Security Leftovers and Proprietary Stuff
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System misconfiguration is the number one vulnerability, at least for Mastodon
The number one vulnerability is system misconfiguration
Today I’m going to explain why this is true and how I could have replaced everyone’s profile picture (or any other user’s uploaded content) with a meme at infosec.exchange Mastodon instance.
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European Parliament website affected by [DDoS] attack [iophk: Windows TCO]
European Parliament spokesman Jaume Duch said the website “is currently impacted from outside due to high levels of external network traffic.” He added that “this traffic is related to a DDOS attack (Distributed Denial of Service) event.”
Technical teams are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.
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[Repeat] Ransomware incidents now make up majority of British government’s crisis management ‘Cobra’ meetings [iophk: Windows TCO]
Ransomware incidents in the United Kingdom are now so impactful that the majority of the British government’s recent “Cobra” crisis management meetings have been convened in response to them rather than other emergencies.
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Threats to the Homeland [iophk: Windows TCO]
Today – we’ll also have the opportunity to discuss the significant threat that cyber-attacks pose to our national and economic security.
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Cyberattacks are another significant issue facing every sector of our country. They are a force multiplier for our adversaries, who understand our economic and security dependence on technology. Compounding that problem is the inherent difficulty of attributing cyberattacks to specific nation-states or criminal groups.
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The DOJ Has Opened an Investigation Into RealPage
The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has opened an investigation into whether rent-setting software made by a Texas-based real estate tech company is facilitating collusion among landlords, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
The inquiry is being launched as questions have arisen about a 2017 merger between RealPage and its largest pricing competitor. The source told ProPublica some DOJ staff raised concerns about the merger but were overridden by political appointees of former President Donald Trump.