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OPM prepares to gather telework information from all agencies

In today’s Federal Newscast: OPM prepares to gather telework information from all federal agencies. DoJ and HHS strengthen their partnership to put more heat on fraudsters. And a senior official leading workforce issues at the State Department is stepping down.
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What’s the new normal for workplace technology?

From hot-desking solutions to collaboration tools, there’s a new standard that today’s employees now expect at work.
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Vulnerability with public PoC affects Cisco IP phones, fix unavailable (CVE-2022-20968)

A high-risk stack overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-20968) may allow attackers to DoS or possibly even execute code remotely on Cisco 7800 and 8800 Series IP phones, the company has confirmed. Cisco‘s PSIRT is also aware that proof-of-concept exploit code is available for the vulnerability and that the flaw has been publicly discussed, but they are not aware of active attacks exploiting it. About CVE-2022-20968 Cisco IP Phone 7800 and 8800 Series are enterprise-grade devices for video … More → The post Vulnerability with public PoC affects Cisco IP phones, fix unavailable (CVE-2022-20968) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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NDAA will give direct financial help to servicemembers in need

In today’s Federal Newscast: The National Defense Authorization Act will give direct financial help to servicemembers in need. The Department of Homeland security gets some suggestions on how to improve customer service. And another bill is on the way to vanquish government jargon.
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Pentagon’s new $9B cloud contract vehicle to start taking orders in next two weeks

The Pentagon expects to get the ordering process for new JWCC services off the ground quickly now that awards have been issued to four companies, but each task order could take longer to process than DoD originally anticipated.
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Rezilion updates its vulnerability risk determination tool MI-X

Rezilion has updated MI-X, its open-source tool developed by Rezilion’s vulnerability research team. Available as a download from the Github repository, MI-X already has more than 100 stars on GitHub since its debut in August 2022. The CLI tool is a free, open-source companion to Rezilion’s enterprise solution for software supply chain security and helps researchers and developers identify if containers and hosts are impacted by a specific vulnerability, thus allowing organizations to target remediation … More → The post Rezilion updates its vulnerability risk determination tool MI-X appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Friday, December 9th, 2022 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id=8284, (Fri, Dec 9th)

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
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Interpres Security emerges from stealth and raises $8.5 million

Interpres Security announced its emergence from stealth alongside $8.5M in seed financing led by Ten Eleven Ventures. The Interpres Security platform offers a customized, continuous, and threat-informed analysis of an organization’s detection and mitigation capabilities and provides automated security engineering directives based on this evaluation, ultimately enabling a hardened security posture in the most efficient manner possible. To address the expanding number of cybersecurity threats, organizations now use an average of 76 tools in their … More → The post Interpres Security emerges from stealth and raises $8.5 million appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Apple unveils end-to-end encryption for iCloud backup, Photos, etc.

Apple is expanding end-to-end encryption options for users and finally offering E2EE for their iCloud backup. Advanced Data Protection for iCloud “iCloud already protects 14 sensitive data categories using end-to-end encryption by default, including passwords in iCloud Keychain and Health data. For users who enable Advanced Data Protection, the total number of data categories protected using end-to-end encryption rises to 23, including iCloud Backup, Notes, and Photos,” the company said in a recent announcement. “The … More → The post Apple unveils end-to-end encryption for iCloud backup, Photos, etc. appeared first on Help Net Security.
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