Daily Archives: January 23, 2019

Heads up: Debian’s package manager is APT for root-level malware injection… Fix out now to thwart MITM hijacks

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The Debian Project has patched a security flaw in its software manager Apt that can be exploited by network snoops to execute commands as root on victims’ boxes as they update or install packages.

The Linux distro’s curators have pushed out […]

By |January 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|

Build the wall… around your DNS settings, US govt IT staff urged by Homeland Security amid domain hijackings

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Credits: theregister

America’s Homeland Security has urged US government departments and federal agencies to shore up their DNS control panels after hackers successfully stormed the barricades.

In an emergency directive issued within the past few hours, IT staff still manning their posts during the partial US […]

By |January 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|

Want to help stop cyber security breaches? Focus on human error

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Credits: Zdnet 

When you think about cyber security incidents, the images that are likely to come to mind are nefarious hackers breaking into a corporate network to steal data or a ransomware attack that shuts down systems at a bank or a hospital.

The fact is, research […]

By |January 23rd, 2019|Cyber News|