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Accessibility should be a cybersecurity priority, says UK NCSC

The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has urged businesses and security leaders to make accessibility a cybersecurity priority to help make systems more secure and human errors/workarounds less likely. It can also aid in meeting legal requirements, delivering better operational outcomes, and attracting and retaining more diverse talent, according to the NCSC. However, there are various examples of cybersecurity being presented in a way that is inaccessible for a lot of people, particularly for those with disabilities, the NCSC wrote in a new post on its website. This has negative effects on both businesses and employees, including making systems less secure, hindering security awareness, and limiting access to diverse skills. To read this article in full, please click here
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Europe: The DDoS battlefield

DDoS attacks appear to reflect major geo-political challenges and social tensions and have become an increasingly significant part in the hybrid warfare arsenal, according to Arelion. As the Ukrainian authorities sought a safe harbour for digital state registries and databases, Arelion saw the distribution of attacks move away from active conflict areas into global cloud centres – both as a result of damage to local network infrastructure, but also as local databases and applications were … More → The post Europe: The DDoS battlefield appeared first on Help Net Security.
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Meta announces AI training and inference chip project

Into its second generation.
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BT to cut up to 55,000 jobs by 2030

As fibre and AI arrive.
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OX Security adds ChatGPT plugin for AppSec

OX Security, an application security vendor, now has a plugin for ChatGPT, allowing users to leverage the power of the headline-making generative AI assistant to protect the software supply chain, generate personalized security recommendations and remedy security issues quickly. The Israel-based company, in a press release issued yesterday, said that generative AI has already altered the security landscape, and not for the better. AI models, according to OX, have been used to seek out new vulnerabilities and draft phishing messages, among other things. To read this article in full, please click here
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Cisco fixes critical flaws in Small Business Series Switches

Nine vulnerabilities – 4 of them critical – have been found in a variety of Cisco Small Business Series Switches. PoC exploit code is available (but not public), and there is no indication that they are being exploited in the wild. About the vulnerabilities The critical vulnerabilties (CVE-2023-20159, CVE-2023-20160, CVE-2023-20161, CVE-2023-20189) can be triggered via the switches’ web-based user interface, and may enable a remote attacker without authentication to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable … More → The post Cisco fixes critical flaws in Small Business Series Switches appeared first on Help Net Security.
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ISC Stormcast For Thursday, May 18th, 2023 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/8502, (Thu, May 18th)

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A common imperative for agencies starting their zero trust journeys: visibility

John Zangardi, the CEO of Redhorse Corp. and former CIO at DHS and the Navy, explains why knowing what’s on your network is foundational to achieving a zero trust architecture.
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