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Two House Republicans on Tuesday introduced legislation that would require the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to help U.S. universities and non-profit research entities involved in research related to COVID-19 protect themselves …
Continue ReadingDUNDALK, MD — The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration has been awarded $1,158,589 in the most recent round of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Port Security Grant Program. The funding has been tagged to strengthe…
Continue ReadingThis is post 7 in our series on making infosec jobs easier and covers threat hunting. You can read the previous 6 posts at one of the links below. As a CISO, you and your security team have crafted robust cybersecurity policies that define your approac…
Continue ReadingThe story comes right out of a Dan Brown mystery thriller in which Vatican secrets are targeted by state-sponsored computer hackers. Yet according to cyber security sources, the intrusion into sensitive Vatican diplomatic traffic is not fiction, but a …
Continue Reading– SANS Director of Emerging Security Trends. Ransom Payoffs and Cellphone Location Information Exposure. This week’s Drilldown focuses on two items (included below): one from NewsBites Issue 61 , about ransomware payoffs, and one from Issue 62 , which …
Continue ReadingIn addition to the cyber security firm, the 343GB worth of leaked data belongs to universities, an insurance firm, non-profit, and public limited firms.
If we could get a penny for every time we reported an unsecured server getting found, perhaps it w…
Continue Reading.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability
ASP.NET and .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Connected User Experiences and Telemetry Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Continue ReadingEducational technology is critical but can come at huge costs to student and teacher privacy and security. Are those costs too high?
High-value users with no control over their infrastructure or security practices seem like characters in a dystopian n…
Continue ReadingThere is a lot going on in the world right nowand the world of data privacy is no exception. Here is a snapshot of what’s on our radar: 1. Senators Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders introduced the on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. National Biometric Informatio…
Continue ReadingIt’s sad news when research centers can’t agree on whether cyberbullying affects one-in-three, one-in-four, or one-in-five teens. It isn’t the specific number that’s important; it’s the fact that the number never goes below 20 percent. Imagine being in…
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