Security News > 2022 > February > Week in review: Samba vulnerability, phishing kits bypassing MFA, Patch Tuesday forecast

February 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: A rough start for 2022January 2022 Patch Tuesday was a rough one for Microsoft - and us.

Samba bug may allow code execution as root on Linux machines, NAS devicesA critical vulnerability in Samba, a widely used open source implementation of the Server Message Block networking protocol, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as root on affected Samba installations.

Phishing kits that bypass MFA protection are growing in popularityThe increased use of multi-factor authentication has pushed developers of phishing kits to come up with ways to bypass that added account protection measure.

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Building confidence in your system's security with chaos engineeringIn this interview with Help Net Security, Aaron Rinehart, CTO at Verica, explains the discipline of chaos engineering and how it can help organizations build more resilient systems.

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