Security News > 2022 > April > Week in review: Attackers exploiting VMware RCE, Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-day

Sandworm hackers tried to disrupt Ukraine's power gridThe Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine, with the help of ESET and Microsoft security experts, has thwarted a cyber attack by the Sandworm hackers, who tried to shut down electrical substations run by an energy provider in Ukraine.

How to improve enterprise password security?In this video for Help Net Security, Darren Siegel, Product Specialist at Specops Software, talks about the importance of password security and what makes them vulnerable.

Why managing and securing digital identities is a mustIn this video for Help Net Security, Julie Smith, Executive Director of the Identity Defined Security Alliance, talks about how IDSA and National Cybersecurity Alliance partnered to create Identity Management Day.

The state of open source security in 2022In this video for Help Net Security, Kurt Seifried, Chief Blockchain Officer and Director of Special Projects at Cloud Security Alliance, talks about the state of open source security in 2022.

New npm flaws let attackers better target packages for account takeoverIn this video for Help Net Security, Yakir Kadkoda, Lead Security Researcher, and Assaf Morag, Lead Data Analyst at Aqua Security, talk about new npm flaws that allow attackers to target packages for account takeover.

Advance your penetration testing skills by mastering Kali LinuxIn this video for Help Net Security, Vijay Kumar Velu, Technical Director for Offensive Security and DFIR at BDO UK, talks about his latest book: Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing.

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