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GUEST ESSAY: Securely managing access controls is vital to preserving the privacy of healthcare data

The Last Watchdog

However, healthcare data ranks at the top of the list for needing improvements in security and privacy protections. Healthcare data security and privacy is a problem that continues to grow. The largest privacy incident was reported in 2019 at American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a third-party billing and collections company.

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Patch Tuesday, December 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released updates to plug three dozen security holes in its Windows operating system and other software. By nearly all accounts, the chief bugaboo this month is CVE-2019-1458 , a vulnerability in a core Windows component (Win32k) that is present in Windows 7 through 10 and Windows Server 2008-2019.

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CVE-2019-0211 Apache flaw allows getting root access via script

Security Affairs

The privilege escalation vulnerability ( CVE-2019-0211 ) affecting the Apache HTTP server could be exploited by users with the right to write and run scripts to gain root on Unix systems. — Mark J Cox (@iamamoose) April 2, 2019. The second one, tracked as CVE-2019-0215 , affects Apache 2.4.37 releases 2.4.17 and 2.4.38.

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Patch Tuesday Lowdown, April 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft today released fifteen software updates to fix more than 70 unique security vulnerabilities in various flavors of its Windows operating systems and supported software, including at least two zero-day bugs. Separately, Adobe has issued security updates for Acrobat/Reader and Flash Player.

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Patch Tuesday, March 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

Microsoft on Tuesday pushed out software updates to fix more than five dozen security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer , Edge , Office and Sharepoint. A security alert from Google last week said attackers were chaining the Windows and Chrome vulnerabilities to drop malicious code onto vulnerable systems.

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News alert: INE Security launches initiatives in support of aspiring cybersecurity professionals

The Last Watchdog

22, 2024, CyberNewsWire — INE Security , a global cybersecurity training and certification provider, recently launched initiatives with several higher education institutions in an ongoing campaign to invest in the education of aspiring cybersecurity professionals. Cary, NC, Aug.

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Patch Tuesday, August 2019 Edition

Krebs on Security

Most Microsoft Windows (ab)users probably welcome the monthly ritual of applying security updates about as much as they look forward to going to the dentist: It always seems like you were there just yesterday, and you never quite know how it’s all going to turn out.