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NIST’s quantum standards: The time for upgrades is now

Quantum computing is farther along than most realize, and it’s time to safeguard against cybersecurity threats posed by those who will use quantum technologies. The post NIST’s quantum standards: The time for upgrades is now first appeared on Federal News Network.
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NIST’s quantum standards: The time for upgrades is now

Quantum computing is farther along than most realize, and it’s time to safeguard against cybersecurity threats posed by those who will use quantum technologies. The post NIST’s quantum standards: The time for upgrades is now first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Hornetsecurity DMARC Manager protects against fraud and phishing attacks

Hornetsecurity launched DMARC Manager, an advanced tool addresses the complex challenges organisations face in managing DMARC, DKIM, and SPF configurations, especially for those operating across multiple domains. As email threats such as fraud and impersonation attacks continue to rise, the need for robust email authentication practices has never been more critical. DMARC Manager is designed to empower administrators and CISOs by providing an intuitive solution for setting up and maintaining best practices in email authentication. … More → The post Hornetsecurity DMARC Manager protects against fraud and phishing attacks appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Splunk simplifies infrastructure requirements for Microsoft Azure customers

Splunk announced its enterprise security, observability and platform offerings on Microsoft Azure. In partnering with Microsoft, Splunk empowers organizations to scale their digital transformation on Azure with unified solutions that accelerate innovation and strengthen security. “Splunk’s strategic partnership with Microsoft to build Splunk natively on Azure demonstrates our commitment to advancing digital resilience to help our customers and partners remain secure and up and running at every step of their cloud journey,” said Tom Casey, … More → The post Splunk simplifies infrastructure requirements for Microsoft Azure customers appeared first on Help Net Security.
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OMB to push Congress on extra funds for longer-term disaster relief

OMB Director Shalanda Young said the White House will send Congress a comprehensive disaster package to replenish funding for disaster relief agencies. The post OMB to push Congress on extra funds for longer-term disaster relief first appeared on Federal News Network.
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Space tech giant Maxar confirms attackers accessed employee data

Satellite and space technology leader Maxar Space Systems has suffered a data breach. “Our information security team discovered that a hacker using a Hong Kong-based IP address targeted and accessed a Maxar system containing certain files with employee personal data,” the company’s data breach notice says. “When we discovered this on October 11,2024, we took immediate action to prevent further unauthorized access to the system. Nevertheless, according to our investigation, the hacker likely had access … More → The post Space tech giant Maxar confirms attackers accessed employee data appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Oracle patches exploited Agile PLM vulnerability (CVE-2024-21287)

Oracle has released a security patch for CVE-2024-21287, a remotely exploitable vulnerability in the Oracle Agile PLM Framework that is, according to Tenable researchers, being actively exploited by attackers. About CVE-2024-21287 Oracle Agile PLM Framework is an enterprise product lifecycle management solution that enables collaboration between the various teams involved. CVE-2024-21287 affects version 9.3.6 of the Agile PLM Framework – more specifically, the Agile Software Development Kit and the Process Extension components. “This vulnerability is … More → The post Oracle patches exploited Agile PLM vulnerability (CVE-2024-21287) appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Phobos ransomware administrator faces US cybercrime charges

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges against Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos ransomware. Ptitsyn made his initial appearance in the US District Court for the District of Maryland on Nov. 4 after being extradited from South Korea. Phobos ransomware, through its affiliates, victimized more than 1,000 public and private entities in the United States and around the world, and extorted ransom payments worth more … More → The post Phobos ransomware administrator faces US cybercrime charges appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Aon Cyber Risk Analyzer empowers organizations to evaluate cyber risk

Aon launched its Cyber Risk Analyzer, a digital application that allows risk managers to make data-driven, technology-enabled decisions to mitigate cyber risk. The tool is the latest in a series of new offerings, which brings together Aon’s data, tools and analytics professionals to support clients through an evolving risk landscape across sectors. “As cyber threats continue to grow in frequency, sophistication and severity, organizations face an array of complex risks—from ransomware and business interruption to … More → The post Aon Cyber Risk Analyzer empowers organizations to evaluate cyber risk appeared first on Help Net Security.
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AlmaLinux 9.5 released: Security updates, new packages, and more!

AlmaLinux is a free, open-source, enterprise-grade Linux distribution. Governed and owned by the community, it offers a production-ready platform with binary compatibility to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. AlmaLinux 9.5, codenamed Teal Serval, is now available. Security updates: The OpenSSL TLS toolkit is upgraded to version 3.2.2. OpenSSL now supports certificate compression extension (RFC 8879) and Brainpool curves have been added to the TLS 1.3 protocol (RFC 8734). The SELinux policy now provides a boolean that … More → The post AlmaLinux 9.5 released: Security updates, new packages, and more! appeared first on Help Net Security.
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