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NBN Co eyes “transient international airlines” as customers

For its satellite services.
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Patch Tuesday could break Cisco endpoint management

Vendor working on a hotfix.
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Week in review: Public MS Word RCE PoC, API exploitation, Patch Tuesday forecast

Microsoft to boost protection against malicious OneNote documents Microsoft has announced that, starting in April 2023, they will be adding enhanced protection when users open or download a file embedded in a OneNote document – a known high-risk phishing file type. Massive GitHub analysis reveals 10 million secrets hidden in 1 billion commits GitGuardian scanned 1.027 billion new GitHub commits in 2022 (+20% compared to 2021) and found 10,000,000 secrets occurrences (+67% compared to 2022). … More → The post Week in review: Public MS Word RCE PoC, API exploitation, Patch Tuesday forecast appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ThreatBlockr and Engaged Security Partners help users prioritize breach prevention

ThreatBlockr and Engaged Security Partners announced a partnership focusing on “left of boom” protection to bring enhanced breach prevention to customers. Engaged Security Partners uses ThreatBlockr’s platform for threat intelligence management and integration into the network. Together, Engaged Security Partners’ customers will benefit from blocking malicious traffic and reducing human error, turning employees into threat hunters and creating a strong first and last line of defense. “We have been seeking a partner who prioritizes breach … More → The post ThreatBlockr and Engaged Security Partners help users prioritize breach prevention appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Overview of a Mirai Payload Generator, (Sat, Mar 11th)

The Mirai[1] botnet is active for years. It was the first botnet targeting devices running Linux like camera recorders. Our first diary about it was in 2016![2]. Still today, my honeypot is hit by hundreds of Mirai requests every day! I found a Python script that generates a Mirai payload (SHA256:f56391e9645df1058847e28af6918c64ddc344d9f328b3dde9015213d5efdc7e[3]) and deploys networking services to serve it via FTP, HTTP, and TFTP. Nothing very fancy but it will give you a good idea about how Linux hosts are abused to deliver malicious payloads.
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Avast One Platinum protects users against new and evolving threats

Avast launched Avast One Platinum, the new premium tier of the Cyber Safety service, Avast One. The new Platinum offering combines the full feature set from Avast One Family with identity monitoring and protection, identity theft resolution and reimbursement, and premium technical support, to give people more control and reassurance over their digital lives. “The new Avast One Platinum tier is a step-change improvement to the award-winning Avast One integrated solution,” said Leena Elias, CPO … More → The post Avast One Platinum protects users against new and evolving threats appeared first on Help Net Security.
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