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Security Leftovers

Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Saturday 5th of March 2022 06:04:33 PM
  • Zero trust? Not yet a must for most IT departments [Ed: "Zero trust" as buzzwords mostly embraced by companies that don't deserve your trust, as they distract from real security]

    The highest scoring category, with 30.9 per cent, was those who understood the concept but with only a modest level of knowledge, and not far behind on 24.9 per cent are those who are one step up and feel that they could have a stab at implementing it. Trailing in at the end we have the 10.5 per cent who've heard of ZT but don't know much about it, 5.3 per cent who have a highly detailed knowledge and understanding, and 11.3 per cent who've some experience of using it. All of which means that fewer than a fifth – 17.2 per cent – have actually implemented ZT at all.

  • The zero-password future can't come soon enough [Ed: Some more fake security with buzzwords to compensate for a a lack of substance]

    Passwords, long a weakness in the tapestry of defenses designed to keep enterprises and individuals more secure, continue to be a problem due in large part to the same issue that has haunted them for years: the users themselves.

  • Top 10 Network Traffic Analysis Tools in 2022
  • The 20 Most Commonly Leaked Passwords on the Dark Web [Ed: Dark Web as in sites that are not accessible to everybody; one might accuse them of using a racist term (ask IBM)]

    If you thought you were being extremely romantic by making all your online passwords “Iloveyou,” we’re sorry to say that you should probably be a little less basic in the future—when it comes to devising passwords, that is.

  • Q&A: Mike Hanley [Ed: Reminder that Microsoft GitHub hired a 15-year NSA veteran as its new security chief; so the back doors villains of the world are now "in charge" of 'security' of millions of programs]
  • Critical Vulnerabilities Impact Widely Used Printed Circuit Board File Viewer

    Security researchers with Cisco’s Talos division this week disclosed six critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting Gerbv, an open source file viewer for printed circuit board (PCB) designs.

    A native Linux application, Gerbv is found on many common UNIX platforms, with a Windows version available as well. Gerbv has been downloaded from SourceForge more than 1 million times.

    The software is designed for viewing file formats that display layers of circuit boards, including Excellon drill files, RS-274X Gerber files, and pick-n-place files, and can be used either as a standalone application, or as a library.

  • Conti ransomware gang's source code leaked [Ed: Microsoft Windows being itself]

    Infamous ransomware group Conti is now the target of cyberattacks in the wake of its announcement late last week that it fully supports Russia's ongoing invasion of neighboring Ukraine, with the latest hit being the leaking of its source code for the public to see.

    This disclosure comes just days after an archive leaked containing more than a year's worth of instant messages between members of Conti, believed to be based in Russia: we're talking 400 files and tens of thousands of lines of internal chat logs written in Russian. The internal communication files include messages that run from January 2021 to February 27 of this year.

  • How to prioritize the improvement of open-source software security [Ed: Shifting attention to the lesser issues [1, 2]]

    Earlier this year, major technology companies, non-profits, and government agencies convened for an urgent meeting at the White House to discuss how best to address the security concerns posed by free and open-source software (FOSS)—software that is developed by a distributed community rather than a centralized company. For years, tech companies and security experts have made the case for greater investments in the security of the FOSS ecosystem, as it has become an increasingly important part of critical digital infrastructure. The importance of doing so was highlighted by the recent Log4Shell vulnerability in the log4j FOSS package. Deployed across a vast range of digital applications, log4j exposed a huge amount of software to a devastating security vulnerability and illustrated the urgent need to improve security in open-source software.

  • Census II Lists Critical Application Libraries [Ed: So-called 'security' by OpenSSF]

    The Linux Foundation has announced the publication of "Census II of Free and Open Source Software - Application Libraries" which identifies more than one thousand of the most widely deployed open source application libraries found from scans of commercial and enterprise applications.

    The rationale is that this information can be used to decide which open source packages, components and projects warrant proactive operations and security support.

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