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The White House has released cybersecurity guidance for securing the Maritime Transportation System, which operates along 25,000 miles of coastal and inland waterways in the United States. The document points out that the MTS encompasses "361 ports, 124 shipyards, more than 3,500 maritime facilities, 20,000 bridges, 50,000 Federal aids to navigation, and 95,000 miles of shoreline that interconnect with critical highways, railways, airports and pipelines." In addition, there are more than 20 Federal government organizations that currently have a role in maritime security of all stripes, ranging from vessel and personnel safety to transportation standards and logistics.
The Justice Department disclosed on Wednesday that it was among the federal agencies harmed by a massive breach of government networks that U.S. officials have linked to Russia. There are no indications that classified systems were affected, the agency said.
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Adding a user with admin privileges on Linux is easier than you think. Jack Wallen shows you how.
If you looked back at your list of 2020 New Year's resolutions, would any of them make still sense for 2021? Do you have the nagging feeling that there's much more that needs to be done around connectivity and security across your organisation?
Zyxel products are Linux-based, and Linux usernames and passwords are typically split between two files for security reasons. The early passwords of several Unix pioneers were cracked for fun in 2019 based on ancient password files embedded in the BSD-3 source code.
Security researchers have spotted a brand new ransomware family taking aim at corporate networks, warning that professional cybercriminals have already hit multiple organizations with the file-encryption scheme. The new ransomware family, called Babuk, has claimed at least four corporate victims facing data recovery extortion attempts.
Mozilla Firefox is disabling the browser's backspace key to prevent users from accidentally losing data typed into forms. In 2014, Google removed the ability to go back to a previous page by using the backspace key as it could cause the loss of data entered into forms on the current page.
Microsoft now allows users of the Windows Subsystem for Linux to run commands automatically on WSL distribution startup. WSL is a compatibility layer designed by Microsoft to makes it possible for Windows 10 to run Linux binaries in ELF format natively on Windows computers.
Industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos has hired Steve Applegate, former VP and Deputy CISO at PepsiCo, as Chief Information Security Officer. "I'm very excited to announce that I've joined the Dragos team! I've been watching this exciting company for many years, as well as benefiting from their cybersecurity expertise and all their contributions to the industry," he wrote.