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Netgear has patched serious security vulnerabilities in its DGN2200v1 network router, following the discovery of "Very odd behaviour" by a Microsoft security research team - a somewhat understated way of saying that attackers can gain "Complete control over the router." As a result, it's possible for remote attackers to take over the router at any time - as discovered by members of the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team.

Netgear has patched serious security vulnerabilities in its DGN2200v1 network router, following the discovery of "Very odd behaviour" by a Microsoft security research team - a somewhat understated way of saying that attackers can gain "Complete control over the router." As a result, it's possible for remote attackers to take over the router at any time - as discovered by members of the Microsoft 365 Defender Research Team.

Security agencies in the United States and United Kingdom issued an advisory on Thursday to warn organizations about an ongoing global campaign involving brute force techniques. According to the agencies, brute-force access attempts have been used against hundreds of organizations worldwide, particularly in the United States and Europe.

Researchers added the attack also included public and private keys of LimeVPN users. "The hacker informed us that they have the private keys of every user, which is a serious security issue as it means they can easily decrypt every LimeVPN user's traffic," the firm said in a posting.

The opportunity for the security industry is to build a remote-ready security program that is equally secure for remote and in-office workers. Looking back at the start of IT security, IT was created to be a business enabler.

Secure Access Service Edge provider Versa Networks this week announced it raised $84 million in Series D funding. To date, the company has received $196 million in funding.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a notification regarding the critical PrintNightmare zero-day vulnerability and advises admins to disable the Windows Print Spooler service on servers not used for printing. "CISA encourages administrators to disable the Windows Print spooler service in Domain Controllers and systems that do not print," the US federal agency said.

To overcome these challenges and champion the positive effects of cyber insurance, this paper calls for a series of interventions from government and industry. To date, the UK government has taken a light-touch approach to the cyber insurance industry.

Google has announced it is moving away from the APK format for Android apps. So when it was announced that Google was moving away from APKs on Android, in favor of Android Play Bundles, my mind went to one very particular place.