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Spotlight Podcast: CSO Chris Walcutt on Managing 3rd Party OT Risk

The Security Ledger

In this Spotlight Podcast, host Paul Roberts talks with Chris Walcutt, the CSO of DirectDefense about the rising cyber threats facing operational technology (OT) and how organizations that manage OT - including critical infrastructure owners can best manage increased cyber risks to OT environments. Read the whole entry. »

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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. Left unpatched, Log4Shell, presents a ripe opportunity for a bad actor to carry out remote code execution attacks, Pericin told me. Obfuscated tampering.

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A Closer Look at the Snatch Data Ransom Group

Krebs on Security

“The command requires Windows system administrators,” Truniger’s ads explained. Presented with the information gathered for this report (and more that is not published here), Mr. Tretyakov acknowledged that Semen7907 was his account on sysadmins[.]ru, Details after contacting on jabber: truniger@xmpp[.]jp.”

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

The Last Watchdog

Its rather mundane function is to record events in a log for a system administrator to review and act upon, later. Left unpatched Log4Shell vulnerabilities present easy paths for a threat actor to take full control of the underlying system. Legacy tech’s role. Frameworks like these serve as guideposts.

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Feds Warn About Critical Infrastructure Ransomware Attacks, Vulnerabilities

eSecurity Planet

These flaws represent a considerable risk for enterprises and government agencies, and threat actors use them regularly. With the shortlist of widely exploited vulnerabilities, system administrators and security teams can quickly identify and patch key vulnerabilities to prevent malicious actors from exploiting the weaknesses.

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How to Perform a Content Migration - Your Checklist for Success

AIIM

In this blog post, we present an approach and checklist for migrating your information from one system to another. While the details will differ depending on a number of factors (the systems being migrated from and to, the nature of the information being migrated, etc.), Congratulations! But where do you start? Conclusion.

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Georgia Governor Vetoes Broad-Reaching Computer Crime Bill, Highlighting Debate Around Bug Bounty Programs

Data Matters

Specifically, researchers believed that the current version of SB 315 could chill security research—both the purely academic and the “white hats”—ultimately discouraging individuals from identifying vulnerabilities in networks and alerting system administrators of the issues.