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Critical flaw in SonicWall’s firewalls patched, update quickly! (CVE-2020-5135)
Earlier this week SonicWall patched 11 vulnerabilities affecting its Network Security Appliance (NSA). Among those is CVE-2020-5135, a critical stack-based buffer overflow …
All Zoom users get end-to-end encryption (E2EE) option next week
Starting next week, Zoom users – both those who are on one of the paid plans and those who use it for free – will be able to try out the solution’s new …
Three best practices for responsible open source usage in the COVID-19 era
COVID-19 has forced developer agility into overdrive, as the tech industry’s quick push to adapt to changing dynamics has accelerated digital transformation efforts and …
Major gaps in virtual appliance security plague organizations
As evolution to the cloud is accelerated by digital transformation across industries, virtual appliance security has fallen behind, Orca Security reveals. Virtual appliance …
GitHub envisions a world with fewer software vulnerabilities
After five months in beta, the GitHub Code Scanning security feature has been made generally available to all users: for free for public repositories, as a paid option for …
In the era of AI, standards are falling behind
According to a recent study, only a minority of software developers are actually working in a software development company. This means that nowadays literally every company …
HP Device Manager vulnerabilities may allow full system takeover
Three vulnerabilities affecting HP Device Manager, an application for remote management of HP Thin Client devices, could be chained together to achieve unauthenticated remote …
Review: ThreadFix 3.0
Maintaining a strong organizational security posture is a demanding task. Most best practices – e.g. CIS Controls, the OWASP Vulnerability Management Guide – …
iOS 14: New privacy and security features
Apple has released iOS 14, with a bucketload of new and improved functional features and a handful of privacy and security ones. New privacy and security features in iOS 14 …
Offensive Security releases Win-KeX 2.0, packed with new features
Win-KeX provides a Kali Desktop Experience for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL 2), and version 2.0 comes with useful features. Win-KeX 2.0 features Win-KeX SL (Seamless …
Attacks growing in both scope and sophistication, exposing gaps in the cloud native toolchain
There’s a growing, organized and increasingly sophisticated pattern of attacks on cloud native infrastructure, according to Aqua Security. While most attacks were aimed …
Securing Active Directory accounts against password-based attacks
Traditional password-based security might be headed for extinction, but that moment is still far off. In the meantime, most of us need something to prevent our worst instincts …