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Security researcher finds a way to run code on Apple, PayPal, and Microsoft’s systems

The Verge

Security researcher Alex Birsan has found a security vulnerability that allowed him to run code on servers owned by Apple, Microsoft, PayPal, and over 30 other companies ( via Bleeping Computer ). Instead of writing code to do it ourselves, my team found a program that did that and built it into our site.

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Microsoft warns of Windows ‘PrintNightmare’ vulnerability that’s being actively exploited

The Verge

The vulnerability, dubbed PrintNightmare, was uncovered earlier this week after security researchers accidentally published a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. While Microsoft hasn’t rated the vulnerability, it allows attackers to remotely execute code with system-level privileges, which is as critical and problematic as you can get in Windows.

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Chances to Speak at O’Reilly Media’s Upcoming Conferences

CTOvision

As we shift to focusing on distributed systems, we’re moving away from web performance talks as part of the Velocity program. As we shift our focus to designing and operating distributed systems, we're moving away from frontend web performance talks as part of the Velocity program. Velocity New York 2017.

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Microsoft warns of critical Windows DNS Server vulnerability that’s ‘wormable’

The Verge

a principal security program manager at Microsoft. Researchers at Check Point discovered the security flaw in Windows DNS and reported it to Microsoft back in May. A DNS server breach is a very serious thing,” warns Omri Herscovici, Check Point’s vulnerability research team leader.

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Cyberspies tap free tools to make powerful malware framework

Network World

The attack, analyzed by researchers from antivirus firm Bitdefender , shows that cyberespionage groups don't necessarily need to invest a lot of money in developing unique and powerful malware programs to achieve their goals.

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4 ways upskilling and reskilling can fill hard-to-hire positions

CIO Business Intelligence

Within IT, this could mean finding workers to do programing, testing, cybersecurity, operations, project management, or other similar tasks. A role to separate server trusted connectivity could be an existing enterprise architect or Linux/Windows system administrator.

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Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

Network World

Last week, researchers from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center warned about a new wave of spam emails that carried malicious.LNK files inside ZIP archives. PowerShell is a scripting language for automating Windows system administration tasks. Those files had malicious PowerShell scripts attached to them.

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