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Unless you had read the manual really carefully, and taken additional precautions yourself by adding a layer of your own security on top of Log4j, your software could come unstuck. INPUT OUTCOME ----------------- ---------------------- CURRENT=$ /$ -> CURRENT=Java version 17.0.1/Windows 10 10.0 Server account is: $ -> Server account is: root $ -> SECRETDATAINTENDEDTOBEINMEMORYONLY. Clearly, if you're accepting logging text from a trusted source, where it's reasonable to allow the loggee to control the logger by telling it to substitute plain text with chosen internal data, this sort of text rewriting is useful.
The US Federal Communications Commission notified Congress on Friday that the cost to rip and replace equipment kit from Huawei and ZTE installed at US telcos is more than $3 billion higher than funding allocated for the program. FCC chair Jessica Rosenworcel wrote to explain the situation, which arose from the USA's desire to remove Chinese comms kit at local carriers in the name of national security.
The short notice given by the exchange via a private email left some customers suspecting if this was an "Exit scam" or caused by another mysterious incident. Crypto platform shut down: 5 days left to take out funds.
US security technology provider L3Harris has courted controversial Israeli spyware firm NSO with an aim to buy it, according to reports. The New York Times claims L3Harris in recent months sent a team to Israel to try to smooth passage of the deal, which was made challenging by US president Joe Biden's decision to blacklist NSO following the use of its Pegasus software to crack phones of politicians and campaigners.
Five suspects were indicted in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York on Wednesday for alleged crimes related to a campaign to silence dissidents in the US who opposed the government of the People's Republic of China. Three of the individuals - Fan "Frank" Liu, Matthew Ziburis, and Qiang "Jason" Sun - were charged, along with two others, in March with stalking, harassing, and spying on Chinese dissidents in the US who spoke out against the Chinese government.
The U.S. government is warning healthcare companies to watch for and protect themselves against ongoing ransomware attacks from cybercriminals sponsored by North Korea. In a joint advisory posted Wednesday, the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Department of the Treasury cautioned that these state-sponsored attackers have been using Maui ransomware to target hospitals, laboratories and other public and private healthcare organizations.
The U.S. government is warning healthcare companies to watch for and protect themselves against ongoing ransomware attacks from cybercriminals sponsored by North Korea. In a joint advisory posted Wednesday, the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Department of the Treasury cautioned that these state-sponsored attackers have been using Maui ransomware to target hospitals, laboratories and other public and private healthcare organizations.
The FBI, CISA, and the U.S. Treasury Department issued today a joint advisory warning of North-Korean-backed threat actors using Maui ransomware in attacks against Healthcare and Public Health organizations. Starting in May 2021, the FBI has responded to and detected multiple Maui ransomware attacks impacting HPH Sector orgs across the U.S. "North Korean state-sponsored cyber actors used Maui ransomware in these incidents to encrypt servers responsible for healthcare services-including electronic health records services, diagnostics services, imaging services, and intranet services," the federal agencies revealed.
The US Department of Defense has created a broad but short bug bounty program for vulnerabilities in public-facing systems and applications. The Hack US program kicked off on Independence Day and is scheduled to run though July 11, with reward totals reflected by the severity of the flaws.
The choice of Tampa for his trial was because a known victim of one of his "NetWalker" ransomware attacks is based there. The NetWalker Ransomware was a specific type of malicious software that was used to compromise and restrict access to a victim's computer network in an effort to extort a ransom.