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MI5 seized Boris Johnson’s phone over security risk fears

Security Affairs

The British Security Service, also known as MI5, has seized the mobile devices used by PM Boris Johnson over concerns that were raised after the discovery of the availability of its number online for the last 15 years. ” The case raises the importance of a good cyber security posture for politicians and government officials.

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Strategies for Securing Your Supply Chain

IT Governance

What to do when your ‘supply chain’ is really a ‘supply loop’ When I asked Bridget Kenyon – CISO (chief information security officer) for SSCL, lead editor for ISO 27001:2022 and author of ISO 27001 Controls – what she’d like to cover in an interview, she suggested supply chain security. How can you secure a ‘supply loop’?

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OWASP discloses a data breach

Security Affairs

Rest assured, all current membership data remains secure. Details here: [link] pic.twitter.com/jPzTZstIEL — OWASP® Foundation (@owasp) April 1, 2024 The OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the security of software. What do I need to do?

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Critical zero-days discovered in VxWorks RTOS, billions of devices at risk

Security Affairs

Security experts at Armis have discovered a dozen zero-day vulnerabilities affecting the VxWorks real-time operating systems (RTOS) for embedded devices. The vulnerabilities could be exploited by a remote attacker to bypass traditional security solutions and take full control over vulnerable devices without requiring any user interaction.

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Critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in OpenSSH server

Security Affairs

The issue is due to a signal handler race condition, Qualys researchers state that the flaw poses a considerable risk because it affects sshd in its default configuration. The flaw was introduced with the fix for another vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2006-5051. This race condition affects sshd in its default configuration.”

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Threat actors offer for sale data for 50 millions of Moscow drivers

Security Affairs

Stolen data spans from 2006 and 2019, local media outlets have confirmed their authenticity. “The cybercriminals put up for sale for $ 800 a database of 50 million lines with the data of drivers that were registered in Moscow and the Moscow region from 2006 to 2019. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Experts found three new 15-year-old bugs in a Linux kernel module

Security Affairs

The flaws were present in the component since it was being developed in 2006. This driver became more visible due to a fairly new technology (RDMA) and default behavior based on compatibility instead of risk.” If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini.

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