Security Leftovers

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VMware's security boss suddenly bails
[Ed: VMware is back doors, not security. Maybe it takes time for insiders to realise EMC's commitments.]VMware's security products boss has bailed.
Tom Corn, until last week the company's Senior Vice President of Security Products, tweeted the news on Thursday.
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Kaseya obtains REvil decryptor, starts sharing it with afflicted customers [Ed: Microsoft issues]
Software-for-services providers business Kaseya has obtained a "universal decryptor key" for the REvil ransomware and is delivering it to clients.
A brief Thursday update to the company's rolling security advisory states the company received the key on July 21st.
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[Older] Kaseya restores SaaS, then 'performance issues' force a do-over
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[Older] REvil ransomware gang's websites vanish soon after Kaseya fiasco, Uncle Sam threatens retaliation
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NPM is Now Providing Malware – or was until recently [Ed: Microsoft is pumping malware into people's servers and then tells the media to blame "Linux"]
Another malicious library has been spotted in the JavaScript-oriented NPM registry, underscoring the continued fragility of today's software supply chain.
Like other software package registries – repositories of code libraries for specific tasks – NPM, which was acquired last year by Microsoft's GitHub, has proven to be an effective mechanism for spreading malicious software. Developers tend to trust the modules they download from such services and typically incorporate them into their projects without much scrutiny.
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You, too, can be a Windows domain controller and do whatever you like, with this one weird WONTFIX trick
Microsoft completed a vulnerability hat-trick this month as yet another security weakness was uncovered in its operating systems. And this one doesn't even need authentication to work its magic.
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The cockroach of Windows, XP, lives on in London's Victoria Coach Station
Windows XP is coming up to a 20th birthday yet it is heartening to see that the OS can still be guaranteed to take its place as one of the three horsemen of the borkpocalypse.
While not actually on a screen of blue, the ugly face of Windows XP has shown itself nestled between a CMOS error and another screen that has simply decided to end it all.
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Attackers Rely on 'Exotic' Languages for Malware Creation [Ed: The term "exotic" is misleading, meaningless, and barely appropriate in this technical context]
Malware developers increasingly are relying on "exotic" programming languages - such as Go, Rust, DLang and Nim - to create malicious code that can avoid security detection by tools and add a layer of obfuscation to an attack, according to a report released Monday by BlackBerry.
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Hackers turning to 'exotic' languages for next-gen malware, report warns
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Open Source is Revolutionizing Careers in Cybersecurity - What You Need to Know
The Linux Foundation’s 2020 Open Source Jobs Report states that “Open Source is still the leading software development environment for SMBs and the enterprise despite the current economic downturn and pandemic”, continuing to provide abundant career opportunities - most notably in security and DevOps. A recent RedHat survey confirms that an open source revolution is underway, citing that 86% of IT leaders believe that the most innovative companies are using open-source software. The demand for open source skills and talent currently exceeds the number of people available to fill positions with these requirements, making individuals who posess this increasingly valuable skill set highly sought after by companies worldwide.
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