Four of the top 15 vulnerabilities used last year by hackers were more than a year old: Report
One unpatched vulnerability regularly exploited by hackers in Fortinet products dates back to 2018, says report from Five Eyes cyber intelligence agencies
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Cybersecurity Authorities List Top 15 Flaws Exploited In 2021
The cybersecurity authorities of the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. have published a list of the 15 biggest vulnerabilities exploited in 2021. The list includes Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228), REST API authentication bypass (CVE-2021-40539), ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34523), ProxyShell (CVE-2021-34473), ProxyShell (CVE-2021-31207), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-27065), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26858), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26857), ProxyLogon (CVE-2021-26855). Other flaws include CVE-2021-26084, CVE-2021-21972, CVE-2020-1472, […]
Attackers Use Stolen OAuth App Token To Breach Dozens Of Organizations
GitHub has confirmed a security breach that saw an attacker use stolen OAuth app tokens to steal private repositories from dozens of organizations. The attack process involves authenticating the attacker authenticating to the GitHub API with the stolen oAuth tokens issues to Heroku and Travis CI, the attacker listing all of the user’s organizations, and […]
1Password Suffers An Outage Caused By A Database Upgrade
1Password suffers from an outage that has prevented U.S. mobile, desktop and browser clients from syncing. 1Password CTO Pedro Canahuati explained the cause of the outage as being due to the company’s planned database upgrade. The company stated that it was not a security incident and that customer data was not affected in any way. […]
Tesla’s Share Slide After Investors Fears On Musk Selling Shares
Tesla lost more than $125 billion in market value on Tuesday after investors raised concerns that Musk might be forced to sell shares to fund his takeover of Twitter. The company’s shares fell 12.2% from more than $1 trillion to $906 billion, fuelling investor fears that Musk’s Twitter purchase could be bad for Tesla. According […]
Daily Active Facebook Users Leaps To 1.96 Billion In Q1
Meta’s report on the first quarter highlights the growth in the number of daily active Facebook users. This marks a turnaround for the company after it lost billions in market value for the first time following a drop in users. “More people use our services today than ever before, and I’m proud of how our […]
People Are Looking For Jobs That Lessen Burnout And Fatigue
71% of workers are considering a major career change in 2021, 25% are considering changing industry or taking a sabbatical, and 20% are considering starting their own business, working part-time or retiring early. The report comes from a workforce study that looked at the reasons for the Great Resignation. The study showed people are looking […]
Video Calls Reduces The Production Of Creative Ideas, Study
A new study by researchers at Columbia University has shown that video calls can reduce the production of creative ideas compared to face-to-face meetings. According to the authors of the study, Melanie Brucks and Jonathan Levay, the results indicate that visual focus narrows when people use a computer, which in turn reduces their cognitive focus. […]
Microsoft To Introduce The Account Switching Feature To Microsoft 365 Web Apps
Microsoft will introduce the account switching feature in Microsoft 365 web apps, which means that Microsoft 365/Office 365 users will be able to log in to multiple accounts in the same browser. The feature allows them to switch between private and work accounts when accessing different Microsoft web applications. The single-browser account switching feature will […]
Google To Remove Search Results That Contains Users Confidential Information
Google has announced that it is expanding its removal policies globally in response to growing user demand and evolving norms regarding the threat of easy access to contact information. “Google may remove personally identifiable information (PII) that has potential to create significant risks of identity theft, financial fraud, harmful direct contact or other specific harms. […]
