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Siemens has released an advisory for several remote code execution vulnerabilities in Solid Edge that are introduced by fourth-party software. [Read More]
An insecure deserialization of ASP.NET view state data could be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. [Read More]
VMware has urged customers to immediately take action in response to a critical vulnerability affecting vCenter Server. [Read More]
Google researchers disclose the details of Half-Double, a new Rowhammer attack technique that bypasses current defenses. [Read More]
Chrome 91 patches half a dozen high-severity use-after-free vulnerabilities. [Read More]
A series of high-profile cyberattacks on targets in the West have highlighted the vulnerability of companies and institutions, making the issue a higher public priority but with no easy solution. [Read More]
New Bluetooth vulnerabilities could expose many devices to impersonation and other types of attacks. [Read More]
Apple addressed tens of other vulnerabilities in both desktop and mobile operating systems. [Read More]
The security holes could be exploited to elevate privileges or for arbitrary authentication using a specially crafted network request. [Read More]
The Hybrid Backup Sync vulnerability was patched last month, but attacks targeting vulnerable NAS devices continued. [Read More]

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Yaniv Vardi's picture
Supply chain cyber risk is complicated and spans the entire lifecycle of a product—across design, manufacturing, distribution, storage, and maintenance.
Gunter Ollmann's picture
CISOs are increasingly partnering with DevOps leaders and vigilantly modernizing secure development lifecycle (SDLC) processes to embrace new machine learning (ML) approaches.
Joshua Goldfarb's picture
Performing gap analysis well and remediating findings appropriately can help reduce both the number of weak points within your enterprise and your susceptibility to attack at each of them.
John Maddison's picture
Organizations must adopt a holistic approach to securing their distributed networked environment that enables them to see and manage their entire distributed network, including all attack vectors, through a single pane of glass.
Gunter Ollmann's picture
With years of bug bounty programs now behind us, it is interesting to see how the information security sector transformed – or didn’t.
Marie Hattar's picture
There are good and bad ways to make vulnerabilities known. A premature “full disclosure” of a previously unknown issue can unleash the forces of evil, and the “black hats” often move faster than vendors or enterprise IT teams.
Gunter Ollmann's picture
Any bug hunter, security analyst, software vendor, or device manufacturer should not rely on CVSS as the pointy end of the stick for prioritizing remediation.
Gunter Ollmann's picture
In a world of over-hyped bugs, stunt hacking, and branded vulnerability disclosures, my advice to CISOs is to make security lemonade by finding practical next steps to take.
Josh Lefkowitz's picture
Regardless of which framework you use, it’s crucial to operationalize it in the context of your organization’s unique environment and risk factors.
Marc Solomon's picture
Recalculating and reevaluating priorities based on a continuous flow of new data, learnings and your risk profile, helps to ensure you’re staying focused on what matters in a highly dynamic environment.