Data Hub

Deployable architecture can be utilized by a wide range of stakeholders, including: Software developers, IT professionals, system administrators and business stakeholders who need to ensure that their systems and applications are deployed efficiently, securely and cost-effectively.

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City of Dallas has set a budget of $8.5 million to mitigate the May Royal ransomware attack

Security Affairs

MILES/CBS NEWS TEXAS The Royal ransomware group is behind the attack and threatens to publish stolen data if the City will not meet its ransom demand. The City experts believe that the group specifically targeted a prioritized list of servers using legitimate Microsoft system administrative tools.

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Can smart cities be secured and trusted?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As you finish what you thought would be your last espresso and grab your laptop to leave work, your colleague tells you that you need to stay late for an urgent meeting. It is the year 2030, and you have had another busy day. Panic sets in, but you push past it and put a plan into motion. You breathe a sigh of relief!

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Lousy IoT Security

Schneier on Security

meeting notes) and other sensitive files (e.g., Arbitrary code execution: unauthenticated root shell access through Android Debug Bridge (ADB) leads to arbitrary code execution and system administration (CVE-2019-16273). These aren't subtle vulnerabilities.

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