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Tech Moves: Expedia taps execs to run new divisions; Bumble hires Microsoft vet as CTO

GeekWire

Leblond previously spent 25 years at Microsoft leading various engineering teams working on Windows, Office, and other products. Seattle-based digital remittance company Remitly hired Bobby Wilkinson as vice president of global DEI and Darren Challey as vice president and chief information security officer.

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Global Supply Chain Cyberattack Underway via IT Monitoring Software

SecureWorld News

released between March 2020 and June 2020. The trojanized update file is a standard Windows Installer Patch file that includes compressed resources associated with the update, including the trojanized SolarWinds.Orion.Core.BusinessLayer.dll component.". HF 5 through 2020.2.1,

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Former Amazon exec inherits Microsoft’s complex cybersecurity legacy in quest to solve ‘one of the greatest challenges of our time’

GeekWire

And the security of Microsoft’s software is still falling well short of Gates’ vision. Last month, on the anniversary of the landmark memo, Microsoft patched nearly 120 holes in Windows and other products. “Regardless of what’s in Windows 11, the company is not doing enough to fight ransomware. .

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

In the ever-evolving realm of information security, the principle of Least Privilege stands out as the cornerstone of safeguarding sensitive data. However, this fundamental concept, emphasizing limited access to resources and information, has been progressively overlooked, placing our digital ecosystems at greater risk.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

I suppose such things happen, but what I remember was her telling her surprise when the system booted up and the Windows 95 splash screen came up … wait, what? Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. Then nothing. The machine crashed, and the lab tech had to reboot.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Healthcare

ForAllSecure

I suppose such things happen, but what I remember was her telling her surprise when the system booted up and the Windows 95 splash screen came up … wait, what? Microsoft, for example, stopped patching Windows XP for security vulnerabilities in 2014. Then nothing. The machine crashed, and the lab tech had to reboot.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Bug Bounty Hunters

ForAllSecure

Vamosi: Like a lot of us, information security wasn’t necessarily our first line of work. Fortunately I was covering security for ZDNet from day one, and eventually got pretty good at explaining infosec to others. I started in journalism. How does communication work?