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Five Eyes alliance lists 2021’s top vulnerabilities

Ryan Daws — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 16:09:12 +0000

A cybersecurity advisory issued by members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance lists the most-exploited vulnerabilities of 2021. The Five Eyes consists of the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Over recent weeks, cybersecurity authorities from the normally secretive alliance have issued a number of joint statements amid increasing global threats. According to the... Read more »

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Spring4Shell vulnerability could have ‘a larger impact’ than Log4j

Ryan Daws — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:53:20 +0000

A newly-discovered zero-day vulnerability known as Spring4Shell could have “a larger impact” than Log4j. Log4j made waves in recent months as the vulnerability in the popular open-source logging library enabled attackers to break into systems, steal passwords and logins, extract data, and infect networks with malicious software. However, attention is now shifting to the Spring4Shell... Read more »

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Google wants to increase government collaboration to secure open-source

Ryan Daws — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:03:55 +0000

Google says that it wants to increase government collaboration to help secure open-source after participating in a White House summit. On Thursday, Google participated in the White House Open Source Software Security Summit with the aim of building on its “work with the Administration to strengthen America’s collective cybersecurity through critical areas like open-source software.”... Read more »

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