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Week in review: Kali Linux 2021.1, CNAME-based tracking, VMware vCenter Servers under attack
2021-02-28 08:55

Attackers are looking to exploit critical VMware vCenter Server RCE flaw, patch ASAP!The day after VMware released fixes for a critical RCE flaw found in a default vCenter Server plugin, opportunistic attackers began searching for publicly accessible vulnerable systems.

Kali Linux 2021.1 released: Tweaked DEs and terminals, new tools, Kali ARM for Apple Silicon MacsOffensive Security has released Kali Linux 2021.1, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform.

One of these is CNAME cloaking, which not only evades anti-tracking measures on most widely-used browsers but, according to researchers, it also introduces serious security and privacy issues.

Chief Legal Officers face mounting compliance, privacy and cybersecurity obligationsAfter earning his master's degree in computer science and working on the IT side of the business at a number of large financial services organizations, Bobby Balachandran observed one interesting thing: the legal department in these organizations had been left out of all the business process re-engineering projects that the rest of the business had undergone.

Why enterprises need rugged devices with integrated endpoint management systemsThe debate within business organizations of whether to use consumer devices or to invest in rugged devices for the operations side of their business is as old as personal computing itself.

2021 will be the year of hybrid working: How can CTOs keep staff secure and productive?This year, companies are having to accept that things have yet to return back to "Normal" and that remote working and hybrid working is here to stay for the foreseeable future.


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VENDOR LAST 12M #/PRODUCTS LOW MEDIUM HIGH CRITICAL TOTAL VULNS
Linux 11 64 2312 1489 67 3932
Vmware 146 11 222 256 102 591