Emergency stop button: The Python Package Index was drowning in malicious code again, so they had to shut down registration for cleanup.

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According to Google, zero days being exploited in the wild jumped 50% last year. I just don't understand your thought process if you are not looking at control layers like Runtime Security to help detect and prevent these unknown vulnerabilities.

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Rethink different: First, fatigue frightened users with multiple modal nighttime notifications. Next, call and pretend to be Apple support.

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The federal government is putting pressure on software makers to ensure that their products don’t include SQL injection vulnerabilities, a longtime and ongoing threat that was put in the spotlight with last year’s far-reaching hack of Progress Software’s MOVEit managed file transfer tool. CISA and the FBI this week issued an alert urging tech manufacturer..

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Many strictly regulated industries such as banking and finance rely heavily on identity and access management solutions to secure their systems and infrastructure. Unfortunately, as demonstrated by the Okta breach last year, these organizations are attractive targets for hackers due to the nature and quantity of the information they handle. While hackers use sophisticated ransomware once access is gained, they obtain that access through surprisingly low-tech means: for example, by calling the companies’ help desks and, using a simple voice phishing (vishing) tactic to induce IT employees to disable two-factor authentication.  

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Unidentified threat actors used multiple tactics to launch a sophisticated software supply-chain campaign targeting developers on the GitHub platform, including members of the popular Top.gg community that includes more than 170,000 members. The attackers used a range of tactics and techniques, from leveraging stolen browser cookies to take over accounts to contributing malicious code with..

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Scary SMS shenanigans: Avoid Telegram’s new “Peer-To-Peer Login” program if you value your privacy or your cellular service.

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UNC5174 ❤ UNC302: CVSS 10 and 9.8 vulnerabilities exploited by Chinese threat actor for People’s Republic.

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