Positive Technologies security researcher Alexander Popov has discovered and fixed five similar issues in the virtual socket implementation of the Linux kernel. These vulnerabilities could be exploited for local privilege escalation, as confirmed by Popov in experiments on Fedora 33 Server. The vulnerabilities, known together as CVE-2021-26708, have received a CVSS v3 base score of 7.0 (high severity).
CEO and co-founder of social media platform Gab said the site had suffered a data breach. WIRED reported that the far-right platform had more than 70 gigabytes of data, and 40 million posts, leaked by a hacktivist who self-identifies as "JaXpArO and My Little Anonymous Revival Project."
CISA created the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Physical Security Measures guidance. This guidance provides a non-comprehensive list of physical security resources available to the public to help facility owners and operators enhance their physical security to protect workers and individuals.
Research done by Finnish University discovers more insight into how coronaviruses spread on cruise ships, along with mitigation security and safety measures that companies can take to bump up safety.
Comerica Incorporated announced that Juan Rodriguez has been named Executive Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer. Reporting to Executive Vice President and Chief Technology & Operations Services Officer Megan Crespi, Rodriguez oversees Comerica's enterprise-wide information security policy, strategy, architecture, operations and capability enhancements of the bank.
The National Security Agency (NSA) published a cybersecurity guidance, “Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model.” This guidance shows how deploying Zero Trust security principles can better position cybersecurity professionals to secure enterprise networks and sensitive data.
Tulane University police officer who was working security for the George Washington Carver High School basketball team this weekend was shot and killed after he went to help another staff member that was punched by a man trying to enter the game without a mask on.
Security magazine launched its inaugural Top Cybersecurity Leaders program for 2021. Security partnered with (ISC)², the world’s leading cybersecurity professional organization, to find enterprise information security executives who have made and continue to make significant contributions in the cybersecurity space to their organizations and the security profession.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's (CISA) second annual President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition concluded last week, with the final rounds taking place over a three-day period. The President’s Cup is a national competition designed to identify, challenge, and reward the best cybersecurity talent in the federal workforce. This year’s competition featured two individual tracks – one focused on incident response and forensic analysis and the other focused on vulnerability exploitation analysis – and a team track. The first rounds of the competition started in August.
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