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‘Extremely bad’ vulnerability found in widely used logging system

The Verge

Security teams at companies large and small are scrambling to patch a previously unknown vulnerability called Log4Shell, which has the potential to let hackers compromise millions of devices across the internet. The vulnerability is found in log4j, an open-source logging library used by apps and services across the internet.

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Data Security and its Importance on the Internet

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - Data Security and its Importance on the Internet - Information Technology Blog. Below are some useful tips on protecting yourself and knowing about data security and why it is important to protect yourself on the Internet. Turn on your firewall. Keep Systems Updated. Install Anti-Virus.

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FBI Warns of ‘More Destructive’ DDoS Attacks

SecureWorld News

The FBI has been tracking these attacks for two years: In December 2018, cyber actors started abusing the multicast and command transmission features of the Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) to conduct DDoS reflection and amplification attacks, resulting in an amplification factor of 34.

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Why IT leaders are putting more business spin on security spend

CIO Business Intelligence

But despite those expenditures, there have already been at least 13 major data breaches, including at Apple, Meta and Twitter. To better focus security spend, some chief information security officers (CISOs) are shifting their risk assessments from IT systems to the data, applications, and processes that keep the business going. “If

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Why API Security Is Everywhere (Except Where You Need It)

ForAllSecure

Application programming interfaces, or APIs, are everywhere. With the release of Apple's HomeKit, we're seeing even more devices with APIs appearing in our homes. With the release of Apple's HomeKit, we're seeing even more devices with APIs appearing in our homes. Get Mayhem for API Free API Security is Application Security.

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Technology Short Take #63

Scott Lowe

Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Sorry, I don’t have anything for you this time.

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Technology Short Take #68

Scott Lowe

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I Operating Systems/Applications. I enjoyed Adam Leventhal’s evaluation of APFS , the new file system announced at the most recent Apple WWDC.

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